Chirk Tunnel
Chirk Tunnel is a canal tunnel near Chirk, Wales. It lies on the Llangollen Canal, immediately northwards of the Chirk Aqueduct. It is 421 metres long and has a complete towpath inside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tunnel
- Description: canal tunnel in Wales
- Also known as: “Chirk Tunnel, Including The N And S Portals, And Chirk Basin.” and “Twnell Y Waun / Chirk Tunnel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chirk railway station and Chirk Aqueduct.
Chirk railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chirk railway station serves the town of Chirk, Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The station is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line that is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside. Chirk railway station is situated 810 feet north of Chirk Tunnel.
Chirk Aqueduct
Bridge
Chirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot high and 710-foot long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England–Wales border, spanning the two countries. Chirk Aqueduct is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Chirk Tunnel.
Chirk Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Steve Knight, CC BY 2.0.
The Chirk Viaduct is a Grade II* listed railway viaduct over the River Ceiriog between England and Wales. The viaduct carries the Shrewsbury–Chester line from the Welsh town of Chirk in historic Denbighshire from the north to the English village of Chirk Bank in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire to the south. Chirk Viaduct is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Chirk Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chirk Bank and Bronygarth.
Chirk Bank
Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chirk Bank is a small village in Shropshire, England. The industrial town of Chirk is to the north, over the border in Wales, with the B5070 road connecting the two settlements via a bridge over the River Ceiriog.
Bronygarth
Village
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bronygarth is a small village in the Ceiriog Valley near Oswestry in Shropshire, England at grid reference SJ268370. The village is on the England–Wales border with some buildings in Wales in the Glyntraian local government community.
Weston Rhyn
Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weston Rhyn is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies between the towns of Chirk, in Wales, and Oswestry, in England. The civil parish, which also includes Bronygarth, Pentre-Newydd and a number of small hamlets, had a total population of 2,668 at the 2001 census, rising to 2,850 at the 2011 Census.
Chirk Tunnel
- Categories: canal tunnel and transportation
- Location: Chirk, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.93116° or 52° 55′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.06487° or 3° 3′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C4RWWJP+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 997946009OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tunnelWikidata ID
Q2279086
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Chirk Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Chirk Tunnel”
- Japanese: “チャークトンネル”
- Welsh: “Twnnel y Waun”
- Welsh: “Twnnel Y Waun”
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Highlights include Doctors Wood and Chirk AAA FC.
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