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Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
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Early plans of what would become the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1888 but problems with Doncaster Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1835. The canal joined the sea near Ipswich. Restoration of Newport Aqueduct was funded by a donation from the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal Society
Information about the waterway
The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a narrow canal and is part of the
Waterways of Mainland Britain
It runs for
34 miles and 2½ furlongs
through 6 locks from
Five Locks Road
(which is a dead end) to
Theatre Basin
(which is a dead end).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are
58 feet
long and
9 feet and 2 inches
wide.
The maximum headroom is not known.
The maximum draught is
4 feet and 7 inches
Notable features of the waterway include
Ashford Tunnel
and
Brynich Aqueduct
The waterway passes through
Brecon
The navigational authority for this waterway is
Canal & River Trust
Canal & River Trust
Canal & River Trust
0303 040 4040
customer.services@canalrivertrust.org.uk
Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:
Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
Waterway Routes 75M - Monmouth and Brecon Canal Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 4 - Four Counties & the Welsh Canals
Pearson's Canal Companions: Welsh Waters; Shropshire Union, Llangollen, Brecon and Montgomery Canals
Five Locks Road
Limit of navigation
Five Locks Basin
½ furlongs
0 locks
Cwmbran Tunnel
2¼ furlongs
0 locks
Bevan's Bridge
4¾ furlongs
0 locks
Solomon’s Bridge No 47
5¾ furlongs
0 locks
Lansdowne Winding Hole
6½ furlongs
0 locks
Crown Bridge No 48
7¼ furlongs
0 locks
The Open Hearth PH
Canalside
1 mile and 1¼ furlongs
0 locks
Panteg Bridge No 49
1 mile and 2¾ furlongs
0 locks
Union Bridge No 50
1 mile and 5 furlongs
0 locks
Rail Bridge No 50A
1 mile and 7 furlongs
0 locks
Coed-y-Gric Bridge No 51
1 mile and 7 furlongs
0 locks
Pontymoile Bypass Moorings
2 miles and ¼ furlongs
0 locks
Pontymoile Bypass Bridge No 51A
2 miles and ½ furlongs
0 locks
Pontymoile Basin
Junction with the Monmouthshire Canal
2 miles and ½ furlongs
0 locks
Pontymoile Footbridge No 52
2 miles and ½ furlongs
0 locks
Aqueduct No 18 (Mon & Brec Canal)
2 miles and 1 furlong
0 locks
Afon Lwyd Aqueduct No 17
2 miles and 1½ furlongs
0 locks
Aqueduct No 16 (Mon & Brec Canal)
2 miles and 1¾ furlongs
0 locks
The Hwy Road Bridge No 53
Pontypool Road
2 miles and 2½ furlongs
0 locks
Jockey Bridge No 55
2 miles and 6½ furlongs
0 locks
Squires Bridge No 56
2 miles and 7½ furlongs
0 locks
Usk Road Winding Hole
2 miles and 7¾ furlongs
0 locks
Cwmoody Winding Hole
3 miles and 4¼ furlongs
0 locks
Lower Wern Bridge No 57
3 miles and 4½ furlongs
0 locks
Upper Wern Bridge No 58
3 miles and 5¾ furlongs
0 locks
Keepers Bridge No 59
4 miles
0 locks
Govera Bridge No 60
4 miles and 1 furlong
0 locks
Troed-y-Rhiw Bridge No 61
4 miles and 2¼ furlongs
0 locks
High Bridge No 62
4 miles and 4½ furlongs
0 locks
Mamhilad Bridge No 63
4 miles and 7¼ furlongs
0 locks
Skinners Bridge No 64
5 miles and ½ furlongs
0 locks
Mortimer's Bridge No 65
With Pipe Bridge alongside
5 miles and 1½ furlongs
0 locks
Brook Farm Bridge No 66
5 miles and 2¾ furlongs
0 locks
Pentre Lane Bridge No 67
5 miles and 4½ furlongs
0 locks
Croes-y-Pant Lane Bridge No 68
5 miles and 5¾ furlongs
0 locks
Field Bridge Wharf
Private moorings
5 miles and 7½ furlongs
0 locks
High Houses Bridge No 69
5 miles and 7½ furlongs
0 locks
Birdspool Bridge No 70
6 miles and 1 furlong
0 locks
Croes-y-Pant Winding Hole
6 miles and 1½ furlongs
0 locks
Park-y-Brain Lower Bridge No 71
6 miles and 4 furlongs
0 locks
Park-y-Brain Lane Bridge No 72
6 miles and 4¾ furlongs
0 locks
Park-y-Brain Field Bridge No 73
Penrehoel
6 miles and 6¾ furlongs
0 locks
Saron Road Bridge No 74
7 miles
0 locks
Goytre Arm
This is the start of the Brecknock & Abergavenny section of the canal.
