Queensferry, Flintshire
Queensferry | |
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Blessed Trinity Church, Queensferry | |
Location within Flintshire | |
Population | 2,109 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SJ315685 |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DEESIDE |
Postcode district | CH5 |
Dialling code | 01244 |
Police | North Wales |
Fire | North Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Website | queensferrycommunitycouncil.gov.uk |
Queensferry (
Saltney Ferry. Queensferry is also part of the wider Deeside
conurbation.
Description
Its name derives from the ferries that crossed the River Dee. The settlement of Higher Ferry (
George IV of the United Kingdom in 1820, and became Queensferry on the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837.[2]
Queensferry lies along the
B5129 roads, and is bypassed by the A494 dual carriageway. It is contiguous with Deeside. Queensferry is considered part of Deeside, which lends its name to many of Queensferry's features, including the Deeside Leisure Centre
, a sports and leisure venue that also hosts music concerts.
The town has a Memorial Institute rather than a cenotaph type of war memorial. It is a corrugated black and white building near the entrance to Asda from the coast road. The
North Wales Coast Line
between 1864 and 1966.
Governance
Queensferry is a ward and elects one county councillor to Flintshire County Council.[3]
Notable people
- Reg Spencer (1908–1981) footballer with 235 caps with Tranmere Rovers F.C.
- T. G. Jones (1917–2004) footballer with 178 caps for Everton F.C. and 17 for Wales
- Grenville Millington (born 1951) former football goalkeeper with 288 caps with Chester City F.C.
- Kevin Ratcliffe (born 1960 in Mancot) footballer with 359 caps with Everton F.C. and 59 with Wales
- Beverley Jones (born 1974) paralympian athlete
References
- ^ "Community/Ward population 2011". Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "BBC - Wales - What's in a name - Queensferry". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ The County of Flintshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998. Statutory Instruments. 1998. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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External links
- Media related to Queensferry, Flintshire at Wikimedia Commons
- BBC Wales - Connah's Quay, Shotton & Queensferry website
- Photos of Queensferry and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk