Hawarden ,
Flintshire, Wales is a village,
community and
electoral ward in part of the
Deeside conurbation on the
Welsh/English border and was historically significant settlement in the area, see
Hawarden Castle. At the
2001 Census, the population of
Hawarden Ward was 1,858 (892 males, 966 females). increasing to 1887 at the 2011 census. The total population for the greater
community of Hawarden, which comprises also
Ewloe (which also has a castle),
Mancot and
Aston, was 13,539, increasing to 13,920 at the 2011 census. The scenic, wooded Hawarden Park forms the southern part of the community.
Hawarden Bridge is the industrial development that lies across
Shotton/
Queensferry and the
Dee. The west of the main street is called
The Highway, its start marked by the crossroads with the fountain in the middle, near which are
public houses, some centred on
restaurants.