Sandycroft is a village in Flintshire, Wales, approximately southeast of Queensferry and southwest of

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

, on the B5129 road between Queensferry and Broughton. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 6,724.

Railway station

Sandycroft railway station Sandycroft railway station was located on the eastern edge of the village of Sandycroft, Flintshire. History Opened 1 March 1884 by the London and North Western Railway, it was served by what is now the North Wales Coast Line between Chester, ...

was opened in 1884, and was served by the

North Wales Coast Line The North Wales Coast Line ( cy, Llinell Arfordir Gogledd Cymru), also known as the North Wales Main Line ( cy, Prif Linell Gogledd Cymru or cy, label=none, Prif Linell y Gogledd), is a major railway line in the north of Wales and Cheshire, ...

for 77 years until its closure under the

Beeching Axe The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) was a plan to increase the efficiency of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain. The plan was outlined in two reports: ''The Reshaping of British Railways'' (1963) and ''The Development of the ...

in 1961.

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

and the Dee Estuary. It is accessible from the A494 via the Queensferry Interchange. 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 Kenneth Christian Skates MS (born 2 April 1976) is a Welsh Labour politician. Skates has represented the constituency of Clwyd South in the Senedd since the election of 2011. He is an alumnus of the University of Cambridge, and worked as a ...

AM.

Notable people

Sasha Sacha, Sasha, Sascha, or ''variant'' may refer to: People * Sasha (name), includes list of people with the name and the variants Sascha or Sacha Musicians * Sasha (DJ) (born 1969), born Alexander Coe * Sasha (German singer) (born 1972), born Sas ...

, DJ (born 1969)

References

Villages in Flintshire {{Flintshire-geo-stub