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Wrexham County Borough

August 28, 2023

Wrexham County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is a county borough, with city status,[1] in the north-east of Wales. It borders the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire and Shropshire to the east and south-east respectively, Powys to the south-west, Denbighshire to the west and Flintshire to the north-west. The city of Wrexham is the administrative centre. The county borough is part of the preserved county of Clwyd.

Wrexham County Borough
Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam (Welsh)
County borough and city
County Borough of Wrexham[i]
Pont Cysyllte (front-left), Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (centre) and Cefn Mawr Viaduct (far-right).
Coat of arms
Wrexham County Borough shown within Wales
Coordinates: 53°03′N 3°00′W / 53.05°N 3.00°W / 53.05; -3.00
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country Wales
Preserved countyClwyd
Established1 April 1996
Administrative HQWrexham
Government
 • TypePrincipal council
 • BodyWrexham County Borough Council
 • ExecutiveIndependent Group– Conservative coalition (council NOC)
 • LeaderMark Pritchard (Independent Group)
 • MayorAndy Williams (Independent Group)
 • MSsLesley Griffiths (L)
Ken Skates (L)
+ 4 regional members
 • MPsSarah Atherton (C)
Simon Baynes (C)
Area
 • Total193 sq mi (499 km2)
 • Rank10th
Population
 (2021)
 • Total135,100
 • Rank10th
 • Density690/sq mi (268/km2)
 • Ethnicity
97.6% white
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
GSS codeW06000006
ISO 3166-2GB-WRX
ITL 3 codeTLL23[ii]
ONS code00NL
Websitewww.wrexham.gov.uk

The county borough has an area of 193 square miles (500 km2) and a population of 136,055. The north of the county borough is relatively urbanised and centred on Wrexham, with a population of 44,785, its industrial estate and several outlying villages, such as Brynteg and Gwersyllt. To the north east is the border village of Holt, while to the south of Wrexham, Rhosllanerchrugog, Ruabon, Acrefair and Cefn Mawr are the main urban villages. Further south again is the town of Chirk, near the border with Shropshire, while the Ceiriog Valley to the south-east and English Maelor to the south-west of the county borough are rural. The county borough was historically split between Denbighshire and Flintshire, with it all later being part of the county of Clwyd.

The county borough is flat in the east and hilly in the west. The long salient to the south-west incorporates most of the Ceiriog Valley and includes part of the Berwyn range. The River Ceiriog forms part of the Shropshire border in its lower stages before meeting the Dee east of Chirk. The Dee itself enters the county borough near Cefn Mawr and flows east and then north-east toward Cheshire, creating a wide plain. It forms part of the border before fully entering England at the county borough's north-east corner. The north-west of the county borough, down to Chirk, is part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB, and includes the Ruabon Moors uplands.

Wrexham includes the remains of two significant medieval castles: Chirk, which is now a country house, and Holt, of which only fragments remain. The county borough has a strong industrial history; a notable early business is Bersham Ironworks, in the Clywedog Valley, which operated between 1715 and 1812 and pioneered cannon manufacture. The area is part of the North Wales coalfield and significant mining took place in the nineteenth century. Tanning and brewing were also significent industries. The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct near Cefn Mawr is an important surviving piece of early industrial infrastructure and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The contemporary economy of the county borough has diversified into industries such as engineering, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and food processing, with agriculture dominant in the south-east and south-west. The county borough also contains Wrexham Glyndŵr University, one of Wales' three Roman Catholic cathedrals, Wrexham Industrial Estate and the UK's largest prison, HMP Berwyn.

History Edit

Further information: History of Wrexham

Borough status Edit

In 1848, concerns over the sanitary conditions, in particular the threat of cholera,[2][3] in the growing town of Wrexham, led to locals launching a petition in February 1857 for the town to be incorporated. In September 1857, the town was granted a charter,[2][4] spanning the two townships of the town, Wrexham Abbot and Wrexham Regis,[3] as well as part of Esclusham Below, and forming the borough of Wrexham, with a borough council (a corporation) and mayor under the terms of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.[5][6][7] During incorporation the town was also given a coat of arms.[8]

Between 1894 and 1974, as part of Denbighshire; the remaining civil parishes surrounding but excluding the town were part of the Wrexham Rural District, civil parishes in the Maelor region were part of the Overton Rural District, renamed Maelor Rural District in 1953. Whereas civil parishes in Chirk and the Ceiriog Valley were from 1894 part of either the Chirk Rural District or Llansillin Rural District, until they were merged into the Ceiriog Rural District in 1935, and abolished in 1974 to become part of Clwyd's Glyndŵr district.[9]

The Local Government Act 1958 formed the Local Government Commission for Wales tasked to review the potential reform of local government in Wales. In their 1963 report, the commission rejected proposals for the establishment of Wrexham as a county borough.[10]

Status within Clwyd, then as County Borough Edit

The borough of Wrexham, Wrexham Rural District (except Llangollen Rural and Llantysilio), Marford and Hoseley (from Hawarden Rural District, Flintshire) and the neighbouring Flintshire exclave of the Maelor Rural District, were abolished in 1974, all being absorbed into the Wrexham Maelor district of the then administrative county of Clwyd.[9][11] Chirk and the Ceiriog Valley were part of the Glyndŵr district.

Clwyd itself was abolished in 1996 as an administrative county, becoming a preserved county for ceremonial lieutenancy purposes.[12]

Wrexham was established as a county borough (a principal area; same powers as counties in Wales) in 1996, containing all of the former Clwyd district of Wrexham Maelor, and the communities of Chirk, Glyntraian, Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog and Ceiriog Ucha from the Glyndŵr district.[8][12]

Following formation in 1996, there were discussions over the boundary between the newly created principal areas of Denbighshire and Wrexham County Borough, in particular over the lower Dee Valley and Llangollen area. Llangollen, Llangollen Rural and Llantysillio were all considered to potentially all or partly become part of Wrexham County Borough. Referendums were held in the communities, with the community of Llangollen Rural, originally in Denbighshire in 1996, transferred to Wrexham County Borough in 1997 through the enacting of "The Denbighshire and Wrexham (Areas) Order 1996" on 1 April 1997.[13][14][15]

Referendums by Llangollen Town Council were held in 1993 and 2000, with the latter resulting in a narrow majority of nineteen votes for staying in Denbighshire, and the Welsh Assembly accepting the result by confirming the boundaries in 2002.[16]

On 1 September 2022, the county borough was awarded city status on behalf of Wrexham's application.[1]

Geography Edit

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Labelled relief map of the county borough
Main article: List of places in Wrexham County Borough
See also: List of lakes of Wales § Wrexham

Wrexham County Borough is a landlocked principal area in Wales. It is a "border county" in the Welsh Marches border region. It is bordered by the English counties of Cheshire to the east and Shropshire to the south and south-east, and the Welsh counties of Flintshire to the north, Denbighshire to the west, and Powys to the south-west.

Parts of the Berwyn range and Maesyrchen Mountains, some part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty since 2011, border the county borough to its west.[17] To the east across the River Dee, the county borough meets the Cheshire Plain.[18]

 
Map of the English Maelor, south-east of Wrexham, in Wrexham County Borough

The county borough's boundaries can be characterised by two protrusions from the largely contiguous borders surrounding the city of Wrexham, sometimes defined as Maelor Gymraeg (meaning "Welsh Maelor"). To the south-east of the city, across the River Dee, the English Maelor (Welsh: Maelor Saesneg; a former part of Historic Flintshire) extends to almost meet the English town of Whitchurch, Shropshire and Fenn's Moss.[19] To the south-west, a large salient of the county borough to the west of Chirk, along the River Ceiriog and the surrounding Ceiriog Valley meets the Berwyn range and the Powys border. The highest point in the county borough is Craig Berwyn, rising 790 metres on the Wrexham-Powys border in the Berwyn range.[citation needed]

There are two upland areas in the county borough, both located on its western edge. The Berwyn mountains, and the Ruabon and Esclusham Mountains. The Berwyns and Ruabon Mountain are designated SSSIs and SACs.[20]

The county borough is within the preserved county of Clwyd, and between 1974 and 1996 as part of the then administrative county of Clwyd, the present-day county borough was divided into the districts of Wrexham Maelor and Glyndŵr. Before Clwyd's establishment in 1974, the modern-day county borough was part of the historic counties of Denbighshire (spanning most of the modern-day county borough; including Wrexham), and Flintshire (the English Maelor exclave).[citation needed]

Offa's and Wat's Dyke, and their respective pathways (Offa's Dyke Path,[21] and Wat's Dyke Way)[22] pass through the county borough. Other pathways include the Dee Way Walk,[23] and Maelor Way.[24] The Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve is located in the south-east of the county borough along the Wrexham-Shropshire border.[25]

The county borough is largely urban and industrial surrounding Wrexham, but largely rural for the rest of the county borough, with areas of farmland and rural estates. Woodlands cover 9.4% of the county borough, lower than the national average of 14%.[26]

The main settlement of the county borough is the city of Wrexham with 44,785 inhabitants in 2021.[27] Its neighbouring villages include Gwersyllt, Rhostyllen, Brymbo, Bradley and New Broughton. These, along with Wrexham, formed Wales' fourth largest urban area with 65,692 inhabitants in 2011.[28] The sole other town in the county borough is Chirk. The main villages of the county borough are Rhosllanerchrugog, Ruabon, Cefn Mawr, Coedpoeth, Gresford, Llay, Holt, Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Bangor-on-Dee and Marchwiel.

Rhosllanerchrugog's built-up area extends to Ruabon, Cefn Mawr and Acrefair, with a total population of 25,362 in 2011.[29]

There are 69 sq mi (180 km2) of principal rivers in the county borough, including the River Dee, Ceiriog, Alyn and Clywedog, as well as important streams.[20]

The River Dee is the main river in the county borough, flowing from Denbighshire in the west into the county borough passing Froncysyllte, under Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, and passing Chirk, until it flows north-east towards England, cutting off the county borough's south-east salient of Maelor Saesneg (meaning "English Maelor") and later forming part of the border between Wales and England. River Alyn, a tributary of the Dee, flows in the north of the county borough.[citation needed]

 
Lake in Acton Park, Wrexham

There are various small lakes in the county borough. While there are 3000 ponds, mainly concentrated in Hanmer, Maelor and Overton.[20]

There is a veteran tree, said to be over 1,000 years old, near Chirk, known as the Oak at the Gate of the Dead.[30] There are also some caves under Esclusham Mountain to the west of the county borough, with caves such as: Ogof Dydd Byraf and Ogof Llyn Parc.

Country parks Edit

Main article: Parks and open spaces in Wrexham

There are eleven urban and country parks in the county borough operated by Wrexham council. These include all the country parks, three urban parks in Wrexham and Ponciau, as well as the Nant Mill Visitor Centre and Brynkinalt Park.[31] The seven country parks[32] in the county borough are:[33] Alyn Waters,[34] Bonc-yr-Hafod,[35] Erddig Park,[36] Minera Leadmines,[37] Moss Valley,[38] Stryt Las Park, and Tŷ Mawr.[26][39][40]

There are two country house estates with significant areas of parkland and woodland, those being at Brynkinalt (near Chirk; with the Brynkinalt Park; also known as Chirk Green being council-operated),[41] and at Erddig (National Trust-operated; south of Wrexham).[42][43] Iscoyd Park in Maelor Saesneg also boasts some parkland.

Nant Mill hosts a Visitor Centre on the Clywedog Trail and is surrounded by woodland,[44] whereas Stryt Las Park between Rhos and Johnstown hosts grassland, woodland and ponds.[45] Both are operated by the council.

Wrexham city has two main city parks, Bellevue Park,[46][47] and Acton Park,[48][47] there is also a city centre green in-front of the council's Guildhall. Rhosllanerchrugog and Ponciau have Ponciau Banks Park as their urban park.[49][31]

87% of the population in the county borough is within two miles of the main parks in the county borough.[26][31] The remaining areas are already largely rural, in particular the Ceiriog valley and English Maelor.[31]

 
Former Minera Lead Mines, now a country park

Clywedog Trail spans for 5.5 miles (8.9 km) along the River Clywedog, from the Minera Lead Mines to King's Mills.[50] Offa's Dyke Path passes through the county borough.[51]

Bonc-yr-Hafod and Stryt Las are both part of the Stryt Las a'r Hafod Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).[31][52][53]

Politics and local government Edit

See also: Wrexham County Borough Council, List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd, and Wrexham County Borough Council elections

The principal area (styled as a "county borough") is governed by Wrexham County Borough Council, a Welsh local authority principal council. Most offices of the council are situated within Wrexham city centre, around Llwyn Isaf, Lord Street and Chester Street. Its customer contact centre, "Contact Wrexham" is located at 16 Lord Street.[54][55] The headquarters of the council's Chief Executive is at the Guildhall (Welsh: Neuadd y Dref; lit. 'Town hall') in Wrexham.[47][56] From May 2022, there are forty-nine electoral wards for the council, with seven having two councillors.

