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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Tanyfron

  

Tanyfron Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Tanyfron

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Tanyfron history

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Tanyfron developed largely in order to provide accommodation for the families of miners. Most of the residents worked in the collieries at Vron or Plas Power, or in the nearby Brymbo Steelworks. The Vron Colliery suffered financial problems throughout its history and was eventually closed in 1930.

You can visit Tanyfron places with Walkfo Tanyfron to hear history at Tanyfron’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tanyfron has 57 places to visit in our interactive Tanyfron 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 Tanyfron, 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 Tanyfron places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tanyfron & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 57 audio facts unique to Tanyfron places in an interactive Tanyfron map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Tanyfron Places Map
57 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Tanyfron places to visit

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

Brymbo Hall Brymbo Hall is one of Britain’s lost houses. It was the residence of industrialist and ironmaster John “Iron-Mad” Wilkinson. It is reputed to have been partly built to the designs of Inigo Jones.

Wrexham-Rhos transmitting station The Wrexham-Rhos transmitting station is a digital television relay of Moel-y-Parc. It is a free-standing lattice tower structure serving around 85,000 homes. It was constructed to coincide with the 1977 National Eisteddfod. It initially provided S4C and BBC One Wales, later joined by HTV Wales in 1997.

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.

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.

Heart North Wales Coast Heart North Wales Coast (formerly Coast 96.3 and originally Marcher Coast FM) was an independent local radio station broadcast along the North Wales coast. The station broadcast from studios in Colwyn Bay & latterly, Bangor and transmitted from Great Ormes Head, Llandudno. It served an area stretching from Amlwch in the west to Holywell in the east, but could be heard as far away as Manchester and The Fylde.

Brickfield Rangers F.C. Brickfield Rangers F.C. are a Welsh football club. They play in the Ardal Leagues North West, which is in the third tier of the Welsh football league system.

Coedpoeth Coedpoeth is a large village and local government community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The built-up area with Minera had a population of 5,723 in the 2011 census.

Rhostyllen F.C. Rhostyllen Football Club is a Welsh football club. The club was founded in 2015 and plays in the Ardal Leagues North West. It is at tier 3 of the Welsh football pyramid.

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