Gresford

Gresford (/ˈɡrɛsfərd/; Welsh: Gresffordd Welsh pronunciation: [ˈɡrɛsfɔrð]) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.

This article is about the village in Wales. For the town of in Australia, see Gresford, New South Wales. For East Gresford in New South Wales, Australia, see East Gresford, New South Wales.

Gresford
  • Welsh: Gresffordd
Map of the community.
Gresford
Location within Wrexham
Population5,010 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ353549
Community
  • Gresford
Principal area
  • Wrexham
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWREXHAM
Postcode districtLL12
Dialling code01978
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
  • Wrexham
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
  • Wrexham

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, 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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