Wrexham Council is officially asking residents to help shape plans for an exciting series of new Wrexham city centre play spaces. The upcoming urban regeneration proposals focus heavily on transforming Henblas Street, Chester Street, and the former Hippodrome site.
The primary goal of the project is to create more welcoming, vibrant, and family-friendly public areas. Once completed, these redeveloped locations will support children’s play, provide community activities, and host creative outdoor events. According to local authority officials, the ambitious plans will also directly support Wrexham’s ongoing bid to become the UK City of Culture 2029.
The Hippodrome & Rob Mac Collaboration
The historic former Hippodrome site has attracted significant public attention over recent years. Interest skyrocketed after Wrexham AFC co-owner Rob Mac announced initial proposals to transform the vacant land into the Ryan Rodney Reynolds Memorial Park.
Now, with direct support from Rob Mac’s innovative company, More Better, the local council is officially moving forward into the active design phase. Because this is a community-first initiative, project leaders want local people to share their personal ideas on exactly how they feel they should develop the new spaces.
If you’d like to dive deeper into the project’s background, this interview with Rob Mac offers a look at his evolving global business projects and connection to community branding.
Have Your Say: Drop-In Sessions at Tŷ Pawb
To gather this vital feedback, a series of public drop-in consultation sessions will take place at Tŷ Pawb throughout the month of June. The council extends a warm invitation to residents to attend these sessions at any time and stay for as long as they wish to discuss their ideas with organisers.
Councillors involved in the urban regeneration project say the ultimate aim is eventually to create more creative, sociable, and accessible spaces. By investing heavily in these central areas, the council hopes to actively encourage families, parents and also young people to spend much more of their leisure time right in the heart of the city centre.