 
2022 Wrexham County Borough Council election results, coloured in party colours, by electoral ward.

The most recent Wrexham County Borough election on 5 May 2022,[57] resulted in independent politicians maintaining their position as the largest group with 23 members but falling short of a majority, leaving the council in no overall control.[58] Since 2017,[59] the principal council has been operated by a coalition of local independents, the "Wrexham Independents" group and the Conservatives.[60] Following the 2022 election, on 11 May 2022, local independents and the separately organised "Wrexham Independents" merged into a 21-member[iii] "Independent Group", and formed a coalition with the Conservatives again for another five-year term.[61] The next election for the council is due for 6 May 2027,[62] as part of the next Welsh local elections.

 
Wrexham County Borough Council's Guildhall, Wrexham
 
Glyn Ceiriog in the county borough's south-west.

The county borough was formed on 1 April 1996 following the enactment of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, containing the district of Wrexham Maelor and some communities of Glyndŵr, namely Chirk, Glyntraian, Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, and Ceiriog Ucha, and later Llangollen Rural in 1997.[12] Borough status was inherited from the town of Wrexham, which was granted to the then town in September 1857.[8]

The area includes a portion of the eastern half of the historic county of Denbighshire and two exclaves of historic Flintshire: English Maelor and the parish of Marford and Hoseley.

The county borough is in the East Wales ITL 2 (formerly NUTS 2) and "Flintshire and Wrexham" ITL 3 (formerly NUTS 3) statistical regions by the UK's Office for National Statistics (and until 2020 Eurostat).[63] It is regarded to be in the North East Wales and North Wales non-administrative regions[64][65] (and the associated regional bodies, such as North Wales Economic Ambition Board,[66] North Wales Police,[67] North Wales Fire and Rescue Service,[68] Tourism Partnership North Wales, and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board).[69]

In general elections, the county borough spans two constituencies, currently (as of April 2022) the same for both UK Parliamentary elections, and devolved Welsh Parliamentary (Senedd) elections; the constituencies of Clwyd South and Wrexham.[70] From the next United Kingdom general election, where Wales' constituencies are reduced from 40 to 32 following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies; under September 2021 draft proposals by the Boundary Commission for Wales; the county borough would be served by an expanded "Wrexham" constituency, the north-western parts to be within an expanded Alyn and Deeside (currently wholly in Flintshire), and the Wrexham sections of the Clwyd South constituency transferred to a new "Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr" constituency shared with parts of Powys.[71]

Polling done by UnHerd, showed that of those polled 54% of the county borough supported the continued reign of the British Monarch, compared to 23% and 21% opposed, and 23% and 25% don't know, in the Wrexham and Clwyd South constituencies respectively.[72]

In the 2016 National Survey for Wales, only 45.9% of the population agreed or strongly agreed that Wrexham County Borough Council provides quality services, below the Welsh average of 59.3%.[26]

Local recent political history Edit

On 23 June 2016 in the 2016 EU referendum, the county borough voted 59% in favour of Leave.[73]

In the 2019 United Kingdom general election, Conservative candidates won the constituencies of Wrexham and Clwyd South for the first time in their existence.[73][74][75] The constituencies were generally considered to be Labour heartlands part of its "red wall",[76] and were won by Labour in the June 2017 election, as well as previous elections.[77][78][79] In the 2021 Senedd election, Welsh Labour incumbents for the Senedd constituencies of Wrexham and Clwyd South covering the county borough were re-elected.[73][80][81]

In 2021, the council submitted bids for UK City of Culture 2025 on behalf of the county borough although later lost to Bradford, and a separate bid, submitted in December 2021, to award the then town of Wrexham the status of a city for the civic honours awarded for the 2022 Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, which it later won.[82] It was the only city bid from Wales, and Wrexham has applied for city status three other times, in 2000, 2002 and 2012, with the 2012 bid lost to St Asaph, Denbighshire.[83] City status was awarded to the "County Borough of Wrexham" on behalf of Wrexham on 1 September 2022.[84]

Westminster members Edit

Senedd members Edit

Communities Edit

See also: List of communities in Wales § Wrexham

Electoral wards Edit

Main article: List of electoral wards in Wrexham County Borough

Economy and industry Edit

The economy of the county borough has changed over the past few decades, from a largely coal-mining focused heavy industrial area, into a high-tech manufacturing, technological and service industry hub.[85]

The main industry is manufacturing with around 20% (18.3% in 2011 census) of employment in the county borough being in the manufacturing sector.[86] The other largest sectors from the 2011 census include: 15.2% in the Wholesale and retail sector (including vehicle repair), 14.6% health sector, 8.9% education, 6.9% construction, 6.0% government and military, 4.9% accommodation and food service, 4.4% administration and support services, 4.3% transport, 3.9% professional, scientific and technical, 2.8% finance and industry, 1.8% IT and 8% other.[87] When classed together the public sector counts for more than a third of jobs in the county borough.[86] 75% of the total land in the county borough is managed by farmers.[26]

Brewing Edit

History Edit

 
Original brewery of Wrexham Lager, now an office building inside Wrexham Central Retail Park. It is a Listed building.

In the 19th century, a brewing industry developed in Wrexham town, alongside the then town's existing leather and coal industry.[88][89] The town became a brewing centre due to the town's good underground water supplies near but not of the River Gwenfro.[90][91] The sands and gravels in the surrounding river plain filters groundwater which builds up on the impervious rocks beneath.[91] Wrexham also sits above a faultline, dividing the area into a mineral-rich hard water east suitable for brewing beer, and a soft water west for lager.[91] Many breweries were also set up in the medieval times in the township of Wrexham Abbot which would have had lower taxes than Wrexham Regis, the areas controlled by the Crown.[91] By the 1860s, there were 19 breweries in the town.[90] Many brewers became leading politicians in the town, with two brewers, Thomas Rowland and Peter Walker disagreeing who should be mayor of Wrexham.[90]

Wrexham Lager has been brewed in Wrexham since 1882.[90][92] The brewery produced the first German-brewed lager in the United Kingdom, and was located in Wrexham for the brewing quality of its underground spring water.[93] The lager was reputedly served on board the Titanic, other White Star Line ships and by soldiers during the Siege of Khartoum.[94][95][96] It is also claimed to be the first lager to been exported to countries such as India, South Africa, Australia and various countries in the Americas.[97] The brand started to decline during the World Wars, following changing consumer tastes, rationalisation, and the internationalisation of the industry.[97][98] The brewery was bought by Ind Coope & Allsopp, eventually merged into Allied Breweries and later Carlsberg-Tetley.[97] The original brewery located on top of the Gwenfro was closed by Carlsberg in 2000, with all UK-wide production by Carlsberg of the brand ceasing in 2002. The modern brewery, constructed in the late-20th century, was demolished between 2002 and 2003,[98] and was replaced with Wrexham Central Retail Park. The original brewhouse building on Central Road within the now retail park remains as a Grade II listed building.

Another known brewery formerly operating in Wrexham was Soames's Brewery, and what later became Border Breweries. The brewery can be traced back to a minor brewing business operating out of the Nag's Head Public House on Tuttle Street.[99] It wasn't until 1874 following an acquisition, that "Wrexham Brewery" started to become a major producer. In his 1892 tour, Alfred Barnard described Soames's to have the best beer in Wrexham.[90][100] The Border Breweries company was formed from the merger of Soames Wrexham Brewery, Island Green Brewery and Dorsett Owen in 1931.[100][99] It was purchased by Marston's Brewery in 1984 and closed by Marston's six months later despite stating otherwise.[90][99] Other former breweries include Albion, Cambrian, Eagle, Island Green, and Willow.

Present day Edit
See also: Wrexham Lager Brewery

In 2011, the Wrexham Lager brand was revived, launched in the Buck House Hotel in Bangor-on-Dee,[101] it later moved to a newly built high-tech microbrewery on St. George's Crescent to the east of Wrexham city centre from the original brewery.[97]

In recent years, the lager has experienced success, with the lager in 2022 announced it will be sold in Aldi stores across Wales and England.[102]

As of April 2022, the other microbreweries currently set up in the county borough include: Big Hand Microbrewery (Wrexham Ind. Est.),[103] Magic Dragon Brewery (Plassey),[104] McGivern Ales (Ruabon),[105] and Sandstone Brewery.[106][107]

Red brick Edit

Further information: Ruabon § Brick and clay works
 
Pen-y-bont, on the site of the former J C Edwards brickworks site, near Cefn Mawr. The building was a showpiece for the company's brickwork.

Ruabon to the west of the county borough has a deep history in brick and tile-making. This is owed to its vast amounts of high quality Etruria Marl clay. In the 19th century this clay was the centrepiece for Ruabon's tile and terracotta production on a vast scale, leading the village to be nicknamed "Terracottapolis".[108][109][110] Its former manufacturing speciality the "Ruabon Red Brick" were used in various buildings of the Victorian era, such as the Pierhead Building in Cardiff, Victoria Building of Liverpool University and in the restoration of the Taj Mahal.[94][108] Hafod Brickworks were established near Hafod Colliery in 1878, and a "Red Works" in 1893.[108][111] The bricks contributed to the term "redbrick" in the term "Red brick university". Brick production largely ceased in the 1970s, with production mainly focused on quarry tiles.[108]

Former mining Edit

See also: North Wales Coalfield and Denbighshire Coalfield

In 1854, there were 26 coal mines operating in the western uplands of Wrexham.[112] The main mines were located at Ruabon, Rhos, Acrefair, Brymbo and Broughton (particularly around the Moss Valley). Mining operations were later concentrated, with larger colleries such as Westminster, Hafod (now Bonc-yr-Hafod park), Bersham, Wynnstay, Wrexham and Acton, Llay Hall and Gatewen commencing operations.[112] By the 20th century, two deep coal pits were dug, one at Gresford opening in 1911,[8] and another at Llay Main.[112] In 1934, a colliery disaster in Gresford killed 261 miners, with 3 rescuers also killed in the rescue operations. In the late 20th century, the traditional industries of Wrexham, in particular coal-mining, went into decline. Llay Main closed in 1966, Hafod closed in 1968, Gresford Colliery closed in 1973, and Bersham Colliery closed in 1986.[8][112]

Industrial estate Edit

Main article: Wrexham Industrial Estate

There are 25 different industrial and business parks in the county borough,[26] with Wrexham Industrial Estate being the largest, located 2.5 miles east from Wrexham and on the site of a former World War II munitions factory.[47][113][114][115]

 
Kronospan factory, Chirk

Wrexham Industrial Estate is the largest industrial area in Wales, among the top ten in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe.[86][113][114][116] There are around 360 businesses in the estate, providing 10,000 jobs.[26] The main industries operating in the industrial estate include: banking and finance, automotive, engineering, pharmaceutical, aerospace, and food and beverage.[26] The Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was manufactured at the Wockhardt UK facility in the industrial estate.[117]

HM Prison Berwyn, a Category C adult-male prison is located in the industrial estate, and opened in 2017.[118] It is the largest prison in the United Kingdom.[119] In Chirk, there is a Kronospan wood product production factory[120] and a Mondelez International (for Cadbury) factory.[121] Whereas at Llay, there is Magellan Aerospace[122] and a regional divisional HQ for North Wales Police.[123]

Retail Edit

 
Wrexham Butcher's Market from Wrexham High Street
 
Eagles Meadow shopping centre in 2016 at night, with an Odeon Cinema, M&S and Tenpin.

Wrexham serves as the main retail centre for the county borough. Its city centre, hosts Eagles Meadow shopping centre,[124][125] two markets (General and Butcher's),[126] Tŷ Pawb (former People's Market),[127] Island Green retail park, and a High Street.[94] A Monday market is held in the city on Queen's Square.[126]

Notable retail areas outside the city centre are: Plas Coch retail park and Gwersyllt retail park. The county borough is also connected to shopping destinations in Chester, Broughton and Liverpool.

Sports Edit

 
Wrexham County Borough Museum, proposed home of the Football Museum for Wales (in the building's empty upper floors).

Wrexham is regarded as the "spiritual home of Welsh football",[128][129] with a Football Museum for Wales proposed to be set up in the city.[129][130][131][132] The county borough is home to the oldest club in Wales and third oldest association football club in the World, Wrexham A.F.C., which play in the oldest stadium in Wales. The Football Association of Wales was founded on 2 February 1876 at the Wynnstay Arms Hotel in Wrexham.[133] The first association football match in Wales is said to be in or near Wrexham.[134][135]

Notable stadia in the county borough include the Racecourse Ground (oldest in Wales), The Rock, and an athletics stadium at Queensway.

Football Edit

See also: Wrexham A.F.C.

