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The Bridge is listed as one of the seven wonders of Wales [1] and is a Grade I listed building. There has been a bridge across the Dee at Llangollen since at least 1284, [2] though the current bridge appears to date to the 16th or 17th century when an earlier bridge was rebuilt. [2] [3] The current bridge has been enlarged numerous times since ...
The Llangollen Canal (Welsh: Camlas Llangollen) is a navigable canal crossing the border between England and Wales. The waterway links Llangollen in Denbighshire , north Wales, with Hurleston in south Cheshire , via the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire .
Llangollen (Welsh: [ɬaŋˈɡɔɬɛn] ⓘ) is a town and community, situated on the River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales.Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with the easternmost point of the Dee Valley Way being within the town.
The northern end of the bridge was in Trefor Isaf township, also in Llangollen parish. [citation needed] Other translations such as "bridge of the junction" or "bridge that links" are modern false etymologies, derived from the name's apparent similarity to the word cysylltau (plural of cyswllt) which means connections or links. [5]
The second is the Old Dee Bridge, a road bridge and by far the oldest bridge in Chester, being built in about 1387 on the site of a series of wooden predecessors which dated originally from the Roman period. Chester Weir, Handbridge, Chester,(2002) View of the Grosvenor Bridge, taken from the south bank of the river Winter sunrise at Llangollen
The Chain Bridge is a footbridge over the River Dee at Berwyn, Llangollen, Denbighshire, north Wales. Is owned by Llangollen Town Council and a pathway from Berwyn railway station , now part of the Llangollen Railway , leads under a subway and down to the bridge and to the Chain Bridge Hotel on the other side.
Llangollen Bridge: 16–20th century: I: Denbighshire Denbighshire At Llangollen, originally built by Henry I, reconstructed in 1346, replaced 16th century, widened 1873 and 1968. [57] Llangynidr Bridge: 18th century: I: Brecknockshire Powys Spans the River Usk at Llangynidr. [58] Llanidloes, Long Bridge: II: Montgomeryshire Powys
The bridge to the east is numbered 69 (Peter's Bridge), then the bridge to the west of the junction (Rowson's Bridge) is numbered both 70 and 1. Further west, towards Llangollen, the bridge numbers continue as 2, 3, etc. Bridge number 71 (Lockgate Bridge) is located on what is now the Montgomery Canal, which uses bridge numbering starting with 71.