Froncysyllte

Froncysyllte is on the Llangollen Canal just on the south side of the famous Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. The canal passes through the edge of Froncysyllte village.

In the distance can be seen the lift bridge and footbridge just before the bend that takes the canal round to the aqueduct.

See Google Aerial View of this location.

Frankton Locks

Looking southwards from the staircase locks at Frankton, where the Montgomery Canal leaves the Llangollen Canal.

This section, along with the nearby infilled Weston Branch, had originally been intended to be part of the main line of the Ellesmere Canal leading to Shrewsbury.

See Google Aerial View of this location.

Grindley Brook

The Grindley Brook flight of locks, on the Llangollen Canal just north of Whitchurch, includes this staircase of three locks.

As the Llangollen is one of the busiest canals, with a large number of hire boaters attracted to the splendid scenery, this staircase can be a bit of a bottleneck, with queues forming at certain times.

See Google Aerial View of this location.

Llangollen

A narrow section of the Llangollen Canal winding round the hillside above the town of Llangollen (North Wales) is the location of the first photo on this blog to be outside England.

This section of canal was built as a water supply feeder from the River Dee at Horseshoe Falls to the former Ellesmere Canal at Trevor. It is one of several sections where the canal is too narrow for boats to pass. These narrows create bottlenecks at the height of the boating season!