predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages in Flintshire

Deeside (Welsh: Glannau Dyfrdwy) is in Flintshire.

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Deeside conurbation of towns and villages including Connah's Quay, Shotton, Queensferry, Aston, Garden City, Sealand, Broughton, Bretton, Hawarden, Ewloe, Mancot, Pentre, Saltney and Sandycroft.

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Map of Deeside

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On the A494 between Ellesmere Port and Mold.

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Blue Bridge
  • 1 Jubilee Bridge (Queensferry) (Blue Bridge), Queensferry.    
  • 2 Flintshire Bridge. 294 metre long cable-stayed bridge spanning the Dee Estuary    

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Wales coast path start at Queensferry

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  • 1 Graham Weigh Cycles (formerly Deeside Cycles), 3-5 Chester Road East, Shotton. CH5 1QA (On the main road, right next to Shotton railway station), +44 1244 831110. Monday-Friday 9am-5.30pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday closed. Suitable for spares, repairs and consumables for anyone planning on cycling from Shotton into North Wales, Wirral or Chester.

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  • 1 Holiday Inn (A55 Chester West), Westbound, A55, +44 1244 550011.
  • 2 Village Hotel Club St David's Park, St Davids Park Interchange, Ewloe, Deeside, +44 1244 560640.
  • 3 Gladstone's Library (St Deiniol's Library), Church Lane, Hawarden, Flintshire CH5 3DF, +44 1244 532350. Check-in: 2–9PM. William Gladstone's library, which contains not only 150,000+ books, particularly about religious subjects, but also 26 hotel rooms inside the library. Breakfast is included in the price, and other meals can be bought at the on-site restaurant, Food for Thought. If you want to visit the library during the day, e-mail library@gladlib.org and ask for a free, temporary researcher pass. No dogs, no smoking, and no talking (quiet whispering permitted). £150.    

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Routes through Deeside
merges with    W   E    Ellesmere PortLiverpool/Manchester
LlandudnoFlint  NW   E    Chester (  Wrexham)


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