New Brighton ( cy, Pentre Cythraul, lit=devil's village) is a small village in Flintshire, in north-east

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. It lies between the towns of Mold and

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, in the

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of Argoed. New Brighton lies on the

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and has a hotel, the Beaufort Park Hotel. A New Brighton

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exists, formed from the northern half of the Argoed community, with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 3,001. It should not be confused with

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on the Wirral Peninsula or the hamlet of New Brighton, near Minera in

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. Some residents refer to it by its Welsh name Pentre Cythraul, though the Welsh name was not recognised by the

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in 2018, causing local people to ask for this to be reviewed.

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Villages in Flintshire Wards of Flintshire {{Flintshire-geo-stub