CONNAH'S QUAY

'Connah's Quay' (Welsh: ''Cei Conna'') is the second largest town (Behind Buckley) in Flintshire, North Wales, lying on the River Dee, near the border with England. It can be accessed by road from the A550, by rail from the nearby Shotton Station and also lies on the National Cycle Network Route 5. It is situated near the region's industrial centre - Deeside Industrial Park, home to three power stations. The major part of Corus Steelworks lies on the town's border on the north bank of the River Dee. Wepre Woods, an ancient woodland in the town, is controlled by the County Council's Rangers and includes Ewloe Castle which dates from the 13th century.

Contents

History

Local Government

Education

Social and Culture

Public houses

Sport

Trivia

References

External links

History

The town's name is believed to have to come from a former landlord of "The Old Quay House", a public house which still lies on the docks in what is now the west side of the town. The docks became known as "Connah's Quay" some time after the 1860s. The dock itself was connected by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway to the nearby town of Buckley, chiefly to transport fire-clay and pottery products. It grew from this small port which included a shipyard and now encompasses the former hamlets of Wepre, Kelsterton and Golftyn.

Local Government

Connah's Quay has a town council of twenty members.

Education

Schools in Connah's Quay include Connah's Quay High School, Bryn Deva Primary, Wepre Primary, Dee road, Custom House Lane Primary and Golftyn Primary.
Higher education is provided by Deeside College, formerly Kelsterton College.

Social and Culture

In the last decade several large housing developments have been built in Connah's Quay and the town has a booming property market, with houseprices steadily increasing the town appears to have finally shaken the effects of the mass redundancies from major employers in the 1970s and 1980's.

Public houses

★ Cross Keys

★ Gillespies

★ Halfway house

★ Hare and hounds

★ Hawarden castle/Hendys

★ Sir Gwain

★ The Custom house

★ The Boathouse

★ The Swan

★ The Old Quay house

★ Red hall

★ The Ship

★ Wepre Inn

Sport

The town is also home to Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. and Connah's Quay Cricket Club. The swimming baths have recently been refurbished.

Trivia

Wepre Brook is heard at the beginning of the Stone Roses album Second Coming. The Roses were at the time recording in nearby Ewloe.^[1]
Although never used historically, the Welsh translation for Connah's Quay is Cei Connah, which has recently been incorporated into signage of the area.

References

1. Robb, J: "The Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British Pop", page 198. Ebury Press, 1997

External links

★ Connah's Quay Town Council

★ BBC Wales - Connah's Quay, Shotton & Queensferry website

★ National Cycle Network Route 5

★ Wepre Country Park

★ Ewloe Castle

★ Deeside College

★ Historic Photos