Wrexham Nightlife

One of Wrexham's best qualities is great nightlife with its many bars, pubs and choice of five night-clubs, most of which are located in quite a small area. Wrexham certainly is not a town where you have to walk very far during a night out and there are plenty of quite different establishments to cater for all tastes.

The High Street is home to the crowds for most of the night and with 15 bars tightly packed into this small street, it is easy to see why. Check out Bar Cuprum at the Wynnstay Hotel, the deceptively large Barracuda Bar, Honky Tonks with three floors and comfortable seats upstairs, the popular Checkers Wine Bar, Milliners Irish pub, Harvey's Wine Bar and Scruffy Murphy's Irish pub.

The Fat Cat Café Bar is very smart, has great atmosphere, great food and a roof top terrace (very busy during the summer!). Live DJs playing on Friday and Saturday nights making this a popular venue. For a traditional pub atmosphere, the thatched Horse and Jockey pours a good pint and has a selection of guest ales.

Horse & Jockey with thatched roof

Wrexham's clubs cross the whole age and music spectrum with Liquid catering for the younger crowd and the commercial dance enthusiast, Envy for the over 25s, Central Station playing alternative and house music and Scott's Nightclub which attracts a more mature clubber. Wrexham's longest established, Scott's Nightclub has numerous floors and bars sometimes offering live music.

Places to avoid in Wrexham include Wetherspoons at the top of town (could really do with a good clean), The Thirsty Scholar at the bus station (again, nothing that a mop and bucket could not resolve), South Central for its over-enthusiastic door attendants and Club K1 which seems to have no door policy whatsoever.

Just outside the town centre, the pubs are generally more relaxed. The Plas Coch, next to the University serves food all day and is packed during quiz nights twice a week. The Plough Inn in Gresford has recently been refurbished, as has The Acton pub. Both offer traditional pub food and are clean, cosy and friendly. Another popular location and featured in the Good Pub Guide is the Pant-yr-Ochain near Gresford which was a 16th century Manor House.