{"id":171661,"date":"2025-10-01T01:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T01:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/171661\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T01:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T01:01:08","slug":"off-road-bike-track-to-open-in-wrexham-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/171661\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-road bike track to open in Wrexham this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The facility, called Penrhos Electrical Bike Track, is situated at Penrhos Farm in Brymbo.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It opens this Saturday (October 4) and will be a place where bikers can legally ride on a safe, fun and legitimate track.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>(Image: James Rogers)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  James Rogers, who is behind the new facility, said: &#8220;It just gives people a safe place to come on their bikes without being on playing fields or on paths or roads &#8211; where the public can get hurt.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I\u2019m hoping to get a bit of support of the council and the police as the police are having problems with Surron bikes all the time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I&#8217;m also going to be employing disengaged people from the Caia Park Partnership centre to give them a chance in life. So I&#8217;m trying to put a bit back into the community.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The track will be open from 10am until 3.30pm on weekends, and booking a slot is essential. Bookings can be made at <a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/TFJAh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/shorturl.at\/TFJAh<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>(Image: UGC)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  All riders must sign a disclaimer and wear the correct personal protective equipment (PPE).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Bookings are priced at \u00a320 children, \u00a330 for adults.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  MORE NEWS:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It comes after news that police are preparing to launch an new operation targeting illegal use of bikes and e-scooters in Wrexham.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is in response after a community survey highlighted issues with anti-social use of e-scooters and illegal bikes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Writing an update on social media, North Wales Police Wrexham Town said: &#8220;In the next few weeks, we will be releasing more details about our brand-new operation against the use of illegal bikes and e-scooters and how we will be tackling the issue head on.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The facility, called Penrhos Electrical Bike Track, is situated at Penrhos Farm in Brymbo. It opens this Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-171661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}