Plas Coch is an unofficial area in the Wrexham County Borough

Wrexham (county borough)

Wrexham is a county borough centred on the town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. The county borough has a population of 130,200 inhabitants. Just under half of the population live either within the town of Wrexham or its surrounding conurbation of urban villages. The remainder living to the south...

 of Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. It lies to the north-west part of the Welsh town of Wrexham

Wrexham

Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...

. The area was originally known as lower Stansty

Stansty

Stansty is a ward in Wrexham County Borough in Wales, lying to the immediate north-west of the town of Wrexham.-Geography, name:Stansty consists of Higher Stansty and Lower Stansty; Higher Stansty lies near to Summerhill and Moss Valley within the community of Gwersyllt and is north of the A483 road...

 however in more recent years the use of 'Plas Coch' is more common.

Geography

Plas Coch as it is now more commonly referred to neighbours the community of Rhosddu

Rhosddu

Rhosddu is a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is situated in the north-western suburbs of the town of Wrexham.-Administrative history:...

 and is south of the A483 bypass.

About the area

Today Plas Coch is one of Wrexham's most modern areas. The area is largely non residential - and is dominated by the Glyndŵr University Plas Coch campus and its many sports facilities. Plas Coch is also well known for its large retail park situated opposite the North Wales Tennis Centre. The area has actually become part of Wrexham's Sports, Education and Technology hub as defined by Wrexham Council's district review.
The area is home to:

• Glyndŵr University (University of Wrexham) - Main Plas Coch campus
• Glyndŵr University Student Village
• Plas Coch Sports Centre - Home to NEWI
  Newi
  Newi is an acronym for NEw World Infrastructure, a software architecture for software componentry, mostly known as Newi Business Objects which coined the term business object.Newi was developed by Integrated Object Systems, England...
  
   Nets basketball
• Techniquest
  Techniquest
  Techniquest is a Welsh science and discovery centre. It has locations in Cardiff Bay, Glyndŵr University in Wrexham, Llanberis in Gwynedd, and the Adventure Center in Narberth, Pembrokeshire....
  
   (@Glyndŵr University)
• North Wales Regional Hockey Stadium - Home to Wrexham Hockey Club
• North Wales Regional Tennis Centre
• Plas Coch Retail Park (Sainsbury's, Aldi
  ALDI
  ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...
  
  , DW Sports, Homebase
  Homebase
  Homebase is a British home improvement store and garden centre, with 350 stores across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It is well known by its green and orange colour scheme. Together with its sister company Argos , it forms part of Home Retail Group. Homebase recorded sales figures...
  
  , 5 further large retail units, restaurant and a pub).

Neighbouring Plas Coch:

• The Racecourse Ground
  Racecourse Ground
  The Glyndŵr University Racecourse Stadium AKA The Racecourse Ground is a stadium located in Wrexham, North Wales. It is the home of Wrexham F.C. and, since 2010, the Crusaders Rugby League team who play in the engage Super League...
  
   Stadium - Home to Wrexham AFC
• Wrexham Technology Park
• Wrexham Maelor General Hospital
• Berse Retail Park