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It now lies at the centre of Wrexham's civic centre just off Queens Square and near Wrexham Library, with it sometimes known as "Library Field". The Welsh Children in Need concert was held at this location in 2005. Council-sponsored events such as Christmas fairs [6] and the Wrexham Food and Drink Festival (Wrexham Feast) are held on the site.
The workings and local area underwent massive restoration and regeneration funded by Wrexham County Borough Council and the Welsh Development Agency beginning in 1988 to make sure the lead, Zinc and lime spoil tips didn't contaminate local water supplies, the Engine house was rebuilt and fitted with replica machinery, as the original steam ...
A Moss Branch was later created from the Ffrwd Branch, making the Wheatsheaf Branch, its brake inclines and two tunnels defunct by 1908. [2] The Great Central Railway Brymbo Branch also ran through the valley, and the Moss Valley station is still visible. Much of the local working force relied on these collieries for both income and fuel.
In the 14–15th centuries, Wrexham was centred around St Giles' Church, with radial streets coming outwards of St Giles to the north, west and east.Most of the area was farmland, while Pen y Bryn, an adjacent street to the conservation area's northwest, dates to the medieval period, with some of its buildings possibly retaining some features of the period.
Wrexham city centre is the administrative, cultural and historic city centre of Wrexham, in North Wales and is the area enclosed by the inner ring road of the city. It is the largest shopping area in north and mid Wales, and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough. Many of its streets are pedestrianised.
Wrexham (/ ˈ r ɛ k s əm / REK-səm; Welsh: Wrecsam) [citation needed] is a city [a] and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England.
Marchwiel (Welsh: Marchwiail; standardised: Marchwiel [1]) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is about 2 miles south-east of Wrexham city on the A525 road towards Bangor-on-Dee. The community has an area of 1,488 hectares and a population of 1,418 (2001 census), the population falling to 1,379 at the 2011 Census. [2]