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Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Main Line)

The Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Main Line) is a narrow canal and is part of the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal). It runs for 46 miles and ¼ furlongs through 21 locks from Llantisilio - Horseshoe Falls (which is a dead end) to Hurleston Junction (where it joins the Shropshire Union Canal (Chester Canal)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has junctions with the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Whitchurch Branch) at Whitchurch Branch Junction; with the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Ruabon Branch) at Ruabon Branch Junction; with the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Prees Branch) at Whixall Moss Junction; with the Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Canal - Ellesmere Branch) at Ellesmere Branch Junction and with the Shropshire Union Canal (Montgomery Canal - connected and navigable) at Frankton Junction.

Llantisilio - Horseshoe Falls
Kings Bridge No 49A	½ furlongs	0 locks
Foot Bridge	½ furlongs	0 locks
Llantysilio Bridge No 49	1¼ furlongs	0 locks
Ty Craig Bridge No 48A	3¼ furlongs	0 locks
Pentre-Felin Bridge No 48	6 furlongs	0 locks
Tower Bridge No 47	1 mile and 1¼ furlongs	0 locks
Pen-y-ddol Bridge No 46	1 mile and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Llangollen Wharf	1 mile and 4½ furlongs	0 locks
Siambr Bridge No 45 Llangollen - last winding point for craft over 10 feet in length	1 mile and 5½ furlongs	0 locks
Second Narrow Section One way working	1 mile and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks
First Narrow Section One way working	2 miles and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Llanddyn No 2 Lift Bridge No 44	2 miles and 5½ furlongs	0 locks
Llanddyn No 1 Bridge No 43	3 miles	0 locks
Wenffrwd Bridge No 42	3 miles and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Sun Trevor Bridge No 41	3 miles and 5¾ furlongs	0 locks
Plas Ifan Bridge No 40	4 miles and 1¾ furlongs	0 locks
Plas Ifan Pipe Bridge	4 miles and 2½ furlongs	0 locks
Vale of Llangollen Bridge No 39	4 miles and 3¼ furlongs	0 locks
Bryn Howel Bridge No 38	4 miles and 4¼ furlongs	0 locks
Bryn Howel Winding Hole	4 miles and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Plas-Isaf Bridge No 37	4 miles and 6½ furlongs	0 locks
Bryn-Ceirch Bridge No 36	5 miles and ¼ furlongs	0 locks
Millars Bridge No 35	5 miles and 2¼ furlongs	0 locks
Plas-y-Pentre Bridge No 34	5 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
White Bridge No 33	6 miles and 1½ furlongs	0 locks
Postles Bridge No 32	6 miles and 2½ furlongs	0 locks
Rhos-y-Coed Bridge No 31	6 miles and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Ruabon Branch Junction	6 miles and 3¼ furlongs	0 locks
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (North end)	6 miles and 3½ furlongs	0 locks
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (South end)	6 miles and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Coedfryn Winding Hole	6 miles and 7 furlongs	0 locks
Fron Lift Bridge No 28	6 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Fron Footbridge No 28A	6 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Fron Aqueduct ??? Its either an aqueduct or a road tunnel underneath the canal	7 miles and 3 furlongs	0 locks
Irish Bridge No 27	7 miles and 6¾ furlongs	0 locks
Whitehouse Bridge No 26	8 miles and ¼ furlongs	0 locks
Whitehouses Tunnel (North end)	8 miles and 1¾ furlongs	0 locks
Whitehouses Tunnel (South end)	8 miles and 2½ furlongs	0 locks
Chirk Marina	8 miles and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Chirk Golf Course Winding Hole	8 miles and 7¾ furlongs	0 locks
