Wrexham

Wrexham is in North East Wales, bounded by the Clwydian Hills to the West and the undulating Shropshire countryside to the South. It lies in the coal fields of North Wales. Since 1946, Wrexham has been a “development area,” in which the government has attempted to stimulate industry. The town of Wrexham is also the seat of the Roman Catholic bishop of Menevia.

For the visitor, Wrexham comes alive at the centrally located Wrexham Museum. The breadth of the Museum collections reflect the unique contribution that the people of Wrexham County Borough have made to the heritage of Wales; from pre-history to the present day. The museum has towers like a castle because it was originally built in 1857 as a barracks for the local Royal Denbighshire Militia. The Militia's job was as much to control local people as fight foreign campaigns so the barracks were built close to the town centre. In 1877 the soldiers moved out and in 1879 the building became the town's Magistrates' Court. You can still see the signs for the Court rooms on the outside of the building. People were charged in what are now the visitor toilets and you can research your family tree in the old Police Station canteen.

You can come face to face with Wrexham’s earliest known resident at the Museum, ‘Brymbo Man’ who lived near Wrexham during the Early Bronze Age, more than 3,500 years ago. Brymbo Man was found by chance in 1958 by local builders.