Bersham Ironworks and Heritage Centre

Bersham Ironworks and Heritage Centre
Bersham
Wrexham
LL14 4HT
Wales

Website

www.wrexham.gov.uk/heritage

E-mail

museum@wrexham.co.uk

Telephone

01978 261 529

Fax

01978 361 703

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Cartoon of John 'Iron Mad' Wilkinson, 18th century inventor and entrepreneur.
Food icon Guided tours icon Shop icon Study area icon Visual disability facilities icon Wheelchair access icon

Bersham Ironworks is where John Wilkinson, the late 18th industrial pioneer had his first ironworks. The site was excavated in the early 1990s and you can see the remains. Inside the old mill ar the ironworks there is a "son et lumiere/light and sound" interpretation of life as a foundryman.
Bersham Heritage Centre is the local industrial history centre for the Clywedog Valley and it is an ideal stop off point on the Clwyedog Trail, a nine mile footpath that links all the local industrial heritage sites. There is an ever changing exhibitions programme aimed at families and schools.New displays in permanent gallery until 31st October 2009 on Coal Mining in North Wales.
STOP PRESS:: Bersham Heritage Centre to be the venue for Wrexham County Borough Council's Local Studies and Archive Service during 2010.

Venue Type:

Museum, Industrial heritage site

 Opening hours

Bersham Heritage Centre
April - October
Mon - Fri 10.00 - 16.30
Sat - Sun 12.00 - 16.30
November - March
Closed

Bersham Ironworks
Easter & Summer school holidays (April 3rd - 20th 2009, and July 16th - August 31st 2009)
Open: Thursday - Monday 12noon - 4.30pm
Closed: Tuesdays & Wednesdays
Special opening : weekends only April 25th - July 12th 2009

Bersham Ironworks is open to organised groups between April and October
Bersham Heritage Centre is closed between November - March.

 Admission charges

FREE

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • General audio-guide available
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Children's play area
 Disability access
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Loan service
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students

Additional info

Directions: For Ironworks: Follow Brown signs marked Bersham and Clywedog from either A525 onto B5098, A483 onto B5605 and B5098, or B5099 west of Wrexham. Look out for brown signs marked Gwaith Haearn Ironworks. For off orad parking continue past the Ironworks for 150m and turn off opposite Bersham Church. Please contact the Heritage Centre for the Ironworks opening times.
For Heritage Centre: as above but Heritage Centre is just off the B5099. Look out of signs marked Canolfan Dreftadaeth Y Bers - Bersham Heritage Centre

STOP PRESS: During 2010, Bersham Heritage Centre will be home to Wrexham County Borough Council's Local Studies & Archive Service.

Bersham Ironworks and Heritage Centre
Bersham
Wrexham
LL14 4HT
Wales

Website

www.wrexham.gov.uk/heritage

E-mail

museum@wrexham.co.uk

Telephone

01978 261 529

Fax

01978 361 703

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

excavation finds from Bersham Ironworks, the local industrial history collection related to the Denbighshire coalfield, Brymbo Steelworks and Minera Lead Mines.

Collection details

Archaeology, Archives, Industry, Science and Technology, Social History

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Bersham Ironworks and Heritage Centre
Bersham
Wrexham
LL14 4HT
Wales

Website

www.wrexham.gov.uk/heritage

E-mail

museum@wrexham.co.uk

Telephone

01978 261 529

Fax

01978 361 703

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Sharp as Steel, Tough as Iron

3 April 2009 — 31 October 2010 *on now

Brymbo Steelworks was the heart and soul of a community for nearly two hundred years. Created in partnership with the Brymbo Heritage Group, this exhibition brings old Brymbo back to life, explains how the steelworks operated and remembers the lives of the steelworkers and the community they created.

Suitable for

  • All ages

When

12-12am

Where

Bersham Heritage Centre

Admission

FREE

The Iron Man of Industry: John Wilkinson, Wales and The Wider World

3 April 2009 — 31 October 2010 *on now

John Wilkinson was a pioneer of the Industrial Revolution and Bersham was the site of his greatest achievements. In this exhibition you can find out about his inventions, why it all happened here and enjoy the many stories, both fact and fiction, involving Wilkinson and his workforce.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly
  • All ages

When

12-12am

Where

Bersham Heritage Centre

Admission

FREE

Bersham Ironworks and Heritage Centre
Bersham
Wrexham
LL14 4HT
Wales

Website

www.wrexham.gov.uk/heritage

E-mail

museum@wrexham.co.uk

Telephone

01978 261 529

Fax

01978 361 703

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Face to face resources

The Iron Man of Industry: John Wikinson

With John Wilkinson's important ironworks in Bersham, this is local and international history rolled into one. In a two hour workshop: explore the new exhibition with facilitated activities and learn why Bersham was a great location for an ironworks, discover the different jobs in an ironworks and how cannon were made, decide if he was a good employer, take a tour of the ironworks to see the archaeology and make a John Wilkinson token.

Creator

  • Lynn Podmore
  • Karen Teasdale

Publisher

  • Wrexham Heritage Service

How to obtain

Please contact the Learning & Access Officer on
museumeducation@wrexham/gov.uk.
There is a charge per child, depending on whether the school is in or outside Wrexham County Borough.

Bersham Ironworks and Heritage Centre
Bersham
Wrexham
LL14 4HT
Wales

Website

www.wrexham.gov.uk/heritage

E-mail

museum@wrexham.co.uk

Telephone

01978 261 529

Fax

01978 361 703

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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