Council Services

• Provision and maintenance of 500 footway lighting columns. 
• Litter Collection
• Maintenance and management of various playing fields, play areas and open spaces.
• Custodianship of House of Correction, Glynne Way, Hawarden.
• Custodianship of Gladstone Memorial Fountain.
• Maintenance of Public Clock, Glynne Way, Hawarden.
• Custodianship of Hawarden War Memorial.
• Maintenance and planting of land adjacent to Ewloe roundabout and opposite Ewloe Green CP School.
• Provision of roadside seats.
• Provision of litter bins (where not provided by the County Council). 
• Provision of village name signs at the gateway to the Villages.
• Provision of CCTV surveillance at Ewloe (2 sites) and Aston Park.
• Provision of financial support and encouragement to local Community groups and organisations.
• Provision of floral displays.
• Organisation of floral competitions.
• Provision of festive lighting.
• Production of Walks literature.
• Organisation of Remembrance Day Service.
• Provision of allotments 

Communication and Consultation

• Production of Council newsletters.
• Provision of notice boards.
• Provision and regular maintenance of the Community Council's website.
• Consultation with Flintshire County Council and other statutory bodies.
• Response to consultation documents received from Government departments and statutory bodies.
• Response to planning application consultations.
• Undertaking of surveys of residents' views.
  
  

Joint Services

Staff employed by Hawarden Community Council also administer Broughton and Bretton Community Council and provide a complete maintenance service to Broughton and Bretton Community Council and Shotton Town Council.

This arrangement was recognised as a model approach of Councils pooling resources to employ direct labour to undertake functions carried out by the principal Council in other parts of the County - Research Study into the Role, Functions and Future Potential of Community and Town Councils in Wales - University of Wales, Aberystwyth 2003.