Flintshire
§ This page gives an overview of the Flintshire local authority district, bringing together key facts, maps, and data to help you quickly understand the area. One of 361 district profiles on Baseview.
Overview ⁞ Flintshire is in northeast Wales, bordering England and close to Chester. It has a strong manufacturing and aerospace sector, including Airbus operations in Broughton, and combines rural areas with towns like Mold and Flint.
The administrative boundary of Flintshire can be viewed on OpenStreetMap: District Boundary of Flintshire.
Key Facts about Flintshire
What region is Flintshire in? Flintshire is in Wales, a statistical region and also a country in United Kingdom.
Is Flintshire a city? No, Flintshire is not a city. (Note: the UK has 76 officially designated cities.)
Who governs Flintshire? The local government for this district is: Flintshire County Council (Wales County Council).
▶ Official website of Flintshire County Council 🔗 flintshire.gov.uk
Which police force covers Flintshire? Policing in Flintshire is provided by North Wales Police 🔗 northwales.police.uk, which serves 6 local authority districts: Conwy ⁞ Denbighshire ⁞ Flintshire ⁞ Gwynedd ⁞ Isle of Anglesey ⁞ Wrexham.
Flintshire in International Geographies
In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Flintshire is within an ITLs Level 3 area:
- (ITL 1) Wales
- (ITL 2) ⇒ North Wales
- (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Flintshire and Wrexham
The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.
Constituencies in Flintshire
A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 32 of them are in Wales. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.
Wards in Flintshire
Flintshire is divided into 45 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Argoed and New Brighton
- Bagillt
- Broughton North East
- Broughton South
- Brynford and Halkyn
- Buckley: Bistre East
- Buckley: Bistre West
- Buckley: Mountain
- Buckley: Pentrobin
- Caergwrle
- Caerwys
- Cilcain
- Connah's Quay Central
- Connah's Quay South
- Connah's Quay: Golftyn
- Connah's Quay: Wepre
- Flint: Castle
- Flint: Coleshill and Trelawny
- Flint: Oakenholt
- Greenfield
- Gwernaffield and Gwernymynydd
- Hawarden: Aston
- Hawarden: Ewloe
- Hawarden: Mancot
- Higher Kinnerton
- Holywell Central
- Holywell East
- Holywell West
- Hope
- Leeswood
- Llanasa and Trelawnyd
- Llanfynydd
- Mold East
- Mold South
- Mold West
- Mold: Broncoed
- Mostyn
- Northop
- Pen-y-ffordd
- Queensferry and Sealand
- Saltney Ferry
- Shotton East and Shotton Higher
- Shotton West
- Treuddyn
- Whitford
In the UK, a ward is a subdivision of a local authority area, used mainly for electoral and statistical purposes. Defined by the ONS, wards represent the primary unit for local elections, each returning one or more councillors to the local council. Wards are also used as a key geography for presenting population and census data.
Communities in Flintshire
Flintshire has 34 communities, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Argoed
- Bagillt
- Broughton and Bretton
- Brynford
- Buckley
- Caerwys
- Cilcain
- Connah's Quay
- Flint
- Gwernaffield with Pantymwyn
- Gwernymynydd
- Halkyn
- Hawarden
- Higher Kinnerton
- Holywell
- Hope
- Leeswood and Pontblyddyn
- Llanasa
- Llanfynydd
- Mold
- Mostyn
- Nannerch
- Nercwys
- Northop
- Northop Hall
- Penyffordd
- Queensferry
- Saltney
- Sealand
- Shotton
- Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor
- Treuddyn
- Whitford
- Ysceifiog
In Wales, communities are the Welsh equivalent of civil parishes—the lowest tier of local government. Every part of Wales lies within a community, though only some have an elected community or town council. Where they exist, these councils handle very local matters and speak for residents to the county or county borough council. Like English civil parishes, communities are purely civil/administrative and are distinct from church parishes.
Built-up Areas in Flintshire
Flintshire covers 43 built-up areas, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Aston (Flintshire)
- Bagillt
- Broughton (Flintshire)
- Buckley
- Caerwys
- Chester *
- Cilcain
- Connah's Quay
- Ffynnongroyw
- Flint
- Flint Mountain
- Garden City
- Gorsedd
- Greenfield (Flintshire)
- Gronant *
- Gwernaffield-y-Waun
- Gwernymynydd *
- Gwespyr *
- Hawarden
- Higher Kinnerton
- Holywell (Flintshire)
- Hope (Flintshire) *
- Leeswood
- Lixwm
- Mold
- Mostyn
- Mynydd Isa
- New Brighton
- Northop
- Northop Hall
- Padeswood
- Pantymwyn
- Pen-y-ffordd
- Pentre Halkyn
- Penyffordd
- Prestatyn *
- Rhosesmor
- Rhydymwyn
- Shotton
- Soughton
- Talacre
- Trelogan
- Treuddyn
In the UK, a Built-up Area (BUA) is a continuous urban area of at least 20 hectares (0.2 km²), defined by the ONS as land where buildings are generally no more than 200 metres apart, such as towns, cities, or large villages. (Note: A BUA name marked with an asterisk (*) indicates that the area is situated partly in the district of Flintshire.)
Flintshire compared with other districts in the UK
This section shows how Flintshire compares with other local authority districts in the UK, using a variety of measures and rankings.
Flintshire has 45 electoral wards.
Flintshire has a population of 155,867 (2024 mid-year estimate by ONS)
More local statistics and data for Flintshire can be found on the ONS statistics for Flintshire.