Wrexham
Wrexham (Welsh: [Wrecsam] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the largest city in north Wales. It is an administrative, commercial, retail and educational centre.
| Wrexham Welsh: Wrecsam |
|
| 240px St Giles' Church, Wrexham |
|
| Population | 61,603 (2011 census) |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | SJ335505 |
| Principal area | Wrexham |
| Ceremonial county | Clwyd |
| Region | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WREXHAM |
| Postcode district | LL11, LL12, LL13, LL14 |
| Dialling code | 01978 |
| Police | North Wales |
| Fire | North Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Wrexham |
Wrexham is between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley along the border with England. Historically part of Denbighshire, the then town became part of Clwyd in 1974. Since 1996 it has been the centre of the Wrexham County Borough.
At the 2011 Census, Wrexham had a population of 61,603, the fourth largest urban area in Wales. It became a city in September 2022.
The city has a professional football club, Wrexham AFC, who currently compete in the English football league system. The club gained major international publicity when it was purchased in 2021 by American actor Rob McElhenney and Canadian–American actor Ryan Reynolds. The pair's ownership of the team is the subject of the documentary TV programme Welcome to Wrexham.
It has two train stations, these are Wrexham General and Wrexham Central.
Gallery
The Racecourse Ground, home of Wrexham FC
Acton Park lake
The 'Cup and Saucer' at Erddig Park
Wrexham Media
- Wrecsam kingsmill.jpg
Original photograph taken by John Haynes, October 2005, of Kings Mill, Wrexham
Wrexham town centre overlooked by 16th century grotesques on one of the sixteen pinnacles of St Giles' Church
- Turner, JMW, 'Wrexham, Denbighshire', watercolour.jpg
Turner, Joseph Mallord William, 'Wrexham, Denbighshire', watercolour ca. 1780s. ©V&A (the Board of Trustees of the Victoria & Albert Museum)
- Richard Gwyn.jpg
A painting of St Richard Gwyn in Wrexham Cathedral
- WXM-SDSC0053.jpg
Bersham Ironworks, established in 1715
- Wrexham Butchers Market 2017.jpg
Wrexham Butchers Market 2017
- Bersham Colliery 2015.jpg
Bersham Colliery, the last working colliery in the Denbighshire Coalfield
- Wrexham Guildhall.jpg
Guildhall: Headquarters of Wrexham County Borough Council
- Wrexhamtown.jpg
Image of Wrexham town centre. Permission given by David Powell(who took the photos) on behalf of Wrexham County Council
