LLANGOLEN CANAL: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

  • BRING BACK the boats!

    BRING BACK the boats!

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    For almost three years, visiting boats have been unable to moor at Trevor Basin, near Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, on the Llangollen Canal. The Inland Waterways Association’s Shrewsbury District & North Wales Branch have been campaigning to correct this.  “WE have been in the ridiculous situation where visiting boats cannot moor at Trevor Basin, in the heart…

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  • LLANGOLEN CANAL: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

    LLANGOLEN CANAL: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

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    Nicola Lisle continues her museum series with a visit to the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and the local heritage centre IT WAS Sir Walter Scott who described the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct as ‘the most impressive work of art I have ever seen’, a tribute both to its structural magnificence and its harmonious relationship with the surrounding landscape. This…

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