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	GO BRITANNIA! Wales: Llangollen Bridge
		Our destination, 14th century Llangollen Bridge is truly a wonder, not to be missed, for at this time, from one end to the other it will be crowded with dancers, singers, musicians and merrymakers (with the requisite numbers of tourists, of course), from dozens of different nations, resplendent in their national costumes.
		This is the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, founded in 1947 after the mindless destruction of World War II with its shocking waste of life and disruption of much that had been held dear for so long.
		Llangollen Bridge may be listed as one of the seven wonders of Wales, but it is the International Eisteddfod with its motto: Byd gwyn fydd byd a gano; gwardiadd fydd ei gerddi fo (Blessed is a world that sings; gentle are its songs) that is the true wonder.
	www.britannia.com /wales/7wonders/wonder6.html (1283 words)

	Photos of Llangollen Canal, Denbighshire, Wales
		The Llangollen Canal is a picturesque stretch of water running from Llangollen to the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
		The canal is a popular place for summer holidays, when colourful barges can be seen floating along at a relaxed pace, and families stroll on tow paths worn down by the hooves of horses which pulled the canal barges in times gone by.
		The Llangollen canal arm is near the North Wales border with England and is 50 km.
	www.worldphotolocations.com /location_report.phtml?location_id=1093966138402 (354 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Wales \| North east \| Volunteers spring clean canal
		Llangollen canal, which is nearly 200 years old, was spruced up by local volunteers and schoolchildren on Monday.
		The canal is one the most popular waterways in the UK and the scenery varies from isolated sheep pastures to the mountains of Snowdonia.
		The Llangollen canal is part of the Shropshire Union canal, it runs from Nantwich to Llangollen and stretches 47 miles.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/2925219.stm (407 words)

	Pontcysyllte Aqueduct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is an aqueduct which carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee, east of Llangollen in north Wales.
		Part of what was originally called the Ellesmere Canal, it was one of the first major feats of civil engineering undertaken by leading civil engineer Thomas Telford (supervised by the more experienced canal engineer William Jessop).
		There are no railings on the canal side, just the edge of the trough and a sheer drop.
	lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct (220 words)

	Ellesmere Canal Route (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Ellesmere Canal, or Llangollen Canal as it is now more commonly known, begins at Hurleston Junction to the north of Nantwich on the former Chester Canal, now part of the Shropshire Union Canal.
		A set of locks immediately lift the canal high up and away from the Chester Canal while on the north bank is Hurleston Reservoir which holds much of the water which is carried down the canal from the River Dee near Llangollen.
		The current main line of the Llangollen Canal continues straight on, at last heading north west, while to the south was the original main line which was planned to reach Shrewsbury.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/ellesmerecanalroute.htm (3264 words)

	Canal
		Canal boating is a holiday of wonderfully relaxing periods of cruising at walking speed interrupted by occasional bursts of energy as Terry tried to improve his efficiency at the very manual controls of every lock and lift bridge that we came to.
		The Llangollen canal, which crosses the boarder between England and North Wales, is said to be the most beautiful in all of Britain.
		We saw some of the work involved in keeping the canal clear - but all that hard work reminded us that we were out to have a relaxing time what ever the weather.
	www.tlsugrue.co.nz /canal.htm (333 words)

	Narrowboat on the Llangollen Canal, June 1997
		Just before the invention of the railroad, a series of canals was built throughout England designed to carry commercial traffic.
		The so-called narrowboat canals have locks designed for boats at most 75 ft. by 7 ft. Now the canals are used for recreational traffic.
		On the Llangollen canal, they ranged from very simple footbridges that you open by pulling a chain, to electrically operated road bridges.
	www.cs.unc.edu /~lastra/Travel/llangollen (807 words)

	Llangollen Museum : road rail & canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		However, in 1870, a letter in the Llangollen advertiser still said "A lady in a long and big dress and high heeled boots would not be able to cross the bridge or walk throu one of the streets without being rendered unfit to enter a friends drawing room".
		The canal is carried in a cast iron trough 127 feet above the river on 18 stone piers.
		Telford completed the top section of the Llangollen Canal in 1808 and at that time it would have been very busy with goods such as salt and coal coming into the town and slate going out.
	www.llangollenmuseum.org.uk /english/road.htm (901 words)

	Shropshire Union Canal
		Was a 17 mile, 11 lock, tub-boat canal from Shrewsbury to the Donnington Wood Canal, via a mile of the Wombridge Canal, which the company purchased, and an inclined plane which they built to connect to it.
		The Shropshire Union Canal Society : The Society was formed in 1968 to promote interest in the past, present and future of 158 miles of canal comprising the main line and branches.
		The Lyneal Trust : A registered charity that provides canal holidays for people with disabilities with their families, friends from Lyneal Wharf near Ellesmere, which is on the Llangollen Canal.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Shropshire-Union-Canal.html (1563 words)

