Wrexham Miners Project

The Miners Rescue Station was officially opened in 1913 as a training centre for mine rescue teams. It is a Grade 2 listed building that was derelict and closed for many years due to financial constraints, until it was sold in 2014.

A group of volunteers then got together, and the Wrexham Miners Project is now working to preserve the building in memory of the brave people who trained there and provide a cultural hub for the local community.

The project is working to rebuild and renovate damaged parts of the building to house a museum, art studio and community rooms.

There is a community café, an Art workshop, after schools’ clubs, cookery classes for adults with learning difficulties, and pensioners meetings. The training tunnels from 1913 are still there and are turned into Santa’s Grotto, Halloween at different times of the year and a fairy village, now a sensory room for children with autism.

All of this is run by volunteers and funded by fundraising and valuable support from individuals, local businesses and government-funded bodies, but there is still a huge amount of work to be done.
On a side note, this is why our friend Humphrey Ker, Patron of the Wrexham Miners Project is running the Manchester Marathon to raise £250,000 for the project.

Well done to the many volunteers who work at the project, ensuring all these activities are available to our local community.