REKS-əm; Welsh: Wrecsam; Welsh pronunciation: [ˈwrɛksam]) is a town in north Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley alongside the border with Cheshire, England. As the largest town in the north of Wales, it is a major centre of the region's administrative, commercial, retail and educational infrastructure.
Population: 43,649
Latitude: 53° 02' 47.90" N
Longitude: -2° 59' 28.75" W
Maelor was a rural district in the administrative county of Flintshire, Wales, from 1894 to 1974. The area approximated to the hundred of Maelor or English Maelor (Welsh: Maelor Saesneg), and was notable for forming a detached part of the county, su…
Lower Carden Hall is a historic house in the civil parish of Carden, Cheshire, England.
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A Commissioners' church is an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act 1818, and subsequent related Acts. Such churches have been given a number of titles, including "Commissio…
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Hough Green is a residential area of the town of Widnes, within the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Historically, it was part of Lancashire until 1974. It has a Bus Link to the centre of Widnes. Hough Green railway …
Hope railway station serves the village of Hope in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 5¼ miles (8 km) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line.
Hoole Village is a civil parish situated near to Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
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Glyntraian (Welsh, more correctly Glyntraean) is a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.
The Gateway Theatre was a small producing and receiving theatre in the city of Chester, England.
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Farndon Bridge crosses the River Dee and the England-Wales border between the villages of Farndon, Cheshire, England and Holt, Wales (grid reference SJ412544). It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed b…
Esclusham (Welsh: Esclus or Esclys) is a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.
Ellesmere Castle was in the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire.