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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 09:51 UK time, Wednesday, 22 July 2009

Will doing a 'Harry Worth' on Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

We've been asking for your pictures of Llangollen Canal because the 11-mile route [Chirk to Horseshoe Falls] is now an official World Heritage Site along with Pontcysyllte Aqueduct - and they have not disappointed!

We've started to look at the best way we can highlight the canal, its landmarks and the surrounding communities since the spotlight has been put on the waterway.

British Waterways' website, waterscape.com reports that a community meeting is being held on Monday to start a discussion about ways to widen awareness and understanding of the 11-mile corridor.

The site says initiatives will range from community arts projects through to heritage and biodiversity volunteer work, assisting in maintenance and restoration of sites and features along local sections of the canal corridor.

Community development officer Piers Warburton is the link between official partners like British Waterways and Wrexham Council with the community and he'll be liaising with the nine communities dotted along the canal to see how they might get involved.

They are: Chirk, Pentre, Froncysyllte, Trevor, Garth, Pontcysyllte, Llangollen, Pentrefelin and Llantysilio.

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  • 1. At 11:00pm on 22 Jul 2009, TheBestOfOswestry wrote:

    You say, "because the 11-mile route [Chirk to Horseshoe Falls] is now an official World Heritage Site along with Pontcysyllte Aqueduct".

    Is that true? Or is it only the aqueduct?

    Thanks
    John
    http://thebestof.co.uk/oswestry

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  • 2. At 11:31am on 24 Jul 2009, Nick - BBC local webteam wrote:

    Hi John. Yes, it's the whole stretch of canal from Chirk to Llan and that's why work is now being planned to get locals involved along the route [Chirk, Pentre, Froncysyllte, Trevor, Garth, Pontcysyllte, Llangollen, Pentrefelin and Llantysilio].

    PS. Here's a quote from Dr Dawn Roberts, one of the people behind the bid: "To have our aqueduct and our canal named as a World Heritage Site is amazing." More info here

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