Deeside

Your new house in Deeside has location, location, location. On your doorstep you have stunning natural landscapes including national parks, beaches, and nature reserves providing fantastic opportunities for hiking, climbing, and birdwatching. 

You can head to the beautiful city of Chester, with its black and white medieval buildings packed with gorgeous boutiques and eateries. The road network is excellent, so driving into the centre of Liverpool for lunch or shopping in Manchester’s Triangle or Arndale Centre are all within easy reach.

Living in Deeside

National parks, beaches and nature on your doorstep

There is an amazing choice of hiking, climbing and birdwatching areas within a very short drive. Wildlife reserve, RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands is just to the north and a short walk from there is the Ness Botanic Gardens with stunning Victorian show gardens. If you’d like to head to the beach, you are close to the A55 North Wales Express Way taking you along the coast road to Abergele, Llandudno, Bangor and Anglesey. If you’d like to hike through the mountains, the Snowdonia National Park is just over an hour to the west – and the Clwydian Range & Dee Valley National Landscape is just 15 miles to the south.

New schools straight from your door

There are 12 primary schools around Deeside offering faith, bilingual and Welsh-speaking options. Secondary schools near your house include Connah's Quay High School (4 miles), Elfed School (4 miles) and St David's High School (8 miles). Coleg Cambria at Connah’s Quay offers further education and has excellent full-time, part-time and apprenticeship courses. 

Great road links to the city

Flintshire is a stone’s throw from the historic town of Chester (8 miles) with regular bus services into the city. Liverpool is to the north along the A550 and M53, a very commutable 18 miles away. Warrington (25 miles), Runcorn (21 miles) and Manchester (40 miles) are all easily accessible. The nearest railway station is Shotton with services to Llandudno (45 minutes) and London Euston in around 2.5 hours.

New build houses in Deeside

Persimmon Homes has new houses in Chester, including Ellesmere Port and Alsager. To find out more about our available properties in your area, see our list of Persimmon developments below…