Minera Lead Mines

We are open 7 days a week during the summer holidays. A great FREE day out for all the family.
Learn about the fantastic heritage and take a walk in the landscape nature has reclaimed.
Free car parking, free entry to visitors centre, toilet facilities, dog friendly and refreshments available

Get Crafty with us next Tuesday https://www.facebook.com/events/472867350 144434/ Let us know if your coming along

A fantastic FREE event taking place with Wrexham Museums this Saturday
https://news.wrexham.gov.uk/come-and-enjo y-the-summer-her…/…

Below us lies a valuable metal that people have used for over 8,000 years - lead. Here at Meadow Shaft the lead is deep underground. However, the first mines were up on Eisteddfod and Esclusham Mountains, above Minera, where the lead is at or near the surface

Check out the daily journey of empty ‘mineral’ wagons from Brymbo Steelworks, Wrexham to Minera (limestone) Quarry via Coedpoeth filmed in 1965
https://player.bfi.org.uk/…/watch-miner a-mineral-1965-online
The line at one point continued all the way to here to us!!

If you joined us yesterday for SLIME TIME please tag us in your pictures

Slime Time underway here at Minera

Who's coming along to SLIME TIME this afternoon?
Starts at 1.30pm please pay at the visitors centre and head down to the picnic tables.

WE ARE OPEN!! The visitor's centre and the toilets will be open throughout the summer holidays 10am - 4pm.
Fantastic country walks, wonderful views and fascinating history all FREE OF CHARGE!

Simon Hughes | Accidents were remarkably few at Minera, considering the hazards. Part of the reason was due to the timberman who kept the mine in good repair. Simon Hughes was employed as a timberman at the Minera City Mine, becoming head timberman in 1908. Simon worked at the mine until it closed in 1915.

Minera limestone is full of crystals. Follow the path beyond the Engine House and search the slope to the left of the path

Wildflowers flourish on the thin limestone soils. Look for the array of orchids in the spring, and throughout the summer, flowers such as knapweed with its purple thistle-like flowers and creeping, yellow Birds Foot Trefoil.
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/…/wildfl owers/common-knapweed

Sept 14th 2019 we will be hosting a Fun Day. We would like to create a 'Story Shop'
We are asking for local people to send us story's, pictures and if possible memorabilia all relating to the Lead Mines and the surrounding areas rich industrial past.
Please message the page, email marketing@groundorknorthwales.org.uk or call 01978 757 524

The Clywedog Valley trail runs from Minera Lead Mines to King's Mill.
The River Clwyedog has always been the lifeblood of the valley, watering crops and livestock since early times, powering corn mills and driving industrial machinery.
Huge waterwheels powered the bellows blasting air into the iron furnaces at Bersham, and drove winding and pumping machinery here in the Lead Mines

We have some exciting news to share! We are planning an Outdoor Movie event!
Movies @ Minera is scheduled for Sept 21st 2019.
Let us know if you would be interested in attending. More details to be announced shortly

WIN a family ticket to this Friday's O Dan Y Bwâu / Underneath The Arches event
To enter LIKE our page, LIKE this post, SHARE and COMMENT.
Winner will be selected at random at 12 noon on Friday 12th July 2019. Winner will be announced on this page shortly after and asked to contact the page directly prior to 4.30pm.
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We have recently launched our summer activities schedule. let us know if you plan on attending any of the sessions by registering your attendance on the event page