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| ====== Cox Wood Scout Campsite ====== | ====== Cox Wood Scout Campsite ====== | ||
| - | Cox Wood Scout Campsite is a woodland camp site between Wrexham and Chester. | + | Cox Wood Scout Campsite is a woodland camp site between Wrexham and Chester. More information about the site can be found on its website here - [[http://www.coxwood.org.uk/|Cox Wood Scout Camp]]. |
| The campsite has a number of buildings and a large outdoor shelter, most of which will be used to host game logistics and facilities such as the MegaCorp areas and Starship Bridge Simulator. The site has a toilet block with separate male & female facilities and hot showers. The site has outdoor water taps, and a kitchen which is being fully used by the event caterer. | The campsite has a number of buildings and a large outdoor shelter, most of which will be used to host game logistics and facilities such as the MegaCorp areas and Starship Bridge Simulator. The site has a toilet block with separate male & female facilities and hot showers. The site has outdoor water taps, and a kitchen which is being fully used by the event caterer. | ||
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| ==== By Public Transport ==== | ==== By Public Transport ==== | ||
| - | The most convenient train stations to the site are in Wrexham, which is reasonably well served from all over the country. Wrexham has two train stations - Wrexham General and Wrexham Central - and both are a short walk from the bus station on Trinity Street. Chester Railway Station also has a bus route to the site. | + | The most convenient train stations to the site are in Wrexham, which is reasonably well served from all over the country. Wrexham has two train stations - Wrexham General (Virgin and Arriva Wales) and Wrexham Central (Arriva Wales) - and both are a short walk from the bus station on Trinity Street. You can get direct to Wrexham General from Birmingham, but most other major train stations require at least 1 change (often at Chester from the North or the South); via London or Manchester. So anyone going cross-country from the North East or East Midlands is probably looking at a two change trip via trains. |
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| + | Chester Railway Station also has a bus route to the site (essentially from the other end of the same bus route). | ||
| * The Arriva Wales Route 1 service (roughly every 15 mins) from Wrexham to Chester can drop you off at Marford Hall, which is the closest bus stop to the site. The journey takes about 17-20 minutes and leaves from Bay 7. | * The Arriva Wales Route 1 service (roughly every 15 mins) from Wrexham to Chester can drop you off at Marford Hall, which is the closest bus stop to the site. The journey takes about 17-20 minutes and leaves from Bay 7. | ||
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| * The entrance to the site is on the right - a gate with a tall wooden stile beside it. | * The entrance to the site is on the right - a gate with a tall wooden stile beside it. | ||
| + | === Local Taxi Firms === | ||
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| + | Wrexham has quite a few local taxi firms; we've compiled a list of ones below which have a Google rating of 3 or higher. We can't guarantee their reliability because we haven't used them ourselves. | ||
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| + | | Wrexham & Prestige Taxis | 01978 291999 | | ||
| + | | Apollo Taxis | 01978 262626 | | ||
| + | | Speedie Cars Ltd | 01978 262829 | | ||
| + | | Station Cars | 01978 363661 | | ||
| + | | Dragon Taxis | 01978 362222 | | ||
| + | | Town Cars | 01978 362888 | | ||
| + | | Cresta Cabs | 01978 353500 | | ||
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| + | ===== Local Accomodation ===== | ||
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| + | All attendees will be able to camp on site, but some people prefer to sleep in comfortable hotel beds. | ||
| + | Wrexham has quite a few hotels in it, if you go to [[https://www.booking.com/searchresults.html?aid=303948;label=wrexham-fF5OSzd_ZApzfyb43zsdegS239940496201%3Apl%3Ata%3Ap15%3Ap2%3Aac%3Aap1t1%3Aneg%3Afi%3Atikwd-4550157441%3Alp9046518%3Ali%3Adec%3Adm;sid=cb40e21f492508cf3700eaf8ba8c74b3;city=-2612187;keep_landing=1;redirected=1;src=city;gclid=Cj0KCQjw-uzVBRDkARIsALkZAdksfN5yIcO_CK6sGuaWlaY2rLS-pvd59t7uffoKcjk13Eny36B1L0oaAsTWEALw_wcB;ptlrs=1|booking.com]] you will find a variety of locations - price ranges seem pretty good for some quite high end ‘spa’ type establishments to local B&Bs, so probably also worth having a look at AirBnB if you are comfortable using them. | ||
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| + | There are two Premier Inns in Wrexham, of which the [[https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/wales/clwyd/wrexham/wrexham-north-a483.html|Wrexham North Premier Inn]] is probably the closest hotel to the site. | ||
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| + | There is another nearby hotel called the [[http://www.trevorarmsmarford.com/|Trevor Arms]] which looks pretty close, but is also a bit more pricey. | ||
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| + | Chester is not beyond the realms of unreasonable distance to travel to a hotel either and obviously caters strongly to the tourist market, for the reason it seems a little bit more expensive than Wrexham. | ||
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