Welcome to Gwernaffield and Pantymwyn
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Gwernaffield and Pantymwyn Community Council serves a local population of over 1,700 people residing in the villages of Gwernaffield and Pantymwyn. Chairman and vice-chair There are 12 members of the Community Council. For 2023/2024 the Council Chair is Councillor Ruth Appleton and Vice Chair Councillor Adrian Barsby. (Please see the Councillors tab for further information). Clerk The Council has a part time clerk who also acts as the responsible financial officer. The clerk provides advice and administrative support and takes action to implement council decisions. The Council Your community council is the local tier of elected and co-opted representatives for your community. There are 37 Town and Community Councils in Flintshire. Find out who is on the council. |
Monthly Community Council meetings
Cyfarfodydd misol y cyngor cymuned The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 6 December 2023, Tachwedd at Mold Golf Club, Pantymwyn. (Note - change of venue until Spring 2024) Clerk to the council: Mrs Kay Roberts Pen Llan Farm Mountain Road Cilcain CH7 5PB Email/E-bost: gwernaffieldclerk@outlook.com Council documentation
Can now be found on the Documents page. Copies of the newsletters can also be found in the local shop and post office in Pantymwyn. |
What does your Community Council do locally?
- Raises an annual precept to fund expenditure
- Funds community council owned street lighting in the villages and in recent years upgraded these to LED reducing costs and the carbon footprint
- Considers annually match funding the Summer Playscheme in Partnership with Flintshire County Council for local children and young people
- Co-ordinates some annual community events including the sunflower and scarecrow competitions
- Co-ordinates and fund an annual Christmas Senior Citizens Lunch
- Considers and responds to Flintshire County Council on planning applications in the villages
- Considers one off financial assistance to help support local groups and organisations
- Produces a regular newsletter for residents
- Holds in Trust the Gwernaffield Play Area for the community
- Contributes to funding play equipment in Gwernaffield and Pantymwyn Play Areas
- Listens to residents issues and liaises with relevant officers such as streetscene and local partners to improve quality of life
- Funds an annual leavers gift for every school leaver at Ysgol Y Waun.
Basic facts and Information
The villages lie 3 miles to the west of the historic market town of Mold, under the shadow of Moel Fammau, and the Clwydian Range of hills. The area is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, based on the limestone hills which are home to a variety of specific flora and fauna.
Gwernaffield developed to house a mining community, as well as the farmworkers and labourers; Pantymwyn began as both a holiday area, and home to the lead miners. A booklet is available for viewing or download, and describes the villages in greater detail, and will reward further study.
Gwernaffield and Pantymwyn are residential villages, which because of the topography and access are closely linked in services and amenities. In Gwernaffield, the Church stands proudly at the very centre of the village, at the crossroads, and immediately adjacent is the Hand Inn, now the only hostelry in the village.
The village primary school is set back from the main road, and welcomes pupils from the two villages, and from surrounding areas. Pantymwyn takes ‘ownership’ for the two communities of the Golf Course, home of Mold Golf Club, an 18 hole, hilly, but well cared for course (par 72); of the Post Office, including the newsagent; the Crown Tavern, a pub providing meals as well; and the independent Pen y Fron Chapel.
Leaving Pantymwyn, the main road, Cilcain Road, through the two villages passes through a very steep valley, for which the road is known as “Trial Hill”, based on motor cycle trials of bygone times. The 6ft 6 inch width restriction over the bridge spanning the River Alyn, and the narrow carriageway indicates that access to and from the neighbouring village of Cilcain is not to be undertaken lightly.
The Community Council, formed of 12 members, 6 from each village meets regularly to consider matters relevant to the two villages. It sources this website as a service to the community.
Please address all communications to the Clerk to the Community Council, Mrs Kay Roberts.
The villages lie 3 miles to the west of the historic market town of Mold, under the shadow of Moel Fammau, and the Clwydian Range of hills. The area is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, based on the limestone hills which are home to a variety of specific flora and fauna.
Gwernaffield developed to house a mining community, as well as the farmworkers and labourers; Pantymwyn began as both a holiday area, and home to the lead miners. A booklet is available for viewing or download, and describes the villages in greater detail, and will reward further study.
Gwernaffield and Pantymwyn are residential villages, which because of the topography and access are closely linked in services and amenities. In Gwernaffield, the Church stands proudly at the very centre of the village, at the crossroads, and immediately adjacent is the Hand Inn, now the only hostelry in the village.
The village primary school is set back from the main road, and welcomes pupils from the two villages, and from surrounding areas. Pantymwyn takes ‘ownership’ for the two communities of the Golf Course, home of Mold Golf Club, an 18 hole, hilly, but well cared for course (par 72); of the Post Office, including the newsagent; the Crown Tavern, a pub providing meals as well; and the independent Pen y Fron Chapel.
Leaving Pantymwyn, the main road, Cilcain Road, through the two villages passes through a very steep valley, for which the road is known as “Trial Hill”, based on motor cycle trials of bygone times. The 6ft 6 inch width restriction over the bridge spanning the River Alyn, and the narrow carriageway indicates that access to and from the neighbouring village of Cilcain is not to be undertaken lightly.
The Community Council, formed of 12 members, 6 from each village meets regularly to consider matters relevant to the two villages. It sources this website as a service to the community.
Please address all communications to the Clerk to the Community Council, Mrs Kay Roberts.
