Everything about Broughton Flintshire totally explained
Broughton is a small district in
Flintshire, north east
Wales, close to the Wales–England border and located to the west of the City of
Chester,
England. Along with the nearby village of
Bretton, the population was 5,791 at the
2001 census.
Broughton is home to a large aircraft factory. This was completed by late 1939 for the use by
Vickers Armstrong in building 5,786
Wellington bombers.
De Havilland Aircraft took over the factory in 1948 and built 2,816 planes of several designs. Today, the plant is the
Airbus wing factory which manufactures wings for the
A320,
A330/
A340 and
A380 aeroplanes. Airbus wings produced in Broughton are flown out in
Airbus Beluga planes with the exception of the large A380 wings which are transported by barge along the river Dee to the nearby
Mostyn docks.
The town also has a popular shopping park, known simply as
Broughton Retail Park where branches of major stores such as
Tesco can be found. Also in the village centre there are a small collection of shops. The popular
ITV1 drama series,
Midsomer Murders has utilised Broughton as a filming location.
Broughton is twinned with Auzeville-Tolosane (population 31,035), a
Commune of
Toulouse,
France.
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