Plas Madoc

Plas Madoc
Housing estate
Leisure centre in Plas Madoc
Plas Madoc is located in Wrexham
Plas Madoc
Plas Madoc
Location within Wrexham
OS grid referenceSJ2854343532
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWREXHAM
Postcode districtLL14
Dialling code01978
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Wrexham
52°59′03″N 3°03′52″W / 52.98405°N 3.06449°W / 52.98405; -3.06449

Plas Madoc is a housing estate and former electoral ward near[1] Acrefair, in the Cefn community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.[2] It is located seven miles to the south-west of Wrexham, and contains The Land adventure playground, and a community-run[3] leisure centre with a swimming pool.[4][5] The area is one of the most deprived areas (top 10% most deprived) in Wales,[6][7] and the fourth most deprived LSOA in Wrexham County Borough.[8]

Plas Madoc F.C. was a football club in the area, the club dissolved in 2020.

  1. ^ "Cefn Community Council". cefncommunitycouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2024. The villages we represent are – Cefn Mawr, Rhosymedre, Plas Madoc, Newbridge, Penybryn and Acrefair
  2. ^ "PLAS MADOC, WREXHAM (WRECSAM)". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Plas Madoc Leisure Centre seen as "vital" in Wales-wide study". The Leader. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Plas Madoc, Housing Estate (412392)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Plas Madoc". www.bct.wales. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  6. ^ Live, North Wales (6 August 2010). "Plas Madoc Communities First in probe after football team's allegations". North Wales Live. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Wrexham's Well-being Assessment March 2017" (PDF). wrexhampsb.org. Wrexham Public Services Board. March 2017. p. 15. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019 by rank, decile and quintile, Lower-layer Super Output Area (LSOA)". statswales.gov.wales. Retrieved 4 May 2022.