Brymbo
The old Brymbo ironworks. Founded by John "Iron Mad" Wilkinson, it closed in 1990 with the loss of 1,125 jobs; the site reopened this summer as Stori Brymbo, wrapped around a 314-million-year-old fossil forest.

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Presidents Cup First Round
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Nearly every club in this league sits in a village built on coal, iron or steel — and plays in the welfare hall, institute or rec club those industries left behind.
The old Brymbo ironworks. Founded by John "Iron Mad" Wilkinson, it closed in 1990 with the loss of 1,125 jobs; the site reopened this summer as Stori Brymbo, wrapped around a 314-million-year-old fossil forest.
The Gresford memorial: a pithead winding wheel from the colliery. On 22 September 1934, 266 men died in an explosion underground here - one of the worst mining disasters in British history.
The Stiwt at Rhosllannerchrugog. The facade still reads Plas Mwynwyr Rhos - the Rhos Miners’ Institute - which is what it was built as.