The county borough is home to Wrexham A.F.C., formed in 1864, they are the oldest club in Wales and the third[136] oldest professional association football team in the world. The team competes in the EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system.[94][137] Wrexham A.F.C's home stadium, the Racecourse Ground, is the world's oldest international stadium that still continues to host international games, and its neighbouring Turf Hotel pub is the oldest pub to any sporting stadium in the world.[136] The team train at Colliers Park, Gresford,[138] and have an equivalent Women's team. The team's rivalry with Chester City F.C. (now Chester F.C.) is described as the "Cross-border derby". In 1869, another football team composed of footballers from Ruabon, was formed in Plas Madoc, later becoming the Cefn Druids following a merger.[134][135][139]

 
Racecourse Ground, home of Wrexham A.F.C., in 2007

As of March 2022, aside Wrexham A.F.C., all other teams in the county borough play in the Welsh football league system. In the Cymru Premier, the highest tier (Tier 1), only Cefn Druids A.F.C. based at The Rock, Rhosymedre play.[140][141] In the tier 2 Cymru North league, Gresford Athletic F.C. play.[142] In the tier 3 Ardal Leagues; Brickfield Rangers F.C., Brymbo F.C., Cefn Albion F.C., Chirk AAA F.C., Llay Welfare F.C., Penycae F.C., Rhos Aelwyd F.C. and Rhostyllen F.C.[143] In the tier 4 North East Wales Football League; Cefn Mawr Rangers F.C., Chirk Town F.C., Coedpoeth United F.C., FC Queens Park, Lex Glyndwr XI F.C., and Overton Recreation F.C.[144] This tier 4 league also have a tier 5 championship, containing the Wrexham County Borough teams of Bellevue, Borras Park Albion, Brymbo Lodge, FC United of Wrexham, Johnstown Youth, and Ruabon Rovers. A Wrexham Town Police Station F.C. was also set up in 2022.[145]

Rugby Edit

See also: Wrexham RFC

Wrexham RFC is a Welsh rugby union team based in Wrexham, and is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and was a founding club of the North Wales Rugby Union, itself founded in Wrexham in 1931.[146] The club is located to the east of Rhosnesni, Wrexham.

Between 2010 and 2021, the North Wales Crusaders were based in Wrexham, first at the Racecourse Ground, then at the Queensway Stadium in Caia Park, Wrexham.[147]

 
Aerial view of Bangor-on-Dee racecourse (dark green patch) surrounded by the meandering River Dee.

Horse racing Edit

Bangor-on-Dee racecourse is located in Bangor-on-Dee, and has held horse racing events since February 1859. It is the only racecourse in North and Mid Wales.[148][149] Prior to being a football stadium and home to Wrexham A.F.C., the Racecourse Ground once held horse racing events as part of the Wrexham Gold Cup and the Silver Cavalry Cup, with the first held on 29 September 1807.[150] Horse racing ended at the Racecourse Ground in 1857.[47][150]

Transport Edit

Wrexham County Borough's transportation system is part of Transport for Wales' North Wales Metro bus and rail improvement programme.[151] There are no airports or motorways in the county borough. The nearest airports providing passenger air travel are: Birmingham Airport, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, and Manchester Airport, all in England, with direct service available to the airports in Birmingham and Manchester, and a direct service to Liverpool South Parkway the nearest station to Liverpool's airport. In 1950, Wrexham (specifically Plas Coch) was a stop in the world's first scheduled helicopter passenger service between Liverpool and Cardiff by British European Airways.[152][153] The service ceased in March 1951 due to low demand.[152][153]

Railways Edit

 
Wrexham General railway station, the main railway station in the county borough.

The county borough contains two railway lines,[154] the Borderlands line between Wrexham Central and Bidston (Birkenhead),[155][156] and the Shrewsbury–Chester line. There are five stations in the county borough;[157][158] Chirk, Gwersyllt, Ruabon, Wrexham Central and Wrexham General. Gwersyllt, Wrexham General and Wrexham Central (terminus) are on the Borderlands line, whereas Ruabon, Wrexham General, and Chirk are on the Shrewsbury–Chester line,[159] with the two railway lines interchanging at Wrexham General, the main and busiest station in the county borough.[160]

There are two proposed railway stations in the county borough, Wrexham North and Wrexham South,[161][162][163] and plans to reopen parts of the Glyn Valley Tramway as a heritage railway.[26][164]

Two former major branches of railway were the Wrexham and Minera Branch, which supported the steelworks at nearby Brymbo Steel Mill and Minera Limeworks, with the last of the lines closed in 1982, and the Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway, opened in 1895,[152] which passed through Wrexham city centre, St. Giles' Church and Maelor Saesneg towards Ellesmere, which closed in 1962 for passengers and 1981 for freight.[165]

Roads Edit

 
The A483 southwards in Esclusham

The main road in the county borough is the A483, a dual carriageway, entering the county borough from Chester in the north and passing the outskirts of Wrexham,[158] Rhostyllen, Ruabon and meeting the A5, at Halton, near Chirk.[26] The A5 ("London-Holyhead Trunk Road") connects Oswestry (continuing southwards to London) and Llangollen (towards Holyhead) via Chirk and Froncysyllte. The A534 connects Wrexham to Nantwich via Holt, with the A5156 near Borras,[26] linking the A534 to the A483 near Pandy. The A541 connects Wrexham to Trefnant, Mold, Nannerch and the outskirts of Denbigh.[26] Trunk roads are managed by the North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent on behalf of the Welsh Government.[166] There are no motorways in the county borough.

 
An Arriva Sapphire service, on route 1 from Chester Railway Station, terminating at Wrexham Bus Station, operated by Arriva Buses Wales in its original livery in 2013.

Bus Edit

Wrexham bus station serves as the main bus terminus of the county borough. Bus services are operated by various bus operators such as Arriva Buses Wales, Arriva Midlands, TrawsCymru, Stagecoach North West, Llew Jones Coaches, Lloyds Coaches, M&H Coaches, Pat's Coaches, Tanat Valley Coaches and Valentine Travel.[167] Popular bus services in the county borough include the Arriva Sapphire 1 between Wrexham bus station and Chester railway station, and the TrawsCymru T3 Wrexham to Barmouth service.

Former tramways Edit

Main article: Wrexham and District Electric Tramways

There was an electric tramway between 1903 and 1927, connecting Wrexham to Rhosllanerchrugog, operated by Wrexham and District Electric Tramways.[152] The route was 4.44 miles (7.15 km) long, connecting the mining villages with Wrexham city centre, and General railway station.[152] It was later replaced with motor buses in 1937.[47][152][168]

Demography Edit

 
Population pyramid of Wrexham borough in 2020

At the 2021 census,[iv] the county borough recorded a population of 135,100, and is the tenth most populous principal area in Wales, the same rank as 2011.[169][170] This population is a small increase of 0.2% from the 2011 census and lower than the national average of a 1.4% increase in population in 2021. The county borough is ranked thirteenth in population growth among principal areas, with both Denbighshire (2.2%) and Flintshire (1.6%) growing faster, although Powys also increased by 0.2%, and Conwy (also in ceremonial Clwyd) shrunk by 0.4%.[170]

The city of Wrexham had a population of 44,785, in the 2021 census,[27] accounting for 33% of the population of the county borough. This roughly covers the four communities of Acton, Caia Park, Offa and Rhosddu.[171] In the 2011 census, the Wrexham built-up area (BUA) was considered to also include western urban villages such as Gwersyllt, Brymbo and New Broughton, as well as Bradley and Rhostyllen, with a total population of 65,692 (2011 census), 48% of the county borough in 2011.[172] In the 2021 census, these new separate built-up areas are Bradley (1,315), Brynteg (9,225), Gwersyllt (7,110) and Rhostyllen (2,760).[27] There is also the BUAs of Coedpoeth (4,740), Gresford (4,945) and Llay (4,665) in the north to north-west of the county borough.[27] The other largest settlement is Rhosllanerchrugog with a community population of 9,694 in 2011[173] while its 2021 built-up area was 12,785 residents.[27] Other southern 2021 built-up areas include Acrefair and Cefn Mawr (6,905), Ruabon (3,410), and Trevor (1,395).[27] Holt's BUA had 1,085 residents in 2021, while the community of Chirk had a population of 4,468 in 2011,[174] and its 2021 built-up area population was 3,935.[27]

The county borough has 1,300 more females than males, with 68,200 females (50%) to 66,900 males (50%).[169] The county borough is twelfth in population density of the principal areas of Wales, with 268 people per square kilometre, more than the national average of 150. The most populous five-year age group are those aged 50–54 with 10,100 people (7%).[169] With a 19.5% growth in those aged 65 years and over, a decrease of 3.9% aged 15–64, and a decrease of 3.6% of children under 15 years old. In a 2020 population projection, Wrexham County Borough's population is expected to shrink slightly by 2028.[175]

The average age in the county borough is 42 years, with more than 25% of the population being in the 45 to 64 age cohort in 2011.[86]

At the 2011 census, 96.9% of the population was recorded to be White, made of 93.1% English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/ British, 0.4% Irish and 3.4% other White. The next largest eithnic group in 2011 was Asian/Asian British at 1.7%, with 0.6% identifying as Indian. 0.5% of the 2011 population were Black, and 0.2% other ethnic.[87]

93.7% of the population was born in the United Kingdom, 69.2% from Wales, 23.4% from England, 0.8% from Scotland, and 0.3% from Northern Ireland. 0.3% from the Republic of Ireland, 3.4 from the European Union (excluding Ireland), and 2.6% from other countries. 71.2% held a British passport, 24.3% no passport, 3.3% an EU member passport, and 1.2% other.[87]

95.8% of the population over 16 had English at their main household language. 65.1% of the population classed themselves as part of a religion, of which: 63.5% were Christian, 0.6% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu and 0.6% other. 27.4% had no religion, and 7.5% religion not stated.[87]

66% of waste is either recycled, reused or composted in the county borough between 2018 and 2019, 3% higher than the Welsh average.[176]

In 2011, 94.7% of the population identified with a UK nation identity consisting of either a Welsh/English/Scottish/Northern Irish or British identity, with 60.3% having part or full Welsh identity. 0.4% had a mixed identity between Welsh/English/Scottish/Northern Irish/British and another identity. 3.4% of the population had other non-UK identities.[26]

Some of the top 10% deprived areas in Wales are located in the county borough, these five Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) are; Queensway 1, Wynnstay, Plas Madoc, Queensway 2 and Cartrefle 2.[26]

Welsh-language Edit

 
Valley in Ceiriog Ucha.

Only 12.9% of Wrexham County Borough's population at the 2011 census could speak Welsh, lower than the national average of 19%, making the county borough largely anglophone.[177] The highest proportion of Welsh-language speakers in the county borough is in the rural Ceiriog Valley ward, where 31.2% can speak the Welsh language. The ward of Wynnstay in Wrexham has the lowest proportion of Welsh-language speakers with 7.7%. Therefore, Welsh is more likely to be spoken in more rural areas of the county borough.[26]

Health Edit

Health in the county borough has been managed since 2009 by the NHS Wales local health board, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board which covers all of North Wales.[178][179] Prior to Betsi Cadwaladr LHB, there was a separate Wrexham LHB and the North East Wales NHS Trust[180] based at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.

As of March 2017, the life expectancy in the county borough is 65 years for both Males and Females.[26]

 
Wrexham Maelor Hospital

Hospitals Edit

Main article: Wrexham Maelor Hospital

The main general hospital in the county borough is Wrexham Maelor Hospital in Wrexham, opened in 1985, and has an Accident and Emergency department.[8] A private hospital known as Spire Yale, operated by Spire Healthcare is located next to Wrexham Maelor Hospital. There is a smaller community hospital in Chirk, and a former Polish community hospital in Penley, the latter opened in 1946 for treating Polish people following the Second World War, and was closed in 2002.[181] There is also an adult male-only independent mental health hospital known as the New Hall Hospital near Ruabon.[182] The Wrexham & East Denbighshire War Memorial Hospital, located in Wrexham city centre, was built in the aftermath of World War I and fundraised by the local population from 1918 to 1927, to commemorate those killed in the war.[183] The hospital closed in 1986, and now serves as part of Yale College (now part of Coleg Cambria).[47]

Education Edit

Higher and further education Edit

 
Wrexham Glyndŵr University, formerly the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI).

The county borough houses one university, located in the city of Wrexham, Wrexham Glyndŵr University, awarded university status in 2008.[184] Bangor University has a healthcare school near Wrexham Maelor Hospital.[185] The main further education provider in the county borough is Coleg Cambria,[186] formed in 2013 from the merger of Yale College, Wrexham and Deeside College in Flintshire. Coleg Cambria also provides some higher education, and has two main sites in Wrexham, at Yale Grove Road in the city centre, and Bersham Road to the south-west of the city centre in Offa.[186]

 
 
Campuses of Coleg Cambria (Yale College, Wrexham prior to 2013) in Wrexham. Bersham Road campus (left), Yale Grove Road (right).

Schools Edit

Main article: List of schools in Wrexham

There are a total of 68 schools in the county borough.[86] Of those, nine are secondary schools, including one Welsh-medium secondary school of Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, and the only shared-faith secondary school in Wales of St Joseph's Catholic and Anglican High School. Three secondary schools have Sixth forms; those being The Maelor School, Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, and Ysgol Rhiwabon.[187] The other five secondary schools are Ysgol Bryn Alyn, Ysgol y Grango, Darland High School, Rhosnesni High School, and Ysgol Clywedog.[187] There is a special school of St Christophers in Wrexham.[188] For the 2015/2016 school year eight of the fifty-nine primary schools at the time were Welsh-medium or bilingual.[26]

In 2019, secondary schools in Wrexham were criticised by Estyn, the Welsh education and training inspectorate, for having the poorest attendance of the principal areas in Wales.[189]

Twinning Edit

Wrexham County Borough is twinned with the German district of Märkischer Kreis[93] and the Polish town of Racibórz.[47][190]

The first twinning was established on 17 March 1970 between the former Kreis Iserlohn and Wrexham Rural District.[191] Its early success ensured that, after local government reorganisation in both countries in the mid-seventies, the twinning was taken over by the new councils of Märkischer Kreis and Wrexham Maelor Borough Council and, in 1996, by Wrexham County Borough Council.

