WREXHAM primary school pupils stepped back in time to explore a historical site.

Enterprise and Education Alliance, a not-for-profit social enterprise, work from Outlook Meadow and Woodland in Malpas, offering schools and community groups the chance to learn about the history of the site.

They were awarded funds from the Welsh Heritage Lottery Fund to explore the area's heritage.

Neil Christiansen, administrator, runs the project with his wife, Lesley.

He said: "We wanted to share the six acres of Outlook Meadow and Woodland with children and community groups.

"Two years ago we applied for funding from the Heritage Lottery Project and received 18 months of funding to find out the heritage of the land."

"Two-hundred schools were involved in the research and over 1,000 children came to visit the site."

The area used to be part of Buck Farm which was originally built in the 15th Century as a coaching inn serving the Wrexham area.

Children from a number of Wrexham schools learnt how children would have worked and played in Tudor and Victorian Times as well as in World War Two.

It is said that a German bomber dropped a bomb on the farm, killing four cows and creating a natural amphitheatre where children showcased what they had learnt.

Mr Christiansen said: "The accumulation of this research was a drama performance by the children with help from a dramatic reconstruction expert.

"St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Wrexham was really keen to work with us on this.

"We visited the school to get some feedback and the children were still buzzing about it. Parents were amazed too. Everyone seemed very happy.

"We want to continue with the project because we have so much knowledge about the area to share with others."

Neil and Lesley Christiansen would like to extend their thanks to everyone involved in the project including Timothy Bakkers, Mary Hext, Wrexham History, Wrexham Museum and Wrexham Young Carers.