Mold is a town in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn. It is the administrative seat of Flintshire County Council, and was the county town of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996. According to the 2011 UK Census, it has a permanent resident population of around 10058 people. With no railway service, Mold is hard to get to by public transport. The nearest station is at Buckley, which has connections to Wrexham and Liverpool. Flint train station, to which Mold is connected by routine bus services, is not much further, and has direct trains to Cardiff, London and Manchester. Across the day there are routine buses from Mold Bus Station to Chester and Wrexham in addition to other nearby towns and villages. Mold has a 15th-century parish church, a small museum and the regional arts centre, Theatre Clwyd. Sharing a structure with Mold Library and Museum is Visit Flintshire, which is the main Tourist Information Office for the town and its surroundings, and provides an outlet for regional artists and craftspeople to sell their work. Mold is a cittaslow (slow food town), and it was the very first town in Wales to acquire this distinction. Mold has a diverse street market every Wednesday and Saturday for fresh produce and several other products. For speciality and fresh local food, the Celyn Farmers' Market is run on the first and third Saturdays of monthly in Mold. The Mold Food and Drink Festival is held each September. The food festival has a main event area on the edge of the town centre, and many different central and nearby companies add to the celebration. For all your home remodelings, be sure to identify trustworthy contractors in Mold to make certain of quality.