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©Eirian Evans
©Galatas
Looking towards the railway station and the Central Hotel.
©Eirian Evans
Recently reverted to its original name after a decade as The Royal Charter. I At the back were stables and the British Rail horse was stabled there. The hotel was built in 1943. Before this, a long single storey wooden building occupied the site. (from "The History of Shotton")
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.1km<br/>Former station hotel adjacent to Shotton High Level station, former Great Central Railway.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Shotton High Level railway station is on the Borderlands line between Bidston and Wrexham.
©David Quinn
Dist:0.1km<br/>Opened in 1890 by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway on what is now the Wrexham to Bidston line. View north east towards Hawarden Bridge and Bidston.
©Nigel Thompson
Dist:0.1km<br/>This image shows the murals in greater detail.
©Ceri Thomas
Dist:0.2km<br/>I first noticed these murals advertising Beechams Pills from the railway in the 1970s. They were painted on the gable walls of each terraces along the railway. These two were the only ones I could find that still remain.
©Ceri Thomas
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©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.2km<br/>This image, taken from Shotton Upper Level Station, shows the railway track along an incline towards Hawarden.
©Ceri Thomas
Dist:0.2km<br/>Opened in 1906 by the London & North Western Railway on its line from Chester to Holyhead. View south east towards Chester. As well as a footpath, the bridge in the distance carries the Bidston-Wrexham railway line. The station on that line is a few metres to the south.
©Nigel Thompson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Shotton low level is on the North Wales line between Llandudno and Chester.
©David Quinn
Dist:0.2km<br/>Located on both Nelson and Jubilee Street's. The Grosvenor is 1 of 2 social clubs in this square, the other being Shotton Lane Social club.
©David Quinn
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©Eirian Evans

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