In 2001 Märkischer Kreis entered a twinning arrangement with Racibórz, a county in Poland, which was formerly part of Silesia, Germany. In September 2002, a delegation from Racibórz visited Wrexham and began discussions about cooperation which led to the signing of the Articles of Twinning between Wrexham and Racibórz in March 2004. The Wrexham area has strong historical links with Poland. Following World War II, many service personnel from the Free Polish armed forces who had been injured received treatment at Penley Polish Hospital. Many of their descendants remain in the area.

Culture and tourism Edit

 
An Overton Yew Tree, one of the Seven Wonders of Wales

In 2015, it is estimated the county borough attracted 1.86 million visitors, and brought in more than £100 million for the tourism industry.[26][94]

Three of the Seven Wonders of Wales are located in the county borough, those wonders being: "Wrexham steeple", "Gresford bells", and " Overton yew trees".[94] Elihu Yale, after which Yale University is named after, is buried in Wrexham, with his tomb located at St Giles' Parish Church.[192] Local archives relating to the city and county borough are held at the Wrexham Archives, in the Wrexham County Borough Museum, Wrexham.

 
The 2011 National Eisteddfod of Wales, held on the Lower Berse Farm, Offa, Wrexham (near Bersham), with the Maes in the background.

Since 1876, the county borough has hosted the National Eisteddfod of Wales eight times, six hosted in or near Wrexham in 1876 [cy],[193] 1888 [cy], 1912 [cy], 1933 [cy], 1977 [cy] and 2011 [cy]; with Rhosllanerchrugog hosting in 1945 [cy] and 1961 [cy].[194] Also held in 1876, was the Wrexham Art & Industry Exhibition.[47][115] The first Wrexham Science Festival was held in 1998.[8]

Focus Wales, an international new music festival is hosted in the city of Wrexham.[195] Tŷ Pawb, an art and cultural centre in the city plays host to many cultural events and exhibitions.[94][196] Wales Comic Con was founded in 2007 and its first event held in Wrexham in 2008, prior to the moving of its events to Telford in 2019 (as Wales Comic Con: Telford Takeover) due to the small venue at Glyndŵr University.[197]

There are two public market halls in Wrexham city centre, the Butcher's Market and General Market.[126] A third, People's Market, was converted to the Tŷ Pawb cultural centre in 2018. A weekly Monday market is held in Queen's Square in Wrexham.[126]

Tourism accounts for £116 million and 1,600 jobs for the county borough, increasing 38% between 2012 and 2017.[198]

In 2020, a science discovery centre known as "Xplore!" opened in Wrexham city centre, succeeding the Techniquest centre at Glyndŵr University.[199]

There are adventure playgrounds at The Venture in Caia Park and The Land in Plas Madoc.

The oldest surviving engine house in Wales is present at Penrhos near Brymbo.[200]

In October 2021, the council's bid for UK City of Culture in 2025 made it onto the competition's shortlist of only 8 shortlisted places in the UK, outbidding 12 other places (20 applied in total) and being the only one of the five bids from Wales making it onto the shortlist. In March 2022, Wrexham County Borough's bid for City of Culture made onto the competition's shortlist of only four places, the only non-English bid.[201][202] On 31 May 2022, Wrexham lost to Bradford's bid.[203]

Public art and symbols Edit

 
Acton Dog sculpture outside Wrexham County Borough Museum.
See also: List of public art in Wrexham County Borough

Notable buildings and structures such as St Giles' Church, Chirk Castle and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct also act as symbols for the county borough.

The "Acton Dog" has become a symbol of Wrexham city, inspired by the four greyhound fibre glass statues on top of Acton Gate at the entrance of the former Acton Estate, they were the symbol of the Cunliffe family.[47][204] Some settlements in the county borough host a colliery wheel as a welcome sign, highlighting the areas coal-mining industry heritage.[205]

 
 
Colliery wheel welcome signs in Rhiwabon (Ruabon; left) and Black Park near Chirk (right).

"Babs" was a modified Higham Special sport racing car designed in the county borough.[206] Designed, built and driven by John Godfrey "J.G." Parry-Thomas from Wrexham, it set the land speed record of 171 miles per hour (275 km/h) in Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire in April 1926.[207] Parry-Thomas was killed in the car on the beach,[208] aged 42, during his attempt on 3 March 1927 to regain his speed record from Malcolm Campbell.[207] The car was buried beneath the sand dunes on the beach until 1969, when it was later recovered, restored and remained on display at the Pendine Museum of Speed until 2018, when it was temporarily relocated to Beaulieu Motor Museum,[208] until the completion of the Pendine Sands of Speed Museum.

Waking the Dragon was a proposed bronze sculpture to be built near Chirk, it was first proposed in 2010,[209] and granted permission in 2011,[210] with progress stalling by 2016 due to a lack of funding.[211]

Castles Edit

 
Chirk Castle

Chirk Castle is located to the south of the county borough,[212] and there are notable remains of a medieval castle in Holt in the county borough's north-east.[213][214] There was historically a motte and bailey castle at The Rofft site in Marford, and another former motte and bailey castle known as "Wristlesham" in Erddig.

Chirk Castle, a National Trust property, is located on the outskirts of Chirk.[212] It is also within the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB, which extends to the Chirk Castle Estate.[17]

Holt Castle is located in the village of Holt, along the banks of the River Dee next to the English border.[213][214] It was built between 1283 and 1311 by Earls of Surrey, John de Warenne and his grandson, following Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the Prince of Wales' defeat.[213][214]

Churches Edit

Main article: List of churches in Wrexham County Borough

The three of the Seven Wonders of Wales present in the county borough are all or part of churches. St Giles' Parish Church is a 16th-century gothic church located in the historic centre of Wrexham.[215] All Saints' Church, sometimes described as the "perfect Cheshire church in Wales", is a late-15th century church in Gresford,[216] and in Overton-on-Dee, there is St Mary the Virgin Church, with its ring of Yew Trees being one of the seven wonders of Wales.[217]

 
St Giles' Church, Wrexham

Wrexham is also home to Wrexham Cathedral (Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows or St Mary's Cathedral), a Catholic Cathedral which is the seat of the Bishop of Wrexham, and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham since 1987.[218][219] The cathedral also hosts a chapel dedicated to Richard Gwyn, a martyr who died in Wrexham.[220] Remaining Catholic churches are part of the Wrexham Deanery. Other major churches include St Mary's Church in Ruabon, and St Chad's Church in Holt, the latter having English Civil War bullet holes present in the building.[220]

 
Tower of St Mary's Church, Overton-on-Dee

Country estates and halls Edit

The most notable country estate is at Erddig Hall, a Grade-I listed National Trust property, located to the south of Wrexham. Situated on an escarpment above the River Clywedog, the 18th century country house is surrounded by a 1,900-acre (7.7 km2) estate, including parkland and woodlands.[221]

Another historic estate is the Wynnstay estate near Ruabon. Notably the home of the Williams-Wynn family, the Wynnstay Hall stands above the River Dee overlooking the Vale of Llangollen and Y Berwyn.[222] The family vacated the building in 1948, with it first turned into a school, and now houses and apartments.[47][223] Trevalyn Hall, a Grade II listed manor house in Rossett, has also been converted to separate homes in the 1984.[224]

Marchwiel Hall, a 19th-century private Grade II listed hall is situated near Marchwiel. The estate is home to a cricket ground and pavilion, which serves as the home for the Marchwiel and Wrexham Cricket Club, on the only open part of the estate to the public. The hall has been on sale for £2.5 million.[225]

Brynkinalt Hall is a Grade-II* listed private property, built in 1612, near Chirk.

Iscoyd Park located near the border with Shropshire to the east in English Maelor, serves as a wedding venue.[226]

Pen-y-Lan Hall, another Grade II listed building, located near Ruabon, has become known for Ghost sightings, with Ghost hunting events held at the hall.[227]

Other halls include: Nant-y-Ffrith Hall, Tudor Court, The Gelli, Wynn Hall and the former Brymbo Hall, a lost British country house.

 
Erddig Hall

Scheduled monuments Edit

Main article: List of scheduled monuments in Wrexham

Notable people Edit

Main page: Category:People from Wrexham County Borough

Tourist attractions Edit

Industrial heritage Edit

Bersham Edit
Main articles: Bersham Ironworks and Bersham Colliery
 
Former Bersham Ironworks

Bersham Colliery was opened in 1864, as the Glan-yr-afon Colliery, located near Rhostyllen. It was operated by the Bersham Coal Company, and it wasn't until 10 years later in 1874 that coal was produced at the site. The colliery was closed and partially demolished in December 1986. Its No.2 shaft headgear with its colliery wheel and an engine house with an electric winding gear, as well as other buildings remain standing as part of a small industrial estate. The buildings for the No.2 shaft have been proposed to form a small mining museum for the former colliery.[228]

Bersham Ironworks were opened in 1715 by Charles Lloyd, and are situated in the Clywedog Valley.[229][230] By the 1750s it was producing iron cannons. Isaac Wilkinson took over in 1753, and produced cannons for the Seven Years' War.[229] In 1763 it was passed to John "Iron Mad" Wilkinson, who developed a new method of gun manufacture with Francis Bacon, where the cannons were first cast solid then bored out afterwards.[229] Bersham reached its peak in 1795 and closed in 1812.[231][232] A Smelting works was opened in Brymbo in 1793.[220][233]

Bersham Heritage Centre, in the Bersham Ironworks, operated from 1983 until 2014, and was the home for the Wrexham County Borough Museum's Industrial History collection, and performed as the centre of Wrexham's Industrial Heritage.[8][230][234]

Brymbo Edit
 
The Arc (Welsh: Y Bwa) sculpture on Lord Street, Wrexham city centre

Steel was a former industry for the county borough, with the Brymbo Steelworks reaching its peak in steel production in the 1960s and early 1970s. Over 2,000 workers were employed at the steelworks until its closure in 1990. There's a sculpted archway, "the arc", in Lord Street, Wrexham to commemorate the industry.[220] In 2020, the site of the former steelworks were proposed to be re-developed into a visitor attraction and community hub with funding from the National Lottery.[235]

Minera Edit

Lead Mines in Minera, opened in 1845, mining lead until its closure in 1914. The site has since been converted into a country park, covering 53 acres (0.21 km2) of grassland, woodland and the former lead mines, it also hosts a tourist centre.[37][236]

Notable sites and bridges Edit

 
Chirk Aqueduct, facing south towards England, with the viaduct on the right.

There are various aqueducts and viaducts in the south of the county borough, crossing the River Ceiriog and River Dee. These include: Chirk Aqueduct,[237][238] Chirk Viaduct,[239] Pontcysyllte Aqueduct,[240] and Cefn Mawr Viaduct.[241] There is also a canal tunnel at Chirk.[238][242]

The main canal is the Llangollen Canal from Llangollen which travels to Chirk before entering England.[243] Sections of the historically proposed and never completed Ellesmere Canal were proposed to pass right through the centre of the county borough, from Chester in the north to meet the River Ceiriog at Chirk until reaching Ellesmere.[244]

Notable bridges include: Pont Cysyllte,[245] Bangor-on-Dee Bridge[246] and Holt Bridge.[247]

World Heritage Site Edit

See also: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
 
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

There is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the county borough, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, containing the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, constructed in 1805 and the tallest navigable canal boat crossing in the world, and 11 miles (18 km) of the Llangollen Canal.[220] It was designated in June 2009, following the 33rd meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Seville.[248] The Trevor Basin is located northwards of the aqueduct, and in 2021 was awarded funding from the UK Government's Levelling up fund.[249] The Brymbo Fossil Forest near Brymbo is a palaeobotanitcal site[250] and SSSI[251] of Early Carboniferous fossils[250] said to be, by locals, a potential world heritage site.[252]

Media Edit

Calon FM is the community radio station for the city of Wrexham.[253] Global Media & Entertainment, which owns Capital FM and operates Heart FM (on behalf of Communicorp UK), broadcasts Capital North West and North Wales,[254] Heart North and Mid Wales[255] and some broadcasts of Capital Cymru[256] from their studios in Gwersyllt, Wrexham, the former studios of the Marcher Radio Group.

BBC Cymru Wales has a local radio station in Wrexham for some local broadcasts.[257][258]

The Leader is the local newspaper in Wrexham.[259] There is also a local media website known as Wrexham.com.[260]

Music Edit

 
Performance stage at Theatr Stiwt, Rhosllanerchrugog

Theatr Stiwt (Stiwt Theatre) in Rhosllanerchrugog, with 450 seats, opened in 1926, and hosts various drama and musical performances.[261][262] The Grove Park Theatre, described as Wrexham's "oldest amateur theatre", is located on Hill Street in Wrexham since 1954.[263] The 890-seat William Aston Hall in Wrexham Glyndŵr University, and the 150-seat Studio Theatre in Coleg Cambria Yale also acts as a venue for events.[261] The Wrexham Musical Theatre Society is based at the 120-seat Riverside Studio Theatre.[261]

The county borough is home to numerous choirs such as Brymbo, Y Rhos, Rhos Orpheus, Dyffryn Ceiriog and Fron Male Voice Choir.[261] The latter is regarded as the oldest boy-band in the world.[261]

Museums Edit

 
Wrexham County Borough Museum's front entrance.

