Higher Kinnerton

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Higher Kinnerton
Flintshire

Main Road, Higher Kinnerton
Location
Grid reference: SJ328613
Location: 53°8’43"N, 3°0’18"W
Data
Post town: Chester
Postcode: CH4
Dialling code: 01244
Local Government
Council: Flintshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Alyn and Deeside

Higher Kinnerton is a small residential village in Flintshire, very close to the border with Cheshire. Its sister village, Lower Kinnerton lies on the other side of the border.

Education

The village has a primary school, Derwen School. The local secondary schools are Castell Alun High School in Hope and Hawarden High School in Hawarden.

Amenities

The village has a post office, a shop, and two public houses, The Swan and The Royal Oak. The parish church is All Saints, which is actually in the parish of Dodleston in Cheshire. There is a scout group called 1st Kinnerton Scouts. There is also a village hall which hosts various community clubs & events.

The celebrity cook Nigella Lawson spent some of her childhood here.

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