Shotton, Flintshire
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| Shotton | ||
|---|---|---|
| Statistics | ||
| Population: | c. 9,000 | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | Maps for SJ305685 | |
| Administration | ||
| Principal area: | Flintshire | |
| Constituent country: | Wales | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Police force: | North Wales Police | |
| Ceremonial county: | Clwyd | |
| Historic county: | Flintshire | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | DEESIDE | |
| Postal district: | CH5 | |
| Dialling code: | +44-1244 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | Alyn and Deeside | |
| European Parliament: | Wales | |
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Shotton is a town in Flintshire, north Wales, lying on the River Dee. It has a population of around 9,000 people.
Originally founded by Anglo-Saxons, the town grew from the eighteenth century around coal mining and farming on reclaimed marshland. Steel works later grew up, and Shotton also became a railway junction.
The steel works was originally owned by John Summers and Sons, a Staybridge ironworks company. It was later bought by the government under British Steel. It was privatised and acquired by Corus Group, which still maintains operations.
The town lies under the Hawarden Bridge, completed in 1889 and originally a swing-opening bridge.
