Bradley ( cy, Bradle) is a village in
Wrexham County Borough
Wrexham County Borough ( cy, Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is a county borough, with city status, in the north-east of Wales. It borders England to the east and south-east, Powys to the south-west, Denbighshire to the west and Flintshire to the ...
, Wales. Situated in the
community
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of
Gwersyllt, it is bounded by
Alyn Waters Country Park to the north, the village of Gwersyllt to the west and south, and Bradley Hill,
Wat's Dyke
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and the
River Alyn
The River Alyn ( cy, Afon Alun) is a tributary of the River Dee, in north-east Wales. The River Alyn rises at the southern end of the Clwydian hills and the Alyn Valley forms part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding N ...
to the east. The Bradley Built-up Area Sub-division (BUASD) is a subdivision of the
Wrexham Built-up Area.
The village is home to a cricket club, village hall, and a
Toyota
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dealership at Lindop. Until 2009, there was also a
Post Office
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and a
Pub
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known as the "Queens Head", the latter being replaced with a
housing estate
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.
Prior to the building of the 'Old Mill Estate' the village housing stock consisted primarily of Council houses. There are ruins of six mill cottages and part of the Bradley Wire Mill to the east of the village on the banks of the River Alyn.
Bradley Park Rangers F.C. was a football club in the village between 1951 and 1965.
External links
Wrexham CBC- Official SiteBradley Photosh1>
References
{{Wrexham
Villages in Wrexham County Borough