With 2 huge Kings of Leon concerts at the Racecourse this weekend, Wrexham is set to welcome an influx of visitors- many will be visiting for the first time, so “Croeso i Wrecsam” (Welcome to Wrexham).

*For certain locations below we will be using a ‘post code’ – this is the same as a ‘zip code,’

GETTING HERE

Transport

If you are not staying in Wrexham, please make a plan for your homeward journey in advance as all public services are expected to be extremely busy.

Train Station location – LL11 2AA

Visit Arriva Trains Wales Tickets | now Transport for Wales | Trainline (thetrainline.com) or Download ‘the trainline’ app for up to date info and ticket purchasing.

Bus Station location – LL11 1LF

For ticket and travel info please visit Bus Travel in Wrexham | Tickets & Times | Arriva Bus

Taxi– PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE!!! Our main taxi rank used by Hackney Cabs is situated on King Street Opposite the bus station (LL11 1LF). A list of city centre taxi firms is available at the bottom of this document.

Car parks- Link to map and list of car parks in Wrexham:

https://www.wrexham.gov.uk/service/parking/find-car-park

UBER/BOLT- These services do not commonly operate in Wrexham.

Park and Ride – LL13 7UB

Locations – Ruthin Road Housing Office and Ysgol Clywedog

Route – The Park and Ride bus will pick up at the car parks, proceed along the A525 Ruthin Road, Mold Road and drop off on Mold Road in the closed section, and will operate from 1pm until midnight, with the return pick up from outside Macron Stand on Mold Road (The Racecourse).

Park & Ride places are available to book via the Wrexham AFC eTicketing website now, and will remain on sale until 9am on Saturday May 27

 Where to eat

This is a very tough question as there’s so much choice- so we’re trying to cover areas to eat rather than our favourites!

Bank Street – LL11 1AH

A quaint, historic street loaded with independent businesses, you can visit Marrubis (the oldest café in Wrexham), grab a coffee or Sushi here!

High Street- LL13 8LP

The epicentre for nightlife in Wrexham, high street boast a large number of restaurants and bars as well as many fast food outlets.

Ty Pawb (Closed Sunday)- LL13 8BB

A fully stocked bar, vegan food, homemade pies, curry, deserts, chicken wings and more from our independent food traders.

Eagles Meadow- LL13 8DG

A range of established chain restaurants.

This is only a tiny suggestion of locations to eat. Walking around the City Centre you are likely to stumble upon a great range of places to eat including great Polish, Portuguese, Indian and Welsh cuisine.

Where to drink

Tough question, how long have you got?

But there’s something for everyone. Some are more ‘drinking’ pubs and others concentrate more on the food offering and are generally more family orientated. Some are chain pubs (owned by large breweries) and others are independently owned and run.

If you’re not sure-just ask a local and we’re sure that you’ll have a whole lot of suggestions of places that you can visit.

What to see

Tŷ Pawb – LL13 8BB (www.typawb.wales/)

Tŷ Pawb is a multi-purpose centre. It serves as a venue for arts, cultural and community events, as well as being a market and art gallery-it also was shortlisted last year for the prestigious ‘Museum of the Year’ award.

This Saturday ‘QUEENS of Leon!’ – Live music in the Food Court:

12pm-1pm – Shellie Roberts

1pm-2pm – Sasha Duchnowska

2pm-3pm – Isabella Crowther

Family Activities

10am-12pm – Family Art Club

10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm – FREE Family Zine Making Workshop

St Giles Church – LL13 8LS

The steeple at St Giles is one of the 7 wonders of Wales. The church is recognised as one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture to be found in Wales.

Wrexham Visitor Information Centre (Closed Sunday) – Chester St

A one stop information shop for Wrexham visitors. Find out where to go, what to do and pick up some great Wrexham and Welsh souvenirs.

Wrexham Museum (Closed Sunday) – LL11 1RB

Future site of the Welsh Football Museum and the home of an excellent Courtyard Café! Entry is free so why not pop in and find out more about Wrexham’s fascinating past? Two football exhibitions are currently on show: Shirt Stories: A shirt by shirt history of Welsh football and Up The Town – The Fans of Wrexham AFC.

Yma O Hyd Mural – LL13 8LW

Welcome to Wrexham mural- LL11 2HY

If you’re here for a few days or planning on coming back to Wrexham, check out a couple of our favourite websites for inspiration:

www.northeastwales.wales

www.thisiswrexham.co.uk

Medical

Maelor Hospital Accident and Emergency – LL13 7TD

Emergency services number- 112 (or 999)

112 will work from any phone

101 Police non-emergency number

111 Non-emergency number for the NHS, if you have a medical problem that is not an emergency issue and you’re not sure what to do).