7 miles and 2¼ furlongs
0 locks
Goytre Aqueduct No 15
7 miles and 2½ furlongs
0 locks
Goytre Wharf
7 miles and 2¾ furlongs
0 locks
Goytre Marina
7 miles and 3¼ furlongs
0 locks
Jenkin Rosser's Bridge No 75
7 miles and 4½ furlongs
0 locks
Jenkin Rosser's Winding Hole
7 miles and 4¾ furlongs
0 locks
Lapstone Bridge No 76
7 miles and 6¾ furlongs
0 locks
Preacher's Bridge No 77
7 miles and 7½ furlongs
0 locks
Mill Turn Bridge No 78
8 miles and 2¼ furlongs
0 locks
Mill Turn Aqueduct No 14A
8 miles and 2½ furlongs
0 locks
Llanover Winding Hole
8 miles and 4¼ furlongs
0 locks
Lower Mount Pleasant Bridge No 79
Llanover Field Bridge
8 miles and 4¾ furlongs
0 locks
Mount Pleasant Upper Bridge No 80
8 miles and 6 furlongs
0 locks
Llanover Bridge No 81
8 miles and 7¾ furlongs
0 locks
Llanover Bridge No 82
9 miles and ½ furlongs
0 locks
Beech Tree Bridge No 83
9 miles and 2½ furlongs
0 locks
Ty-coch Bridge No 84
9 miles and 4 furlongs
0 locks
Thimbles Bridge No 85
9 miles and 5 furlongs
0 locks
Ochram Brook Aqueduct No 14
Embanked Aqueduct over Ochram Brook, Grade: II Listed
9 miles and 7½ furlongs
0 locks
Ochram Turn Bridge No 86
10 miles
0 locks
Poplar Bridge No 87
10 miles and 1 furlong
0 locks
Twyn-Glas Wharf
10 miles and 1¾ furlongs
0 locks
Twyn-Glas Bridge No 88
10 miles and 2¼ furlongs
0 locks
Barn Bridge No 89
10 miles and 3 furlongs
0 locks
Morgan's Bridge No 90
10 miles and 5½ furlongs
0 locks
Wooden Bridge No 91
Footpath to Llanellen a quarter of a mile
10 miles and 6¼ furlongs
0 locks
Heol Gerrig Bridge No 92
11 miles and ¼ furlongs
0 locks
Llanellen Farm Bridge No 93
11 miles and 3 furlongs
0 locks
Aqueduct No 13 (Mon & Brec Canal)
11 miles and 4½ furlongs
0 locks
Castle Lower Bridge No 94
11 miles and 6¼ furlongs
0 locks
Castle Upper Bridge No 95
11 miles and 7¾ furlongs
0 locks
Incline Bridge No 95A
12 miles and 3¾ furlongs
0 locks
Church Lane Aqueduct No 12A (Llanfoist)
12 miles and 4 furlongs
0 locks
Llanfoist Wharf
Boatyard and Incline Bridge
12 miles and 4 furlongs
0 locks
Aqueduct No 12 (Mon & Brec Canal)
12 miles and 7¾ furlongs
0 locks
Govilon Turn Bridge No 96
13 miles and 3 furlongs
0 locks
Govilon Visitor Moorings
13 miles and 4½ furlongs
0 locks
Govilon Yard Bridge No 97
