Connah’s Quay

Connah's Quay, known locally as "The Quay" and formerly known as Wepre, is a town and community in , on the River Dee and next to the border with England.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Shotton railway station and Hawarden Bridge railway station.

Railway station
serves the towns of , and in , . It is situated where the Borderlands Line crosses the North Wales Coast Line.

Railway station
is a railway station near , . It is situated on the Borderlands line 13 miles north of , on the north side of over the .

Castle
is a native Welsh castle built by the Kingdom of Gwynedd near the village of in , . The castle, which was one of the last fortifications to be built by the native Princes of Wales, was abandoned at the beginning of the invasion of Wales by Edward I in 1277.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deeside and Flint.

is the name given to a predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in and on the Wales–England border lying near the canalised stretch of the that flows from neighbouring into the Dee Estuary.

is a town and community in , , lying on the estuary of the . It is the former county town of Flintshire. According to the 2011 Census, the population of the community of was 12,953, increasing to 13,732 at the 2021 census.

is a rural area in , with a few main roads going through. It includes the villages and hamlets of Two Mills, Woodbank, Burton, Puddington, Shotwick, Dunkirk, Capenhurst and Ledsham.

Connah’s Quay

Latitude
53.2261° or 53° 13′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.0591° or 3° 3′ 33″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB COQ
Open location code
9C5R6WGR+C9
Geo­Names ID
7294089
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