	Llangollen Canal
		Its length is 73,5 km, there are 21 locks (most of them in the eastern part of the canal), 4 tunnels, 49 numbered bridges, and two large aqueducts.
		From Llangollen the canal is navigatable for narrow-boats, but it still is very narrow.
		I was planning to reach the end of the Llangollen Canal today, but there is a numerous amount of locks, and low liftbridges too, and again it was a very warm day.
	home.planet.nl /~vortex1/e-llangollen.htm (857 words)

	Chirk Aqueduct & Tunnel - Llangollen Canal
		The 70 foot high structure was built to carry the 46 mile long Ellesmere Canal along with its passengers and cargo to Chester and the Mersey.
		The bed is of this canal consists of iron plates which are bolted together and the side walls are built of stone quarried locally at Pont Faen.
		The now called Llangollen canal is probably the most popular and spectacular cruising canals in the country.
	www.starling101.btinternet.co.uk /canals/chirk.htm (544 words)

	Llangollen Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Llangollen Canal leaves the Shropshire Union Canal just north of Nantwich in rural Cheshire and climbs through deserted Shropshire farmlands to cross the border into Wales near Chirk.
		The Llangollen Canal is probably the most beautiful canal in Britain, certainly it's the most popular.
		Constant landslips on the stretch from Trevor to Llangollen meant closing the section for two years to rebuild long stretches of the embankments above the River Dee and encase the whole canal in a concrete trough.
	www.canaljunction.com /cllang.htm (551 words)

	Welcome to Llangollen in Denbighshire North Wales
		Up to the I9th century Llangollen town was located south-east of the bridge around Bridge Street and Church Street, and to the north-west around the old village green, which has now disappeared, but is remembered by such names as 'Green Lane; and 'Green Lodge' which still exist.
		Llangollen became important because of its prominent position on the main London to Holyhead coaching road which was improved by Thomas Telford from 1815 and continued for some 15 years.
		The Canal was also constructed around this and combined to bring considerable immigration into Llangollen during the early part of the 19th century.
	www.llangollen.com (1456 words)

	Llangollen Canal - Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
		It was in 1793 that work began on the Ellesmere Canal now known as the Llangollen Canal.
		The river feeds the Llangollen canal and the fall of the canal from its source is one inch per mile.
		Near to the canal is the Llangollen Steam Railway.
	www.joe.shakespeare.btinternet.co.uk /llangollen.htm (682 words)

	Streets Ahead - 2003 Route
		The planning of this trip has been slightly different to previous years in that we have been given a rare opportunity to explore the full length of the Llangollen Canal, which under usual circumstances only a short portion could be attempted during the week.
		At Hurleston, the canal lifts straight up from the Shropshire Union via a flight of four locks, grouped conveniently together, after which the route heads south through the gentle farming country that accompanies so much of this canal.
		The pub is a focal point for canal visitors, with the village spreading south eastwards from the bridge.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /stuart.mazdon/HugginsTours/StreetsAhead/cruise2003/route2003.htm (1662 words)

	Inland Waterway Holiday Schedules 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Oxford canal was an early navigation, built by James Bindley in the late 18th century.
		I am often asked which is my favourite canal, which is difficult to answer as all canals have their particular charm, but in my top three come the Macclesfield canal for its northern scenery and the little known Caldon canal.
		The Caldon canal from Stoke on Trent starts unpromisingly in the heart of the potteries industrial area, but very soon it leaves that behind as the canal follows a beautiful green Staffordshire valley to the very isolated area around Consall Forge.
	www.bargeholidayuk.com /routes03.htm (5117 words)

	Llangollen Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Llangollen Canal runs along the northern slopes of the Dee Valley, and the wharf is a few hundred yards from Llangollen station.
		On the canal is one of the most spectacular structures on the waterways of Britain: the Pontcysyllte aqueduct, reopened in March after a major refurbishment.
		Canal boats may be hired for the week or longer for holidays along the canal, which is part of the extensive Shropshire waterways.
	members.aol.com /walesrails/llang.htm (816 words)

	The 1999 Tour Page 9
		The other boat was indeed coming up the Llangollen Canal, but we both had to moor up as a fiberglass cruiser was in the throws of getting stuck.
		The Llangollen Canal had a lot of exposure in our early cruising years and we had only done it once in "Beatty", in 1993.
		From here onwards the canal was in concrete troughs for long sections, to stop it sliding down the valley side, which it has done on numerous occasions.
	www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk /Tour_99/Tour9.html (1794 words)

	Andersen Boats, Cheshire UK - Canal Boat Holidays - Llangollen canal
		In the heyday of the canal a special cheese boat left here daily for Manchester, its hold covered with white canvas to keep the cheese as cool as possible.
		Passing briefly in and out of Wales, and crossing the mysteriously remote 'mosses' the canal reaches Shropshire's 'Lake District', skirting several of the charming meres which were formed hereabouts the end of the Ice Age.
		Then it turns a wooded corner and you are confronted with two huge stone bridges, an aqueduct and a viaduct, carrying the canal and a railway respectively, across the valley of the River Ceiriog, from UK into Wales.
	www.andersenboats.com /llangollen.htm (718 words)

