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Dinas Bran Castle – Pontcysyllte Aqueduct loop from Froncysyllte

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Dinas Bran Castle – Pontcysyllte Aqueduct loop from Froncysyllte

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Dinas Bran Castle – Pontcysyllte Aqueduct loop from Froncysyllte

07:10

24.0km

720m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

Tips

Includes a movable bridge

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After 2.73 km for 7 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.72 km

Llangollen Canal Lift Bridge

Highlight • Monument

Was a great walk and the canal bridge was just one of many features along the route.

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10.3 km

The Corn Mill

Highlight • Pub

Great pub with fantastic outside area next to the river. Good food and beer too!

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10.4 km

View of the River Dee from Llangollen Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Llangollen Bridge is a grade 1 listed structure in the centre of the town. It crosses the River Dee. There has been a bridge here since 1284 but the …

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10.6 km

Llangollen Wharf

Highlight • Rest Area

Here at Llangollen Wharf they run 45 minute and 2 hour Horse Drawn Boat Trips towards the Horseshoe Falls and 2 hour motor boat trips across Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. They have …

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12.2 km

Dinas Bran Castle

Highlight • Castle

Beautiful castle ruins with great views of the valley and the cliffs of World's End!
In fine weather, especially in morning and evening light, fantastic for photo sessions!

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12.5 km

Raven Gate at Dinas Brân

Highlight • Historical Site

I think the bird is a Crow, a nod to the castle, Dinas Brân, (Brân being the welsh for crow) "Crows Fortress".

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18.7 km

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Highlight • Historical Site

This famed 'stream in the sky' 18-arched engineering marvel designed by Thomas Telford and the lesser known William Jessop is simply fantastic. I was lucky enough to have visited this …

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21.2 km

Cefn Mawr Viaduct

Highlight • Viewpoint

Car Park (£1 all day) shop, food & seating, farm animals and country walks through woodland and alongside the River Dee. Great views of the Cefn Mawr Viaduct (Railway) and …

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22.7 km

Gelli Wood

Forest

24.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.76 km

7.72 km

2.96 km

2.69 km

482 m

350 m

Surfaces

7.88 km

5.81 km

4.61 km

2.73 km

2.09 km

286 m

Elevation

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Highest point (370 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

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Friday 3 July

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Dinas Bran Castle – Pontcysyllte Aqueduct loop from Froncysyllte

Llangollen Canal Lift Bridge

The Corn Mill

View of the River Dee from Llangollen Bridge

Llangollen Wharf

Dinas Bran Castle

Raven Gate at Dinas Brân

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Cefn Mawr Viaduct

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