Garden City
Built-up area in Flintshire, Wales
| Coordinates: | 53.225, -3.009 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 32 70 |
| Dialling code: | 01244 (Chester) |
Garden City is a small, mainly residential village in Flintshire in north‑east Wales. It grew up in the early 20th century with housing shaped by the Garden City idea to serve workers from nearby heavy industry, and sits within easy reach of the Dee estuary and the England–Wales border, so it enjoys a mix of riverine and semi‑rural landscape while remaining well connected to larger towns.
These days Garden City has a quiet, community‑orientated feel with local shops, green spaces and social clubs; economically it is largely a dormitory village with many residents commuting to nearby employment centres such as Chester and the wider Deeside area, but traces of its industrial and planning heritage are still visible in the street pattern and older housing.
Postcode districts covering Garden City
Most populated places nearby
- Liverpool 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Birkenhead 11.3 miles18.2 km
- St. Helens 19.1 miles30.7 km
- Warrington 20.8 miles33.5 km
- Chester 5.1 miles8.3 km
- Chester Castle 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Crewe 24.9 miles40 km
- Wrexham 12 miles19.3 km
- Buckley 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Runcorn 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Widnes 15.6 miles25.1 km
- Wallasey 13.5 miles21.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Queensferry Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Connah's Quay: Wepre Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Shotton East and Shotton Higher Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Queensferry and Sealand Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Sealand Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Shotton West Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Shotton Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Connah's Quay Central Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Connah's Quay Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Saughall and Shotwick Park Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Saughall Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Hawarden Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
Example postcodes in Garden City
CH5 2LR, CH5 2SL, CH5 2HN, CH5 2JQ, CH5 2FH, CH5 2JU, CH5 2HU, CH5 2HY, CH5 2NW … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 10 miles16.1 km
- Manchester Airport 31.6 miles50.9 km
- Hawarden Bridge Railway Station 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Shotton Railway Station 1.4 miles2.3 km
Hotels near Garden City Ad
- Oakwood Farm Mews 3 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Hotel Indigo Chester 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Holiday Inn A55 Chester West 3 3.7 miles6 km
- The Hotel Chester 5 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Stone Villa 5 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Moxy Chester 4 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Inglewood Manor 4 3.8 miles6.1 km
- The Townhouse Chester 3 5.6 miles8.9 km
- The Chester Grosvenor 5 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Leonardo Hotel Chester 4 5.5 miles8.9 km
Schools in Garden City
- Sealand CP School Primary
Local points of interest
- Connahs Quay Nomads Stadium 3 miles4.8 km
- The Airfield Stadium 3.8 miles6.2 km
- Airbus UK FC Stadium 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Chester Racecourse Recreation 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Cheshire Oaks Shopping centre 6 miles9.7 km
- Stanlow Abbey (England) Historic site 7.6 miles12.3 km
- Eaton Hall Estate 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Poulton Abbey Historic site 8.7 miles14 km
- Thurstaston Beach Beach 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Prenton Park Stadium 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Clwydian Range Mountains 10.4 miles16.7 km
- Racecourse Ground Stadium 12 miles19.3 km