Moorings on the Llangollen Canal

The Llangollen Canal is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful waterways in Britain, a 74-kilometre branch canal winding through the Welsh Marches and into the Dee Valley in North Wales. Its crowning glory is the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — designed by Thomas Telford and opened in 1805, which carries the canal 38 metres above the River Dee on a cast-iron trough supported by 18 masonry pillars. The canal's terminus at Llangollen itself is a popular mooring destination, with the town's pubs, the Eisteddfod, and walks into the Berwyn Mountains. The canal branches from the Shropshire Union at Hurleston Junction near Nantwich and passes through Whitchurch and the Ellesmere arm before climbing to the aqueduct. Long-stay moorings are available at marinas at Ellesmere, Whitchurch, and several other points on the route.