The name, of Celtic origins, means a "place of running water" and is likely derived from an ancient stream that ran through the village centre.
At 2,295 feet (700 m) the pier is the longest in Wales and the fifth longest in England and Wales.
The suspension bridge is the only footbridge to cross the River Dee in Chester apart from the footbridge attached to the railway bridge. It was originally built in 1852 at the instigation of Enoch Gerrard
