Deeside

Deeside 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.
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  • Type: Locality with 32,000 residents
  • Description: predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire
  • Postal code: CH5

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shotton railway station and Gladstone’s Library.

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

Library
Gladstone's Library, known until 2010 as St Deiniol's Library, is a residential library in , , Wales, UK. Gladstone's Library is Britain's only Prime Ministerial Library and serves as the national memorial to William Ewart Gladstone.

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 Hawarden and Shotton.

Village
is a village and community in , . It is part of the Deeside conurbation on the Wales-England border and is home to .

Town
is a town and community in , Wales, within the Deeside conurbation along the River Dee, joined with , near the border with England.

Town
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.

Deeside

Latitude
53.2005° or 53° 12′ 2″ north
Longitude
-3.0384° or 3° 2′ 18″ west
Population
32,000
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB DSE
Open location code
9C5R6X26+6J
Geo­Names ID
8299616
Wiki­data ID
Q3405926
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Deeside” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Deeside
  • Breton: Glannau Dyfrdwy
  • Bulgarian: Десиде
  • Cebuano: Deeside
  • Chinese: 迪賽德
  • Chinese: 迪赛德
  • French: Deeside
  • German: Deeside
  • Italian: Deeside
  • Japanese: ディーサイド
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Deeside
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Deeside
  • Norwegian: Deeside
  • Polish: Deeside
  • Spanish: Deeside
  • Swedish: Deeside
  • Welsh: Glannau Dyfrdwy

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