Isycoed
Isycoed is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies around 5 miles to the east of Wrexham, close to the River Dee on the border with England.
There is a primary school in Bowling Bank, and a late-Georgian church, dedicated to St. Paul, in Isycoed village, which was designated as a Grade II listed building on 20 June 1996.
It was the location of the 2025 Wrexham National Eisteddfod.
Governance
The area was traditionally considered part of the parish of Holt, but was made a separate parish in 1827, incorporating the townships of Cacca Dutton, Dutton Diffaeth, Dutton y Bran, Ridley, and Sutton. The civil parish, established in 1935, was replaced by the Community of Isycoed under the Local Government Act 1972.The community today contains the village of the same name, and the hamlets of Bowling Bank, and Ridleywood; part of the Wrexham Industrial Estate occupies the western side of the community area. At the time of the 2001 census, the population was 348, increasing to 388 at the 2011 Census.