Xplore!
Xplore! Science Discovery Centre, branded simply as Xplore, is a science centre in Wrexham, Wales. It is currently based between Henblas Street and Chester Street in Wrexham city centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: science center in Wrexham, Wales
- Also known as: “Canolfan Darganfod Gwyddoniaeth Xplore!”, “North Wales Science”, “Techniquest Glyndŵr”, “Techniquest, Wrexham”, “Techniquest@NEWI”, and “Xplore! Science Discovery Centre”
- Address: Henblas Street, Wrexham
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include General Market and Tŷ Pawb.
General Market
Marketplace
Photo: RJ Price Davies, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The General Market is an indoor market in Wrexham city centre, North Wales. It is situated inside a Grade II listed building between Wrexham's Henblas Street and Chester Street on a site formerly known as Manchester Square.
Tŷ Pawb
Arts center
Tŷ Pawb is an arts centre in Wrexham, Wales. It serves as a venue for arts, cultural and community events, as well as being a market and art gallery. A redevelopment of the former Wrexham People's Market between Chester Street and Market Street in Wrexham city centre, the community centre opened on 2 April 2018.
Butchers‘ Market
Marketplace
Photo: RJ Price Davies, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Butchers' Market is an indoor market in Wrexham city centre, Wales. It is situated inside a Grade II listed building on Wrexham's High Street. Built in 1848 to the Neo-Jacobean designs of Thomas Penson and extended in 1879–80, it is one of the two dedicated indoor markets of Wrexham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include City Centre and Wrexham.
City Centre
Suburb
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wrexham city centre is the administrative, cultural and historic city centre of Wrexham, in North Wales and is the area enclosed by the inner ring road of the city.
Wrexham
Photo: kanti kansara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wrexham is a city in Clwyd in North Wales. It's industrial, but has lost its former trades of coal-mining and brick-making. It was granted "city" status in 2022, but this is ceremonial and doesn't affect its governance.
Rhosddu
Suburb
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rhosddu is a suburb and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, covering the north-western parts of the city of Wrexham and comprises the wards of Grosvenor, Garden Village and Stansty.
Xplore!
- Categories: science center, charitable organization, and tourism
- Location: Caia Park, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.04632° or 53° 2′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.9919° or 2° 59′ 31″ westOperator
North Wales ScienceOpen location code
9C5V22W5+G6OpenStreetMap ID
way 944897609OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q113876866
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In Other Languages
“Xplore!” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Xplore!”
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Highlights include Xplore! Science Discovery Centre and Yellow and Blue (YaB) Hub.
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