Wrexham Tourism News

from EssentialsMAG April 2023 – South Wrexham Magazine

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By JOE BICKERTON, Tourism Manager, Wrexham County Borough Council

The arrival of Spring was heralded with the traditional St David’s Day parade in the City Centre and here in Wrexham, we’re looking forward to another busy visitor season. March, sadly reminds me of the position we were in three years ago, when we effectively had to ask people to stay away and hospitality businesses – along with many others – endured such a difﬁcult period. However, this area of Wales in particular has bounced back strongly, with interest in Wrexham coming from a number of angles thanks, in part, to the international exposure which the ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ docu-series has presentedalong with our rich heritage-led attractions, events, great hospitality and the great exposure from being runners-up in the 2025 UK City of Culture race.

More and more so, within the new Visitor Information Centre on Chester Street (open Mon-Sat, 9-5pm), we are greeting more overseas visitors here on vacation. And as a result, our local accommodation providers are hopefully feeling the beneﬁt.

The Centre had its ofﬁcial opening on 1st March and is home to a large selection of locally based food and drink produce, Welsh souvenirs, crafts and of course, plenty of local guides, information and monthly pop-up events celebrating local food!

by Penderyn Whiskey and Gemma from the Little Cheesemonger (Prestatyn).

This month, we have the return of the popular Wrexham Carnival of Words –a nationally acclaimed literary festival featuring celebrated local and national authors. One book entitled ‘Wrexham Revealed’ by Wrexham-based David Ebsworth is a guidebook written speciﬁcally for visitors wanting to take self-guided tours of our areas rich, fascinating history.

Finally, as regards local tourism activity –we are really excited to be working with VOX Magazine and EssentialsMAG to bring you a brand-new comprehensive tourism brochure for Wrexham County this summer. For the ﬁrst time, we’ll be writing this with the aim of not only attracting day visitors to our local attractions and events, but also showcasing the best of our County for overseas holidaymakers heading to North Wales.

For locals and businesses with an interest in learning more about Wrexham – our new free, online Tourism Ambassador Scheme will be launching in May, with the opportunity to become an accredited ‘ambassador’ business with awards and recognition for those who take part.