WREXHAM

[@robrogers8760]

The town I was born and spent my first 21 years. I left in 1981 but go back as often as I can. Great town and people, although I would be the first to admit, some of the changes have not been for the better. Despite having left 41 years ago, I still consider Wrexham to be my home. Once a Wrexham Lad, always a Wrexham Lad.

[@alynwillams4297]

Unfortunately the recession of 2008 and the eagles meadow shopping centre which was built put Wrexham on a slow verge of death. That as well as the football club being relegated from the league. However, I think the times are a changing and Wrexham is finding it’s place in the modern world and will hopefully start thriving again.

[@monikadave8886]

Nice and beautiful place to live

[@susanjones5322]

I lived in Wrexham for a while in the 70s. It's changed so much since I was there! Thank you.

[@lynettehughes4673]

Unfortunately the town's suffered from the 'knock it down and replace with modern tat' syndrome. Used to be a lovely town , if always a drinking town 😄

[@graham1306]

Snap. Not a very good place, lots of empty units in Eagles Meadow.

[@therainmakerinsider]

Town is now rejuvenated after the Ryan and Robert purchased the club

[@lynettehughes4673]

@@therainmakerinsider the football club maybe. Not much sign of the actual town centre being any different, unfortunately. But it's early days, as they say.

[@hamzataha6656]

I forgot to say I was born in Wrexham, and know the changes. You missed showing the old hospital and the town Hall it looks modern but the town hall is over fifty years old. Who ever asked you to go there did not tell you the layout to show the best and worsts bits. And I mentioned two other famous footballers but the best one was arfon Griffith, 1973 he played for Wrexham. I met him and done a few things with him. Most football fans only dream of meeting their idol. But I sat with him for two weeks. Drove with him in his car every day. I was 18 it was an honor to meet such a real gentleman footballer. Gone are the gentleman footballer all we get now is the me me attitude look at me I am famous. Arfon, was humble and a brilliant footballer also like joey Jones. Savage he is OK but not humble and not a good TV puntit.

[@susanwoods7242]

Before relationship split lived near Wrexham 16 years still miss us all any friends tuning in!!!

[@ympayne1]

I love your Gimbal Walk tv . I lived in Wrexham from 1956 .It is dreadful to see so few shops open . I hope it will all have a new opening . I worked here with photography . Thank you

[@joline2730]

Thanks for the trip Mr Walk - keep em coming 👍💯✔🤩

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Will do!

[@mmafanuk]

I've lived in a few places, Loughborough, Feltham down south and New Jersey and Wrexham is my favourite by far. The cost of living is also low, (house prices compared to London etc) - there's loads of job opportunities (one of biggest industrial estates in Europe apparently) and you have amazing scenery and beautiful villages dotted around the town centre. You also have Chester and Liverpool just a short drive away for work or pleasure. Town centre could do with a bit of work, but I'm grateful to live here

[@XJokermanX]

Imagine comparing a relatively small town in Wales to London. Obviously it'll be cheaper you mug

[@XJokermanX]

London is a city

[@mmafanuk]

@@XJokermanX so is Wrexham

[@XJokermanX]

@@mmafanuk no it's not

[@XJokermanX]

@@mmafanuk not atm

[@janerochfort2134]

What a shame it is a ghost town like many towns all over GB....the worst thing that happened to the town centre was " Eagles Meadow ".... emptied the town...when I moved here over 30 years ago it was a great bustling town centre...I haven't actually been into the town since Covid struck.....

[@GimbalWalkTV]

I didn’t know about Eagles Meadow - that explains a lot! Why do they always give these huge shopping centres such romantic names? 🤣

[@susanwoods7242]

I so agree I hate that place killed town really before covid thing x

[@janerochfort2134]

@Susan Woods thanks for agreeing with me...when I used to go into Wrexham....I visited...Woolworths ( in the day ) Boots...M and S...BHS....Littlewoods and Next.....all gone....😕 and of course nothing ever comes back.....

[@bujin1977]

@@GimbalWalkTV TBF, the area was called Eagles Meadow long before the shopping centre existed. I remember as a kid seeing a road sign where the Fat Boar is now that said "Eagles Meow" (the A and D had dropped off). It was amusing to my silly, immature mind.

[@susan5199]

So agree about ghost town and with the recession now in UK I see no way back

[@susan5199]

Yes I had not been to wrexham in more than 18 months now was shocked when I saw on you tube bus station lack of buses then someone said they had been of late and its demise is sad to see loved those people in area always will xxxx

[@ImWilde4ac]

I live 3 miles away. but don't go into town much since Eagles Meadow. Nice walk and lucky with the weather

[@sheilam4525]

Another great video, juat catching up on all your recent ones. Never been to Wales, that church was magnificent!

