WALK DETAILS

733 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

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Welsh flannel dipped in boiling sugar, and mortar with added oxen blood sounds like a very potent witches spell, yet that really is what they used to make Llangollen's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. But cross the canal towpath if you dare, it's scarier than Alton Towers!


LOCATION: 5 miles east of Llangollen
START: Ty Mawr Country Park off B5605, signed from A539 (Grid ref 284414) Toilets
DISTANCE: 6.0 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 3.0 hours
MAP: OS Explorer - Llangollen & Berwyn
Landranger 117

REFRESHMENTS: Ty Mawr and Trevor Canal Basin