Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

On 20 July we travelled from Wrexham to our next location at Leicester after stopping at the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct at Trevor in north east Wales.

 Arriving at Trevor, a village in the County of Wrexham, we found a number of canal boats lined up on either side of the canal leading to the aqueduct.

We then set off using the walkway at the side of the aqueduct and looked at the great views below.

Colourful canal boats passed us as they travelled along the aqueduct towards Trevor.

At the end of end of the walkway it was possible to climb down some steps to view part of the structure of the aqueduct.

The stone aqueduct was built between 1795 and 1895 and is part of the Ellesmere Canal. Thomas Telford (1757-1834) was engineer of the project. The aqueduct has 18 piers with 19 arches and is 38 metres in height. The water in the aqueduct is contained in a metal trough. The Horseshoe Falls near Llangollen supply the water for the aqueduct. The aqueduct is an impressive structure.

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct forms only one part of the extensive canal system that exists throughout the UK.

Back near Trevor we watched the canal barges turn into another canal to continue their journey.