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Chester Zoo
The UK's most-visited zoo housing over 35,000 animals across 128 acres with award-winning conservation programs.
17 km · about 20 min drive
Wales, United Kingdom · Europe
Gresford works well as a base: 10 minutes from Wrexham, 39km from Evo Triangle.
Gresford is a town located in Wales, United Kingdom. With a population of 5,010, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Gresford sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Gresford to your route.
Gresford (; Welsh: Gresffordd Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡrɛsfɔrð]) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.
According to the 2001 Census, the population of the community, which also includes the village of Marford, was 5,334, reducing to 5,010 at the 2011 census.
The Grade I listed All Saints' Church,Read more
Gresford has been described as the finest parish church in Wales, and has the most surviving medieval stained glass of any Welsh church. Its bells are one of the traditional Seven Wonders of Wales.
The former Gresford Colliery was the site of the Gresford disaster, one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters, when 266 men died in an underground explosion on 22 September 1934.
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Gresford is located in Wales, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 53.0854 latitude, -2.9706 longitude.
Gresford has a population of approximately 5,010 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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The UK's most-visited zoo housing over 35,000 animals across 128 acres with award-winning conservation programs.
17 km · about 20 min drive
mountain pass
Sweeping A542 mountain pass curling above Llangollen in a giant horseshoe, climbing to 417m past the Ponderosa Cafe with wide views over the Dee Valley. A classic North Wales driving and biking road.
17 km · about 20 min drive
cafe
A legendary biker stop high on the Horseshoe Pass above Llangollen with panoramic views across the Welsh valleys.
18 km · about 20 min drive
racetrack
A picturesque Cheshire circuit winding through parkland with dramatic elevation changes, a favourite of British club and national racing.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Exclusive guided tours of Bentley's Crewe factory where master craftspeople build the world's finest luxury cars.
35 km · about 40 min drive
waterfall
Wales's tallest single-drop waterfall at 73 metres, cascading through a natural rock arch in a remote Berwyn Mountains valley.
37 km · about 45 min drive
famous road
Legendary 20-mile loop of the A5, A543 and B4501 across the empty Denbigh Moors, made famous as evo magazine's road-test circuit. Fast, open sightlines past Llyn Brenig make it a pilgrimage for keen drivers.
39 km · about 45 min drive
racetrack
A 1,475-yard hillclimb running through the deer park of a Shropshire country estate, twisting between mature trees with the hill's Museum Corner and Fallow bends. One of Britain's most scenic speed venues.
40 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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