Aston, Flintshire

Aston, also known as Aston Park, is a village in the community of Hawarden, in the principal area of Flintshire, north Wales. It is near to Hawarden and Shotton, in a relatively urban area, though there remains significant amount of countryside— Wepre Park is only a short distance away. In 2021, the wider built-up area had a population of 2,850.
The Domesday Book lists Aston as a settlement in the Atiscross hundred of Cheshire. The former manor house, now used as a retirement home, is a Grade II* listed building.. An Anglican church was built in 1938 near Old Aston Hill for the use of people in Aston and Ewloe.
The area has several amenities, including shops, a hairdresser, an Indian takeaway, a bowling green, a park, a primary school, a pub and Deeside Community Hospital. Aston Park Rangers is the local football team.
The A494 passes through Aston as a dual carriageway. The Welsh Assembly Government bought up and demolished 43 homes on the Aston Mead estate as part of a 2006 proposal to widen the road. The widening proposal was rejected by a public inquiry held in 2007 and then withdrawn. In 2016, 21 homes were built on the site.