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Sealand, Flintshire

Sealand
St. Bartholomew's Church, Sealand
Sealand is located in Flintshire
Sealand
Sealand
Location within Flintshire
Population2,996 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ352688
Community
  • Sealand
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHESTER
Postcode districtCH1
Post townDEESIDE
Postcode districtCH5
Dialling code01244
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Websitesealandcommunitycouncil.co.uk
List of places
UK
Wales
Flintshire
53°12′43″N 2°58′12″W / 53.212°N 2.970°W / 53.212; -2.970
A view in Sealand, Flintshire, Wales. Fertile market gardening land. In 1700 it was tidal sand and mud flat.

Sealand[1] is a community in Flintshire and electoral ward, north-east Wales, on the edge of the Wirral peninsula. It is west of the city of Chester, England, and is part of the Deeside conurbation on the Wales-England border. At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 2,746 (1,342 males, 1,404 females),[2] increasing to 2,996 at the 2011 census.[3] The community includes the villages of Garden City and Sealand,[4] and the settlements of Higher Ferry,[5] Sealand Manor and Sealand Road.[6]

Sealand Manor was established by the Welsh Land Settlement Society in 1937 as an agricultural settlement.[7] The local Society was wound up in 1961,[8] after which the leases of the homes passed to Hawarden Rural District Council.

Sealand is on flat land formed by land reclamation of part of the head of the estuary of the River Dee which had become heavily silted-up. It is on the A548 road, near the Chester dormitory communities of Blacon and Saughall and is a popular place of residence for people from both sides of the Welsh/English border. Welsh-medium primary education is available three miles away at Ysgol Croes Atti's Shotton site (opened in 2014) whilst Welsh-medium secondary education is available nine miles away in Mold at the long established Ysgol Maes Garmon.

The River Dee flowed to the sea along the current border between Wales and England, until in the 18th century it was diverted into its present channelized course to try to improve ship access from the sea to Chester. That led to extensive land reclamation in the head of the Dee estuary. The River Dee Company (1741-1902) had a right to reclaim the marshes and build embankments following the re-alignment of the Dee.[9]

  1. ^ In both English and Welsh. "Standardised Welsh Place names". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. ^ 2001 Census: Sealand, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 30 May 2008
  3. ^ "Community/Ward population 2011". Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Sealand Road & Sealand Manor - Settlement Service Audit" (PDF). Flintshire County Council. December 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2023. Sealand is a very small village  ...
  5. ^ "CH1 6QF maps, stats, and open data". GetTheData.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023. CH1 6QF lies on Ferry Lane in Higher Ferry, Chester.
  6. ^ "Sealand Road & Sealand Manor - Settlement Service Audit" (PDF). Flintshire County Council. December 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2023. Sealand Road and Sealand Manor are two very small hamlets / villages ...
  7. ^ "Descendants of Sealand settlers recall hard life on the land". Chester and District Standard. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Welsh Land Settlement Society (Hansard 12 November 1959)". UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Old Marsh Farm, Sealand, Flintshire".

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