Wales Comic Con event moves to Telford

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The headline really says it all. On 7th and 8th December 2019 Wales Comic Con, a convention which for the past 11 years has quite logically been held in Wales, is moving to Telford. Which is in England. The BBC have all the inside info, and the genuine reasons for this move.

Wales Comic Con is moving from Wrexham to Telford in England.

The bi-annual event was held for the 11th year in April at Wrexham’s Glyndwr University.

Organisers announced the December event would take place “just over the border” and will be named Wales Comic Con: Telford Takeover.

April’s event attracted big names including Rupert Grint, David Tennant and Kiefer Sutherland.

Fans of the event expressed their disappointment on Twitter, describing it as a “huge loss” to Wrexham, while Plaid Cymru’s Carrie Harper called the move “a disgrace”.

Telford, in Shropshire, is roughly 34 miles (55.1 km) from Wrexham, where parking issues blighted last month’s event.

Wrexham County Borough Council said it was “very disappointed” by the decision to move it.

And here’s how Wales Comic Con announced it on their official Twitter feed.

SourceBBC
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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The headline really says it all. On 7th and 8th December 2019 Wales Comic Con, a convention which for the past 11 years has quite logically been held in Wales, is moving to Telford. Which is in England. The BBC have all the inside info, and the genuine reasons for this move.

Wales Comic Con is moving from Wrexham to Telford in England.

The bi-annual event was held for the 11th year in April at Wrexham’s Glyndwr University.

Organisers announced the December event would take place “just over the border” and will be named Wales Comic Con: Telford Takeover.

April’s event attracted big names including Rupert Grint, David Tennant and Kiefer Sutherland.

Fans of the event expressed their disappointment on Twitter, describing it as a “huge loss” to Wrexham, while Plaid Cymru’s Carrie Harper called the move “a disgrace”.

Telford, in Shropshire, is roughly 34 miles (55.1 km) from Wrexham, where parking issues blighted last month’s event.

Wrexham County Borough Council said it was “very disappointed” by the decision to move it.

And here’s how Wales Comic Con announced it on their official Twitter feed.

SourceBBC
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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