now out of work and in severe financial hardship. The days of industrial might have ended in Bagillt. The area was now falling into long-term decline. Before the Second World War many people left in search of work: some moved to cities like Cardiff, Manchester and Liverpool while others went overseas to Canada and America. Modern era Bagillt and Greenfield remain areas where unemployment, social deprivation and child poverty are key issues. A report in 2004/05 called Flintshire Childcare Sufficiency Assessment concluded that child care was needed to help parents. According to North Wales Police, the overall crime rate in Bagillt East rose by 200% from 2007 to 2008; in Bagillt West this figure was only +3.7% in the same period. In 2013, Bagillt was formally twinned with Laxey, Isle of Man, after a visit to Laxey by members of Bagillt Heritage Society to see the Snaefell Wheel (now renamed the Lady Evelyn) recently restored by the Laxey and Lonan Heritage Trust. The wheel was built in Bagillt (see above). For elections to Flintshire County Council Bagillt is divided into the wards of Bagillt East and Bagillt West, which each elect one county councillor. Bagillt lies on a former section of the A548 road. A by-pass was built in the late 1960s for the A road. The town's facilities include a community-run library, reopened in 2014 following closure by Flintshire County Council in 2011, a few local shops, pubs and parkland. The Wales Coast Path passes through Bagillt by the side of the River Dee, and the Bagillt Heritage Society have signposted a Heritage and Industrial Trail from the Wales Coast Path to various sites around the village. The Bagillt Heritage Society also acquired the old sewage works near the site of the former Bagillt Railway Station for a future Community Gardens Project. Bagillt is home to two county primary schools, Ysgol Merllyn, located in the main village area, and Ysgol Glan Aber, in Bagillt Boot End. Argentina In the late 19th century, many Welsh families from NE Wales emigrated to the Chubut Valley in Patagonia, Argentina. In honour of their heritage, the Y Wladfa named the Lago Bagillt (Bagillt Lake) after the town (). References External links Bagillt History Club Photos of Bagillt and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk St Mary's & St Peter's Church Bagillt Bagillt Heritage Society Bagillt Community Council Towns in Flintshire Communities in Flintshire