[1] It is near Point of Ayr on the west side of the River Dee estuary and has a sandy beach with dunes and large holiday caravan parks adjacent.

Fighters flew over the remote village every day, shooting at wooden targets in the dunes and at drogues towed by aircraft.

In 1919 the Mostyn family sold the estate by auction and in 1921 it was occupied by a community of Benedictine nuns, who moved out in 1988.

[6] The main hall, a grade II* listed building, now functions as a private house again, but was renamed Westbury Castle.

The village was served by Talacre railway station on the North Wales Coast Line until it was closed in 1966.