13 miles and 4¾ furlongs
0 locks
Govilon Winding Hole
13 miles and 5¼ furlongs
0 locks
Govilon Wharf
13 miles and 5½ furlongs
0 locks
Govilon Railway Bridge No 97A (disused)
13 miles and 6¼ furlongs
0 locks
Station Road Footbridge No 97B
13 miles and 7¾ furlongs
0 locks
Station Road Bridge No 98 (Govilon)
with footbridge alongside
13 miles and 7¾ furlongs
0 locks
Cwm Shenkin Brook Aqueduct No 11
14 miles and ¾ furlongs
0 locks
Pen Padrig Arm
14 miles and 1 furlong
0 locks
Govilon Aqueduct No 10
14 miles and 1¾ furlongs
0 locks
Llanwenarth Field Bridge No 99
14 miles and 3 furlongs
0 locks
Humphreys Bridge No 100
14 miles and 4 furlongs
0 locks
Heol - yr -Allt Bridge No 101
14 miles and 6¼ furlongs
0 locks
Head of the Valleys Road Bridge
15 miles
0 locks
Ty - Gwynn Bridge No 102
15 miles and ¼ furlongs
0 locks
The Towpath Inn
Canalside
15 miles and 4 furlongs
0 locks
Navigation Bridge No 103
15 miles and 4¼ furlongs
0 locks
Gilwern Aqueduct No 9
You can hear the stream/river but barely visable
15 miles and 5½ furlongs
0 locks
Aqueduct No 8 (Mon & Brec Canal)
15 miles and 5½ furlongs
0 locks
Gilwern Wharf No 8A
15 miles and 5¾ furlongs
0 locks
Auckland Bridge No 104
Gilwern village
15 miles and 6½ furlongs
0 locks
Malford Grove Winding Hole
16 miles
0 locks
Sand Bridge No 105
16 miles and ½ furlongs
0 locks
Ffynnon - yr -Eirin Bridge No 106
16 miles and 2¾ furlongs
0 locks
Dan-y-Graig Bridge No 107
16 miles and 5¾ furlongs
0 locks
Dark Bridge No 109
17 miles and 4¾ furlongs
0 locks
Pen-Pedair Heol Winding Hole
17 miles and 6 furlongs
0 locks
Pen-Pedair Heol Narrows
17 miles and 6¼ furlongs
0 locks
Pen-Pedair Heol Marina
17 miles and 6¼ furlongs
0 locks
Pen-Pedair Heol Bridge No 110
17 miles and 7 furlongs
0 locks
Wooden Bridge No 111
18 miles and ¼ furlongs
0 locks
Park Bridge No 112
18 miles and 1¾ furlongs
0 locks
Llwmws Bridge No 113
18 miles and 3½ furlongs
0 locks
Beacon Park Boats
Posh boat hire!
18 miles and 5¾ furlongs
0 locks
Lower Yard Bridge No 114
18 miles and 6¾ furlongs
0 locks
Llangattock Wharf
18 miles and 7 furlongs
0 locks
Upper Yard Bridge No 115
18 miles and 7¼ furlongs
0 locks
Llangattock Aqueduct No 7
It is over the Nant Onnau but not accessible or visible from towpath.
