Dee Estuary

Dee Estuary

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Across the estuary towards North Wales from Thurstaston in Wirral
Location within Flintshire
Location	Merseyside and Cheshire, England Flintshire, Wales
Grid reference	SJ200800
Coordinates	53°18′32″N 3°09′25″W / 53.309°N 3.157°W / 53.309; -3.157
Interest	Geological
Area	13679.7 hectares, 33,788.9 acres (136,739,000 m2)
Notification	1954 /1984
Natural England website

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.