	Canal Holidays guide to the Llangollen Canal
		The Llangollen Canal is considered the most beautiful waterway in the country.
		The full length of the canal is a week’s cruise full of contrasts, from the staircase locks at Grindley Brook to Shropshire's mini lakes around Ellesmere, from the rolling plains of Cheshire to the hills and mountain scenery around Llangollen.
		It carries the canal in an iron trough 1,000 feet across the River Dee at a height of 120 feet.
	www.holidayuk.co.uk /canals/routes/llangollen (373 words)

	Llangollen canal cruises
		Wildlife abounds as the boats pass through a rolling landscape full of grazing sheep and cows, interspaced with small woods and deep lakes left over from the ice age, overhead circling birds of prey soar on the thermals, perhaps even the rare Red Kite may be glimpsed.
		Llangollen has been served by the canal for two centuries; first to carry limestone and now to bring in tourism.
		The canals are hidden parts of English and Welsh Heritage, offering relaxation, wildlife havens, industrial archaeology and access to both tiny villages and revamped city centres.
	www.britainexpress.com /ticker/archives/00000088.htm (416 words)

	Template 21b (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The canal is some 44 miles in length from its junction with the Shropshire Union at Hurleston, to Llangollen, with a branch off at Frankton Junction onto the Montgomery canal which is partly open and under restoration.
		The next morning we continued along canal eastwards through quiet green countryside to the two locks at New Marton, again we continued through open country to Lower Frankton, the junction with the Montgomery Canal and on to Ellesmere.
		You have to walk the last ½ mile as alas the canal was filled in many years ago but there are now plans afoot to take it back into the town.
	www.age-net.co.uk /canalBoats/CanalBoats.htm (545 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| North east \| Marina project for canal town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A canal town in north Wales is to have nearly £1.6m spent on a marina to boost its tourism trade.
		Llangollen canal, which is nearly 200 years old, is one the most popular waterways in the UK.
		It is part of the Shropshire Union canal, which runs from Nantwich to Llangollen and stretches 47 miles.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/north_east/2933209.stm (301 words)

	Canal boat routes from Chas Hardern canal boats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canal boat cruising from dawn to dusk will certainly cover a greater distance than a plan which includes stops and time to explore.
		Llangollen itself is a most beautiful little mountain town with interesting shops, steam railway, ruined castle and beautiful walks into the mountains.
		The countryside to Middlewich is quiet, undulating farm land and the canal follows the River Weaver valley with views of Winsford Flashes (salt mining subsidence lakes).
	www.chashardern.co.uk /canal_boat.htm (2019 words)

	Leeds and Liverpool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This canal sometimes referred to as the Welsh Canal, was for many years an important part of the Stropshire Union Canal system, which obtained its first Act in 1793.
		The major part of the present canal was authorised by an Act in 1801, and this was followed by a further one that authorised a navigable feeder from the river Dee at Llantysilio, near Llangollen, to the end of the Pontcysyllte aqueduct.
		The Llangollen Canal runs from Llantysilio 1.5 miles west of Llangollen, to the Stropshire Union Canal at Hurleston junction, near Nantwhich.
	linus.socs.uts.edu.au /~colville/acs/acsuk2d.html (153 words)

	llangollen.org.uk - The official Llangollen web site - Llangollen, North Wales - Where Wales welcomes the World
		Llangollen nestles within the beautiful Dee Valley in the North East of Wales.
		Llangollen is where the world comes to Wales and Wales welcomes the world.
		Llangollen is an ancient market town situated on the banks of the beautiful River Dee under the watchful gaze of Dinas Bran Castle.
	www.llangollen.org.uk (571 words)

	The Navigation Inn and Warehouse Restaurant - Montgomery Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Montgomery Canal was originally three canals – a branch of the Ellesmere Canal, and the eastern and western sections of the Montgomery Canal.
		The 35-mile (56km) canal was completed in 1821 and joined the Llangollen Canal at Frankton Junction in Shropshire with the market towns of Welshpool and Newtown in Powys.
		The Montgomery Canal Partnership was formed in 1999 and is comprised of representatives from the original campaigning voluntary groups as well as British Waterways, Powys County Council, Shropshire County Council, Oswestry Borough Council, the Countryside Council for Wales, English Nature and the Montgomeryshire and Shropshire Wildlife Trusts.
	members.aol.com /hammhammond/canal.htm (424 words)

	Marine Cruises and Chirk Marina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Built about two centuries ago, the Llangollen canal provides you with the tranquillity and grace that many of us miss in our day to day lives, giving you the time to savour the beautiful countryside and all of its fine fayre as you speed along at little more than walking pace.
		Straddling four counties, the canal has some truly breathtaking views, not least of which is the 120ft high Chirk Aqueduct and Viaduct that we picture right.
		Leaving Ellesmere the canal enters “Shropshire’s Lake District” winding past a number of the local meres and through thick mixed woodland and emerging into rural countryside on the next part of the journey.
	www.chirkmarina.co.uk /routes.htm (721 words)

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