Rhosnesni is a ward in the community

Community (Wales)

A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....

 of Acton

Acton, Wrexham

Acton is a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of the Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It lies in the north-eastern part of the market town of Wrexham...

 in Wrexham, 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...

 and constitutes an electoral division of the 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 settlement developed around the toll gate on Holt Road (the cottage of which still stands) and was expanded in the late 19th century by the addition of estate houses for the Acton Park estate. Following the breakup of the Acton estate in the 20th century much of the local land was bought up by private developers and Rhosnesni became an urban area.

Rhosnesni High School

Rhosnesni High School

Rhosnesni High School, also known as Ysgol Rhosnesni High School, is a high school created in 2003 by Wrexham County Borough council as a part of their controversial "super schools" plan.- History :...

is situated in the area.

1st Rhosnesni Scout Group and K2 Explorer Scout Unit meet in the Scout Hut which dates from the 1920s.

External links

• http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/council/wardmap.htm