Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in northeast Wales. The 19-arched stone and cast iron structure is for use by narrowboats and was completed in 1805 having taken ten years to design and build.- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 210 feet (64 metres)
- …is operated by the Canal and River Trust
- …dates from 1805
- Description: navigable aqueduct in Wales
- Also known as“Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal”“폰트치실트 수로”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bryn Seion Presbyterian Chapel and Telford Inn.
Bryn Seion Presbyterian Chapel
Bryn Seion Presbyterian Chapel is a café, which is situated 1,300 feet north of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
Telford Inn
Telford Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,200 feet north of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
Tŷ Mawr Country Park
Park
Tŷ Mawr Country Park is a country park and farm park… Tŷ Mawr Country Park is situated 1 mile southeast of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trevor and Froncysyllte.
Froncysyllte
Froncysyllte, colloquially known as Fron, is a village…
Cefn Mawr
Cefn Mawr is a village in the community of Cefn within Wrexham County Borough, Wales.
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
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Latitude
52.97018° or 52° 58′ 13″ north
Longitude
-3.08787° or 3° 5′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C4RXWC6+3V
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Pontcysyllte Aqueduct” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قناة بونكتيسيلت”
- Armenian: “Պոնթքիսիլթե”
- Armenian: “Պոնտքիսիլթե”
- Basque: “Pontcysyllte akueduktua”
- Belarusian: “Акведук Понткісілтэ”
- Catalan: “Aqüeducte de Pontcysyllte”
- Catalan: “Aqüeducte i el canal de Pontcysyllte”
- Chinese: “龐特卡薩魯岧水道”
- Croatian: “Akvedukt Pontcysyllte”
- Czech: “Pontcysyllte Aqueduct”
- Czech: “Pontcysylltský akvadukt”
- Danish: “Pontcysyllte Akvædukt”
- Dutch: “Pontcysyllte aquaduct”
- Esperanto: “Akvedukto Pontcysyllte”
- Estonian: “Pontcysyllte akvedukt”
- Finnish: “Pontcysyllten akvedukti”
- French: “Pont-canal de Pontcysyllte”
- French: “Pont-canal et canal de Pontcysyllte”
- French: “Pontcysyllte Aqueduct”
- Galician: “Acueduto de Pontcysyllte”
- Georgian: “პონტკისილტეს აკვედუკი”
- German: “Pontcysyllte-Aquädukt”
- Hebrew: “אמת פונטקיסילטה”
- Italian: “Acquedotto di Pontcysyllte”
- Japanese: “ポントカサステ水路橋と運河”
- Japanese: “ポントカサルテの水道橋”
- Japanese: “ポントカサルテ水道橋”
- Japanese: “ポントカサルテ水道橋と運河”
- Korean: “폰트치실트 수도교”
- Korean: “폰트치실트 수로”
- Lithuanian: “Pontkisiltės akvedukas”
- Maltese: “Akkwedott ta‘ Pontcysyllte”
- Mingrelian: “პონტკისილტეშ აკვედუკი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pontcysyllteakvedukten”
- Norwegian: “Pontcysyllteakvedukten”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Pontcysyllte Wætertyge”
- Polish: “Akwedukt i kanał Pontcysyllte”
- Portuguese: “Aqueduto de Pontcysyllte”
- Russian: “Акведук Понткисиллте”
- Russian: “Понткисиллте”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akvedukt Pontcysyllte”
- Slovak: “Pontcysyllte Aqueduct”
- Slovenian: “Akvadukt Pontcysyllte”
- Spanish: “Acueducto de Pontcysyllte”
- Spanish: “Acueducto Pontcysyllte”
- Spanish: “Acueducto y canal de Pontcysyllte”
- Swedish: “Pontcysyllteakvedukten”
- Turkish: “Pontcysyllte Su kemeri”
- Ukrainian: “Акведук Понткісіллте”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu máng Pontcysyllte”
- Welsh: “Dyfrbont Pont-Cysyllte”
- Welsh: “Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Information Point and The Old Vicarage.
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