Plas Madoc, close to Cefn Mawr and Newbridge, takes its name from Plas Madoc Hall, a country house that once stood on the site. The hall was demolished in the 1960s to make way for a new council housing estate, part of a wider wave of post-war housing development across the former industrial villages of the Dee Valley described in Mining & Terracotta Heritage.
Historically, iron was worked at Plas Madoc alongside Newbridge, Cefn Mawr and Acrefair, all part of the same interconnected 19th-century industrial district. By the time the housing estate was built, that heavy industry had largely given way to the coal and clay trades described in Coal Mining Around Ruabon and Ruabon Red Terracotta.
Plas Madoc is best known today for its leisure centre, first built in the early 1970s on the grounds of the old Plas Madoc Park. The centre closed in 2014 but was reopened by the local community and is now run by the Splash Community Trust, offering a leisure pool, gym, sports hall, café, soft play and climbing wall — a genuine community success story in an area that has seen more than its share of industrial closures.
Plas Madoc Leisure Centre is open to the public with standard admission charges for the pool, gym and other facilities; current opening times and prices are available from the centre directly. The estate sits close to Cefn Mawr and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, within easy reach by local bus from Ruabon.
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