The Llangollen Canal is a canal in England and Wales.
What is today known as the Llangollen Canal was originally the centre section of the Ellesmere Canal, and later became part of the Shropshire Union Canal network. Only with the increasing popularity of pleasure boats was it renamed the Llangollen Canal in an effort to attract more visitors.
Today, the canal links Llangollen in Denbighshire, north Wales, with Hurleston in south Cheshire, via th...
more
The Llangollen Canal is a canal in England and Wales.
What is today known as the Llangollen Canal was originally the centre section of the Ellesmere Canal, and later became part of the Shropshire Union Canal network. Only with the increasing popularity of pleasure boats was it renamed the Llangollen Canal in an effort to attract more visitors.
Today, the canal links Llangollen in Denbighshire, north Wales, with Hurleston in south Cheshire, via the town of Ellesmere in north-west Shropshire.
In 2009 the 11 mile section of the canal from Gledrid Bridge near Rhoswiel (about 1/2 mile inside England) through to the Horseshoe Falls which includes Chirk and Pontcysyllte Aqueducts was declared by UNESCO to be a World Heritage site.
The Ellesmere Canal was intended to link the River Mersey at Netherpool (now known as Ellesmere Port) with the River Dee, and from there via Overton (south of Wrexham) to the River Severn at Shrewsbury. The route included a high level crossing over the Dee at...
less
