Halkyn

Halkyn Welsh: Helygain
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Halkyn, from the west
Halkyn Location within Flintshire
Population	2,879 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SJ211714
Principal area	Flintshire
Preserved county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MOLD
Postcode district	CH7
Post town	HOLYWELL
Postcode district	CH8
Dialling code	01352
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Delyn
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Delyn
Website	halkyn.org.uk
List of places UK Wales Flintshire 53°13′59″N 3°10′59″W / 53.233°N 3.183°W / 53.233; -3.183

Halkyn (Welsh: Helygain [heˈləgain]; Flintshire Welsh: Lygian [ˈləgjan]) is a village and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales and situated between Pentre Halkyn, Northop and Rhosesmor. At the 2001 Census the population of the community was 2,876,^[1] increasing slightly to 2,879 at the 2011 Census.^[2] Pentre Halkyn is in the community.

Halkyn is one of the ancient parishes of Flintshire, originally comprising the townships of Hendrefigillt, Lygan y Llan and Lygan y Wern. The area was notable during the Roman occupation for the mining of lead. The village was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Alchene, when it was then part of Cheshire, in England.

An electoral ward in the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 1,785.^[3] The Halkyn ward includes the villages of Halkyn, Rhes-y-cae and Rhosesmor and elects one county councillor to Flintshire County Council.^[4]

The village has a football club Halkyn United F.C., a cricket club, a post office (run as part of the Blue Bell Inn), a parish church, a library, and two public houses, the Britannia and the award-winning Blue Bell Inn.

• Dan Jones, translator of the Book of Mormon into Welsh.

• Halkyn Community Website
• Geograph.co.uk, photos of Halkyn and surrounding area

Media related to Halkyn at Wikimedia Commons