Wrexham County Borough Museum is the main museum in the county borough. Located in Wrexham city centre on Regent Street,[264] it is housed in County Buildings which was built in 1857 as a military barracks,[47][265] later becoming a police station and Magistrates' court in 1879,[47][265][266] until it opened as a museum in 1996 and refurbished in 2010–11.[265] The museum also hosts the Wrexham Archives, and the building is proposed to also host a national football museum, projected to open by 2024.[267] Wrexham was chosen due being the location where the FAW was founded in 1876 and having the oldest club and oldest football ground in Wales.[130][131][132]

See also Edit

Notes Edit

  1. ^ as named in some legislation, as well as city status
  2. ^ grouped with Flintshire; formerly UKL23 under NUTS between 2003 and 2020
  3. ^ excluding two independents who did not join.
  4. ^ As of 28 June 2022, only the initial results of the census have been released, only covering local authorities and Wales as a whole. Settlement figures have yet to be released.

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wrexham, county, borough, welsh, bwrdeistref, sirol, wrecsam, county, borough, with, city, status, north, east, wales, borders, english, ceremonial, counties, cheshire, shropshire, east, south, east, respectively, powys, south, west, denbighshire, west, flints. Wrexham County Borough Welsh Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam is a county borough with city status 1 in the north east of Wales It borders the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire and Shropshire to the east and south east respectively Powys to the south west Denbighshire to the west and Flintshire to the north west The city of Wrexham is the administrative centre The county borough is part of the preserved county of Clwyd Wrexham County Borough Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam Welsh County borough and cityCounty Borough of Wrexham i Pont Cysyllte front left Pontcysyllte Aqueduct centre and Cefn Mawr Viaduct far right Coat of armsWrexham County Borough shown within WalesCoordinates 53 03 N 3 00 W 53 05 N 3 00 W 53 05 3 00Sovereign state United KingdomConstituent country WalesPreserved countyClwydEstablished1 April 1996Administrative HQWrexhamGovernment TypePrincipal council BodyWrexham County Borough Council ExecutiveIndependent Group Conservative coalition council NOC LeaderMark Pritchard Independent Group MayorAndy Williams Independent Group MSsLesley Griffiths L Ken Skates L 4 regional members MPsSarah Atherton C Simon Baynes C Area Total193 sq mi 499 km2 Rank10thPopulation 2021 Total135 100 Rank10th Density690 sq mi 268 km2 Ethnicity97 6 whiteTime zoneUTC 0 Greenwich Mean Time Summer DST UTC 1 British Summer Time GSS codeW06000006ISO 3166 2GB WRXITL 3 codeTLL23 ii ONS code00NLWebsitewww wrexham gov ukThe county borough has an area of 193 square miles 500 km2 and a population of 136 055 The north of the county borough is relatively urbanised and centred on Wrexham with a population of 44 785 its industrial estate and several outlying villages such as Brynteg and Gwersyllt To the north east is the border village of Holt while to the south of Wrexham Rhosllanerchrugog Ruabon Acrefair and Cefn Mawr are the main urban villages Further south again is the town of Chirk near the border with Shropshire while the Ceiriog Valley to the south east and English Maelor to the south west of the county borough are rural The county borough was historically split between Denbighshire and Flintshire with it all later being part of the county of Clwyd The county borough is flat in the east and hilly in the west The long salient to the south west incorporates most of the Ceiriog Valley and includes part of the Berwyn range The River Ceiriog forms part of the Shropshire border in its lower stages before meeting the Dee east of Chirk The Dee itself enters the county borough near Cefn Mawr and flows east and then north east toward Cheshire creating a wide plain It forms part of the border before fully entering England at the county borough s north east corner The north west of the county borough down to Chirk is part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB and includes the Ruabon Moors uplands Wrexham includes the remains of two significant medieval castles Chirk which is now a country house and Holt of which only fragments remain The county borough has a strong industrial history a notable early business is Bersham Ironworks in the Clywedog Valley which operated between 1715 and 1812 and pioneered cannon manufacture The area is part of the North Wales coalfield and significant mining took place in the nineteenth century Tanning and brewing were also significent industries The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct near Cefn Mawr is an important surviving piece of early industrial infrastructure and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site The contemporary economy of the county borough has diversified into industries such as engineering pharmaceuticals electronics and food processing with agriculture dominant in the south east and south west The county borough also contains Wrexham Glyndŵr University one of Wales three Roman Catholic cathedrals Wrexham Industrial Estate and the UK s largest prison HMP Berwyn Contents 1 History 1 1 Borough status 1 2 Status within Clwyd then as County Borough 2 Geography 2 1 Country parks 3 Politics and local government 3 1 Local recent political history 3 2 Westminster members 3 3 Senedd members 3 4 Communities 3 5 Electoral wards 4 Economy and industry 4 1 Brewing 4 1 1 History 4 1 1 1 Present day 4 2 Red brick 4 3 Former mining 4 4 Industrial estate 4 5 Retail 5 Sports 5 1 Football 5 2 Rugby 5 3 Horse racing 6 Transport 6 1 Railways 6 2 Roads 6 3 Bus 6 4 Former tramways 7 Demography 7 1 Welsh language 7 2 Health 7 2 1 Hospitals 8 Education 8 1 Higher and further education 8 2 Schools 9 Twinning 10 Culture and tourism 10 1 Public art and symbols 10 2 Castles 10 3 Churches 10 4 Country estates and halls 10 5 Scheduled monuments 10 6 Notable people 10 7 Tourist attractions 10 7 1 Industrial heritage 10 7 1 1 Bersham 10 7 1 2 Brymbo 10 7 1 3 Minera 10 7 2 Notable sites and bridges 10 7 3 World Heritage Site 10 8 Media 10 9 Music 10 10 Museums 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External linksHistory EditFurther information History of Wrexham Borough status Edit In 1848 concerns over the sanitary conditions in particular the threat of cholera 2 3 in the growing town of Wrexham led to locals launching a petition in February 1857 for the town to be incorporated In September 1857 the town was granted a charter 2 4 spanning the two townships of the town Wrexham Abbot and Wrexham Regis 3 as well as part of Esclusham Below and forming the borough of Wrexham with a borough council a corporation and mayor under the terms of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 5 6 7 During incorporation the town was also given a coat of arms 8 Between 1894 and 1974 as part of Denbighshire the remaining civil parishes surrounding but excluding the town were part of the Wrexham Rural District civil parishes in the Maelor region were part of the Overton Rural District renamed Maelor Rural District in 1953 Whereas civil parishes in Chirk and the Ceiriog Valley were from 1894 part of either the Chirk Rural District or Llansillin Rural District until they were merged into the Ceiriog Rural District in 1935 and abolished in 1974 to become part of Clwyd s Glyndŵr district 9 The Local Government Act 1958 formed the Local Government Commission for Wales tasked to review the potential reform of local government in Wales In their 1963 report the commission rejected proposals for the establishment of Wrexham as a county borough 10 Status within Clwyd then as County Borough Edit The borough of Wrexham Wrexham Rural District except Llangollen Rural and Llantysilio Marford and Hoseley from Hawarden Rural District Flintshire and the neighbouring Flintshire exclave of the Maelor Rural District were abolished in 1974 all being absorbed into the Wrexham Maelor district of the then administrative county of Clwyd 9 11 Chirk and the Ceiriog Valley were part of the Glyndŵr district Clwyd itself was abolished in 1996 as an administrative county becoming a preserved county for ceremonial lieutenancy purposes 12 Wrexham was established as a county borough a principal area same powers as counties in Wales in 1996 containing all of the former Clwyd district of Wrexham Maelor and the communities of Chirk Glyntraian Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog and Ceiriog Ucha from the Glyndŵr district 8 12 Following formation in 1996 there were discussions over the boundary between the newly created principal areas of Denbighshire and Wrexham County Borough in particular over the lower Dee Valley and Llangollen area Llangollen Llangollen Rural and Llantysillio were all considered to potentially all or partly become part of Wrexham County Borough Referendums were held in the communities with the community of Llangollen Rural originally in Denbighshire in 1996 transferred to Wrexham County Borough in 1997 through the enacting of The Denbighshire and Wrexham Areas Order 1996 on 1 April 1997 13 14 15 Referendums by Llangollen Town Council were held in 1993 and 2000 with the latter resulting in a narrow majority of nineteen votes for staying in Denbighshire and the Welsh Assembly accepting the result by confirming the boundaries in 2002 16 On 1 September 2022 the county borough was awarded city status on behalf of Wrexham s application 1 Geography Edit Wrexham English Maelor Industrial Estate River Alyn Ruabon Mountain River Dee Ceiriog Valley Chirk CHESHIRE SHROPSHIRE DENBIGHSHIRE FLINTSHIRE POWYS Craig Berwynclass notpageimage Labelled relief map of the county borough Main article List of places in Wrexham County BoroughSee also List of lakes of Wales Wrexham Wrexham County Borough is a landlocked principal area in Wales It is a border county in the Welsh Marches border region It is bordered by the English counties of Cheshire to the east and Shropshire to the south and south east and the Welsh counties of Flintshire to the north Denbighshire to the west and Powys to the south west Parts of the Berwyn range and Maesyrchen Mountains some part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty since 2011 border the county borough to its west 17 To the east across the River Dee the county borough meets the Cheshire Plain 18 Map of the English Maelor south east of Wrexham in Wrexham County BoroughThe county borough s boundaries can be characterised by two protrusions from the largely contiguous borders surrounding the city of Wrexham sometimes defined as Maelor Gymraeg meaning Welsh Maelor To the south east of the city across the River Dee the English Maelor Welsh Maelor Saesneg a former part of Historic Flintshire extends to almost meet the English town of Whitchurch Shropshire and Fenn s Moss 19 To the south west a large salient of the county borough to the west of Chirk along the River Ceiriog and the surrounding Ceiriog Valley meets the Berwyn range and the Powys border The highest point in the county borough is Craig Berwyn rising 790 metres on the Wrexham Powys border in the Berwyn range citation needed There are two upland areas in the county borough both located on its western edge The Berwyn mountains and the Ruabon and Esclusham Mountains The Berwyns and Ruabon Mountain are designated SSSIs and SACs 20 The county borough is within the preserved county of Clwyd and between 1974 and 1996 as part of the then administrative county of Clwyd the present day county borough was divided into the districts of Wrexham Maelor and Glyndŵr Before Clwyd s establishment in 1974 the modern day county borough was part of the historic counties of Denbighshire spanning most of the modern day county borough including Wrexham and Flintshire the English Maelor exclave citation needed Offa s and Wat s Dyke and their respective pathways Offa s Dyke Path 21 and Wat s Dyke Way 22 pass through the county borough Other pathways include the Dee Way Walk 23 and Maelor Way 24 The Fenn s Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve is located in the south east of the county borough along the Wrexham Shropshire border 25 The county borough is largely urban and industrial surrounding Wrexham but largely rural for the rest of the county borough with areas of farmland and rural estates Woodlands cover 9 4 of the county borough lower than the national average of 14 26 The main settlement of the county borough is the city of Wrexham with 44 785 inhabitants in 2021 27 Its neighbouring villages include Gwersyllt Rhostyllen Brymbo Bradley and New Broughton These along with Wrexham formed Wales fourth largest urban area with 65 692 inhabitants in 2011 28 The sole other town in the county borough is Chirk The main villages of the county borough are Rhosllanerchrugog Ruabon Cefn Mawr Coedpoeth Gresford Llay Holt Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Bangor on Dee and Marchwiel Rhosllanerchrugog s built up area extends to Ruabon Cefn Mawr and Acrefair with a total population of 25 362 in 2011 29 There are 69 sq mi 180 km2 of principal rivers in the county borough including the River Dee Ceiriog Alyn and Clywedog as well as important streams 20 The River Dee is the main river in the county borough flowing from Denbighshire in the west into the county borough passing Froncysyllte under Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and passing Chirk until it flows north east towards England cutting off the county borough s south east salient of Maelor Saesneg meaning English Maelor and later forming part of the border between Wales and England River Alyn a tributary of the Dee flows in the north of the county borough citation needed Lake in Acton Park WrexhamThere are various small lakes in the county borough While there are 3000 ponds mainly concentrated in Hanmer Maelor and Overton 20 There is a veteran tree said to be over 1 000 years old near Chirk known as the Oak at the Gate of the Dead 30 There are also some caves under Esclusham Mountain to the west of the county borough with caves such as Ogof Dydd Byraf and Ogof Llyn Parc Country parks Edit Main article Parks and open spaces in Wrexham There are eleven urban and country parks in the county borough operated by Wrexham council These include all the country parks three urban parks in Wrexham and Ponciau as well as the Nant Mill Visitor Centre and Brynkinalt Park 31 The seven country parks 32 in the county borough are 33 Alyn Waters 34 Bonc yr Hafod 35 Erddig Park 36 Minera Leadmines 37 Moss Valley 38 Stryt Las Park and Tŷ Mawr 26 39 40 There are two country house estates with significant areas of parkland and woodland those being at Brynkinalt near Chirk with the Brynkinalt Park also known as Chirk Green being council operated 41 and at Erddig National Trust operated south of Wrexham 42 43 Iscoyd Park in Maelor Saesneg also boasts some parkland Nant Mill hosts a Visitor Centre on the Clywedog Trail and is surrounded by woodland 44 whereas Stryt