Nantwich To Llangollen Canal Walk

You may see the steam engines at the llangollen steam railway as you walk into the town and perhaps go for a ride on one.
Nantwich to llangollen canal walk. It leaves the main canal at hurleston junction and traverses the shropshire and cheshire plains until it terminates in the mountains of north east wales. Nationwide canal boat hire specialists. The nantwich and return from blackwater canal boat information. The llangollen canal from nantwich to llangollen.
The distance between nantwich and llangollen canal is 28 miles. The walk starts at horseshoe falls a telford designed weir which feeds water into the canal from the river dee and ends at the picture postcard town of llangollen. Where you can moor to take the mile walk to visit the town centre. Must sees include the pump house between the river and canal still operational today and pentre fellin once an important slate mining operation whose buildings now house.
You can walk along the canal towpath from start to finish while cyclists can enjoy the section from llangollen to chirk using national cycle network routes 85 and 84. Researched and written by jeannette briggs the llangollen canal is actually a branch of the shropshire union canal. Llangollen is very pretty with the river dee wending its way through the town white water crashing over the rocky river bed. Cruise through the mini lake district around ellesmere along the llangollen canal to the roman town of nantwich.
The road distance is 35 1 miles.