Wrexham Culture & Heritage

Welcome to Wrexham County Borough Heritage

Wales is famous for its myths and legends, warriors and bards, hillsides and valleys, churches and chapels, ancient stones and industrial heritage embedded in the landscape. But you don't need to travel far to discover Wales's fascinating past, as all this heritage is here waiting to be explored in Wrexham and the Borderlands. You could be a walker, an explorer, a family looking for somewhere to entertain the children, researching your family tree or wanting to find out more about where you live.

Take a look through our pages and find out just what Wrexham has to offer and admission to all our museums and heritage sites is FREE! There's thousands of years old heritage to explore right on your doorstep and you'll soon be wondering why you have only just started out on this trail into Wrexham's past.

What's On

Events & Exhibitions

Education Workshops

Following The Flame

Heritage Activities for Children

Museum News

Museums & Historic Sites

Bersham Colliery Mining Museum

Bersham Heritage Centre

Bersham Ironworks

Holt Castle

Minera Lead Mines

Oriel Wrecsam / Wrexham Arts Centre

Penrhos Engine House & Brymbo Bottle

The Clywedog Trail

Wrexham County Borough Museum

Your Museums, Your Heritage

Wrexham County Borough Museum - Community Heritage Project Phase 1

Aquisitions & Disposal Policy : Museum Service

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Campaign for World Heritage Site Designation

Wrexham County Borough Heritage Strategy

Common Cause - North and Mid Wales - Museum Partnerships Study

History Resources

Big Town Story Map

Clywedog Trail Map

Holt Heritage Map

Minera Heritage Map

Wrexham Heritage Map

Brewery Tour

Famous People

Wrexham Town Walk

Treasures of North Wales

 

Contact Information

Address, Telephone & Email information

Online General Enquiry Form

Family & Local History

Museums, Archives and Local Studies Catalogue

A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives

Collections Centre

Friends of Wrexham Museums

Wrexham Heritage Forum

Galleries & Exhibitions

Big Town Story Gallery

Big Town Story

Brymbo Man

County Buildings - Revealing the Past

Dr Drinkwater's Excellent Botanical Compendium

Footprints - A Journey Through Our Past

John 'Iron Mad' Wilkinson

Mentioned in Dispatches

The Borough of Wrexham 1857- 2007 - 'Changing Times, Changing Places'

The Gentle Giant - Il Gigante Buono Exhibition

The Gresford Colliery Disaster - The Real Price of Coal

The Gresford Colliery Disaster - Book of Remembrance & Memorial Gallery

The Story of Welsh Football

Oes y Tywysogion: Wales in the Age of the Princes

Paul Sandby, Sir Watkin and the Landscape of North Wales

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct 200

Sir Foster Cunliffe

The Story of Minera Lead Mines

Victorian Values

Virtual Gallery

Welsh Wizards Exhibition

Young People - Brymbo Man

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