These caches are placed in and around Broughton parish to compliment the existing caches and to link separate caches into a larger collection.
There are several places to start from if intending to tackle them all in a single day or can be split into smaller circular routes, or even can be collected as cache and dash if in a rush.
I’ve tried to place them in obvious places after spending lots of time looking for the right tree, stone, post, log etc… when my gps accuracy has fallen to 20 meters (especially under tree cover)
They are mainly based around the disused railways in the area which date back to 1844 and were still in use in the early 1980’s, to supply Brymbo Steel and a coal storage area in Gatewen (now both housing estates}. There are some others which are there to connect sections if making a shorter route or to reach other caches in the area.
Parking is available at Plas Power, Brynteg memorial hall, Moss valley park or on road parking near caches
The brymbo link road is between two disused railways at this point one linked brymbo steel to the main wrexham chester line where there is now a supermarket and on the other side an older line linked plas power colliery to the wrexham to flint line at gwersyllt via the moss valley.
From the bridge you can see one end of the railway bridge that carried the brymbo line on one side, but there is little to see of the plas power line on the other as the road bridge was built on the line. Once over the bridge from the cache site you can rejoin the railbed but it can get a bit overgrown so I suggest you continue untill you reach the public footpath sign.
There are two large laybys one each side of the road so suitable as a parking spot to explore further,
Very busy fast road so watch out for muggles and little geocachers