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From Horseshoe falls through Llangollen as far as town weir the river Dee is one of the classic canoeing stretches of Britain.  However it's not for me.  Click here for details

0 km – Llangollen

Put in at car park next to Ponsonby Arms.  

This is below the dangerous town weir and the grade IV Town Falls.   The next few miles consist of numerous Grade I to II rapids, until Trevor Rocks. 

2 km - Farm bridge

5 Km - Trevor Rocks rapid. Grade III  Site of the first UK slalom competition in 1939.

6 km – Y Cysylltau Bridge carries the B5434 between Trevor and Froncysyllte

Built in the mid 17th century.

6.2 km Pontcysyllte aqueduct carrying the Shropshire Union canal

Built by Thomas Telford in 1805.  

Access left   SJ281413

8.4 Km - railway viaduct

9.5 Km - Newbridge B5605

Difficult access

Cefn Mawr left

12 km - Bridge A483

Difficult access

14.5 km - River Cariog joins right

16 km - electricity pylons

17 km - farm bridge

19 Km - river bends sharp right. 

About 100 yards down stream - small weir. Central block of concrete protruding.  Portage left. 

20 km - Boat inn left.  Access

21.5 Km - Large Weir Portage left I think.

22 km - Erbistock / Overton Bridge.  Land left below.

Pub The Cross Foxes left.   Access over stile opposite pub car park.  

[check The Yew trees in Overton Church]

27 Althrey Hall right

29 km Bangor race course right.  Camping

30.5 km Bangor-is-y-Coed bypass bridge A525

31 km - Bangor-is-y-Coed medieval bridge.  Built 1660 probably by Inigo Jones.

Royal Oak pub right.  Tel 01978 780289   Camping in pub garden.  

Land right below the bridge by the boathouse.  Contact Barry "boathouse" Jackson on 0781 8657756 or 0796 9822419.  He will teach you to build a coracle, make a shavehorse - the Black & Decker of ancient times, a longbow, a Welsh hay rake, a bird box and much more.  

Church of St Dunawd.  War memorial.  

Stumps of demolished railway bridge

35 Km - Suspension bridge.  Beautiful once, but now badly maintained and apparently not in use.  

36 Km river Clywedog joins left  

Big house left.  Set back from river.

Tight meanders now from here to Holt.

45 km A534 Farndon bypass bridge

46 - Holt bridge, Holt left, Farndon right.

Spring tides sometimes reach as far as Farndon although the normal tidal limit is Chester weir. 

Landing right bank just above the bridge.  Parking space and picnic point at the foot of the red sandstone Dee cliffs. A Site of Special Scientific Interest

Built in 1338 this was toll bridge for at least 500 years.  The toll-house was sited over the 5^th arch from the Holt (left) bank.  In 1643 it was the site of the battle of Holt Bridge in the Civil War

From Holt onwards the both river banks are lined with extraordinary holiday chalets

48 Km River Alyn joins left.

52 Aldford right

53 km Iron Bridge 1824 – Designed by Thomas Telford.  A fine private bridge providing road access for the Duke of Westminster’s Eaton Hall estate

55 Km Eccleston left – Ferry

Land left

55 Km - A55 bridge

64 Km - Ferry

65 Km - bridge

65.4 - Weir

65.5 Chester bridge

66 – A483 bridge Chester

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