Useful Welsh

During your visit to Wrexham you will likely hear many languages spoken. Welsh and English are Wales’ official languages. Most people in Wrexham understand English, but we love to encourage everyone to learn and speak a bit of Welsh. Here are a few Welsh words/phrases:

“Bore da” – “Good Morning”

“Diolch” –“Thank you”

“Gwych” – “Excellent”

“Gai dau cwrw” – “Can I have 2 beers”

“Dwi’n Caru Wrecsam” – “I love Wrexham”

“Nos da” – “Good night”

Money- We use £ sterling, however most places accept card payments as well as cash.

Some of the locations in Wrexham City Centre where you can exchange money:

Eurochange – Eagles Meadow- Ll13 8DG

Asda Money Exchange – LL13 8HL

Post office Travel Money-LL11 1BE

Sainsbury’s – LL11 2BA

Tesco – LL13 8HF

Tap water – The tap water is safe to drink, in fact- the quality of our drinking water is one of the main reasons we’ve had so many breweries in Wrexham!

The weather looks fantastic for the weekend so we hope you enjoy your visit to Sunny Wrecsam!

Taxi numbers:

Apollo       

18 Charles Street, Wrexham

Tel: 01978           366100

Atax

14 Abbot Street, Wrexham 

Tel: 01978           262380

Cresta Cabs        

16 St George’s Crescent, Wrexham

Tel: 01978           353500

Gold Star  

2 Brook Street, Wrexham

Tel: 01978           353333

J.J. Cars     

5A Abbot Street, Wrexham

Tel: 01978           351234

Regal Taxis 

15a King Street, Wrexham

Tel: 01978           362888

Town Cars         

General Station, Wrexham

Tel: 01978           313131

Wrexham / Prestige

Yale  House, 46 Brook Street, Wrexham

Tel: 01978 357777

Trochi groups (otherwise known as Welsh immersion provision groups) from across Wrexham, Flintshire and Denbighshire joined together at Glan Llyn recently to enjoy engaging and taking part in outdoor activities, all through the medium of Welsh.

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The trip was arranged to celebrate the success of this years’ cohort before they are released into mainstream education, now that they are fluent.

The Welsh Immersion provision supports children from English medium primary settings to transfer to a Welsh medium secondary setting by providing an intensive transition course during the summer term of year 6 until the end of year 8.  However the majority of pupils who visited Glan Llyn recently were able to reach achieve full fluency by the end of year 7!

The pupils enjoyed a fun-filled day canoeing on the lake, tackling the high ropes and the climbing wall, finishing the day toasting marshmallows whilst discussing their day.

They came away proud of their achievement not only in challenging themselves during the activities but in reflecting how far they’ve come on their Welsh language journey now that they are confident Welsh speakers.

The day trip was funded by a Welsh government grant for developing Welsh immersion provisions.

Eleri Vaughan Roberts, Welsh Immersion Service Team Manager: “I am extremely proud of our service and our commitment to support children to transition over to Welsh medium education and am especially proud of the effort and enthusiasm shown by our pupils.

Children attend from primary schools from all over the county and are supported not only to acquire the language but to be confident, happy, enthusiastic and respectful in their new language and I’m confident that their bilingual skills will serve them well in the future.  It is an innovative course that places the children’s wellbeing at the forefront of everything we do and much of our success can be attributed to this ethos.”

There has been an immense surge of interest in the course during the past few years with more and more parents recognising the benefits of giving their children the opportunity to be bilingual.

Year 6 children are invited to attend an immersion ‘taster’ course during the last half term of the summer which allows them the opportunity to see if the Welsh medium option is suited to them.  If interested you can still register for the next course that will start on the 5^th of June.

For more details on anything you have read please contact trochi@wrexham.gov.uk.

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Friends competing in the 3 peaks challenge, raising money for Dynamic, a Wrexham based charity met at the Guildhall ahead of their trip.

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The group were greeted by FAW President Steve Williams, who presented the group with a Cymru shirt.

On presenting the shirt, FAW President Steve Williams said: “On behalf of the Football Association of Wales, we are obviously delighted to be able to assist local charities, and their fundraisers. “This shirt was signed by the players ahead of the recent game vs Latvia, and it’s our pleasure to donate it, so it can be auctioned to raise funds for such a worthy cause.”

Leader of Wrexham Council, Cllr Mark Pritchard said: “I have been aware for some time of the great work that Dynamic do in the community. “It offers an invaluable service to young people and their families in the area, and that’s why I am delighted to support them. I would like to wish Shane Jones, Lee Jones, Mark Connolley and Lee Richards every success in their endeavour”

The group set off on their first peak at 6am on Saturday 6^th May, Completing the task within the designated timeframe.

