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Where is Wrexham?

Wrexham is located in the county of Clwyd, Wales, eight miles north of the town of Chirk, 11 miles south-west of the major city of Chester, 109 miles north of Cardiff, and 161 miles north-west of London. Wrexham lies five miles south-west of the Cheshire border, and was historically in the county of Denbighshire. Wrexham falls within the unitary authority of Wrecsam - Wrexham. It is in the LL11 postcode district. The post town for Wrexham is Wrexham.

Wrexham on a map

Map showing extent of Wrexham as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Wrexham
Map showing location of Wrexham within the UK
Location of Wrexham within the UK

Which county is Wrexham in?

Wrexham is in the ceremonial county of Clwyd, the historic county of Denbighshire, and the administrative county of Wrecsam - Wrexham.

Ceremonial CountyClwyd
Historic CountyDenbighshire
Administrative CountyWrecsam - Wrexham

Where is Wrexham in Clwyd?

Wrexham is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Clwyd, and towards the easternmost extremity of Clwyd.

Map showing location of Wrexham within Clwyd
Location of Wrexham within Clwyd

What is the postcode for Wrexham?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Wrexham is LL11 1NE.

Where is Wrexham in LL11?

Wrexham is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the LL11 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the LL11 postcode district.

Map showing location of Wrexham within LL11
Location of Wrexham within LL11

What is the post town for Wrexham?

The post town for Wrexham is Wrexham. Wrexham is in the LL11 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wrexham.

What is the latitude and longitude of Wrexham?

The centre of Wrexham is located at position 53.04792° latitude and -2.99478° longitude.

Latitude53.04792°
Longitude-2.99478°

What is the easting and northing of Wrexham?

The centre of Wrexham is located at the grid reference easting 333410 and northing 350536 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting333410
Northing350536

What are the nearest towns to Wrexham?

Position of Wrexham relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Wrexham to the centre of the town.

north
8m
Wrexham is 8 miles north of Chirk
south
9m
Wrexham is 9 miles south of Buckley
north-east
9m
Wrexham is 9 miles north-east of Llangollen
south-east
10m
Wrexham is 10 miles south-east of Mold
north-west
11m
Wrexham is 11 miles north-west of Ellesmere
south
11m
Wrexham is 11 miles south of Shotton
south
12m
Wrexham is 12 miles south of Connah's Quay
north
13m
Wrexham is 13 miles north of Oswestry
east
14m
Wrexham is 14 miles east of Ruthin
north-west
14m
Wrexham is 14 miles north-west of Whitchurch

What are the nearest cities to Wrexham?

Position of Wrexham relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Wrexham to the centre of the city.

south-west
11m
Wrexham is 11 miles south-west of Chester
south-east
24m
Wrexham is 24 miles south-east of St Asaph
south
25m
Wrexham is 25 miles south of Liverpool
west
34m
Wrexham is 34 miles west of Stoke-on-Trent
south-west
42m
Wrexham is 42 miles south-west of Salford
south-west
43m
Wrexham is 43 miles south-west of Manchester
north-west
48m
Wrexham is 48 miles north-west of Wolverhampton
east
49m
Wrexham is 49 miles east of Bangor
south
51m
Wrexham is 51 miles south of Preston
north-west
55m
Wrexham is 55 miles north-west of Lichfield