Dee Estuary

Dee Estuary
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Across the estuary towards North Wales from Thurstaston in Wirral
Dee Estuary is located in Flintshire
Dee Estuary
Location within Flintshire
LocationMerseyside and Cheshire, England
Flintshire, Wales
Grid referenceSJ200800
Coordinates53°18′32″N 3°09′25″W / 53.309°N 3.157°W / 53.309; -3.157
InterestGeological
Area13679.7 hectares, 33,788.9 acres (136,739,000 m2)
Notification1954 /1984
Natural England website
Designations
Official nameThe Dee Estuary
Designated17 July 1985
Reference no.298[1]

The Dee Estuary (Welsh: Aber Dyfrdwy) is a large estuary by means of which the River Dee flows into Liverpool Bay. The estuary starts near Shotton after a five-mile (8 km) 'canalised' section and the river soon swells to be several miles wide forming the boundary between the Wirral Peninsula in north-west England and Flintshire in north-east Wales. The Dee Estuary's largest towns along it include Holywell, Flint, Connah's Quay, Shotton, Queensferry, Saltney Ferry, Heswall, West Kirby and Neston as well as other villages and towns alongside it. The A548 also passes along the estuary in Wales and parts of Cheshire West and Chester and Merseyside in England. The North Wales Coast Line follows the course of the Dee Estuary between Prestatyn and Chester.

  1. ^ "The Dee Estuary". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.