[@susan5199]

Town used to be packed there's no one!!! Sad demise of my old home town

[@paulinefearnley9379]

Another great informative video loved the church at the end. You sure pick lovely sunny days 🌞 keep on walking 🚶🏻 👍

[@thfccfht]

quite a few pubs there to enjoy the day out...

[@lisaburgess8551]

I live here and I love history myself. And your good in what you do as well. 👍😘

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you so much!

[@robinsoncrueso2287]

My home town I miss terribly 😪😢

[@daviesjoan9492]

Enjoyed this vidioits been a long time since ive walked around town as im getting to old now so it was great to see around town thank you so much .

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thanks for watching

[@markthomasjones9520]

PARISH CHURCH is one of the wonders of Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@BramAldino]

What a lovely day! A great time to walk around and explore the City. An interesting and enjoyable walk in the City. From Jakarta City 📍🇮🇩

[@graham1306]

It’s a town, and not a very good one..

[@Anonymous_Anon882]

Very-definition of trash.

[@CyxxC]

​@@graham1306 its a city now

[@graham1306]

@@CyxxC Yes, it is, but as I said, it’s NOT a very good one. There are lots of ‘derelict’ areas around Bridge St/ St Giles waste ground and not too pretty across the way to Matalan, demolished and nothing done about that. Take a walk around that area, it will open your eyes to the incompetence and the ‘planners’ not doing anything about it. Rant over 😤

[@CyxxC]

@@graham1306 fair enough.

[@stewhiteywhite]

Lived in Wrexham for around 3 years 2013 - 2016 with my then partner (now ex) and our 2 daughters before moving back to Chester in 2016, last time I was up that way in the town center a lot of the shops had closed down and it was looking more of a ghost town so it's nice to see it somewhat thriving again. It's a small town center so easy to get around and if you forget something it's easy to get back to the place you last had it. Also of note if you'd have turned left at the bottom of the road at 14:40 and carried on you'd have come to Eagles Meadow shopping place with a bowling alley, cinema as well as other shops in the area.

[@hamzataha6656]

Where the new cinema is the cattle market use to be. They have new shops were the old fire station was. I poundland etc, use to live in erddig. I went to Bryn offa school and Victoria junior. I know the town very well as I use to do paper rounds in Acton, queens park and borris park. The old bus station officially opened by Elise tanner actress in coronation st fame I was a baby then the old hospital is now a college. Last time I was there for my father's funeral.

[@wonton8983]

@@hamzataha6656 I did paper rounds in Acton in 1972. Picked up from Rhosnessni Lane newsagents shop. Did park Avenue, posh houses, great for xmas tips.

[@matthewjones3912]

Don’t let the sunlight fool u it’s still a shit hole that I can’t wait wait to escape

[@L1RW]

Eagles meadow has no shops open anymore. Only a few left!

[@susanwoods7242]

Amazing!! Hi all in Plas madoc/ Rhosymedre !!!!!!!!!

[@fernandomilicich8160]

Beautiful video. I following this chanel. Greetings from Argentina

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thanks and welcome!

[@OJ1992]

Are you from Patagonia? Argentine Welsh?

[@fernandomilicich8160]

@@GimbalWalkTV I had been in Patagonia in 1981, I was 15 years old, and visited Trevellin and Gaiman the Welsh community settle there in 1865.

[@jojorobbo]

That was a great video of my home town. Thankyou

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Our pleasure!

[@hamzataha6656]

You forgot to show border brewery, by the nagshead , joey Jones went to Liverpool. And Micky Thomas who played for man utd.

[@gp8376]

Was over there before Christmas beautiful place and also has the largest Tesco's I've ever seen despite the size of the town compared to Belfast lol

[@fatemafathullahchiba3783]

Thank you ! Lovely video

[@davei1928]

Visited many wonderful town's and villages in Wales , unfortunately this is not one of them .

[@JohnWick-m2l]

Me and my girlfriend are moving here from Ireland next year !

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Lovely stuff - good luck with it all

[@hamzataha6656]

Will you show the old magistrate court one left by traffic lights near king street

[@Siobhan_sylvia]

i love that im going to watch this even though i go to town almost every weekend, i will admit its not as good as it used to be as so many shops are closed now, i really do hope that one day town will be full again

[@GimbalWalkTV]

One day it will be! I think town centres have to change to residential asap to get them thriving again

[@19MadMike]

@@GimbalWalkTV You'd get lynched in Wrexham for comments like that haha.

