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The A483 is a major north-south trunk road in Wales, running for 149 miles between Chester and Junction 42 of the M4 motorway just east of Swansea. Link SABRE Link Wikipedia

Trevor Basin is at the northern end of the central section of what was planned as the Ellesmere Canal linking the Mersey and Severn rivers. The canal was never completed in full and Trevor Basin - just north of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct - became the northern terminus. The canal here is today named the Llangollen Canal, though the stretch from Trevor Basin to Llangollen was in fact only originally intended as a water feed to the Ellesmere canal.

The highest canal aqueduct in the world, Grade I listed and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Completed in 1805 to a design by Thomas Telford and William Jessop.

This bridge just south of the village of Trevor is a footbridge.

On the A539 in Acrefair.

New water storage tanks at Sugn-y-pwl.

Pub adjacent to the A539.

The Llangollen canal is an arm of the Shropshire Union canal that runs from Hurleston Junction to Llangollen with a wide variety of scenery along its course. Its total length is 46 miles, but the last 1½ miles from Llangollen to Llantisilio is unnavigable by any boats over about 10' length. The canal's vital statistics for craft are: Length 72 ' Beam 6'10" Headroom 7' Draught 2'3" (Hurleston to Pontcysyllte) 2' (P. to Llangollen) These are the maximum dimensions for any craft, based on the minimum dimensions of locks & bridges. There are a total of 21 locks on the canal, but only two between Llangollen and Whitchurch (a distance of about 31 miles). One of the most notable things about the canal is the strong flow especially in the "narrows" near Llangollen and in the tunnels near Chirk. About 12 million gallons of water passes down this canal from the River Dee to the Shropshire Union every day. The most famous feature of this canal is the superb feat of engineering that is the 200-year-old Pontcysyllte Aqueduct rising 126' above the River Dee and running for over 335 yds - for more information on this see the numerous photos for squares SJ2742 and SJ2741

View from Pont Cysyllte Aqueduct.

The Llangollen Canal runs on a high tree-covered embankment on the southern approach to Pont-Cysyllte.

Repairs are underway to the cast iron railings of the Pont-Cysyllte aqueduct. The equipment has been taken to the site by boat and the canal is closed while the work is in progress.

In early 2021, the B5605 - formerly the main A483 - suffered a landslide just behind where I'm standing here. The road has been closed since, and there is still no agreement on funding to restore it.

The road - the old A483 - runs along a cliff above a bend in the River Dee. It suffered a landslide in January 2021, and has been closed ever since.

Taken from the opposite side to SJ2841 : Landslip, B5605, this shows the extent of the landslide that took out the old A483 (the Manchester - Swansea trunk road of its day) in the torrential rains of Storm Christoph in January 2021. It also shows the extent of the work needed to repair the damage, for it is a sheer drop there down to the River Dee, 100 feet below.

A convoy system was in use