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New images of what are believed to be a network of underground tunnels beneath Wrexham have emerged.

Following several first hand accounts from people who have discovered the hidden passageways, pictures from inside the secret tunnels have now come to light.

The arched passages discovered opposite the Parish Church lie beneath the St Giles link road and are understood to have been pictured sometime between 2013 and 2014.

According to legend, the tunnels beneath Wrexham begin somewhere underneath St Giles Church, and generally end in pubs around the area.

The Parish Church, however, says there is no evidence to suggest any connection to St Giles.

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No official documents to prove the tunnels exist have ever been discovered, despite many locals always being convinced of their existance.

The images were given to North Wales Live by the 'Old & New Pics of Wrexham North Wales' Facebook group , which obtained the images through a member of the group.

Many of the tunnels appear to be filled with slurry and water, although they were believed to be around eight feet wide and around 10 feet in height.

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One of the images clearly shows a tunnel splitting off in two separate directions, although it is not clear where the passage leads to.

The majority have an arched structure made from limestone with a brick-lined ceiling.

However, some of the images also show more modern-looking concrete structures, leading off the arched tunnels.

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Several other images show what appear to be pipes and cables running along a tunnel coming from above the ground along metal beams, although it is not clear what exactly these are.

Peter Ward from Wrexham, who claims to have explored the tunnels with his dad as a child , said he is aware of access to an underground passage near the former Kings Arms pub that once stood on the St Giles link road.

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Speaking to North Wales Live last month, he said: "One of the tunnels would also follow the Gwenfro river by the hospital, past where Island Green is now, and you would come out at the old Kings Arms pub, that's now been demolished, by the public toilets.

"When you think of a tunnel, you think of an old miners tunnel, but these were fully arched 10 feet tall and about eight feet wide brick-lined tunnels.

"You could walk comfortably inside them and could easily fit a horse and cart down there.

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"From what I know, they go three levels deep but the bottom level has flooded now.

"I don't know where a lot of them lead to. It's like a maze in there."

Locals have also pointed to other locations where tunnels are said to lie, including underneath the Butcher's Market in the town centre, under the Ijazz Indian restaurant, near the Yale College and Charles Street connecting to the Long Pull pub.

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One of the most well known entranceways leading to an underground tunnel is a trap door at the front of the High Street's Golden Lion pub.

Locals say the passage runs from the Parish Church and the Royal Oak pub across the road.

But former landlord of the pub, Colin Simpson, said he discovered the trap door led to "three lanes of tunnels".

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He said one ran towards the Parish Church and another to the The Long Pull Pub on Chester Street and onwards towards the Royal Welch Fusiliers.

Anyone with any further images or information on the tunnels can contact lydia.morris@reachplc.com.