Glyndwr was born in July 2008 when the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education was granted university status and took the name of Welsh hero Owain Glyndwr. However, its history can be traced back to the 19th century. In 1887, miners pooled together their "whisky money" – a tax on beer and spirits – to set up the Wrexham School of Science and Arts, Glyndwr in its original form. Today, the university has campuses in Wrexham, Northop in Flintshire and St Asaph in Denbighshire. There are approximately 8,000 full-time students and Glyndwr prides itself on its enterprising spirit. Students benefit from the university's links with companies such as Airbus, Kellogg's and NWN Media. Its base near the centre of Wrexham, north Wales's largest town, means pubs, clubs and restaurants are covered – as is shopping, thanks to Eagles Meadow, a new shopping and entertainment complex. But if you're one for the great outdoors, a short drive takes you into the spectacular Welsh mountains, beaches and countryside. Being bang on the English/Welsh border, Manchester and Liverpool are just an hour away. Accommodation Students have a number of accommodation options available to them at Glyndwr. The Student Village based on its Wrexham campus is one of the most popular choices. A new £40m Wrexham village student development is also located nearby. At our Northop Campus, Corbishley Hall has been refurbished following a £1.7m investment. Facilities Centres for the creative industries and for the child, family and society. The university has an on-campus sports centre and radio studio, a second-language learning centre, a state-of-the-art flight simulator, and a human-performance laboratory used by sports science and psychology students alike. The Sycharth Gallery is open to the public, and there's a £3m performing arts centre. Specialist art, design and animation facilities are based at the Regent Street site. The acquisition of the world's oldest active international football stadium, the Glyndwr University Racecourse Stadium, means the campus is host to football and rugby league internationals, as well as Wrexham FC and Crusaders rugby league team. The stadium is also used for teaching and houses the student guild. Transport Wrexham has direct train links to London, Birmingham and Cardiff.