That’s partially because Chester isn’t run by a separate local authority - the local council is “Cheshire West & Chester”. Places where the City is a unitary l

That’s partially because Chester isn’t run by a separate local authority - the local council is “Cheshire West & Chester”. Places where the City is a unitary local authority will sometimes have a noticeable boundary. For the city I live in, the on-pavement (sidewalk for US people) cyclepaths swap sides at the city boundary - inside the city the cyclepath part is furthest from the road, outside it’s closest to the road!