19 miles
0 locks
Ffawyddog Bridge No 116
19 miles and 2½ furlongs
0 locks
Dan-y-Garth Bridge No 117
19 miles and 5½ furlongs
0 locks
Workhouse Bridge No 118
Dardy Bridge
19 miles and 7¾ furlongs
0 locks
Folly Bridge No 119
20 miles and 1¾ furlongs
0 locks
Baylis Bridge No 120
20 miles and 4 furlongs
0 locks
Nant Llwynyrenwyn Aqueduct
20 miles and 5¼ furlongs
0 locks
Llwyncelyn Bridge No 121
20 miles and 5½ furlongs
0 locks
Glan Usk Bridge No 121A
20 miles and 7¼ furlongs
0 locks
Fro Bridge No 122
21 miles and 1½ furlongs
0 locks
Pen-y-Bryn Bridge No 123
21 miles and 3½ furlongs
0 locks
Spitefull Inn Bridge No 124
21 miles and 5 furlongs
0 locks
Dyfnant Bridge No 125
21 miles and 7¼ furlongs
0 locks
Dyfnant Aqueduct
21 miles and 7½ furlongs
0 locks
Aberhowy Bridge No 126
Very close to B4558
22 miles and 2¼ furlongs
0 locks
Old House Bridge No 127
22 miles and 4¼ furlongs
0 locks
Panteague Drawbridge Bridge No 128
It was a drawbridge at one time
22 miles and 6 furlongs
0 locks
Nant Cleisfer Aqueduct No 6
22 miles and 7 furlongs
0 locks
Panteague Bridge No 129
22 miles and 7¾ furlongs
0 locks
Coed-Yr-Ynys Field Bridge No 130
23 miles and 1¾ furlongs
0 locks
Llangynidr Bridge No 131
23 miles and 5 furlongs
0 locks
Lower Lock Bridge No 132
23 miles and 7½ furlongs
0 locks
Lower Lock No 64
23 miles and 7½ furlongs
0 locks
Cwm Crawnon Road Pipe Bridge
24 miles and ¼ furlongs
1 lock
Coach & Horses Bridge No 133
24 miles and ¼ furlongs
1 lock
Afon Crawnon Aqueduct No 5
24 miles and 1¼ furlongs
1 lock
Depot Lock No 65
24 miles and 1½ furlongs
1 lock
Cwm House Wharf
Home of Country Craft Narrowboat Holidays
24 miles and 1¾ furlongs
2 locks
Coombes Lock Bridge No 134
24 miles and 2 furlongs
2 locks
Gwlawcoed Lock No 66
24 miles and 3½ furlongs
2 locks
Little Lock No 67
24 miles and 4¼ furlongs
3 locks
Top Lock No 68
24 miles and 4½ furlongs
4 locks
Toffs Lock Bridge No 135
24 miles and 5¼ furlongs
5 locks
Workhouse Bridge No 136
24 miles and 6¾ furlongs
5 locks
Dan-y-Graig Bridge No 137
25 miles and ¼ furlongs
5 locks
Parsons Bridge No 138
25 miles and 2½ furlongs
5 locks
Llanddetty Bridge No 139
25 miles and 5¼ furlongs
5 locks
Llanddetty Footbridge
Snake Bridge
25 miles and 6 furlongs
5 locks
Lower Wenallt Bridge No 140
25 miles and 7 furlongs
5 locks
Upper Wenallt Bridge No 141
26 miles and ½ furlongs
5 locks
Ashford Tunnel (southern entrance)
26 miles and 2¼ furlongs
5 locks
Ashford Tunnel (northern entrance)
26 miles and 4 furlongs
5 locks
Graig-Las Bridge No 142
Travellers Rest Bridge-Brecon Day Boats
27 miles
5 locks
Travellers Rest Pipe Bridge
27 miles and ¾ furlongs
5 locks
Talybont Railway Bridge (disused)
27 miles and 1½ furlongs
5 locks
White Hart Bridge No 143
27 miles and 1½ furlongs
5 locks
Talybont Aqueduct No 4
27 miles and 2 furlongs
5 locks
Talybont Drawbridge No 144
27 miles and 3¼ furlongs
5 locks
Beniah Bridge No 145
27 miles and 4½ furlongs
5 locks
Chilson Bridge No 146
27 miles and 5¾ furlongs
5 locks
Cross Oak Bridge No 147
28 miles and 1¼ furlongs
5 locks
Cross Oak Lift Bridge No 148
28 miles and 2¾ furlongs
5 locks
Gathinog Lift Bridge No 149
28 miles and 3¾ furlongs
5 locks
Penawr Lift Bridge No 150
28 miles and 4¾ furlongs
5 locks
Penawr Bridge No 151
28 miles and 6 furlongs
5 locks
Castle Bridge No 152
29 miles and 2 furlongs
5 locks
Cross Keys Bridge No 153
29 miles and 3¾ furlongs
5 locks
Royal Oak PH
Canalside
29 miles and 4 furlongs
5 locks
Pencelli Bridge No 154
29 miles and 4½ furlongs
5 locks
Pencelli Winding Hole
29 miles and 4¾ furlongs
5 locks
Pencelli Court Lift Bridge No 155
