Parks and open spaces in Wrexham

It hosts a Queen Victoria statue originally from Gulidhall Square on Chester Street,[2] and a bandstand pavilion opened in 1915.

[citation needed] A major project was undertaken to refurbish the Park back to its original splendour.

[5] Acton Park features a bowling green, tennis courts, a children's play area, a Japanese-style garden and a large lake which has attracted diverse wildlife.

[5] The general layout of the park has remained unchanged since it was laid out in the 18th century and now boasts many mature trees.

The site was originally a quillet ("small tract of land"), possibly the field called Talar-y-geifr,[15] that was part of the Wrexham Regis "common fields"[16] (an open-field system on common land)[15] and was used as a burial ground for two centuries by Wrexham Dissenters,[16] also termed nonconformists.

[14] The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and Monmouthshire used the term "Dissenter's Graveyard" and compared it as the Bunhill Fields of Wrexham.

[16][14] After Llwyd's death, the congregation's successors from Chester Street Baptist Church later managed the burial ground.

[15] Although by 1779, the successors could not locate the papers proving the transfer, nevertheless it was not doubted that they had full ownership rights by the start of the 18th century.

[15] In 1857, the perimeter hedge around the graveyard was replaced with a wall, while in 1883 part of it was given up to allow the widening of Rhosddu Road.

[16] In April 1912, a memorial to Morgan Llwyd was unveiled at the graveyard's entrance by Margaret Lloyd George.

It was created through the generosity of owners of the Island Green Brewery, William and John Jones.

The park is owned and managed by the National Trust, and is home to Erddig Hall and its formal gardens.

These include a hydraulic ram known as the "Cup and Saucer",[39] which is used to pump water from the park to Erddig Hall, and the remains of Wristleham motte and bailey[39] which is thought to be the beginnings of Wrexham as a city in the 12th century.

[40] There are seven parks and country parks on the outskirts of Wrexham, in the wider Wrexham County Borough, at Tŷ Mawr (Cefn Mawr), Alyn Waters (Gwersyllt), Minera Leadmines (Minera), Bonc-yr-Hafod (Hafod), Moss Valley (Moss), Nant Mill (River Clywedog trail) and Stryt Las (Johnstown); as well as two other country houses at Brynkinalt and Iscoyd Park.