The typical property in CH5
CH5 is Connah's Quay and Shotton, North Wales Deeside industrial corridor with major manufacturing employers.
Area summary
CH5 sits in Flintshire County Council, Wales. The outcode covers Connah's Quay, Shotton, Queensferry and surrounding villages along the Dee estuary. Shotton was historically the site of John Summers and Sons steelworks (the major UK strip steel producer until 1980), and the site is now Tata Steel Shotton. Housing is mixed: Victorian and Edwardian terraces, postwar council estates, and pockets of newer development.
Shotton station sits on the Borderlands Line and the North Wales Coast Line, providing services to Wrexham, Bidston (for Liverpool) and Chester. The A55 trunk road provides road links.
Employment is dominated by Tata Steel Shotton, Airbus Broughton (in adjacent CH4), the Deeside Industrial Park and commuting into Chester and Liverpool.
Flintshire County Council operates only mandatory HMO licensing. Welsh landlord regulation (Rent Smart Wales) applies.
What the data shows
Researched facts
Buyer notes
- Tata Steel employment is a major rental demand driver
- Welsh tenancy regulation differs from English
- Dee estuary flood zones affect some low-lying properties, verify
The full CH5 data page
Sold price history, crime totals, EPC distribution, council tax bands and more, pulled live from HM Land Registry, Police UK and the EPC Register.
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