Sandycroft

Sandycroft is a village in Flintshire, Wales, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Queensferry and 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Chester, on the B5129 road between Queensferry and Broughton. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 6,724.^[1]

Sandycroft
Sandycroft Industrial Estate
Sandycroft Location within Flintshire
Population	6,724 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ32916723
• Cardiff	153 miles
Community	Hawarden Queensferry
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
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Alyn and Deeside (Assembly constituency)
List of places UK Wales Flintshire 53.195°N 2.999°W / 53.195; -2.999

History

A shipyard operated in Sandycroft in the 19th Century. It built a number of vessels including the Royal Charter.^[2]

Sandycroft railway station was opened in 1884, and was served by the North Wales Coast Line for 77 years until its closure under the Beeching Axe in 1961.^[3]

Geography

The village is part of the Deeside conurbation and is located immediately south of the River Dee, which is canalised at this point between Chester and the Dee Estuary. It is accessible from the A494 via the Queensferry Interchange.

Parts of Sandycroft suffered from floods in 2023^[4] and 2024.^[5] Natural Resources Wales have carried out some remediation works on drainage channels in the village, and plan to complete these in 2025.^[6]

A large industrial estate lies to the north of the village, expanded in 2018 with the addition of a manufacturing site for Ifor Williams Trailers. The site was opened on 22 September 2018 by Ken Skates AM.^[7]

References

1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Sandycroft Built-up area (1119885738)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
2. "Sandycroft Foundry and Ironworks 1853". Peoples Collection Wales. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
3. "Sandycroft". Disused Stations. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
4. "Flintshire Council on Storm Babet flood response concerns". The Leader. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
5. "Sandycroft: Issues ongoing as homes flooded after rainfall". The Leader. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
6. "Drainage improvement works in Sandycroft amid flood issues". The Leader. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
7. "Ifor Williams Trailers launch horseboxes at unveiling of £5m Sandycroft factory". The Leader. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2024.