Wrexham is an industrial town in north-east Wales, close to the English border with Cheshire. It is the administrative centre of the county borough of Wrexham. The town itself has a population of 43,000 and is thus the largest town in North Wales. The surrounding county borough has a population of 109,300.

Music

Live music in Wrexham has always been popular, but never more so than in recent years. The music scene is centered around two venues, The Old Swan and Central Station. The Old Swan is a small venue on Abbott Street, in the centre of Wrexham, with a sheltered outdoor platform for bands to perform on. Central Station has a capacity of approximately 650 and attracts touring bands from across the country. Since its opening in 2000 the venue has played host to hundreds of acts, including The Charlatans, Ash, The View, Mansun, Shed Seven, Hundred Reasons, Bloc Party, Grandmaster Flash, Robert Plant and many more. Their open mic night held every Monday is the most popular in the area. Since the introduction of the new entertainment licensing law in early 2006, a number of new venues have arisen, including; The Golden Lion (High Street), The Goulbourne Pub and The Commercial.
Arguably, the two most successful bands in Wrexham are Crosbi (now The Roseville Band) and Camera. They both released their debut albums in 2006 and have toured the UK. In January 2005 Camera were the opening act at the Tsunami Relief Cardiff Concert at the Millenium Stadium, Cardiff.
St Giles' Church is the parish church of Wrexham and includes a colourful ceiling of flying musical angels, two early eagle lecterns, a window by the artist Edward Burne-Jones and the Royal Welch Fusiliers chapel. In the graveyard is the tomb of Elihu Yale who was the benefactor of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA and after whom Yale College Wrexham is named. The tower of St. Giles is claimed as one of the 'Seven Wonders of Wales' and the tower of Yale University reflects its design. The Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, in Regent Street, is the main church of the Diocese of Wrexham, which extends over all of the north of Wales. Wrexham also has a number of non-denominational chapels and Churches scattered about the town. The main Methodist church is in Brynyffynon, off Regent Street. Up until the 1970's the town was full of Welsh non-denominational Chapels and the attendance of these was far in excess of that of the Anglican Church in the town.
In the past, Wrexham had a church with a spire much taller than the St Giles steeple dedicated and named after St Mark, but this was demolished as the building's foundations were in danger of collapse. A multi-storey car park named "St Marks" was erected on the site.