Walk the Llangollen Canal 

6 or 8 nights - GENTLE/MODERATE

Walk the beautiful Llangollen canal from Nantwich through the market towns of Whitchurch and Ellesmere to Llangollen. The canal is a major feat of engineering, starting on the rolling Cheshire Plain, crossing the Chirk and Pontcysyllte Aqueducts and as you reach the welsh hills, following the Dee valley through Llangollen to its source at the Horseshoe Falls. There's plenty of boat traffic to watch and lots of wildlife. 

Accommodation is in quiet B & B’s and farms close to the canal. On the moderate option walk  On both options there is a short day of 6 miles to Ellesmere allowing time to explore this market town on the canal with its pretty Mere (small lake). Total distance 53 miles

Accommodation: A mixture of farms and B & Bs 

COST: Per person

Number of nights	Cost
6 nights (5 days walking)	£385
8 nights ( 7 days walking)	£505
Single supplements	£10 - £20 per night

ITINERARY - Moderate

First Day - Arrive at accommodation on the outskirts of Nantwich from lunchtime/early afternoon. Walk into Nantwich along the canal. Explore the lovely Tudor market town. Accommodation farmhouse close to the canal. 3 - 4 miles 

Day 2 - We meet you to collect your luggage and run through the arrangements. Walk past the busy Hurleston junction and through quiet countryside to the pretty village of Wrenbury. From here onto Marbury where you leave the canal.  Accommodation at Hampton House Farm who collect you from the path and drop you back next day. 11 miles

Day 3 - From Marbury the canal continues to the edge of Whitchurch, past Grindley Brook locks. Stop at the Lock Gate Cafe. From here on to Whixhall, passing the Whixhall Meres and Mosses site of special scientific interest - can detour. Collected from the canal and stay in Ellesmere. 13 miles

Day 4 - Drop back to the canal. A short walk today passing Colemere Country Park, with its pretty lake and then on to the small market town of Ellesmere - for a 2nd night here. Time to explore Ellesmere, walk or boat around the lake and visit the heron watch. 6.5 miles.

Day 5 - First part of the day the canal passes through quiet countryside and then on to Chirk and Chirk Castle. If making good time the castle is worth a visit. 11 - 12 miles

Day 6 - Walk over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, through the busy canal basin at Trevor and the up the Dee valley to Llangollen. Explore this pretty market town and visit the canal wharf, Plas Newydd - the home of the ladies of Llangollen. Plenty of shops to browse. Continue on to the Horseshoe Falls - the start of the canal, where we meet you and take you to the station or back to your car in Nantwich - 10 miles. (Or extra 2 miles back to Llangollen and spend night here before returning home next day.)

Day 7 - Option to spend an extra night in Llangollen and return the next day. 

ITINERARY - Gentle

First Day - Arrive at accommodation on the outskirts of Nantwich from lunchtime/early afternoon. Walk into Nantwich along the canal. Explore the lovely Tudor market town. Accommodation farmhouse close to the canal. 3 - 4 miles 

Day 2 - We meet you to collect your luggage and run through the arrangements. Walk past the busy Hurleston junction and through quiet countryside to the pretty village of Wrenbury. Collected from the canal by B & B or nearby B &B. 8 miles

Day 3 - From Marbury the canal continues to Whitchurch, past Grindley Brook locks. Stop at the Lock Gate Cafe. 8 miles to Whitchurch and 1/2 mile to B &B.

Day 4 - Walk to Dobson's Bridge and collected from the canal by taxi - stay in Wem. Option to upgrade to Country Hotel. 7.5 miles

Day 5 - Taxi from Wem back to the canal and walk to small market town of Ellesmere, passing Colemere Country Park, with its pretty lake. Time to explore Ellesmere, walk or boat around the lake and visit the heron watch. 8 miles.

Day 6 - Walk through quiet countryside to Hindford, colllect from the path and return to stay the night in Ellesmere, or possible option to walk to Whittington. 7 - 8 miles

Day 7 - Walk on to Chirk with chance to visit Chirk Castle. Stay at B & B in Chirk 5 miles or walk on to Plas Offa Farm 7 miles. 

Day 8 - Walk over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, through the busy canal basin at Trevor and the up the Dee valley to Llangollen. Explore this pretty market town and visit the canal wharf, Plas Newydd - the home of the ladies of Llangollen. Plenty of shops to browse. From Chirk 8 miles or 6 miles from Plas Offa Farm. 

Day 9 - Can either leave from Llangollen or can continue on to the Horseshoe Falls - the start of the canal, where we meet you and take you to the station or back to your car in Nantwich. Option to spend an extra night in Llangollen and return the next day. 

This holiday can also be combined with the Offas Dyke - Clwydian Hills Break..

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