Las Park between Rhos and Johnstown hosts grassland woodland and ponds 45 Both are operated by the council Wrexham city has two main city parks Bellevue Park 46 47 and Acton Park 48 47 there is also a city centre green in front of the council s Guildhall Rhosllanerchrugog and Ponciau have Ponciau Banks Park as their urban park 49 31 87 of the population in the county borough is within two miles of the main parks in the county borough 26 31 The remaining areas are already largely rural in particular the Ceiriog valley and English Maelor 31 Former Minera Lead Mines now a country parkClywedog Trail spans for 5 5 miles 8 9 km along the River Clywedog from the Minera Lead Mines to King s Mills 50 Offa s Dyke Path passes through the county borough 51 Bonc yr Hafod and Stryt Las are both part of the Stryt Las a r Hafod Site of Special Scientific Interest SSSI 31 52 53 Politics and local government EditSee also Wrexham County Borough Council List of Parliamentary constituencies in Clwyd and Wrexham County Borough Council electionsThe principal area styled as a county borough is governed by Wrexham County Borough Council a Welsh local authority principal council Most offices of the council are situated within Wrexham city centre around Llwyn Isaf Lord Street and Chester Street Its customer contact centre Contact Wrexham is located at 16 Lord Street 54 55 The headquarters of the council s Chief Executive is at the Guildhall Welsh Neuadd y Dref lit Town hall in Wrexham 47 56 From May 2022 there are forty nine electoral wards for the council with seven having two councillors 2022 Wrexham County Borough Council election results coloured in party colours by electoral ward The most recent Wrexham County Borough election on 5 May 2022 57 resulted in independent politicians maintaining their position as the largest group with 23 members but falling short of a majority leaving the council in no overall control 58 Since 2017 59 the principal council has been operated by a coalition of local independents the Wrexham Independents group and the Conservatives 60 Following the 2022 election on 11 May 2022 local independents and the separately organised Wrexham Independents merged into a 21 member iii Independent Group and formed a coalition with the Conservatives again for another five year term 61 The next election for the council is due for 6 May 2027 62 as part of the next Welsh local elections Wrexham County Borough Council s Guildhall Wrexham Glyn Ceiriog in the county borough s south west The county borough was formed on 1 April 1996 following the enactment of the Local Government Wales Act 1994 containing the district of Wrexham Maelor and some communities of Glyndŵr namely Chirk Glyntraian Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog and Ceiriog Ucha and later Llangollen Rural in 1997 12 Borough status was inherited from the town of Wrexham which was granted to the then town in September 1857 8 The area includes a portion of the eastern half of the historic county of Denbighshire and two exclaves of historic Flintshire English Maelor and the parish of Marford and Hoseley The county borough is in the East Wales ITL 2 formerly NUTS 2 and Flintshire and Wrexham ITL 3 formerly NUTS 3 statistical regions by the UK s Office for National Statistics and until 2020 Eurostat 63 It is regarded to be in the North East Wales and North Wales non administrative regions 64 65 and the associated regional bodies such as North Wales Economic Ambition Board 66 North Wales Police 67 North Wales Fire and Rescue Service 68 Tourism Partnership North Wales and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board 69 In general elections the county borough spans two constituencies currently as of April 2022 update the same for both UK Parliamentary elections and devolved Welsh Parliamentary Senedd elections the constituencies of Clwyd South and Wrexham 70 From the next United Kingdom general election where Wales constituencies are reduced from 40 to 32 following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies under September 2021 draft proposals by the Boundary Commission for Wales the county borough would be served by an expanded Wrexham constituency the north western parts to be within an expanded Alyn and Deeside currently wholly in Flintshire and the Wrexham sections of the Clwyd South constituency transferred to a new Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr constituency shared with parts of Powys 71 Polling done by UnHerd showed that of those polled 54 of the county borough supported the continued reign of the British Monarch compared to 23 and 21 opposed and 23 and 25 don t know in the Wrexham and Clwyd South constituencies respectively 72 In the 2016 National Survey for Wales only 45 9 of the population agreed or strongly agreed that Wrexham County Borough Council provides quality services below the Welsh average of 59 3 26 Local recent political history Edit On 23 June 2016 in the 2016 EU referendum the county borough voted 59 in favour of Leave 73 In the 2019 United Kingdom general election Conservative candidates won the constituencies of Wrexham and Clwyd South for the first time in their existence 73 74 75 The constituencies were generally considered to be Labour heartlands part of its red wall 76 and were won by Labour in the June 2017 election as well as previous elections 77 78 79 In the 2021 Senedd election Welsh Labour incumbents for the Senedd constituencies of Wrexham and Clwyd South covering the county borough were re elected 73 80 81 In 2021 the council submitted bids for UK City of Culture 2025 on behalf of the county borough although later lost to Bradford and a separate bid submitted in December 2021 to award the then town of Wrexham the status of a city for the civic honours awarded for the 2022 Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II which it later won 82 It was the only city bid from Wales and Wrexham has applied for city status three other times in 2000 2002 and 2012 with the 2012 bid lost to St Asaph Denbighshire 83 City status was awarded to the County Borough of Wrexham on behalf of Wrexham on 1 September 2022 84 Westminster members Edit Constituency Member of UK Parliament Political party First electedClwyd South Simon Baynes Conservative 2019Wrexham Sarah Atherton 2019Senedd members Edit Electoral district Member of the Senedd Political party First electedConstituencies Clwyd South Ken Skates Labour 2011Wrexham Lesley Griffiths 2007Senedd electoral region North Wales Regional members of the Senedd Carolyn Thomas 2021Llyr Huws Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 2011Mark Isherwood Conservative 2003Sam Rowlands 2021Communities Edit See also List of communities in Wales Wrexham Electoral wards Edit Main article List of electoral wards in Wrexham County BoroughEconomy and industry EditThe economy of the county borough has changed over the past few decades from a largely coal mining focused heavy industrial area into a high tech manufacturing technological and service industry hub 85 The main industry is manufacturing with around 20 18 3 in 2011 census of employment in the county borough being in the manufacturing sector 86 The other largest sectors from the 2011 census include 15 2 in the Wholesale and retail sector including vehicle repair 14 6 health sector 8 9 education 6 9 construction 6 0 government and military 4 9 accommodation and food service 4 4 administration and support services 4 3 transport 3 9 professional scientific and technical 2 8 finance and industry 1 8 IT and 8 other 87 When classed together the public sector counts for more than a third of jobs in the county borough 86 75 of the total land in the county borough is managed by farmers 26 Brewing Edit History Edit Original brewery of Wrexham Lager now an office building inside Wrexham Central Retail Park It is a Listed building In the 19th century a brewing industry developed in Wrexham town alongside the then town s existing leather and coal industry 88 89 The town became a brewing centre due to the town s good underground water supplies near but not of the River Gwenfro 90 91 The sands and gravels in the surrounding river plain filters groundwater which builds up on the impervious rocks beneath 91 Wrexham also sits above a faultline dividing the area into a mineral rich hard water east suitable for brewing beer and a soft water west for lager 91 Many breweries were also set up in the medieval times in the township of Wrexham Abbot which would have had lower taxes than Wrexham Regis the areas controlled by the Crown 91 By the 1860s there were 19 breweries in the town 90 Many brewers became leading politicians in the town with two brewers Thomas Rowland and Peter Walker disagreeing who should be mayor of Wrexham 90 Wrexham Lager has been brewed in Wrexham since 1882 90 92 The brewery produced the first German brewed lager in the United Kingdom and was located in Wrexham for the brewing quality of its underground spring water 93 The lager was reputedly served on board the Titanic other White Star Line ships and by soldiers during the Siege of Khartoum 94 95 96 It is also claimed to be the first lager to been exported to countries such as India South Africa Australia and various countries in the Americas 97 The brand started to decline during the World Wars following changing consumer tastes rationalisation and the internationalisation of the industry 97 98 The brewery was bought by Ind Coope amp Allsopp eventually merged into Allied Breweries and later Carlsberg Tetley 97 The original brewery located on top of the Gwenfro was closed by Carlsberg in 2000 with all UK wide production by Carlsberg of the brand ceasing in 2002 The modern brewery constructed in the late 20th century was demolished between 2002 and 2003 98 and was replaced with Wrexham Central Retail Park The original brewhouse building on Central Road within the now retail park remains as a Grade II listed building Another known brewery formerly operating in Wrexham was Soames s Brewery and what later became Border Breweries The brewery can be traced back to a minor brewing business operating out of the Nag s Head Public House on Tuttle Street 99 It wasn t until 1874 following an acquisition that Wrexham Brewery started to become a major producer In his 1892 tour Alfred Barnard described Soames s to have the best beer in Wrexham 90 100 The Border Breweries company was formed from the merger of Soames Wrexham Brewery Island Green Brewery and Dorsett Owen in 1931 100 99 It was purchased by Marston s Brewery in 1984 and closed by Marston s six months later despite stating otherwise 90 99 Other former breweries include Albion Cambrian Eagle Island Green and Willow Present day Edit See also Wrexham Lager Brewery In 2011 the Wrexham Lager brand was revived launched in the Buck House Hotel in Bangor on Dee 101 it later moved to a newly built high tech microbrewery on St George s Crescent to the east of Wrexham city centre from the original brewery 97 In recent years the lager has experienced success with the lager in 2022 announced it will be sold in Aldi stores across Wales and England 102 As of April 2022 update the other microbreweries currently set up in the county borough include Big Hand Microbrewery Wrexham Ind Est 103 Magic Dragon Brewery Plassey 104 McGivern Ales Ruabon 105 and Sandstone Brewery 106 107 Red brick Edit Further information Ruabon Brick and clay works Pen y bont on the site of the former J C Edwards brickworks site near Cefn Mawr The building was a showpiece for the company s brickwork Ruabon to the west of the county borough has a deep history in brick and tile making This is owed to its vast amounts of high quality Etruria Marl clay In the 19th century this clay was the centrepiece for Ruabon s tile and terracotta production on a vast scale leading the village to be nicknamed Terracottapolis 108 109 110 Its former manufacturing speciality the Ruabon Red Brick were used in various buildings of the Victorian era such as the Pierhead Building in Cardiff Victoria Building of Liverpool University and in the restoration of the Taj Mahal 94 108 Hafod Brickworks were established near Hafod Colliery in 1878 and a Red Works in 1893 108 111 The bricks contributed to the term redbrick in the term Red brick university Brick production largely ceased in the 1970s with production mainly focused on quarry tiles 108 Former mining Edit See also North Wales Coalfield and Denbighshire Coalfield In 1854 there were 26 coal mines operating in the western uplands of Wrexham 112 The main mines were located at Ruabon Rhos Acrefair Brymbo and Broughton particularly around the Moss Valley Mining operations were later concentrated with larger colleries such as Westminster Hafod now Bonc yr Hafod park Bersham Wynnstay Wrexham and Acton Llay Hall and Gatewen commencing operations 112 By the 20th century two deep coal pits were dug one at Gresford opening in 1911 8 and another at Llay Main 112 In 1934 a colliery disaster in Gresford killed 261 miners with 3 rescuers also killed in the rescue operations In the late 20th century the traditional industries of Wrexham in particular coal mining went into decline Llay Main closed in 1966 Hafod closed in 1968 Gresford Colliery closed in 1973 and Bersham Colliery closed in 1986 8 112 Industrial estate Edit Main article Wrexham Industrial EstateThere are 25 different industrial and business parks in the county borough 26 with Wrexham Industrial Estate being the largest located 2 5 miles east from Wrexham and on the site of a former World War II munitions factory 47 113 114 115 Kronospan factory ChirkWrexham Industrial Estate is the largest industrial area in Wales among the top ten in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe 86 113 114 116 There are around 360 businesses in the estate providing 10 000 jobs 26 The main industries operating in the industrial estate include banking and finance automotive engineering pharmaceutical aerospace and food and beverage 26 The Oxford AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccine was manufactured at the Wockhardt UK facility in the industrial estate 117 HM Prison Berwyn a Category C adult male prison is located in the industrial estate and opened in 2017 118 It is the largest prison in the United Kingdom 119 In Chirk there is a Kronospan wood product production factory 120 and a Mondelez International for Cadbury factory 121 Whereas at Llay there is Magellan Aerospace 122 and a regional divisional HQ for North Wales Police 123 Retail Edit Wrexham Butcher s Market from Wrexham High Street Eagles Meadow shopping centre in 2016 at night with an Odeon Cinema M amp S and Tenpin Wrexham serves as the main retail centre for the county borough Its city centre hosts Eagles Meadow shopping centre 124 125 two markets General and Butcher s 126 Tŷ Pawb former People s Market 127 Island Green retail park and a High Street 94 A Monday market is held in the city on Queen s Square 126 Notable retail areas outside the city centre are Plas Coch retail park and Gwersyllt retail park The county borough is also connected to shopping destinations in Chester Broughton and Liverpool Sports Edit Wrexham