Talacre Travel Guide

 
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  • Talacre Dunes
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  • Talacre Lighthouse
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  • view across the beach and Dee estuary
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The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse, Talacre

 Evenith666 Says:  Talacre's most famous sight is the Lighthouse located on the beach, as it is the location of numerous ghostly sightings. Some people claiming to have seen a figure wearing old fashioned lighthouse keeper clothes and standing in front of the glass dome of the currently... 

Beach and Dunes

Beach and Dunes, Talacre

 sandysmith Says:  The beach and dunes are a great place for a walk when the tide is out. So many people just enjoying the fresh air here, lovely to see families out together. There is a cararan park just down the road so this is an ideal spot for them to enjoy the outdoors. Good spot for bird... 

Estuary View

Estuary View, Talacre

 sandysmith Says:  Well this is the view of the Dee Estuary here. We had seen the Dee from the opposite side from our home town and is was so strange looking back across to our home - can't think why we had not visited here before in the 15 years we have lived over there. 

Point of Ayr Lighthouse

Point of Ayr Lighthouse, Talacre

 sandysmith Says:  At high tide the water surrounds the lighthouse but forunately when we visited the tide was out and we could walk right along the beach to it. Unforunately it is not open to the public but the pools of water in the shallow sandbanks around it meant a perfect reflection shot... 

Talacre Beach and Lighthouse

Talacre Beach and Lighthouse, Talacre

 sandysmith Says:  This lighthouse, built in 1776, once showed 2 lights -- one at 63 feet, looking seaward towards Llandudno, and one at 8 feet looking down the River Dee towards Dawpool in Cheshire. It has been inactive since 1883 but was restored in 1996. The tower was painted with red and... 

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Wartime Talacre

Wartime Talacre, Talacre

 Evenith666 Says:  Talacre Beach was used extensively during WWII by RAF Fighter Command. Every day fighters would fly over the remote welsh village, shooting at wooden targets in the Sand Dunes and at Drogues towed by other aircraft, and as such the Dunes are a popular site for metal... 

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Flying High

Flying High, Talacre

 sandysmith Says:  The long stretch of beach following the estuary means its great conditions for kite flying and microlite fliers. Guess the view must be amazing from that height - not sure I'd be brave enough to try it myself though, looks a bit neve-racking being suspended like that! 

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 This lighthouse, built in 1776, once showed 2 lights -- one at 63 feet, looking seaward towards Llandudno, and one at 8 feet looking down the River Dee towards... 

 

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 Talacre is in North Wales not far froom Prestatyn. Situated right at the mouth of the Dee Estuary this lighthouse is visible in the far far distance from our home town over on the opposite side of the... 

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 Taking its name from the two welsh words 'tal', meaning 'end', and 'acrau' meaning 'acres', the small village of Talacre lies in Flintshire on the banks of the Dee estuaary. It is the site of the... 

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