England–Wales border

E42593

international border political boundary

The England–Wales border is the historic and administrative boundary separating the countries of England and Wales, running from the Dee Estuary in the north to the Severn Estuary in the south.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
England–Wales border region	1
English–Welsh border	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international border ⓘ political boundary ⓘ
adjacentTo	Cheshire ⓘ Flintshire ⓘ Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ Herefordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Monmouthshire ⓘ Powys ⓘ Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrexham County Borough ⓘ
country1	England ⓘ
country2	Wales ⓘ
crosses	Clwydian Range ⓘ Dee Estuary ⓘ Severn ⓘ surface form: River Severn Severn Estuary ⓘ Shropshire Hills ⓘ
endPoint	Severn Estuary ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
follows	River Dee ⓘ River Wye ⓘ
governedBy	UK legislation ⓘ
hasDisputedAreasHistorically	Welsh Marches ⓘ
hasFeature	Offa's Dyke ⓘ
hasLanguageBoundaryAspect	English–Welsh linguistic divide ⓘ
hasLength	approximately 160 miles ⓘ approximately 257 kilometers ⓘ
hasTransportCrossings	A55 road NERFINISHED ⓘ M4 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ Severn Bridge ⓘ surface form: Second Severn Crossing Severn Bridge ⓘ railway lines between England and South Wales ⓘ
historicalRegion	Welsh Marches ⓘ
legalBasis	Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
locatedIn	United Kingdom ⓘ
partlyFollows	Offa's Dyke Path (sections) ⓘ surface form: Offa's Dyke Path
passesNear	Chepstow ⓘ City of Chester ⓘ surface form: Chester Hay-on-Wye ⓘ Monmouth ⓘ Oswestry ⓘ Wrexham County Borough ⓘ surface form: Wrexham
separates	England ⓘ Wales ⓘ
significantEvent	Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 ⓘ
startPoint	Dee Estuary ⓘ
usedFor	administrative purposes ⓘ legal jurisdiction delimitation ⓘ statistical reporting boundaries ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oswestry → borderRegion → England–Wales border ⓘ

this entity surface form: English–Welsh border

A44 road → crosses → England–Wales border ⓘ

Offa's Dyke Path (sections) → locatedIn → England–Wales border ⓘ

this entity surface form: England–Wales border region

Saltney → locatedNear → England–Wales border ⓘ