[@susan5199]

The demise shocked me I went everyday at one time when I lived in area with the recession in UK I think it will struggle

[@andywilliams3702]

Still a lovely town,shame there's hardly any people about,a ghost town in comparison to a few years ago.

[@kcSebby]

COVID will do that...

[@andywilliams3702]

@@kcSebby it was going down hill well before covid mate

[@tcollingscollings9299]

Sometimes I think Wrexham is unfairly compared to Chester...just over the border...I've even heard visitors say to each other...if you think this is quaint...try Chester !..one should always remember...comparisons are odious...Wrexham is rightfully a beautiful and interesting town ....

[@jackgammon4084]

The indoor market sells the best pork pies in the universe.

[@cacen10]

Gott love the town.

[@Peterwrayadventures]

Had watched a few vids before like year ago but only recently subscribed. I know someone who lives in Wrexham. I've never been. Do some vids in surrey my neck of the woods

[@Flocky18-q1k]

Lived in Wrexham for 16 years. It is great some people will say it’s shit and all that and I can agree sometimes it is but I love it

[@NickSwaindog]

Surprised you didn’t see Troggy summoning demons to himself outside of bottom spoons, not really an accurate depiction tbh

[@GimbalWalkTV]

🤣🤣🤣

[@markedwards6707]

U forgot about stan collymore who was originally from Wrexham from Llay if remember rightly as have known Rob savage as a youngster with being a mate of his older brother John savage

[@paulwilliams8389]

I think you mean Chris Armstrong (who was from Llay and started his career with Wrexham)

[@markedwards6707]

My mistake then

[@davidgartrell6092]

In your video you walk us up Bank Street, bur only the narrow part is actually Bank Street. The wider part of it is actually Henblas Street

[@hamzataha6656]

The old building by yellow taxi is the magistrates court the old one

[@andywright3450]

Hey Neil great walk and vlog always ..... Question for you in summer you doing any Devon Cornwall vlogs please thanku 💯😊

[@martinl2930]

Wrexham FC!!!!

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Doing amazing now!

[@kcSebby]

Why not go down into the actual town centre towards Cash Converters, The Caffe Nero, and the library park? There is so much more to see in Wrexham, this barely covers a third of it.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

I’m not from Wrexham so didn’t know my way around It would be the same if you came to film my home city 👍👍👍❤️

[@januszskrzypczyk4647]

It was not said that there are over 8500 Polish comunity in Wrexham.I have been living here for last five years.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

👍👍👍

[@paulwilliams8389]

Very true - And also a very healthy Portuguese community in the town as well.

[@LuckeGabriel]

I've been working with the Polish community here recently (Polish Integration Support Centre/PISC) and they told me in the Wrexham area there are 15000 Polish people.

[@alynwillams4297]

Always been a large polish population in Wrexham dating back to the beginning of World War Two. Units of the Free Polish Army were stationed in the Wrexham area, and would drink in the pub now known as the Royal Oak. It became a favourite watering hole of the exiles. Since that time it has been known locally as the Polish Embassy. A number of Polish soldiers previously based in Wrexham expressed a reluctance to return their homeland after the war because of the Soviet occupation and many of them chose to settle in the area.

[@januszskrzypczyk4647]

@@alynwillams4297 Thank you very much Alyn for your info

[@hamzataha6656]

Bank street alley way straight in front leads to the main high st

[@leamatthews3146]

Wow!!!!!

[@hamzataha6656]

What about the smallest pub the swan!!!!!!

[@sithokoziletshuma6680]

My fellow Zimbabweans at 2'55 😊😊

[@GimbalWalkTV]

👍🏻

[@LadyAlien318]

Wrexham the biggest hell hole in north wales

[@GimbalWalkTV]

😮😮😮

[@susie4886]

Joey Jones is from Llandudno, not Wrexham!!!!

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Ah I got my info from his biography - my error ❤️❤️

[@hamzataha6656]

I bet you do not explain about the other brewery there use to be two

[@invernessfan3017]

Wrexham has now been named a city. Big news.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Yes good news that!

[@hamzataha6656]

Woolworths use to be where the boarded up place is

[@codenamenel]

It was where One Below is now, the boarded up place used to be a card shop

[@susanwoods7242]

Yes it did xx

[@sophie_drachen]

There (if I remember correctly and if my memory isn't too shaky) used to be two entrances to the Woolies, one is where One Below is and the other is where the Chinese Buffet used to be.

