Can ewe believe it! Spring arrivals brings in expansion for Wrexham Sheep Trail

Can ewe believe it? Spring has sprung and Wrexham’s famous sheep trail has had a seasonal expansion.

Readers of Wrexham.com will be aware that the small flock, featuring Doris from Borras, Blessing and Wheely Good Sheep, Champion and Jack Mary Ann, were placed on St Giles in September 2015 to cheer on the cyclists as part of the Tour of Britain.

However due to some mindless and baaarmy vandalism and thefts (and a trip up to Dinas Bran) the sheep were taken to a new pen before being unleashed to pastures new in locations across the county borough in 2016.

Businesses from across the area have got on board with the venture and have partnered with the This is Wrexham Tourism Partnership and Wrexham Council to sponsor and design their own sheep.

Local artist Ellie Ashby has been responsible for helping produce the finished sheep, with creative input from all businesses and organisations.

With spring in the air a number of new sheep have joined the new flock, bringing the total up to 34. Their b-ewe-tiful names and locations listed below:

– Dr Mutton & Nurse Lamb: Spire Yale Hospital, Wrexham Technology Park
– Bedwr: North Wales Beds, Gwersyllt
– Baawyn: HMP Berwyn
– Lewis’s Sheep: Lewis’s Farm Shop, Eyton
– Blodwyn: Coleg Cambria, Yale Campus
– Sheepy McSheep Face: The Fat Boar, Wrecsam
– Leonard: Leonard Cheshire Can Do (located at Wrexham Library)
– Merlin: Rossett Hall Hotel, Rossett
– Marky & Arty: Ty Pawb/ South Arcade, Wrexham

Visitors are encouraged to take photos of themselves with the sheep, and post them on social media using the hashtag #wrexhamsheep. You can even keep up to date with the sheep, who have managed to launch their own Twitter account @wrexhamsheep!

Maps are available to download on the Tourism Partnership’s website or can be collected from Wrexham Tourist Information Centre, or many of the locations on the trail.