Whitford (Welsh: Chwitffordd) is a village, community and an electoral ward near Holywell in Flintshire, northeast Wales.

[1] The community includes the villages of Carmel, Lloc, Gorsedd and Pantasaph.

Ellis Davies, amongst others, attributes this to the foaming of the waters at a ford at nearby Glanrafon.

The abundance of Bronze Age tumuli and cairns about the village, and the nearby Mesolithic settlements as Dyserth, Hendre and Prestatyn would suggest Whitford stands in a very ancient environment.

Today, Whitford is chiefly known for its close association with the Pennant Family, most notably Thomas Pennant (1728 -1798), the antiquarian travel writer to whom all those with a fascination with North East Wales owes an immeasurable debt.