County Borough Museum proposed home of the Football Museum for Wales in the building s empty upper floors Wrexham is regarded as the spiritual home of Welsh football 128 129 with a Football Museum for Wales proposed to be set up in the city 129 130 131 132 The county borough is home to the oldest club in Wales and third oldest association football club in the World Wrexham A F C which play in the oldest stadium in Wales The Football Association of Wales was founded on 2 February 1876 at the Wynnstay Arms Hotel in Wrexham 133 The first association football match in Wales is said to be in or near Wrexham 134 135 Notable stadia in the county borough include the Racecourse Ground oldest in Wales The Rock and an athletics stadium at Queensway Football Edit See also Wrexham A F C The county borough is home to Wrexham A F C formed in 1864 they are the oldest club in Wales and the third 136 oldest professional association football team in the world The team competes in the EFL League Two the fourth tier of the English football league system 94 137 Wrexham A F C s home stadium the Racecourse Ground is the world s oldest international stadium that still continues to host international games and its neighbouring Turf Hotel pub is the oldest pub to any sporting stadium in the world 136 The team train at Colliers Park Gresford 138 and have an equivalent Women s team The team s rivalry with Chester City F C now Chester F C is described as the Cross border derby In 1869 another football team composed of footballers from Ruabon was formed in Plas Madoc later becoming the Cefn Druids following a merger 134 135 139 Racecourse Ground home of Wrexham A F C in 2007As of March 2022 update aside Wrexham A F C all other teams in the county borough play in the Welsh football league system In the Cymru Premier the highest tier Tier 1 only Cefn Druids A F C based at The Rock Rhosymedre play 140 141 In the tier 2 Cymru North league Gresford Athletic F C play 142 In the tier 3 Ardal Leagues Brickfield Rangers F C Brymbo F C Cefn Albion F C Chirk AAA F C Llay Welfare F C Penycae F C Rhos Aelwyd F C and Rhostyllen F C 143 In the tier 4 North East Wales Football League Cefn Mawr Rangers F C Chirk Town F C Coedpoeth United F C FC Queens Park Lex Glyndwr XI F C and Overton Recreation F C 144 This tier 4 league also have a tier 5 championship containing the Wrexham County Borough teams of Bellevue Borras Park Albion Brymbo Lodge FC United of Wrexham Johnstown Youth and Ruabon Rovers A Wrexham Town Police Station F C was also set up in 2022 145 Rugby Edit See also Wrexham RFC Wrexham RFC is a Welsh rugby union team based in Wrexham and is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and was a founding club of the North Wales Rugby Union itself founded in Wrexham in 1931 146 The club is located to the east of Rhosnesni Wrexham Between 2010 and 2021 the North Wales Crusaders were based in Wrexham first at the Racecourse Ground then at the Queensway Stadium in Caia Park Wrexham 147 Aerial view of Bangor on Dee racecourse dark green patch surrounded by the meandering River Dee Horse racing Edit Bangor on Dee racecourse is located in Bangor on Dee and has held horse racing events since February 1859 It is the only racecourse in North and Mid Wales 148 149 Prior to being a football stadium and home to Wrexham A F C the Racecourse Ground once held horse racing events as part of the Wrexham Gold Cup and the Silver Cavalry Cup with the first held on 29 September 1807 150 Horse racing ended at the Racecourse Ground in 1857 47 150 Transport EditWrexham County Borough s transportation system is part of Transport for Wales North Wales Metro bus and rail improvement programme 151 There are no airports or motorways in the county borough The nearest airports providing passenger air travel are Birmingham Airport Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Manchester Airport all in England with direct service available to the airports in Birmingham and Manchester and a direct service to Liverpool South Parkway the nearest station to Liverpool s airport In 1950 Wrexham specifically Plas Coch was a stop in the world s first scheduled helicopter passenger service between Liverpool and Cardiff by British European Airways 152 153 The service ceased in March 1951 due to low demand 152 153 Railways Edit Wrexham General railway station the main railway station in the county borough The county borough contains two railway lines 154 the Borderlands line between Wrexham Central and Bidston Birkenhead 155 156 and the Shrewsbury Chester line There are five stations in the county borough 157 158 Chirk Gwersyllt Ruabon Wrexham Central and Wrexham General Gwersyllt Wrexham General and Wrexham Central terminus are on the Borderlands line whereas Ruabon Wrexham General and Chirk are on the Shrewsbury Chester line 159 with the two railway lines interchanging at Wrexham General the main and busiest station in the county borough 160 There are two proposed railway stations in the county borough Wrexham North and Wrexham South 161 162 163 and plans to reopen parts of the Glyn Valley Tramway as a heritage railway 26 164 Two former major branches of railway were the Wrexham and Minera Branch which supported the steelworks at nearby Brymbo Steel Mill and Minera Limeworks with the last of the lines closed in 1982 and the Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway opened in 1895 152 which passed through Wrexham city centre St Giles Church and Maelor Saesneg towards Ellesmere which closed in 1962 for passengers and 1981 for freight 165 Roads Edit The A483 southwards in EsclushamThe main road in the county borough is the A483 a dual carriageway entering the county borough from Chester in the north and passing the outskirts of Wrexham 158 Rhostyllen Ruabon and meeting the A5 at Halton near Chirk 26 The A5 London Holyhead Trunk Road connects Oswestry continuing southwards to London and Llangollen towards Holyhead via Chirk and Froncysyllte The A534 connects Wrexham to Nantwich via Holt with the A5156 near Borras 26 linking the A534 to the A483 near Pandy The A541 connects Wrexham to Trefnant Mold Nannerch and the outskirts of Denbigh 26 Trunk roads are managed by the North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent on behalf of the Welsh Government 166 There are no motorways in the county borough An Arriva Sapphire service on route 1 from Chester Railway Station terminating at Wrexham Bus Station operated by Arriva Buses Wales in its original livery in 2013 Bus Edit Wrexham bus station serves as the main bus terminus of the county borough Bus services are operated by various bus operators such as Arriva Buses Wales Arriva Midlands TrawsCymru Stagecoach North West Llew Jones Coaches Lloyds Coaches M amp H Coaches Pat s Coaches Tanat Valley Coaches and Valentine Travel 167 Popular bus services in the county borough include the Arriva Sapphire 1 between Wrexham bus station and Chester railway station and the TrawsCymru T3 Wrexham to Barmouth service Former tramways Edit Main article Wrexham and District Electric Tramways There was an electric tramway between 1903 and 1927 connecting Wrexham to Rhosllanerchrugog operated by Wrexham and District Electric Tramways 152 The route was 4 44 miles 7 15 km long connecting the mining villages with Wrexham city centre and General railway station 152 It was later replaced with motor buses in 1937 47 152 168 Demography Edit Population pyramid of Wrexham borough in 2020At the 2021 census iv the county borough recorded a population of 135 100 and is the tenth most populous principal area in Wales the same rank as 2011 169 170 This population is a small increase of 0 2 from the 2011 census and lower than the national average of a 1 4 increase in population in 2021 The county borough is ranked thirteenth in population growth among principal areas with both Denbighshire 2 2 and Flintshire 1 6 growing faster although Powys also increased by 0 2 and Conwy also in ceremonial Clwyd shrunk by 0 4 170 The city of Wrexham had a population of 44 785 in the 2021 census 27 accounting for 33 of the population of the county borough This roughly covers the four communities of Acton Caia Park Offa and Rhosddu 171 In the 2011 census the Wrexham built up area BUA was considered to also include western urban villages such as Gwersyllt Brymbo and New Broughton as well as Bradley and Rhostyllen with a total population of 65 692 2011 census 48 of the county borough in 2011 172 In the 2021 census these new separate built up areas are Bradley 1 315 Brynteg 9 225 Gwersyllt 7 110 and Rhostyllen 2 760 27 There is also the BUAs of Coedpoeth 4 740 Gresford 4 945 and Llay 4 665 in the north to north west of the county borough 27 The other largest settlement is Rhosllanerchrugog with a community population of 9 694 in 2011 173 while its 2021 built up area was 12 785 residents 27 Other southern 2021 built up areas include Acrefair and Cefn Mawr 6 905 Ruabon 3 410 and Trevor 1 395 27 Holt s BUA had 1 085 residents in 2021 while the community of Chirk had a population of 4 468 in 2011 174 and its 2021 built up area population was 3 935 27 The county borough has 1 300 more females than males with 68 200 females 50 to 66 900 males 50 169 The county borough is twelfth in population density of the principal areas of Wales with 268 people per square kilometre more than the national average of 150 The most populous five year age group are those aged 50 54 with 10 100 people 7 169 With a 19 5 growth in those aged 65 years and over a decrease of 3 9 aged 15 64 and a decrease of 3 6 of children under 15 years old In a 2020 population projection Wrexham County Borough s population is expected to shrink slightly by 2028 175 The average age in the county borough is 42 years with more than 25 of the population being in the 45 to 64 age cohort in 2011 86 At the 2011 census 96 9 of the population was recorded to be White made of 93 1 English Welsh Scottish Northern Irish British 0 4 Irish and 3 4 other White The next largest eithnic group in 2011 was Asian Asian British at 1 7 with 0 6 identifying as Indian 0 5 of the 2011 population were Black and 0 2 other ethnic 87 93 7 of the population was born in the United Kingdom 69 2 from Wales 23 4 from England 0 8 from Scotland and 0 3 from Northern Ireland 0 3 from the Republic of Ireland 3 4 from the European Union excluding Ireland and 2 6 from other countries 71 2 held a British passport 24 3 no passport 3 3 an EU member passport and 1 2 other 87 95 8 of the population over 16 had English at their main household language 65 1 of the population classed themselves as part of a religion of which 63 5 were Christian 0 6 Muslim 0 4 Hindu and 0 6 other 27 4 had no religion and 7 5 religion not stated 87 66 of waste is either recycled reused or composted in the county borough between 2018 and 2019 3 higher than the Welsh average 176 In 2011 94 7 of the population identified with a UK nation identity consisting of either a Welsh English Scottish Northern Irish or British identity with 60 3 having part or full Welsh identity 0 4 had a mixed identity between Welsh English Scottish Northern Irish British and another identity 3 4 of the population had other non UK identities 26 Some of the top 10 deprived areas in Wales are located in the county borough these five Lower Super Output Areas LSOAs are Queensway 1 Wynnstay Plas Madoc Queensway 2 and Cartrefle 2 26 Welsh language Edit Valley in Ceiriog Ucha Only 12 9 of Wrexham County Borough s population at the 2011 census could speak Welsh lower than the national average of 19 making the county borough largely anglophone 177 The highest proportion of Welsh language speakers in the county borough is in the rural Ceiriog Valley ward where 31 2 can speak the Welsh language The ward of Wynnstay in Wrexham has the lowest proportion of Welsh language speakers with 7 7 Therefore Welsh is more likely to be spoken in more rural areas of the county borough 26 Health Edit Health in the county borough has been managed since 2009 by the NHS Wales local health board Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board which covers all of North Wales 178 179 Prior to Betsi Cadwaladr LHB there was a separate Wrexham LHB and the North East Wales NHS Trust 180 based at Wrexham Maelor Hospital As of March 2017 update the life expectancy in the county borough is 65 years for both Males and Females 26 Wrexham Maelor HospitalHospitals Edit Main article Wrexham Maelor Hospital The main general hospital in the county borough is Wrexham Maelor Hospital in Wrexham opened in 1985 and has an Accident and Emergency department 8 A private hospital known as Spire Yale operated by Spire Healthcare is located next to Wrexham Maelor Hospital There is a smaller community hospital in Chirk and a former Polish community hospital in Penley the latter opened in 1946 for treating Polish people following the Second World War and was closed in 2002 181 There is also an adult male only independent mental health hospital known as the New Hall Hospital near Ruabon 182 The Wrexham amp East Denbighshire War Memorial Hospital located in Wrexham city centre was built in the aftermath of World War I and fundraised by the local population from 1918 to 1927 to commemorate those killed in the war 183 The hospital closed in 1986 and now serves as part of Yale College now part of Coleg Cambria 47 Education EditHigher and further education Edit Wrexham Glyndŵr University formerly the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education NEWI The county borough houses one university located in the city of Wrexham Wrexham Glyndŵr University awarded university status in 2008 184 Bangor University has a healthcare school near Wrexham Maelor Hospital 185 The main further education provider in the county borough is Coleg Cambria 186 formed in 2013 from the merger of Yale College Wrexham and Deeside College in Flintshire Coleg Cambria also provides some higher education and has two main sites in Wrexham at Yale Grove Road in the city centre and Bersham Road to the south west of the city centre in Offa 186 Campuses of Coleg Cambria Yale College Wrexham prior to 2013 in Wrexham Bersham Road campus left Yale Grove Road right Schools Edit Main article List of schools in Wrexham There are a total of 68 schools in the county borough 86 Of those nine are secondary schools including one Welsh medium secondary school of Ysgol Morgan Llwyd and the only shared faith secondary school in Wales of St Joseph s Catholic and Anglican High School Three secondary schools have Sixth forms those being The Maelor School Ysgol Morgan Llwyd and Ysgol Rhiwabon 187 The other five secondary schools are Ysgol Bryn Alyn Ysgol y Grango Darland High School Rhosnesni High School and Ysgol Clywedog 187 There is a special school of St Christophers in Wrexham 188 For the 2015 2016 school year eight of the fifty nine primary schools at the time were Welsh medium or bilingual 26 In 2019 secondary schools in Wrexham were criticised by Estyn the Welsh education and training inspectorate for having the poorest attendance of the principal areas in Wales 189 Twinning Edit Markischer Kreis Germany Raciborz PolandWrexham