Bretton

Bretton is a village in Broughton and Bretton, Flintshire, Wales. Bretton is situated nearby to the village Broughton, as well as near the hamlet Gorstella.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hawarden Airport and Broughton Shopping Park.

Hawarden Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Dennis Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hawarden Airport, also known as Hawarden Aerodrome, is an airport near Hawarden in Flintshire, Wales, near the border with England and 3.5 NM west southwest of the city of Chester.

Broughton Shopping Park

Commercial area

Photo: Chestertouristcom, Public domain.

Broughton Shopping Park, also known as Broughton Centre, is a retail park in Broughton, Flintshire, Wales. It is the busiest retail park in North Wales, recording an average annual footfall of 10 million.

Gell Farm Farmhouse

House

Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broughton and Saltney.

Broughton

Village

Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broughton is a village in Flintshire, Wales, close to the Wales–England border, located to the west of the city of Chester, England, in the community of Broughton and Bretton.

Saltney

Suburb

Photo: Dennis Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Saltney is a town straddling the counties of Flintshire and Cheshire on the England–Wales border. The local government community of Saltney lies entirely in Wales, while the English areas are unparished. Saltney is situated 1½ miles east of Bretton.

Higher Kinnerton

Village

Photo: Michael Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Higher Kinnerton is a village and community within rural Flintshire, Wales, close to the Wales-England border. Its sister village, Lower Kinnerton, is across the border in Cheshire, England. Higher Kinnerton is situated 2 miles southwest of Bretton.

Bretton

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Broughton and Bretton, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.16754° or 53° 10′ 3″ north

Longitude

-2.96637° or 2° 57′ 59″ west

Elevation

33 feet (10 metres)

Open location code

9C5V529M+2F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 17163162

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

12263747

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In Other Languages

“Bretton” goes by many names.

Welsh: “Bretton”

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