Coleg Cambria Deeside

Coleg Cambria Deeside Campus

Campws Coleg Cambria Glannau Dyfrdwy (Welsh)
Road towards the main entrance.
Former names	Flintshire Technical College Flintshire College of Technology Kelsterton College Deeside College Coleg Glannau Dyfrdwy (Welsh)
Part of	Coleg Cambria (since 2013)
Type	Further education college campus
Active	1952 (1952)–2013 (2013) (as a separate college)
Address	Kelsterton Road , Kelsterton, Connah's Quay, Deeside , Flintshire , Wales, United Kingdom 53°13′34″N 3°04′41″W / 53.226°N 3.078°W / 53.226; -3.078
Campus	Component, urban
Website	www.cambria.ac.uk/college-sites/deeside/

Coleg Cambria Deeside (Welsh: Coleg Cambria Glannau Dyfrdwy) is a campus of Coleg Cambria, a further education college, encompassing the grounds of the former Deeside College (Coleg Glannau Dyfrdwy), in Connah's Quay, Flintshire, North Wales.

A technical school in Flintshire was first proposed and approved in 1944, with the college opening as the Flintshire Technical College in 1952. In the 1950s, the college was challenged by the Denbighshire Technical College in Wrexham, as further education was proposed to be centralised there. In 1966, it was renamed the Flintshire College of Technology, in hopes to become a centre of advanced technology. Following the formation of the county of Clwyd in 1974, merging Denbighshire and Flintshire, the college was renamed Kelsterton College, and became part of the North East Wales Institute (NEWI), combining it and the three other Wrexham colleges. However in the 1990s, when Clwyd was split, the college became independent from NEWI and known as Deeside College. The college then developed its campus, including the opening of the Deeside College Sports Stadium, developed its reputation and finances, as well as local corporate partnerships.

Deeside College merged with the Welsh College of Horticulture, in Northop, Flintshire, in 2009, forming the Deeside College Group. In the same year, it also merged with Coleg Llysfasi, in Ruthin, Denbighshire, forming one of Wales' largest institutions with almost 22,000 annual students and 1000 staff.

In 2013, the college merged with Yale College, Wrexham to form Coleg Cambria. The former Deeside College grounds is now one of the five campuses of Coleg Cambria, alongside the Northop, Llysfasi, Yale (Grove Park Road), and Bersham Road sites. The name 'Deeside' is retained at the campus.