Queensferry, Flintshire

Queensferry Welsh: Y Fferi Isaf
OS grid reference	SJ315685
Principal area	Flintshire
Preserved county	Clwyd
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	Alyn and Deeside

Queensferry (Welsh: Y Fferi Isaf) is a town in Flintshire, Wales, lying on the River Dee near the border with England.

Its name derives from ferries which used to cross the River Dee. The settlement of Higher Ferry is now Saltney, while Queensferry was named Lower Ferry. It changed its name to Kingsferry on the coronation of King George IV of the United Kingdom in 1820, and became Queensferry on the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837.

Queensferry lies along the B5441 and 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 which also used to host music concerts.

The town does not have the usual 'cenotaph' style of war memorial, but rather a Memorial Institute. It is a corrugated black and white building which stands near the entrance to Asda from the coast road. The Jubilee Bridge (Queensferry), also known as the Blue Bridge, spans the River Dee. It is a double leaf rolling bascule bridge. There was a railway station serving the town on the North Wales Coast Line between 1864 and 1966.

Media

Queensferry is served by a citizen led hyperlocal news website Deeside.com which is a collaborative community resource set up 2013.

External links

• BBC Wales - Connah's Quay, Shotton & Queensferry website
• Photos of Queensferry and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
• Deeside.com Hyperlocal News Website