Welcome to Visit Rhosddu Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Rhosddu
Visit Rhosddu places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Rhosddu places to visit. A unique way to experience Rhosddu’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Rhosddu as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Rhosddu Walkfo Preview Rhosddu (Welsh pronunciation) is a local government community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. At the 2011 Census, the population of the community was 6,840 and 11.8% of people aged 3+ spoke Welsh. When you visit Rhosddu, Walkfo brings Rhosddu places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Rhosddu Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Rhosddu
Visit Rhosddu – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 67 audio plaques & Rhosddu places for you to explore in the Rhosddu area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Rhosddu places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Rhosddu history
Rhosddu is formed on the Welsh words rhos, “moor” or “rush pasture”, and ddu, “black” The name may derive from the presence of coal and peat below the poorly drained surface. The first housing developments began from 1856 following the arrival of the railway and the location of associated goods and carriage sheds in the area. The population increased further as a result of the Wrexham and Action Colliery which opened in the late 1860s.
Why visit Rhosddu with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Rhosddu places with Walkfo Rhosddu to hear history at Rhosddu’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Rhosddu has 67 places to visit in our interactive Rhosddu map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Rhosddu, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Rhosddu places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Rhosddu & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Rhosddu tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Rhosddu
Best Rhosddu places to visit
Rhosddu has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Rhosddu’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Rhosddu’s information audio spots:
Borras Park Borras Park (Welsh: Parc Borras / Parc Bwras) is an electoral division in the community of Acton in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The name is derived from the nearby area of Borras. At the time of the 2001 Census, the population was 2,517 in 1,065 household, reducing to 2,359 at the 2011 Census.
Ysgol Morgan Llwyd Ysgol Morgan Llwyd is a Welsh-medium comprehensive school in Wrexham, north-east Wales. It is named after the seventeenth century preacher and author Morgan Lillwyd. The school has been open at its present location in Cefn Road since 2000.
Caia Park Caia Park (Welsh: Parc Caia) is a local government community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It was created in 1985 after a boundary commission review of the four community areas within the town of Wrexham, the others being Acton, Offa, and Rhosddu. At the 2001 census, the community had a population of 11,882 in 5,019 households, increasing to 12,602 in 2011.
Rhosddu Rhosddu (Welsh pronunciation) is a local government community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. At the 2011 Census, the population of the community was 6,840 and 11.8% of people aged 3+ spoke Welsh.
Wrexham General railway station Wrexham General is the main railway station in north-east Wales. The station was first opened in 1846 and expanded in 1912. It is currently operated by Transport for Wales, but services are also provided by Avanti West Coast.
Wrexham County Borough Wrexham County Borough is a principal area with county borough status in the preserved county of Clwyd, Wales. The county borough was formed on 1 April 1996 and has a population of nearly 135,000 inhabitants. The area has strong links with coal-mining and has only two urban towns, Chirk and Holt.
Llwyn Isaf Llwyn Isaf (“lower grove”) is a green space in the centre of Wrexham. It is surrounded on two sides by the town’s guildhall and on another by the Library Arts Centre. The space is most popular with students from Yale College.
Gresford Colliery Gresford Colliery was a coal mine located a mile from the North Wales village of Greffford, near Wrexham. The mine was a one-mile-long mine located near the village of Gresford.
A. N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives holds archives for the town of Wrexham. The centre is named after local historian Alfred Neobard Palmer.
Wrexham Town Centre Wrexham Town Centre is the largest shopping area in north and mid Wales. It is enclosed by the inner ring road of the town. Many of its streets are pedestrianised.
Visit Rhosddu plaques
0 plaques hereRhosddu has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Rhosddu plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Rhosddu using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Rhosddu plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
Experience Rhosddu audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Rhosddu allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Rhosddu’s 67 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Rhosddu freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Rhosddu Map App
Our visit Rhosddu map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Rhosddu & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Rhosddu tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Rhosddu centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Rhosddu area at LONG:-2.9963888888889, LAT:53.0525.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Rhosddu, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Rhosddu / surrounding areas
● Bersham Colliery ● Wrexham RFC ● Borras Park ● Borras ● Rhosnesni ● Ysgol Morgan Llwyd ● Caia Park ● The Flash (lake) ● Queensway Stadium ● Garden Village, Wrexham ● Rhosddu Recreation Ground ● Stansty ● Wheatsheaf Junction ● Rhosddu ● Rhosrobin ● Wrexham Glyndŵr University ● Pandy, Wrexham ● Racecourse Ground ● Turf Hotel ● Wrexham County Borough ● Plas Coch ● Llwyn Isaf ● Gresford Colliery ● Denbighshire Coalfield ● Wrexham Cathedral ● A. N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives ● Wrexham ● Wrexham Town Centre ● Eagles Meadow ● St Giles’ Church, Wrexham
● Wrexham Maelor Hospital ● Croes Newydd ● Bellevue Park, Wrexham ● Moss Valley, Wrexham ● Summerhill, Wrexham ● Moss Valley Branch ● Ysgol Clywedog ● New Broughton, Wrexham ● Heart Wirral ● Gwersyllt ● Bradley, Wrexham ● Ysgol Bryn Alyn ● Bryn Offa ● Offa, Wrexham ● Heart North Wales Coast ● Capital North West and Wales ● Brickfield Rangers F.C. ● Broughton, Wrexham ● Hightown Barracks ● Brynteg, Wrexham ● Pentre Broughton ● Alyn Waters ● River Gwenfro ● Southsea, Wrexham ● Brymbo F.C. ● Tanyfron ● Rhostyllen F.C. ● Bersham ● Clywedog Trail ● Bersham Ironworks ● Rhostyllen ● Erddig ● Marchwiel Hall ● Acton, Wrexham ● Gresford disaster
Getting to / around Rhosddu – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Rhosddu using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Rhosddu places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Rhosddu Public Transport Stations
Rhosddu Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Moss Halt railway station
Rhosddu Halt railway station
Rhosrobin Halt railway station
Wrexham General railway station
Wrexham bus station
Wrexham Central railway station
Highfield Road Halt railway station
Gwersyllt railway station
Gatewen Halt railway station
Moss and Pentre railway station
Pentre Broughton Halt railway station
New Broughton Road Halt railway station
Hightown Halt railway station
Gwersyllt Hill Halt railway station
The Lodge Halt railway station
Plas Power railway station (Wrexham, Mold and Connah’s Quay Railway)
Plas Power railway station (Wrexham and Minera Railway)
Rhostyllen railway station
Poyser Street drill hall, Wrexham
A525 road
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Local Rhosddu historians & Rhosddu tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Rhosddu? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Rhosddu’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Rhosddu place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Rhosddu Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Rhosddu destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Rhosddu’ web pages (for example: www.visitRhosddu.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336