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A Place for All

Care and Repair North East Wales, has visioned a new future for the community of Shotton and the surrounding areas, creating a renewed purpose for 37 acres sited alongside the River Dee. The vision is to create a home for community, health, volunteering, enterprise and wellbeing, a place for everyone to get involved, A Place for You.

The former Social Club is now the operational headquarters of Care and Repair North East Wales, the building is also home to the Dee Park Rangers who steward Wales’ newest woodland. There are football pitches for hire and a new woodland on Dee Park to explore, our building can be hired to hold meetings or host events.  There is also the new John Summers community garden to sit and relax in.

This is your invitation to get involved, whether you are a business, individual or a group who want to hire or enjoy the space, get in touch.

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A Place for Community

Our vision is to repurpose the land and buildings for good, acting as a catalyst to create a better life for everyone. To achieve this, we work with partners to provide training, sports facilities, activities, enterprise support, as well as access to the environment and green spaces.  We believe that we can build a stronger community that has greater opportunities alongside a thriving local economy.

Upcoming Spring Events at Dee Park

Come down and join the rangers for a variety of events this spring Booking required (Except the Spring Celebration event) - https://bookwhen.com/deeparkrangers  

Christmas Celebration

The Dee Park Community Woodland Christmas event took place on Tuesday the 17th of December from 4pm until 7pm. Were you able to come along to place your wish on our wish tree, try your luck with our festive raffle and listen to the Deeside Silver Band?

Henry Weale

Henry Weale was born here, in Shotton, on the 2nd of October 1897. He even worked at John Summers Steelworks. At the time of earning his Victoria Cross, he was a Lance-Corporal of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. At just 21 years old, his act of bravery resulted in him...

Halloween Spooktacular

Our Halloween Spooktacular had an amazing array of activities such as classic pumpkin carving, cobweb creation and more! The event started at 3pm and ran until 7pm which allowed for the perfect atmosphere for people to get into the spooky spirit.

Summer Fun Day

  Come and join us for our summer fun day on Saturday 20th July from 11am-4pm.  There’s something for all the family with Food and Drinks, Donkeys, Arts and Crafts, Bushcraft Workshops and lots more!  We look forward to seeing you. Please be aware that we have...

Space for You

Our grounds are home to a number of local football teams who hire our 3 grass pitches.  We do have availability from time to time for extra hires, if you are interested in using a pitch, please contact us for information on fees and available dates.

Hire a pitch

At the heart of Place for You is the former Corus Steel social club, whilst we don’t serve alcohol anymore we do have lots of useful space for hire, so whether you want space for your meeting, set up a yoga class, hold training or a conference we’ve got the space for you.

We are currently working on getting the venue ready for hire so if you are interested in finding out more or have an enquiry then please click the button below.

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