29 miles and 5¼ furlongs
5 locks
Low Bridge No 156
29 miles and 7¾ furlongs
5 locks
Llanbrynean Bridge No 157
30 miles and 3 furlongs
5 locks
Nant Menascin Aqueduct No 3
30 miles and 4¾ furlongs
5 locks
Storehouse Bridge Winding Hole
30 miles and 6 furlongs
5 locks
Storehouse Bridge No 158
30 miles and 6¼ furlongs
5 locks
Ty-Newydd Lower Bridge No 159
30 miles and 7¼ furlongs
5 locks
Ty-Newydd Marina
30 miles and 7¾ furlongs
5 locks
Ty-Newydd Upper Bridge No 160
31 miles and ¾ furlongs
5 locks
Bell Ear Bridge No 161
31 miles and 5½ furlongs
5 locks
Brynich Turn Bridge Winding Hole
31 miles and 7¼ furlongs
5 locks
Brynich Turn Bridge No 162
31 miles and 7½ furlongs
5 locks
Brynich Aqueduct No 2 (southern end)
Also called River Usk Aqueduct
32 miles
5 locks
Brynich Aqueduct No 2 (northern end)
Over River Usk
32 miles and ¼ furlongs
5 locks
Cefn Brynich Bridge No 163
Groesffordd Road Bridge
32 miles and 1½ furlongs
5 locks
Brynich Lock No 69
32 miles and 1½ furlongs
5 locks
Cefn Brynich Aqueduct No 1
32 miles and 6¼ furlongs
6 locks
Brynich Bridge No 164
A40 Field Bridge
32 miles and 6¾ furlongs
6 locks
Brecon Flyover Bridge No 164A
Brynich Bridge Long Road Bridge (68yds) under the A40 dual carriageway
33 miles and ¼ furlongs
6 locks
Watton Road Bridge No 165
33 miles and 7½ furlongs
6 locks
Gasworks Lane Road Bridge No 166
34 miles and 1½ furlongs
6 locks
Dadfords Bridge Winding Hole
34 miles and 1¾ furlongs
6 locks
Dadfords Bridge No 167
Northern Mon and Brec terminus bridge
34 miles and 2 furlongs
6 locks
Theatre Basin
End of navigation and Brecon town centre
34 miles and 2½ furlongs
6 locks
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Royal Oak Public House
— associated with
Royal Oak PH
Public House
The Towpath Inn
— associated with
The Towpath Inn
Public House
The Open Hearth Pub
— associated with
The Open Hearth PH
Public House
Wikipedia
Wikipedia has a page about
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
The
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
(Welsh:
Camlas Sir Fynwy a Brycheiniog
) is a small network of canals in South Wales. For most of its currently (2018) navigable 35-mile (56 km) length it runs through the Brecon Beacons National Park, and its present rural character and tranquillity belies its original purpose as an industrial corridor for coal and iron, which were brought to the canal by a network of tramways and/or railroads, many of which were built and owned by the canal company.
The
"Mon and Brec"
was originally two independent canals – the Monmouthshire Canal from Newport to Pontymoile Basin (including the Crumlin Arm) and the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal running from Pontymoile to Brecon. Both canals were abandoned in 1962, but the Brecknock and Abergavenny route and a small section of the Monmouthshire route have been reopened since 1970. Much of the rest of the original Monmouthshire Canal is the subject of a restoration plan, which includes the construction of a new marina at the Newport end of the canal.
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canal
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Canal
ran from
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to Newport. It was completed at
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, Wales. It lies beside the River Usk
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the
Monmouthshire
and
Brecon
Canal
and
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Canal & River Trust
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