Transport

Transport Links

Wrexham has access to the national motorway network via the A483 trunk road north to the M53 and M56, and south to the M54. The cities of Manchester and Liverpool are both within one hour by road, while Birmingham lies within two hours drive. The links with South Wales run along the English border with both the rail and road route south passing through England via Shrewsbury and Hereford.

Wrexham is served by regional rail services from Shrewsbury to Chester, and from Wrexham to Bidston on the Wirral. The routes also handle freight traffic. The nearest stations for Inter-City services are outside the Borough at Chester and Crewe.

Manchester International Airport and John Lennon Airport (Liverpool) are within one hour’s drive of much of the Borough. There is a private airport at Hawarden in Flintshire, and a small private airfield at Chirk.

Car Ownership

The ward with the highest level of car ownership was Bronington with 59 households owning 4 cars or more, followed by Overton (48) and Marchwiel (47).

The ward with the lowest level of car ownership was Cefn with 595 households having no cars followed closely by Ponciau with 591 and Queensway with 544 households with no cars.

Percentage of households having no car (2001 Census)

Notes

'Cars or Vans' - includes any company car or van when available for private use.
'All Cars or Vans' in area only those cars and vans owned by, or available for use by, households.

Area	All households	Households (number of cars or vans)
Area	All households	None	1	2	3	4+	All cars or vans
Wrexham County Borough	53,226	13,147	23,774	13,051	2,476	778	60,703
Acton	1,354	436	655	228	28	7	1,224
Borras Park	1,064	120	530	339	63	12	1,446
Bronington	1,278	116	438	545	120	59	2,143
Brymbo	1,073	298	472	251	41	11	1,144
Brynyffynnon	1,459	535	650	228	36	10	1,255
Bryn Cefn	774	152	335	221	51	15	999
Cartrefle	899	359	398	124	14	4	705
Cefn	2,001	595	983	351	61	11	1,913
Ceiriog Valley	952	128	416	319	67	22	1,356
Chirk North	1,035	221	501	247	51	15	1,208
Chirk South	794	220	383	152	26	13	824
Coedpoeth	1,897	494	844	452	78	29	2,108
Erddig	764	127	306	262	54	14	1,061
Esclusham	1,125	274	539	278	27	7	1,206
Garden Village	920	130	468	277	31	14	1,172
Gresford East & West	1,243	220	566	361	78	18	1,601
Grosvenor	943	293	469	150	23	8	882
Gwenfro	719	269	317	103	22	8	623
Gwersyllt East & South	1,749	368	814	453	87	27	2,106
Gwersyllt North	1,011	256	455	236	48	16	1,138
Gwersyllt West	1,195	269	559	295	59	13	1,381
Hermitage	1,107	446	466	162	25	8	897
Holt	1,135	118	496	405	84	32	1,693
Johnstown	1,363	286	667	334	64	12	1,576
Little Acton	976	151	429	318	66	12	1,316
Llangollen Rural	840	165	363	249	40	23	1,078
Llay	1,961	452	897	483	95	34	2,301
Maesydre	820	187	386	200	31	16	951
Marchwiel	978	96	395	332	105	47	1,591
Marford & Hoseley	919	51	312	435	93	28	1,583
Minera	973	102	397	355	94	25	1,494
New Broughton	1,416	364	678	315	44	15	1,510
Offa	964	289	456	189	26	4	928
Overton	1,293	154	488	480	123	48	2,026
Pant	897	303	403	162	20	9	828
Penycae	883	275	381	181	37	9	894
Penycae & Ruabon South	1,002	156	464	309	61	12	1,314
Plas Madoc	763	371	326	57	6	3	466
Ponciau	2,029	591	883	446	86	23	2,145
Queensway	1,028	544	395	80	9	0	582
Rhosnesni	1,198	146	568	409	57	18	1,632
Rossett	1,323	179	478	522	110	34	1,995
Ruabon	1,069	347	471	203	39	9	1,032
Smithfield	1,058	450	497	94	13	4	740
Stansty	952	226	482	194	46	4	1,026
Whitegate	1,158	363	551	205	28	11	1,094
Wynnstay	876	455	347	60	9	5	516

Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.

This count is not exact as households with more than 10 cars or vans are counted as having 10 cars or vans. Source: 2001 Census. © Crown Copyright.

Road Casualties

Type	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	% change 2002 - 2007
Fatal	6	5	7	4	4	5	-16.7%
Serious	48	49	46	28	42	29	-39.6%
Slight	638	639	535	510	550	420	-34.2%
All Accidents	692	693	588	542	596	454	-34.4%

Comparison with other North Wales local authority areas

Area	Road Length (Km)	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	% change from 2002 to 2007
Wrexham	1,149	692	693	588	542	596	454	-34.4%
Isle of Anglesey	1,209	303	254	221	198	240	203	-33.0%
Gwynedd	2,904	668	601	570	514	556	534	-20.1%
Conwy	1,788	607	517	513	424	523	460	-24.2%
Denbighshire	1,480	537	524	470	376	441	464	-13.6%
Flintshire	1,150	840	853	841	630	696	663	-21.1%
North Wales	9,680	3,647	3,442	3,203	2,684	3,052	2,778	-23.8%
Wales	34,070	14,336	14,036	13,687	12,733	12,692	12,270	-14.4%

The trend in the total number of road casualties in all North Wales authorities in the six year period from 2002 to 2007 has been downwards. Denbighshire had the lowest percentage fall in this period (13.6%). The highest fall was in Wrexham (34.4%). This falling trend is also reflected, though less markedly so, in the all-Wales figures (14.4%).

source: WAG

Cymraeg

Related links
	Key Statistics for Wrexham

Back to the top

Tell us what you think about our site...