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Wayne is happy to talk and talk about his beloved Wrexham and the journey his club and his community is being swept along on. But he’s a busy man. He always has been since the day he took over the pub in 2008. But now he’s busier still. In one morning and early afternoon he took time out to speak to not just Wales Online, but also a sports reporter from Iowa and a journalist from M Record number of city status winners announced to celebrate Platinum Jubilee". gov.uk . Retrieved 21 May 2022. But after finishing bottom of League Two during the 2007/08 season, the club were forced to play non-league football for the first time since the end of the First World War. Davies, John, 1938– (2007). Rhanbarth ymylol? y gogledd-ddwyrain yn hanes Cymru = a marginalised region? the north-east in the history of Wales. Institute of Welsh Affairs. Cardiff: Institute of Welsh Affairs. ISBN 978-1-904773-25-2. OCLC 228805592. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)

Professor Sir Ewart Ray Herbert Jones FRS (1911-2002), chemist, inventor of the Jones oxidation, Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University, moved to Wrexham in 1848. [140]James Trainer: Biography at Spartacus Educational". Archived from the original on 9 July 2009 . Retrieved 14 March 2010. The city centre is orbited by a ring road. The northern and eastern parts of the road are dualled between Rhosddu Road roundabout and Eagles Meadow. The A483 is Wrexham's principal route. It skirts the western edge of the city, dividing it from the urban villages to the west. The road has connections with major roads ( A55( M53), A5( M54)). The A5156 leads to the A534 and on to the Wrexham Industrial Estate. The A541 road is the main route into Wrexham from Mold and the city's western urban area. It connects to the B5101 road which eventually leads to the A5104 road to the east of Treuddyn in Flintshire. Erddig Park is two miles (3km) south of the city centre where the city meets the Clywedog Valley. The park is owned and managed by the National Trust, and is home to Erddig Hall and its formal gardens. a b c Within the dataset under 1d – W45000151 – Wrexham. "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". 2 August 2023 . Retrieved 3 August 2023. Wrexham General was also the base for the former train operating company Wrexham & Shropshire (the operating name of the Wrexham, Shropshire and Marylebone Railway Company). The company-provided passenger train services from Wrexham via Shropshire to London Marylebone on an open-access basis. Services started in 2008, with an agreement for a seven-year period. [111] Wrexham & Shropshire began running services on 28 April 2008. [112] [113] Having decided they could not make the business profitable, the company ended services on 28 January 2011. [114]

Sir Charles Alexander Harris KCMG CB CVO (1855–1947), British colonial administrator from Wrexham & Governor of Newfoundland. [135] The Pilgrim. The Wild-goose-chase. The Prophetes. The Sea-voyage. The Spanish Curate: 8. Edward Moxon. 1845.

A total of 37 parks and green spaces in Wrexham County Borough Council ownership have been, or are in the process of being, legally protected with green space charity Fields in Trust ensuring they can never be built on, nor lost to development. [96] Wrexham was likely founded prior to the 11th century and developed in the Middle Ages as a regional centre for trade and administration. [8] The city became the most populous settlement in Wales in the 17th century [9] [7] and was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution from the 18th century. Prior to de-industrialisation in the 20th century, the city and surrounding area were a hub of coal and lead mining; the production of iron, steel and leather; and brewing. [10] Sir Foster Cunliffe: The True Story". University of Michigan Museum of Art . Retrieved 20 May 2022. The city has a professional football team, Wrexham A.F.C., the oldest football club in Wales. [100] Their home ground is the Racecourse Ground, the oldest international football ground in the world. [101] Wrexham has a number of primary and secondary schools. It has just one Welsh-speaking secondary school, Ysgol Morgan Llwyd. In 2003, three of the largest secondary schools, St David's School, Ysgol Bryn Offa and The Groves High School were merged to create two larger "super schools", Rhosnesni High School, and Ysgol Clywedog. Other large secondary schools Darland High School and Ysgol Bryn Alyn, were both built in 1958. Wrexham has become home to the first shared-faith school in Wales, St Joseph's.

Live music venues have developed around the core of the city. Further out of the centre other venues provide live music shows. The scene is dominated by local bands, however, mainstream musicians have attended local venues including the Racecourse Ground. Starting in the 1972/73 season, the North Wales side competed in eight editions of the UEFA Cup Winners Cup (now known as the UEFA Europa League) and faced sides ranging from Spanish outfit Real Zaragoza to Croatian team Hajduk Split and even Italian giants AS Roma. Charlie Landsborough (born 1941), born in Wrexham, British country and folk musician and singer-songwriter

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ORR announces decision on additional services between London and Wrexham" (Press release). Office of Rail Regulation. 3 September 2007 . Retrieved 3 September 2007. Wrexham has a number of historic city centre buildings, many of which are pubs but others have been converted into arts or community centres.