Ewloe (; , ) is a village and

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in the

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of Hawarden in

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. It is situated close to the Flintshire/

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sector of the Wales-England border.

Flintshire County Council Flintshire County Council is the unitary local authority for the county of Flintshire, one of the principal areas of Wales. It is based at Tŷ Dewi Sant, Ewloe since 2025. It was previously based at County Hall in Mold. Elections take place ...

is based at St David's Park in the village. The A55 expressway passes through Ewloe and its most notable landmark is

Ewloe Castle Ewloe Castle () is a native Welsh castle built by the Kingdom of Gwynedd near the village of Ewloe in Flintshire, Wales. The castle, which was one of the last fortifications to be built by the native Prince of Wales, Princes of Wales, was aband ...

. The Ewloe

had a population at the 2011 Census of 5,420. The urban area of the village is contiguous with Hawarden, Buckley and Shotton. The

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deems Ewloe to form part of the Buckley built-up area, which covers much of

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Economy

Ewloe grew rapidly during the late 1990s and early 2000s and is now the home of the internet based

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and construction company Redrow.

has one of its main offices at Ty Dewy Sant on St David's Park, a building which had previously been occupied by

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and before them by the former Alyn and Deeside District Council. The Village Hotels chain of hotels hosts the 'St David's Hotel' just off the A55 road network in Ewloe. The St David's Park housing estate was built in the 1990s and is known as being a prestigious estate popular with young professionals and families respectively. Increasing numbers of new property and the resulted increase to population in Ewloe led to the opening of a new Co-op supermarket on the St David's Park road, with Ewloe now boasting two Co-op stores around 835 metres apart. A chain super pub was built in St Davids Park, which then opened in September 2010, but was damaged in an arson attack early morning on 6 February 2011. It has since reopened.

Education

Two primary schools exist within the Ewloe and Ewloe Green wards. These are Penarlag CP School and Ewloe Green Primary School. Secondary students from Ewloe are mostly educated at Hawarden High School in adjacent Hawarden.

Governance

At the lowest level of local government, Ewloe is an

that elects community councillors to Hawarden Community Council. The other three community electoral divisions are Aston, Hawarden and Mancot.

has been fully based at Tŷ Dewi Sant in St Davids Park in Ewloe since March 2025, following the completion of the council's move from County Hall in

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. Ewloe is also a county ward for elections to Flintshire County Council, electing two county councillors.

Notable residents

* In 2004 professional footballer

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bought a small street of houses, Austen Close in Ewloe, for his extended family. He had grown up and owned a house nearby. * Idwal Davies (1899–1980), a

and

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footballer, was born in nearby Ewloe Green.

References

External links

Photos of Ewloe and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
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