Wrexham is a city of about 45,000 in the northeast of Wales. It is the 3rd city in Wales that we’ve visited after Hawarden and Cardiff. Our interest in visiting is mostly due to our following of the documentary on the Wrexham football team after the purchase of the team by the US actors, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. The team has improved (moved up a league) over the past few years and the team is now in the Championship League, but more on the football team tomorrow after we see the stadium and visit the next door pub.
Today, we walked around the city center, visited a local National Trust site, and viewed the parish church. First, some photos of the city center, which was not busy due to it being a bank holiday here, as in US but more stores seem closed.
so had to get Bob there for a photo.
It may be the first partially moss covered big head
(the one on the lawn).
We walked about 45 minutes to Erddig, a large estate, home, and garden, which is a National Trust site. These sites tend to be historical heritage sites or other places of interest or natural beauty which are cared for by the National Trust, a UK conservation charity.
The grounds of Erddig are open to the public daily for no charge. You can pay to see either both the house and gardens or just the gardens. We chose to just go into the gardens, although we ended up seeing the exterior of the house as well as a bit of the 1,200 acre estate.
The following photos are from the gardens that we paid to enter.
Finally, we headed to St. Giles Parish Church back near the city center. There has been a church on the current site since the 11th century, but the current structure dates to the late 15th and early 16th century. The impressive tower, completed in 1525, is a well known landmark. Two other fun facts, Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University is buried in the churchyard. Also, St. Giles’ steeple is one of the 7 wonders of Wales listed in a children’s rhyme, where it’s referred to as Wrexham steeple.
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