Montgomery Canal - Wikipedia
WEBThe Montgomery Canal (Welsh: Camlas Trefaldwyn), known colloquially as "The Monty", [1] is a partially restored canal in eastern Powys and northwest Shropshire. The canal runs 33 miles (53 km) from the Llangollen Canal at Frankton Junction to Newtown via Llanymynech and Welshpool and crosses the England–Wales border .
Montgomery Canal | Canal maps - Canal & River Trust
WEBThe Montgomery Canal brings wildlife right into the centre of Welshpool and we've devised a fascinating canal trail to help you and your family make the most of this exciting waterway. Explore the trail.
The Montgomery Canal - The Montgomery Canal - Camlas …
WEBThe Montgomery Canal is home to the largest UK populations of the rare aquatic floating water plantain and grass wrack pondweed. Otters have been seen near Welshpool and kingfishers are a regular sight.
The Montgomery Canal Holiday Guide and Map
WEBThe Montgomery canal as it is known today runs for 38 miles from a junction with the Llangollen Canal near Ellesmere in Shropshire to Newtown in Montgomeryshire, now part of Powys. Unfortunately it is not possible to navigate the full length and some sections are not in water, others are isolated.
The Montgomery Canal restoration project | Our regions
WEBAug 7, 2024 · The Canal & River Trust and our partners’ long-held vision for the Montgomery Canal is for a thriving and sustainable canal – a canal that benefits both people and nature. The continued restoration of this historic manmade waterway will give it a secure future for this and coming generations.
Restoration - Shropshire Union Canal Society
WEBIn 2022, we completed restoration of the Montgomery Canal between Pryces Bridge and Crickheath Basin – a major undertaking and major achievement over seven years that added a further 1¼ miles of navigation to the national network. The official opening took place in June 2023.
Montgomery canal: £15m for restoration 'a dream come true' - BBC
WEBNov 16, 2021 · BBC Wales news. A £15.4m funding boost to reopen part of a canal which has been shut for decades is making "dreams come true", volunteers have said. The cash to restore an unnavigable 4.4 mile...
Visit the Monty - The Montgomery Canal - Camlas Maldwyn
WEBThe Montgomery Canal is situated in the stunning countryside on the border of Wales and England. In the north it is in England’s North Shropshire while in the south it follows a route through Wales’s old Montgomeryshire to Newtown in Powys.
A short history of the Montgomery Canal
WEBThe Montgomery Canal was built over 200 years ago. The history of the Montgomery Canal goes back two centuries. The section from Frankton Junction to Carreghofa, just south of Llanymynech, was built by the Ellesmere Canal Company in the mid-1790s.
Montgomery Canal - The Inland Waterways Association
WEBThe Montgomery Canal runs through beautiful countryside from the Llangollen Canal at Frankton Junction to its terminus at Newtown in Powys.
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