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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Caia Park

  

Caia Park Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Caia Park

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Caia Park history

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Caia takes its name from the old Caia or Ty’n y Caeau farm, which was eventually demolished for construction of the Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway. The name is a form of the plural for the Welsh language cae, “field” Caia is the largest housing estate in Wales and by the 1990s housed a third of the population.

Caia Park riots

Rioting in Caia Park in June 2003 following tensions between local residents and Iraqi Kurdish refugees. About 200 men, nominally associated with Wrexham football club, fought with police. 51 people appeared in court, of whom eight received custodial sentences of up to two years.

You can visit Caia Park places with Walkfo Caia Park to hear history at Caia Park’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Caia Park has 52 places to visit in our interactive Caia Park 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 Caia Park, 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 Caia Park places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Caia Park & the surrounding areas.

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52 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Caia Park tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Caia Park

  

Best Caia Park places to visit

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Caia Park has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Caia Park’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Caia Park’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.

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