Boating along the Llangollen Canal

There are several hire-bases on this ever-popular waterway. If you have your own boat, or have hired from a boatyard on the Shropshire Union or Trent & Mersey Canal, access to this 46-mile cul-de-sac waterway is from Hurleston Junction on the Shropshire Union Canal.

The Llangollen Canal gets its water supply from the River Dee. This flows all the way down the canal to Hurleston, where it is captured in Hurleston Reservoir and resold to local water companies. The resulting current means that your passage west (usually the outbound journey) will be slower than the return journey eastwards. Take care when approaching locks from downstream, as the current is strongest here.

The canal can be busy in the summer. Fortunately, congestion in Llangollen itself has been eased by the construction of a new mooring basin, enabling more boaters to moor up and appreciate this picturesque town at the terminus of the canal. Mooring charges apply in Llangollen.

Though the final mile-and-a-half of canal from Llangollen to Horseshoe Falls is especially attractive, there is no turning place at the end. Instead, explore this scenic length on foot - or by canoe!

The Montgomery Canal is currently being restored. It leaves the Llangollen at Welsh Frankton, just west of Ellesmere. You can cruise the first six miles of the Montgomery to the present-day terminus and winding hole at Gronwyn Bridge. Please check opening times for Frankton Locks before entering the canal.

Bridge & lock opening times

Teithio ar hyd Camlas Llangollen

Mae yna nifer o lefydd sy’n rhentu cychod ar hyd y ddyfrffordd boblogaidd hon. Os oes gennych chi gwch eich hun, neu’ch bod wedi rhentu o iard gychod Camlas y Shropshire Union neu Gamlas Trent a’r Merswy, gellir ymuno â’r ddyfrffordd bengaead 46 milltir hon yng Nghyffordd Hurleston ar Gamlas y Shropshire Union.

Mae Camlas Llangollen yn cael ei chyflenwad d?r o’r Afon Ddyfrdwy. Mae’n llifo ar hyd y gamlas yr holl ffordd i Hurleston, lle caiff ei ddal yng nghronfa dd?r Hurleston a’i ailwerthu i gwmnïau d?r lleol. Mae’r cerrynt o ganlyniad yn golygu y bydd eich taith i’r gorllewin (y daith gychwynnol fel arfer) yn arafach na’r daith tua’r dwyrain. Byddwch yn ofalus wrth nesáu at lociau wrth deithio i lawr y gamlas gan mai dyma lle mae’r cerrynt ar ei gryfaf.

Gall y gamlas fod yn brysur yn ystod yr haf. Yn ffodus, mae tagfeydd yn Llangollen wedi lleddfu ar ôl i fasn angori newydd gael ei adeiladu sy’n galluogi mwy o bobl i deithio a chael cyfle i werthfawrogi’r dref ddeniadol hon ar ddiwedd y gamlas. Rhaid talu costau angori yn Llangollen.

Er bod milltir a hanner olaf y gamlas o Langollen i Raeadr y Bedol yn arbennig o ddeniadol, does yna ddim lle i droi eich cwch o gwmpas yn y pen. Felly, y ffordd orau o weld y rhan hardd hon o’r gamlas yw cerdded neu gan?io!

Mae Camlas Maldwyn yn cael ei hadfer ar hyn o bryd. Mae’n gadael Camlas Llangollen yn Welsh Frankton, i’r gorllewin o Ellesmere. Gallwch deithio ar hyd chwe milltir gyntaf Camlas Maldwyn hyd at y terfyn presennol a phwll troi ym Mhont Gronwyn.

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