[@markthomasjones9520]

Sadly Wrexham Council knocked down a lot of old buildings in the town indoor markets etc ripped the heart out of the town

[@bujin1977]

I'm surprised they haven't tried taking a wrecking ball to St Giles yet...

[@nikmelful]

I don’t get why Wrexham is considered a town when it has more stores and a lot bigger city center than Swansea City. Swansea looks more of a town rather than city. And Wrexham seems more of a city rather than just a town. My opinion

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Not been to Swansea yet - would you recommend it?

[@CyxxC]

Wrexham is an official city now by the platinum jubilee award in 2022 which classed wrexham to now be a city at the 1st of September 2022. It is now wales 7th city and its newest one yet.

[@craiggriffiths8347]

I live somewhere around that

[@Miss_demonLady]

I live here

[@GimbalWalkTV]

What’s it like do you like it

[@Miss_demonLady]

@GimbalWalkTV yes I love it here

[@Miss_demonLady]

Everyone is so kind

[@bexhil7]

Another great & fantastic video of WREXHAM!.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@lcblue1109]

Wrexham where I lived a nice place before but not now. Disaapointing as lots of shop are closed nothing much to go for shoppjng. No place to go for a lovely selection of food to dine in. In short its now a dying town that need the council need to think sbout for new restoration and little cost shop to go.Its s town for hairdresser everywhere. See the reality of Wrexham

[@tinadavies4195]

Great video! I know over time everything changes and Wrexham no longer feels like Wrexham when we go shopping. More foreigners now than there is Wrexham people. And yes it's become a ghost town. Not enough shops to shop. They're mostly foreign shops,and they not having my money.

[@melthomas9447]

I live in Wrexham

[@belgrader6858]

Nice city,better than Blackpool

[@Dead_in__side__]

8:08 of course they’re going to maccies lmao

[@GimbalWalkTV]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@movieseriesedits325]

Hello anyone who can tell me how much it costs to live in this city with a 1 bedroom flat with two people.. Plus or minus.?

[@iisxphhx]

i was literally birthed in wrexham and the whole entire time in ths vid I was screaming WHERES MACCIES

[@GimbalWalkTV]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@taffingtonboathouse5754]

I was born in this city

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Nice! Are you still there?

[@taffingtonboathouse5754]

@@GimbalWalkTV I moved to Stoke a few years later but my dad lives there so I still visit Wrexham

[@taffingtonboathouse5754]

@@GimbalWalkTV wrexham does have a nice city centre

[@GimbalWalkTV]

@@taffingtonboathouse5754 True

[@GimbalWalkTV]

@@taffingtonboathouse5754 Ah I've not been to Stoke yet!

[@Razdva050]

Amazing. I've done Masters degree in Glyndwr, Wrexham. Love this town. Now i live in Ukraine

[@irenelucas5240]

Thank you for the nice tour in Scotland. You are sure finding many towns in the UK.

[@heathhuston3825]

Don’t forget smackhead ally it like walking through Mos Eisley.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MICHELLE-gu2qc]

Great video. What a stunning medieval city center breathtaking cathedral. well done. Have you done a video on Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa or Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant they look like great little towns.

[@nicolecross1430]

It's not a city. Our pathetic council keeps trying though, they're so good at wasting money. Back in the '80's and 90's the town was thriving and a great place to visit, sadly no longer the case. Then it was a market town, but the council don't like markets. They have a vision of a cafe/restaurant culture, but who in their right mind wants to be looking at the drunks and druggies that litter the streets.

[@elainewilliams4201]

It’s also not a cathedral it’s the parish church and the video makes it look nicer than it actually is I don’t live there anymore there is nothing in the town anymore and the drug users keep people out of the town that wasn’t even all the town and there’s markets indoors well more like shops indoors years ago it had the biggest market over 200 stalls but that’s been long gone since that build the other end of town we’re the more expensive shops sit that most people can’t afford to buy so you only seen the Main Street in Wrexham but still looks better on video than real life

[@annegrey-blackman5934]

Spiceworld

[@samyabdul5335]

Can we get a job in Wrexham as a student

[@saltney17]

horrible place wrexham

[@milanristi369]

Great place 🌹❤️

[@African_Rose]

Many Muslims? Thinking of moving don't wanna see them anymore.

[@carlalloyd8892]

Without being rude… what was the point of your vist/video?…. Would have been interesting had you done more research other then footballers?…. Ie.. you walked over old Roman roads… the markets?… you could have gone as far as St Mary’s Cathedral… more info on the declining retailers.. lots of different issues/facts… how tedious it must be walking up and down a few empty streets….What for?

[@GimbalWalkTV]

You're clearly new to my channel