Fabulously beautiful scenery and the most spectacular waterway wonder of them all – a canal boat holiday on the glorious Llangollen Canal promises unforgettable drama and adventure.
Starting your holiday on the English side, your canal boat journey carries you through lush, green pasture against a distant backdrop of purple Welsh hills, before entering the region known as the 'Shropshire Lake District', a haven for wildlife that surrounds Ellesmere.
Crossing high above the sparkling River Ceiriog, the canal passes over the splendid 70ft high Chirk Aqueduct before plunging into a long tunnel and continuing on to romantic 600 year old Chirk Castle, where you'll be able to moor your canal boat. Winding its scenic way on through hills and ancient woodland, the canal then confronts you with the most exhilarating of the seven wonders of the waterways � the incredible, dizzying, majestic Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, a 1000ft long iron trough that carries the canal a soaring 127 feet above the River Dee valley.
Taking your canal boat beyond Pontcysyllte, you'll discover that the waterway narrows as the landscape gives way to limestone cliffs until you reach Llangollen, home to the beautiful Horseshoe Falls and the final stage of your exciting boating holiday adventure.