Llangollen Railway 2024
Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct 2025
Built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, it is 1,007ft (307m) long, 11ft (3-4m) wide and 5.25ft (1.6m) deep. It is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee, between the villages of Trevor and Froncysyllte, Wrexham in North East Wales. Completed in 1805, it is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain, and is a Grade I Listed. Cross the 'Stream in the Sky', with 11 miles of stunning canal and countryside spanning two countries, along aqueducts, tunnels and viaducts.
Contacts
Address: Trevor Wharf Llangollen Canal Trevor Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych LL20 7TY
- Telephone: 01978 292 015
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- Website: View website
Open Days & Times
Open at all times. Visit website or facebook for more details.
Travel
- By Rail: Chirk / 5 miles
Facilities
- Parking
The aqueduct and canal are outstanding monuments of the canal age in the UK, which flourished from 1760s until the establishment of a network of locomotive railways from the 1830s. Canal building reached its zenith after 1790, during the so called ‘Canal Mania’ that saw 1,180 miles (1,900km) of new waterways completed in just 20 years. The construction of a network of canals in Britain to provide transport for raw materials and goods represented a new phase in the history of inland navigation and was a fundamental factor in the Industrial Revolution, enabling and promoting rapid economic growth, regional specialisation and urbanisation.
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