County Borough is twinned with the German district of Markischer Kreis 93 and the Polish town of Raciborz 47 190 The first twinning was established on 17 March 1970 between the former Kreis Iserlohn and Wrexham Rural District 191 Its early success ensured that after local government reorganisation in both countries in the mid seventies the twinning was taken over by the new councils of Markischer Kreis and Wrexham Maelor Borough Council and in 1996 by Wrexham County Borough Council In 2001 Markischer Kreis entered a twinning arrangement with Raciborz a county in Poland which was formerly part of Silesia Germany In September 2002 a delegation from Raciborz visited Wrexham and began discussions about cooperation which led to the signing of the Articles of Twinning between Wrexham and Raciborz in March 2004 The Wrexham area has strong historical links with Poland Following World War II many service personnel from the Free Polish armed forces who had been injured received treatment at Penley Polish Hospital Many of their descendants remain in the area Culture and tourism Edit An Overton Yew Tree one of the Seven Wonders of WalesIn 2015 it is estimated the county borough attracted 1 86 million visitors and brought in more than 100 million for the tourism industry 26 94 Three of the Seven Wonders of Wales are located in the county borough those wonders being Wrexham steeple Gresford bells and Overton yew trees 94 Elihu Yale after which Yale University is named after is buried in Wrexham with his tomb located at St Giles Parish Church 192 Local archives relating to the city and county borough are held at the Wrexham Archives in the Wrexham County Borough Museum Wrexham The 2011 National Eisteddfod of Wales held on the Lower Berse Farm Offa Wrexham near Bersham with the Maes in the background Since 1876 the county borough has hosted the National Eisteddfod of Wales eight times six hosted in or near Wrexham in 1876 cy 193 1888 cy 1912 cy 1933 cy 1977 cy and 2011 cy with Rhosllanerchrugog hosting in 1945 cy and 1961 cy 194 Also held in 1876 was the Wrexham Art amp Industry Exhibition 47 115 The first Wrexham Science Festival was held in 1998 8 Focus Wales an international new music festival is hosted in the city of Wrexham 195 Tŷ Pawb an art and cultural centre in the city plays host to many cultural events and exhibitions 94 196 Wales Comic Con was founded in 2007 and its first event held in Wrexham in 2008 prior to the moving of its events to Telford in 2019 as Wales Comic Con Telford Takeover due to the small venue at Glyndŵr University 197 There are two public market halls in Wrexham city centre the Butcher s Market and General Market 126 A third People s Market was converted to the Tŷ Pawb cultural centre in 2018 A weekly Monday market is held in Queen s Square in Wrexham 126 Tourism accounts for 116 million and 1 600 jobs for the county borough increasing 38 between 2012 and 2017 198 In 2020 a science discovery centre known as Xplore opened in Wrexham city centre succeeding the Techniquest centre at Glyndŵr University 199 There are adventure playgrounds at The Venture in Caia Park and The Land in Plas Madoc The oldest surviving engine house in Wales is present at Penrhos near Brymbo 200 In October 2021 the council s bid for UK City of Culture in 2025 made it onto the competition s shortlist of only 8 shortlisted places in the UK outbidding 12 other places 20 applied in total and being the only one of the five bids from Wales making it onto the shortlist In March 2022 Wrexham County Borough s bid for City of Culture made onto the competition s shortlist of only four places the only non English bid 201 202 On 31 May 2022 Wrexham lost to Bradford s bid 203 Public art and symbols Edit Acton Dog sculpture outside Wrexham County Borough Museum See also List of public art in Wrexham County Borough Notable buildings and structures such as St Giles Church Chirk Castle and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct also act as symbols for the county borough The Acton Dog has become a symbol of Wrexham city inspired by the four greyhound fibre glass statues on top of Acton Gate at the entrance of the former Acton Estate they were the symbol of the Cunliffe family 47 204 Some settlements in the county borough host a colliery wheel as a welcome sign highlighting the areas coal mining industry heritage 205 Colliery wheel welcome signs in Rhiwabon Ruabon left and Black Park near Chirk right Babs was a modified Higham Special sport racing car designed in the county borough 206 Designed built and driven by John Godfrey J G Parry Thomas from Wrexham it set the land speed record of 171 miles per hour 275 km h in Pendine Sands Carmarthenshire in April 1926 207 Parry Thomas was killed in the car on the beach 208 aged 42 during his attempt on 3 March 1927 to regain his speed record from Malcolm Campbell 207 The car was buried beneath the sand dunes on the beach until 1969 when it was later recovered restored and remained on display at the Pendine Museum of Speed until 2018 when it was temporarily relocated to Beaulieu Motor Museum 208 until the completion of the Pendine Sands of Speed Museum Waking the Dragon was a proposed bronze sculpture to be built near Chirk it was first proposed in 2010 209 and granted permission in 2011 210 with progress stalling by 2016 due to a lack of funding 211 Castles Edit Chirk CastleChirk Castle is located to the south of the county borough 212 and there are notable remains of a medieval castle in Holt in the county borough s north east 213 214 There was historically a motte and bailey castle at The Rofft site in Marford and another former motte and bailey castle known as Wristlesham in Erddig Chirk Castle a National Trust property is located on the outskirts of Chirk 212 It is also within the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB which extends to the Chirk Castle Estate 17 Holt Castle is located in the village of Holt along the banks of the River Dee next to the English border 213 214 It was built between 1283 and 1311 by Earls of Surrey John de Warenne and his grandson following Llywelyn ap Gruffudd the Prince of Wales defeat 213 214 Churches Edit Main article List of churches in Wrexham County BoroughThe three of the Seven Wonders of Wales present in the county borough are all or part of churches St Giles Parish Church is a 16th century gothic church located in the historic centre of Wrexham 215 All Saints Church sometimes described as the perfect Cheshire church in Wales is a late 15th century church in Gresford 216 and in Overton on Dee there is St Mary the Virgin Church with its ring of Yew Trees being one of the seven wonders of Wales 217 St Giles Church WrexhamWrexham is also home to Wrexham Cathedral Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows or St Mary s Cathedral a Catholic Cathedral which is the seat of the Bishop of Wrexham and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham since 1987 218 219 The cathedral also hosts a chapel dedicated to Richard Gwyn a martyr who died in Wrexham 220 Remaining Catholic churches are part of the Wrexham Deanery Other major churches include St Mary s Church in Ruabon and St Chad s Church in Holt the latter having English Civil War bullet holes present in the building 220 Tower of St Mary s Church Overton on DeeCountry estates and halls Edit The most notable country estate is at Erddig Hall a Grade I listed National Trust property located to the south of Wrexham Situated on an escarpment above the River Clywedog the 18th century country house is surrounded by a 1 900 acre 7 7 km2 estate including parkland and woodlands 221 Another historic estate is the Wynnstay estate near Ruabon Notably the home of the Williams Wynn family the Wynnstay Hall stands above the River Dee overlooking the Vale of Llangollen and Y Berwyn 222 The family vacated the building in 1948 with it first turned into a school and now houses and apartments 47 223 Trevalyn Hall a Grade II listed manor house in Rossett has also been converted to separate homes in the 1984 224 Marchwiel Hall a 19th century private Grade II listed hall is situated near Marchwiel The estate is home to a cricket ground and pavilion which serves as the home for the Marchwiel and Wrexham Cricket Club on the only open part of the estate to the public The hall has been on sale for 2 5 million 225 Brynkinalt Hall is a Grade II listed private property built in 1612 near Chirk Iscoyd Park located near the border with Shropshire to the east in English Maelor serves as a wedding venue 226 Pen y Lan Hall another Grade II listed building located near Ruabon has become known for Ghost sightings with Ghost hunting events held at the hall 227 Other halls include Nant y Ffrith Hall Tudor Court The Gelli Wynn Hall and the former Brymbo Hall a lost British country house Erddig HallScheduled monuments Edit Main article List of scheduled monuments in Wrexham Notable people Edit Main page Category People from Wrexham County Borough Tourist attractions Edit Industrial heritage Edit Bersham Edit Main articles Bersham Ironworks and Bersham Colliery Former Bersham IronworksBersham Colliery was opened in 1864 as the Glan yr afon Colliery located near Rhostyllen It was operated by the Bersham Coal Company and it wasn t until 10 years later in 1874 that coal was produced at the site The colliery was closed and partially demolished in December 1986 Its No 2 shaft headgear with its colliery wheel and an engine house with an electric winding gear as well as other buildings remain standing as part of a small industrial estate The buildings for the No 2 shaft have been proposed to form a small mining museum for the former colliery 228 Bersham Ironworks were opened in 1715 by Charles Lloyd and are situated in the Clywedog Valley 229 230 By the 1750s it was producing iron cannons Isaac Wilkinson took over in 1753 and produced cannons for the Seven Years War 229 In 1763 it was passed to John Iron Mad Wilkinson who developed a new method of gun manufacture with Francis Bacon where the cannons were first cast solid then bored out afterwards 229 Bersham reached its peak in 1795 and closed in 1812 231 232 A Smelting works was opened in Brymbo in 1793 220 233 Bersham Heritage Centre in the Bersham Ironworks operated from 1983 until 2014 and was the home for the Wrexham County Borough Museum s Industrial History collection and performed as the centre of Wrexham s Industrial Heritage 8 230 234 Brymbo Edit The Arc Welsh Y Bwa sculpture on Lord Street Wrexham city centreSteel was a former industry for the county borough with the Brymbo Steelworks reaching its peak in steel production in the 1960s and early 1970s Over 2 000 workers were employed at the steelworks until its closure in 1990 There s a sculpted archway the arc in Lord Street Wrexham to commemorate the industry 220 In 2020 the site of the former steelworks were proposed to be re developed into a visitor attraction and community hub with funding from the National Lottery 235 Minera Edit Lead Mines in Minera opened in 1845 mining lead until its closure in 1914 The site has since been converted into a country park covering 53 acres 0 21 km2 of grassland woodland and the former lead mines it also hosts a tourist centre 37 236 Notable sites and bridges Edit Chirk Aqueduct facing south towards England with the viaduct on the right There are various aqueducts and viaducts in the south of the county borough crossing the River Ceiriog and River Dee These include Chirk Aqueduct 237 238 Chirk Viaduct 239 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct 240 and Cefn Mawr Viaduct 241 There is also a canal tunnel at Chirk 238 242 The main canal is the Llangollen Canal from Llangollen which travels to Chirk before entering England 243 Sections of the historically proposed and never completed Ellesmere Canal were proposed to pass right through the centre of the county borough from Chester in the north to meet the River Ceiriog at Chirk until reaching Ellesmere 244 Notable bridges include Pont Cysyllte 245 Bangor on Dee Bridge 246 and Holt Bridge 247 World Heritage Site Edit See also Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Pontcysyllte AqueductThere is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the county borough the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal containing the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct constructed in 1805 and the tallest navigable canal boat crossing in the world and 11 miles 18 km of the Llangollen Canal 220 It was designated in June 2009 following the 33rd meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Seville 248 The Trevor Basin is located northwards of the aqueduct and in 2021 was awarded funding from the UK Government s Levelling up fund 249 The Brymbo Fossil Forest near Brymbo is a palaeobotanitcal site 250 and SSSI 251 of Early Carboniferous fossils 250 said to be by locals a potential world heritage site 252 Media Edit Calon FM is the community radio station for the city of Wrexham 253 Global Media amp Entertainment which owns Capital FM and operates Heart FM on behalf of Communicorp UK broadcasts Capital North West and North Wales 254 Heart North and Mid Wales 255 and some broadcasts of Capital Cymru 256 from their studios in Gwersyllt Wrexham the former studios of the Marcher Radio Group BBC Cymru Wales has a local radio station in Wrexham for some local broadcasts 257 258 The Leader is the local newspaper in Wrexham 259 There is also a local media website known as Wrexham com 260 Music Edit Performance stage at Theatr Stiwt RhosllanerchrugogTheatr Stiwt Stiwt Theatre in Rhosllanerchrugog with 450 seats opened in 1926 and hosts various drama and musical performances 261 262 The Grove Park Theatre described as Wrexham s oldest amateur theatre is located on Hill Street in Wrexham since 1954 263 The 890 seat William Aston Hall in Wrexham Glyndŵr University and the 150 seat Studio Theatre in Coleg Cambria Yale also acts as a venue for events 261 The Wrexham Musical Theatre Society is based at the 120 seat Riverside Studio Theatre 261 The county borough is home to numerous choirs such as Brymbo Y Rhos Rhos Orpheus Dyffryn Ceiriog and Fron Male Voice Choir 261 The latter is regarded as the oldest boy band in the world 261 Museums Edit Wrexham County Borough Museum s front entrance Wrexham County Borough Museum is the main museum in the county borough Located in Wrexham city centre on Regent Street 264 it is housed in County Buildings which was built in 1857 as a military barracks 47 265 later becoming a police station and Magistrates court in 1879 47 265 266 until it opened as a museum in 1996 and refurbished in 2010 11 265 The museum also hosts the Wrexham Archives and the building is proposed to also host a national football museum projected to open by 2024 267 Wrexham was chosen due being the location where the FAW was founded in 1876 and having the oldest club and oldest football ground in Wales 130 131 132 See also EditList of places in Wrexham County Borough for a list of towns and villages North Wales Wrexham Maelor Wrexham Rural DistrictNotes Edit as 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