hello and welcome to through the hedge we're on the Llangollen canal we've
moored up in Llangollen Basin and there's a whole heap of things to go and
see and do in Llangollen yes the town is a short walk away there's some
historic houses to wander around there's a train station steam train steam railway
there's whitewater rafting if you want to do that yeah there's so much to
do here today however we are taking you through the hedge to the end of the
canal to where it all started yeah it's about a mile and a half walk from the
basin or you can get a trip boat I imagine in season yeah you can get a
horse-drawn boat that takes you all the way to the Horseshoe Falls and it looks
like a reasonable cycle path as well yes that's also an option
whether you choose to walk cycle or cruise your way to the end of the
Llangollen you won't be disappointed
with the dawdling flow of water on one side you have the company also of
wildlife bridges museums and even other rivers
there's another river here that
joins the Dee and adds to its flow. I think it's e-gol-wizard / wizeg. I don't think
it I don't know. It comes from up there a place called the same name (Eglwyseg) and runs down
Before you get to the Horseshoe Falls you will encounter the Chain Bridge
Hotel and the original chain bridge Hotel was actually established in the
1800's 1828 I think or 1826 and it would have been an absolute hub of activity
interestingly though also in the 1800s a trip boat would take people from
Llangollen to the Chain Bridge hotel kind of like it
still does today
Finished? Think so!
so we have reached the end of the Llangollen canal there's a little
Wharf that I think the horse-drawn boat's probably use for people to
disembark and there is also this fantastic meter house which was built in
1947 to measure the amount of water that that is deviated from the Dee River onto
the Llangollen canal we are still going to take you to the source of all things
the Horseshoe Falls
this weir was engineered by Thomas Telford and it was completed in 1808
it's actually J shape and it's shaped that way to direct the water
from the river towards the canal
there's about 12 million gallons of water diverted from the Dee
River every year through to the Llangollen Canal
when much of the canal network was being closed in 1944 this weir saved the
Llangollen
because horseshoe falls supplied so much water to the Shropshire Union canal
it was kept open and its survival was guaranteed because it became a water
supply channel
if you're prepared to take a slight wander up a moderate incline then you
will reach Llantysilio church so this church dates from the seventh century
and because it's on half of a hillside it's halfway up a hillside it has a
great view of the Dee River and also it has a really interesting variety of
tombstones if you're interested in that kind of thing
we are
so thanks for joining us on this trip to Horseshoe Falls at the end of the
Llangollen canal hope you've enjoyed it I hope that if you do only have 48 hours
at your basin mooring that you do a hike down to the Horseshoe Falls I do
actually think the hike is worth it and it doesn't take that long it's a couple
of miles or you can get the trip boat I think they do horse-drawn carriage trips
down here and possibly motored as well yeah if it's more wintery like this
and you get to stay in the basin for a couple of weeks then definitely spend a
day wandering around this kind of area I think that's what we plan to do today so
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