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Broughton (Welsh: Brychdyn ⓘ) is a village [2] in Flintshire, Wales, close to the Wales–England border, located to the west of the city of Chester, England, in the community of Broughton and Bretton. Along with the nearby village of Bretton, the total population was 5,791 at the 2001 Census, [3] increasing to 5,974 at the 2011 Census. [4]
Broughton and Bretton (Welsh: Brychdyn a Bretton) is a community in Flintshire, Wales. It contains the villages of Broughton and Bretton, and had a population of 5,974 as of the 2011 UK census. [2] The community (along with Shotton) was created in 1985 from part of the pre-existing Hawarden community.
The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS; Welsh: Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the principal areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham in the north of Wales. With service coverage in north-west Wales being predominantly rural.
Broughton Hall, c.1781. Broughton Hall was a large country house that was located in Broughton, Flintshire, Wales. It was demolished in the early 1970s and houses now exist on the site. The only indication of its existence is the main road through the village; Broughton Hall Road.
MOD Sealand (formerly RAF Sealand), is a Ministry of Defence installation in Flintshire, in the northeast corner of Wales, close to the border with England. It was a Royal Air Force station, active between 1916 and 2006. Under defence cuts announced in 2004, RAF Sealand was completely closed in April 2006.
In 2017, Flintshire County Council's Local Development Plan for Deeside, termed "The Deeside Plan" was developed. The plan included the aspiration for a new station known as "Broughton Parkway" to be set up between Shotton Low Level and Chester railway stations, with the station serving the industries and residences of Broughton.
Flintshire (Welsh: Sir y Fflint) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the English ceremonial counties of Merseyside and Cheshire , across the Dee Estuary to the north and by land to the east respectively, Wrexham County Borough to the south, and Denbighshire to the west.
North Broughton Island, to the north of Broughton Island; Broughton Point, on the south coast of North Broughton Island; the Broughton Strait off the north coast of Vancouver Island, between that island and Queen Charlotte Strait; the Broughton Peaks, a small group of peaks in the Barkley Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island