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Talacre is located in Flintshire
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53°21′25″N 3°19′19″W / 53.357°N 3.322°W / 53.357; -3.322
The Light-house on Point of Ayr, 1815
There are two other similarly named points in the British Isles: Point of Ayre, Isle of Man and Point of Ayre, Orkney, Scotland.

Point of Ayr (Welsh: Y Parlwr Du) is the northernmost point of mainland Wales. It is situated immediately to the north of Talacre in Flintshire, at the mouth of the Dee estuary. It is to the southwest of the Liverpool Bay area of the Irish Sea. It is the site of a RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) nature reserve RSPB Dee Estuary Point of Ayr,[1] and is part of Gronant and Talacre Dunes Site of Special Scientific Interest.

  1. ^ "RSPB Dee Estuary Point of Ayr". Rspb.org.uk.

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