Llangollen Itineraries
Half a day or a full weekend. Here are the best ways to spend your time in Llangollen, planned step by step.
Whether you have a few hours or a full weekend to explore, these itineraries give you a local’s route through Llangollen. Each one links directly to the restaurants and activities along the way.
Half a day on the canal: the wharf, a horse-drawn boat and the Horseshoe Falls
The town's water, slowly: breakfast over the Dee, up to the wharf for a boat pulled by a horse, then the towpath to the weir that feeds the whole canal, and a train back from Berwyn if the timetable suits.
- 109:30·45 minutes
Breakfast over the river
Riverbanc on Bridge Street has a deck over the Dee and opens at 8am.
View Riverbanc Cafe - 210:30·45 minutes
Up to the wharf and onto the horse-drawn boat
Cross the bridge and climb Wharf Hill to Llangollen Wharf. The 45-minute horse-drawn trip goes every half hour in the school holidays and roughly hourly in the week at other times.
View Horse-drawn boats from Llangollen Wharf - 311:30·1 hour
Towpath to the Horseshoe Falls
3.2km along the canal by the Canal & River Trust's measure, under Tower Bridge and past Pentrefelin and King's Bridge to Telford's weir.
View Towpath walk from the wharf to the Horseshoe Falls - 412:30·45 minutes
The Chain Bridge and Berwyn station
Walk back to the Chain Bridge, then take the train down from Berwyn to Llangollen, or walk the towpath back.
View Berwyn station and the Chain Bridge - 513:30·1 hour
Lunch at the Corn Mill
Food from noon, by the river at the bridge; the Corn Mill takes bookings.
View The Corn Mill
A full day: train to Corwen, the aqueduct, and Dinas Brân before supper
The heritage railway up the valley in the morning, the aqueduct in the afternoon, and the climb to the castle when the light goes long. It needs a car or the 5C bus for the aqueduct, which is in Wrexham county, 5.5km east of the bridge.
- 1Morning, per the day's timetable·About 3 hours with the return
Train up the valley to Corwen
From the station on Abbey Road, about 10 miles up the valley to Corwen. Buy online or at the station on the day.
View Llangollen and Corwen Railway - 2
- 314:30·1.5 hours
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Walk across from Trevor Basin and back; the Canal & River Trust's visitor centre is free. Its car parks lock at 8pm.
View Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Trevor Basin - 416:30·2.5 hours
Climb to Castell Dinas Brân
From Llangollen Bridge, about 4 miles there and back and 900 feet of climbing.
View Walk up to Castell Dinas Brân - 519:30·1.5 hours
Supper on Bridge Street
Gales Wine Bar, under the hotel. Ring ahead for food times.
View Gales Wine Bar
Ready to plan your visit?
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