A just giving page has been set up: – http://justgiving.com/fundraising/Dynamic3Peaks

The signed shirt will be auctioned off at a later date to raise further funds for Dynamic.

As well as individual donations the group would also like to thank the FAW for their donation of the shirt, Arthurs Peugeot in Rhostyllen, Bryn Offa Lodge and Prestige Rendering Solutions.

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15 years in the making…and starting at 6.15pm on May 2^nd a victory parade will leave the Racecourse car park for a tour of Wrexham.

The tour is to celebrate in the success of both the men’s and women’s teams. The men’s team secured promotion with a win over Boreham Wood on Saturday, and the women’s team secured promotion to the Adran Premier earlier this month.

Crowds are encouraged to spread themselves out along the parade route to ensure a good view of the busses and players.

Below is a description of the route taken to help with your decision making of where you want to stand:

1 The tour will start at Racecourse Ground – leaving at 6.15pm sharp

2 Turn left onto Crispin Lane (Where the new Welcome to Wrexham mural is located)

3 Turn left onto B5101 Stansty Road (In the direction of Ysgol Plas Coch)

4 Turn left onto B5101 Plas Coch Road (Towards B&Q roundabout)

5 Turn left at roundabout onto A541 Mold Road (heading past the Racecourse)

6 Straight onto A541 Regent Street (Past the train station and Post sorting office)

7 Turning left onto A5152 Grosvenor Road (Heading towards Rhosddu Road roundabout)

8 Straight onto A5152 Link Road (Towards the former Groves school)

9 Turn right at roundabout onto Chester Street (Past the War memorial towards Saith Seren)

10 Turn left onto Holt Street (Keeping the Fusillier on left)

11 Turn right onto Market Street (In front of Ty Pawb Market St Entrance)

12 Onto St George’s Crescent (Passing KFC on left and Wrexham Lager on Right)

13 Turn right towards Eagles Meadow (Loop around Eagles Meadow-clockwise)

14 Turn Right onto Salop Road (towards fountains)

14b Turn left at roundabout to stay on Salop Road (roundabout in front of fountains)

15 Turn Right onto Mount Street (Towards Nags Head)

16 Turn right at roundabout onto Yorke Street (towards Fat Boar/High St)

17 Turn left onto High Street (Direction away from Wynnstay)

18 Turn right onto Hope Street (Main shopping area)

19 Turn left onto Regent Street (Pedestrianised route before heading back along the road to Racecourse car park and end of parade)

Ahead of the parade, Wrexham AFC CEO Fleur Robinson said: “It’s been a huge effort by everybody, on the pitch and off it, and this is a great opportunity for us to thank for the community of Wrexham for their incredible support.

“We are looking forward to commemorating a truly memorable and record-breaking season together.”

Wrexham Council’s lead member for economy and re-generation Cllr Nigel Williams said:

“I’m sure that people will be out in large numbers to show their support for both successful Wrexham champion teams, it will be a fantastic momentous occasion for Wrexham. I would encourage everyone attending to spread themselves out along the entire route to get a good view of the parade.”

April is the Month of the Military child, which highlights the important role Service children play in the Armed Forces community.

It is a time to applaud Armed Forces families and their children for the daily sacrifices they make and the challenges they overcome.

This Friday April 28th is ‘Purple Up’ day encourages schools to decorate with purple dandelion themed artwork, wear purple for school and raise money for the Armed Forces charity.

In recognition of ‘purple up’ day the Guildhall will be illuminated on Friday 28th April, to mark the day.

Armed Forces champion, Cllr Beverley Parry Jones said: “Wrexham has a long and proud history of supporting the armed forces, this Friday we will acknowledge the important role that young people play in the Armed Forces Community.”

It is with immense pride that I am writing to you to congratulate the club on their historic promotion and return to the Football League. I also wish to congratulate Wrexham AFC Women’s team for their success in going up in the Adran League. What a truly wonderful time it is to be a Wrexham fan.

I want to thank you all for the immense amount of effort you have all put in this season. It goes without saying as the images across the internet and on the news speak volumes, but I have to say how much you’ve done us all so very proud.

You brought the entire community of our city together as one, created memories that will last a lifetime for all those in attendance and given the youth of Wrexham excellent inspiration and the lesson of never giving up.

Being a season ticket holder for over four decades, I have seen many spectacles and felt a variety of emotions but the displays I have seen of late are the fondest of them all. The future truly is bright for both the men’s and women’s teams and I am looking forward to cheering you on with the rest of Wrexham.

Once again, it is a privilege to give my congratulations on behalf of Wrexham County Borough Council to you all for what you have achieved. You are the pride of Wrexham.

Yours sincerely

Cllr Brian Cameron – Mayor of Wrexham