Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2025 location revealed
The National Eisteddfod has announced the location of next year’s festival – a return to a traditional agricultural setting.
The 2025 festival will be held in Isycoed, on the eastern outskirts of Wrexham city centre, with the Maes, the caravan site, parking and Maes B situated next to each other, on an attractive site, convenient for visitors from all directions.
Announcing the news Eisteddfod Executive Chair, Llinos Roberts, said: “We’re delighted to announce that the Maes is in Isycoed, and we’re looking forward to the festival more than ever following today’s announcement.
“Thank you to everyone who’s been involved in the discussions and arrangements, and I’m confident that we’ll have a fantastic Eisteddfod on the outskirts of the city next year.
Environmental issues
“This will be a beautiful Maes, and the next stage of our work is already well underway to build local and national partnerships to make sure we follow in the footsteps of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Eisteddfod, ensuring that environmental issues are at the forefront of all our discussions.
“We’re still working on the artistic programmes, and I’m grateful to everyone who’s been involved in our lively discussions over the past few months.
Llinos added: “I’d also like to thank all our volunteers across the county who’ve done so much fundraising and awareness raising work over the past year. This work is going extremely well; we’ve got a great team here in Wrecsam. Diolch yn fawr.
“There’s a number of milestones on the horizon between now and Christmas, and we’re looking forward to sharing more information on our preparations over the coming months.
“And it’s still not too late to join in. Go to the Eisteddfod website to volunteer today, and come and help, support and socialise with us!”
Cymraeg
Cllr Hugh Jones, Welsh Language Champion at Wrexham Council added, “It’s been confirmed that Isycoed is the location for the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham next year.
“The Eisteddfod is something we can all get behind and enjoy through the activities and fundraising during the build-up, as well as the festival itself.
“There’s never been a better time to use the Cymraeg you have or start learning a little ahead of the biggest cultural festival of its kind in Europe coming to Isycoed, Wrexham next August.
The Wrecsam National Eisteddfod will be held in Isycoed from 2-9 August next year. For more information go to www.eisteddfod.wales.
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It’s a near two hour walk from the Eisteddfod’s 2025 Isycoed location to the centre of Wrexham.
Did Wrexham City councillors learn nothing from the outstanding success—and economic boomtown—of this year’s festival in the heart of Pontypridd?
Local officials need to start recognising the Eisteddfod’s unparalleled ability to draw vast crowds with time and means.
Put visitors at the centre of the thinking—put them within walking distance—and it’ll reap rewards.
One can only hope that 2026’s Llantood location will be revisited in short order. Site it in Aberteifi.
There are bound to be shuttle buses running from Wrexham to the Maes, as there were e.g. from Pwhelli to the Maes at Boduan in 2023.
And hopefully from the train station too, though whatever the arrangements the description in this article is rather misleading. ‘Is y Coed’ is not on ‘the outskirts of the city centre’…. the vast Wrexham Industrial Estate isn’t even on the outskirts of the city centre!
There’ll doubtless be shuttle buses, but the great advantage of siting the Eisteddfod in Ynysangharad Park—at the the centre of Pontypridd—was that Taff Street had a Brobdingnagian explosion in foot traffic throughout the week, culminating in many shops, restaurants and bars experiencing their best weekly turnover ever.
That possibility is massively hamstrung by the location of the 2025 Maes.
Wrexham will doubtless see a bump, but it’ll be more of a shrug than an earthquake. It’s a massive missed opportunity when Acton Park is *right there*.
The one problem with holding the Eisteddfod in the town is the shortage of car parking even on a normal day. Is-y-coed, being out in the middle of nowhere, won’t have that problem. People who want to attend will contrive to get there, even with a poor rural bus service.