Directory of Llangollen and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Resources

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This category is for websites about the UNESCO World Heritage Site, named Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, featuring Telford's multiple arch aqueduct across the Dee Valley between villages of   ‎Froncysyllte and Trevor on the west boundary of the County Borough of Wrexham, before following the north bank of the River Dee upstream to its source north of Llangollen.
The Llangollen Canal has another aqueduct downstream, across the River Ceiriog on the south boundary of Wrexham Borough Council at  Chirk. 
This category includes websites about this aqueduct and the 18km of the Llangollen Canal, before entering the Shropshire Canal.

Resources in This Category

• Chirk and Pontcysyllte Aqueducts

  http://www.chirk.com/aqueduct.html
  Data and photographs of the structures constructed by Thomas Telford for the Llangollen Canal.

• Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

  https://www.pontcysyllte-aqueduct.co.uk/
  Visitor Centre with information for tour planning, community organisations, diary, news with social media links, and contacts at Trevor Basin.

• Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Cefn Viaduct

  http://plaskynastoncanalgroup.org/
  Group reinstating the Plas Kynaston Canal back to Cefn Mawr at the center of the World Heritage.

• Pontcysyllte Aqueduct World Heritage Site

  http://www.pontcysyllte-aqueduct.com/
  Introduction to the World Heritage Site stretching 11 miles along the Llangollen Canal from the Hoseshoe Falls above Llangollen to Gledrid Bridge past Chirk.

• UNESCO World Heritage: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal

  http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1303
  Eighteen kilometre long Langollen Canal between Shropshire and Denbyshire, with its stone and metal construction to cross the Dee Valley, built without locks and completed in the early 19th century. Description with photo gallery, video, 2008 map and documents, with related links.

• Wikipedia: Llangollen Canal

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llangollen_Canal
  Article updated by the public about the history, decline and restoration of navigation to the Shropshire Union Canal. Includes route plan, references and links to related articles.

• Wikipedia: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct
  Illustrated article updated by the public, featuring the history and construction of structure, with references and links to related articles.

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