Heswall Shore
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Heswall Shore by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
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Heswall Shore
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 5 Apr 2018
Despite the appearance of being dumped in a field, these boats are in fact on marshland at the edge of the Dee estuary. Until the 1980s there was sand here flooded by the tide and historically Heswall was a fishing village. Over the years it has become silted up and the boats are going nowhere.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.324682
Longitude
-3.122522