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A weekly market on Mondays has been held in the square since 2006. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Routinely various one-day markets take place in the square, which included an artisan market, [ 24 ] continental market, [ 25 ] plant-based market, [ 26 ] and part of Wrexham's Victorian Christmas market.
The street was described by Wrexham County Borough Council as having a juxtaposition of contrasting building façades, as it contains those of the half-timbered, stucco and gable types. [10] The street has served as a location of Wrexham's Victorian Christmas Market held annually in December. [15]
The plans are hoped to be part of a wider plan to create a "perfect market quarter" in Wrexham, [33] inspired by similar market redevelopment plans in Chester and Shrewsbury. [34] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales, the market's weekly visitor numbers had decreased from 1,445 to 835 per week by October 2020, a decrease of 42.2 per cent. [35]
In the 17th and 18th centuries, markets and fairs became an important part of the town's economy. Markets were set up throughout the centre, a farmer's market on Hope Street, a butcher's market on Abbot Street and a craft market on High Street. Including traders from Birmingham, Manchester and Yorkshire. [2]
On its Charles Street side, remnants of its old stables and coach house can be seen behind the main building at its rear. This references the period when it was a coaching inn, due to its location on Charles Street, which was a drovers' road towards Wrexham's Beast Market. In the Victorian times, its stable yard could have accommodated 30 horses.
A redevelopment of the former Wrexham People's Market (Welsh: Marchnad y Bobl) between Chester Street and Market Street in Wrexham city centre, the community centre opened on 2 April 2018. It provides exhibitions, a gallery, a food court, small stage concerts and live events, as well as a market space for local traders and the relocation of ...
Indoor Markets – Wrexham has always been historically known as a market town and continues this tradition with two architecturally significant Victorian indoor markets (Butchers and General). Wales Comic Con – Founded and first held in Wrexham on a university campus in 2008, the event moved to Telford in 2019, but returned for a one-day ...
Tŷ Pawb is an arts centre, housed in Wrexham's former People's Market on Chester Street. The building was built as a People's Market in 1992 as part of a wider redevelopment of the area, and replaced the Vegetable Market, which dated to 1898, and had a mock Tudor façade. [33] It became Tŷ Pawb in 2018 and retains a Chester Street entrance. [34]