Love Travelling’s guide to holidaying on the Llangollen Canal

A week-long narrowboat holiday on the Llangollen Canal

Setting off from our canal boat hire base at Wrenbury on the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire, Marion from Love Travelling cruised to Llangollen and back.

Love Travelling’s guide to holidaying on the Llangollen Canal describes the boat, the locks and places to moor up for the night. The review describes how far they travelled each day and the canal structures they encountered. There are lots of photos showing the canal and its surroundings, as well as life on board a narrowboat.

The week-long journey from Wrenbury Mill to Llangollen and back travels 76 miles, passes through 24 locks (12 each way) and takes around 38 hours.

The route includes navigating the 11-mile section of the Llangollen Canal that is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The incredible Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is within this site, so on this holiday you’ll experience cruising across it. Marion says, “The aqueduct is known as the ‘stream in the sky’ and it definitely felt like that as we crossed it, making it a truly memorable experience.”

Along the way, Marion and her family also visited the historic market town of Ellesmere in the heart of the Shropshire Lake District.

Love Travelling’s review includes advice on planning the route, where to moor up at night and where to fill up with water.

You can read Part 1 of Love Travelling’s guide to holidaying on the Llangollen Canal here.

You can read Part 2 of Love Travelling’s Llangollen Canal narrowboat holiday guide here.