Visit Pen-y-cae, Wrexham – things to do & explore
When you visit Pen-y-cae, Wrexham on a day-trip, weekend away or holiday, Walkfo is the digital tour guide to the hidden history & cultural facts that you can explore in Pen-y-cae, Wrexham. Millions of audio content spots are available when you travel by foot, bike, bus or car around Pen-y-cae, Wrexham through your mobile phone connected to headphones.
Overview of Pen-y-cae, Wrexham history & facts by Walkfo
Planning a visit to Pen-y-cae, Wrexham?
Pen-y-cae is a village and local government community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 3,389. It adjoins the larger village of Rhosllanerchrugog.
Pen-y-cae, Wrexham history
The village was part of the ancient parish of Ruabon and the district was known as Dynhinlle Uchaf (but also known as Y Dref Fechan or Cristionydd Fechan). The new parish of Pen-y-cae was formed 1879, from parts of the existing parishes of Ruabon, Rhosllanerchrugog and Rhosymedre. St. Thomas’ Church, the then Parish Church, was consecrated in 1878. However, most of the population of the parish were nonconformists and attended the Baptist chapels of Salem and Sion in Groes; the Calvinistic Methodist chapels in Groes and Tainant; the Wesleyan chapel of Soar in Stryt Issa; or the Primitive Methodist chapel in Copperas.
Pen-y-cae, Wrexham etymology
Pen-y-cae means ‘head of the field’ or ‘end of the field’. It is not an uncommon name, with three other settlements in Wales having the same name – in Powys, Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot. Though often written as one word without hyphens, in its correct form the name is hyphenised due to the definite article ‘y’ preceding a single-syllable element.
You can visit Pen-y-cae, Wrexham, COUNTY/BOROUGH & use Walkfo to discover the best walking places with our free digital tour guide app created especially for Pen-y-cae, Wrexham. Walkfo Pen-y-cae, Wrexham has 300 locations with history, culture & travel facts, that you can explore the same way you can a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Pen-y-cae, Wrexham, being in the moment, without digital distraction and no limitations to a specific walking route – you choose where you want to go, when you want to go and Walkfo Pen-y-cae, Wrexham will keep up.
When you visit Pen-y-cae, Wrexham
When you visit Pen-y-cae, Wrexham, Walkfo is your digital tour guide while exploring by foot, bike or bus. With numerous walks, hikes, tourist locations & travel destinations available in Pen-y-cae, Wrexham, our travel AI guide helps you get the best from your visit to Pen-y-cae, Wrexham & the surrounding areas. Our explore Pen-y-cae, Wrexham app for iPhone & Android, allows you to experience the hidden history, culture and amazing facts throughout Pen-y-cae, Wrexham whilst out walking. The digital tour guide creates interactive audio stories driven by where you walk, so you can exploration Pen-y-cae, Wrexham’s National Heritage sites, tourist attractions, historic locations or city streets freely, without the restrictions of a predefined walk & walk map.
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 0 audio facts in Pen-y-cae, Wrexham alone that form an interactive Pen-y-cae, Wrexham walking map for you to explore.”
Best Pen-y-cae, Wrexham places to visit
Pen-y-cae, Wrexham has hundreds of places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are five of Pen-y-cae, Wrexham’s best destinations to visit when exploring the area. We have condensed the information with much more detail available within Walkfo when you visit the destinations.
bVisit Pen-y-cae, Wrexham plaques
Pen-y-cae, Wrexham has 0 plaques as part of nation or local tourist plaque schemes for you to explore when you visit. Plaque schemes such as National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide a visual geo marker to highlight points of interest things, at the places where they happened. Walkfo has researched each plaque to provide additional content when you visit the Pen-y-cae, Wrexham plaques whilst using the app. Experience the hidden history & stories behind each location as the Walkfo local tourist guide app uses GPS to trigger audio close to each Pen-y-cae, Wrexham plaque. Walkfo also offers millions of additional ‘virtual geo plaques’ that are unique to Walkfo, created across the UK (and the world).
When using Walkfo to explore Pen-y-cae, Wrexham, you will hear the full story of each of these plaques.
Experience Pen-y-cae, Wrexham audio walks & tours
Walkfo is a free app that shows you things to do / visit in Pen-y-cae, Wrexham on a map. You can explore the area as you wish, as you would do an art gallery or museum, and when you walk close to those locations, our digital tour guide will tell you history, culture & travel facts about the location in audio form. With headphone connected, you can explore Pen-y-cae, Wrexham freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Visiting Pen-y-cae, Wrexham with Walkfo’s things to do interactive map
The “Pen-y-cae, Wrexham things to do map” below is a preview of the places you can visit in Pen-y-cae, Wrexham and surrounding areas with our digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has content for a plaque, a building, a street or general area, providing history, culture or tourism information the you can explore.
| Interactive ‘Explore Pen-y-cae, Wrexham Map’
This Pen-y-cae, Wrexham tourism map shows points of interest within a 4km radius of Pen-y-cae, Wrexham centre | Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Pen-y-cae, Wrexham, 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.
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Things to do & visit in Pen-y-cae, Wrexham and surrounding areas
Getting to / around Pen-y-cae, Wrexham – transport links, stations, streets & traffic map
Getting around in Pen-y-cae, Wrexham using public transportation may include roads, streets, trains, undergrounds, buses or trams. Walkfo has the following important Pen-y-cae, Wrexham public transport locations with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
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Attention local Pen-y-cae, Wrexham historians, tour guides & Pen-y-cae, Wrexham tourism agents
Looking for a way to get more visitors to Pen-y-cae, Wrexham?
Whilst Walkfo has millions audio spots already available, Walkfo Creator allows tourist destinations, attractions & landmarks to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & walks using the simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. Creating an audio walk for you destination is free* and can be created in under 15 minutes if you have content ready, with Walkfo Creator doing all the hard work generating audio files for geo spot you simply click on a map.
The 100 Amazing Pen-y-cae, Wrexham Places outdoor museum was created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) as a way for people to safely explore the area during Covid-19 times whilst improving the experience of visiting a city when tourism boards use Walkfo to market their destination.
Walkfo is currently looking to partner with websites who offer things-to-do / what’s on events listings to add to our content on our webpages (for example: www.visitPen-y-cae, Wrexham.com). If you are interested in being a content provider, 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.