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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal

Proposed World Heritage Site

Public Consultation on the nomination for World Heritage Status and the Future Management of the Site.

Work is progressing to nominate the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal at the end of 2007. The proposed nomination site is 11 miles long, starting at the Horseshoe Falls, near Llangollen, and continuing through to Chirk Bank. The proposed buffer zone takes in most of the Dee Valley and a wide corridor of land through to Chirk Bank.

Come and have your say!

From Monday 2 July to Friday 14 September 2007 members of the public will have an opportunity to comment on the proposals and you can choose how you wish to do this by:

  • Visiting the website www.wrexham.gov.uk/aqueduct and viewing the documents online and completing the consultation questionnaire online.
  • Visiting the following venues where copies of the consultation document will be available for collection together with copies of the consultation questionnaire:
    Wrexham Library, Chirk Library, Llangollen Library, Llangollen Museum, Ebenezer Chapel Cefn Mawr, Trevor Community Centre, Froncysyllte Community Centre, Visitor Centre at Trevor Basin, Wrexham County Borough Council - Lambpit Street Main Reception, and Oswestry Borough Council Offices, Castle View, Oswestry.
  • Calling in to one of our 'drop-in' sessions where officers will be present to answer questions you may have.
    These are on:
    • Tuesday 10th July 2007 3.30pm - 7.30pm at Weston Rhyn Institute
    • Tuesday 31st July 2007 3.30pm - 7.30pm at Chirk Bank Methodist Church
    • Wednesday 8th August 2007 10.00am - 2.00pm at Froncysyllte Community Centre
    • Wednesday 8th August 2007 3.00pm - 7.00pm at Trevor Community Centre
    • Thursday 9th August 2007 2.00pm - 7.00pm at Chirk Library
    • Tuesday 14th August 2007 2.00pm - 7.00pm at Ebenezer Chapel, Cefn Mawr
    • Friday 31st August 2007 10.00am - 5.00pm at Llangollen Library

The consultation document is available in Welsh and English.

Please take this opportunity to help shape the management and protection of the potential future World Heritage site.


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