Chirk Tunnel (North end)	9 miles and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Chirk Tunnel (South end)	9 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Chirk Pool Large basin between Chirk Tunnel and Aqueduct	9 miles and 7¾ furlongs	0 locks
Chirk Aqueduct (North end) The English - Welsh Border runs across the middle of the aqueduct	10 miles	0 locks
Chirk Aqueduct (South end)	10 miles and 1 furlong	0 locks
Monk Bridge No 21	10 miles and 3¼ furlongs	0 locks
Gledrid Bridge No 19	10 miles and 6½ furlongs	0 locks
Rhoswiel Bridge Winding Hole	10 miles and 7½ furlongs	0 locks
Rhoswiel Bridge No 18	11 miles and 2 furlongs	0 locks
Site of Colliery Siding Bridge No 17A	11 miles and 2¾ furlongs	0 locks
Moreton Bridge No 17	11 miles and 4¾ furlongs	0 locks
Belmont Bridge No 16	11 miles and 7 furlongs	0 locks
Preeshenlle Bridge No 15	12 miles and 1 furlong	0 locks
Sarn Bridge No 14	12 miles and 2¾ furlongs	0 locks
St Martins Bridge No 13	12 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
New Marton Bridge No 12	13 miles and 4 furlongs	0 locks
New Marton Top Lock No 2	13 miles and 4½ furlongs	0 locks
New Marton Bottom Lock No 1	13 miles and 7¾ furlongs	1 lock
Hindford Bridge No 11	14 miles and 5½ furlongs	2 locks
Site of Railway Bridge No 10	14 miles and 7¼ furlongs	2 locks
Paddock 2 Bridge No 9	14 miles and 7¾ furlongs	2 locks
Paddock 1 Bridge No 8	15 miles and 2¼ furlongs	2 locks
Brooms Bridge No 7	15 miles and 3 furlongs	2 locks
Polletts Bridge Winding Hole	15 miles and 3¾ furlongs	2 locks
Polletts Bridge No 6	15 miles and 4½ furlongs	2 locks
Maestermyn Bridge No 5	15 miles and 7 furlongs	2 locks
Maestermyn House Bridge No 4	16 miles and ½ furlongs	2 locks
Rodenhurst Bridge No 3	16 miles and 4¾ furlongs	2 locks
Nicholas Bridge No 2	16 miles and 5½ furlongs	2 locks
Rowsons Bridge No 1	16 miles and 7¾ furlongs	2 locks
Frankton Junction Junction of Montgomery and Llangollen Canals	17 miles	2 locks
Peters Bridge No 69	17 miles and ¼ furlongs	2 locks
Pryce's Bridge No 68	17 miles and 2¼ furlongs	2 locks
Broom Bridge No 67	17 miles and 5 furlongs	2 locks
Val Hill 3 Bridge No 66	17 miles and 7½ furlongs	2 locks
Val Hill 2 Bridge No 65	18 miles and 1 furlong	2 locks
Val Hill 1 Bridge No 64	18 miles and 2 furlongs	2 locks
Clay Pit Bridge No 63	18 miles and 5 furlongs	2 locks
Coachman's Bridge No 62 Tetchill	18 miles and 7¾ furlongs	2 locks
White Mill Bridge No 61	19 miles and 1½ furlongs	2 locks
Stanks Bridge No 60	19 miles and 5 furlongs	2 locks
Sewage Works Winding Hole	19 miles and 7 furlongs	2 locks
Ellesmere Sewage Works Pipe Bridge	20 miles and ¾ furlongs	2 locks
Ellesmere Branch Junction	20 miles and 3¼ furlongs	2 locks
Red Bridge No 58	20 miles and 4 furlongs	2 locks
Blackwater Meadow Marina	20 miles and 4½ furlongs	2 locks
Ellesmere Tunnel (West end)	21 miles and 1 furlong	2 locks
Ellesmere Tunnel (East end)	21 miles and 1½ furlongs	2 locks
Blake Mere	21 miles and 4 furlongs	2 locks
Burns Wood Bridge No 56	21 miles and 6¼ furlongs	2 locks
Baysil Wood Winding Hole	22 miles and 1 furlong	2 locks
Little Mill Bridge No 55	22 miles and 2½ furlongs	2 locks
Miss Each Bridge No 54	22 miles and 6 furlongs	2 locks
Lyneal Road Bridge No 53	23 miles and ¼ furlongs	2 locks
Greaves Bridge No 52	23 miles and 2¼ furlongs	2 locks
Lyneal Lane Bridge No 51	23 miles and 4¼ furlongs	2 locks
Hampton Bank Winding Hole	24 miles and ½ furlongs	2 locks
Hampton Bank Bridge No 50	24 miles and 1¼ furlongs	2 locks
Wales - England Border	24 miles and 4½ furlongs	2 locks
Clapping Gate Bridge No 49	24 miles and 7 furlongs	2 locks
Bettisfield Bridge No 48	25 miles and ¾ furlongs	2 locks
Cornhill Bridge No 47	25 miles and 4¼ furlongs	2 locks
England - Wales Border	26 miles and 4 furlongs	2 locks
Whixall Moss Junction Junction of Shropshire Union Prees Branch with Llangollen Canal	27 miles	2 locks
Whixall Moss Roving Bridge No 46	27 miles and ¼ furlongs	2 locks
Morris Lift Bridge No 45	27 miles and 2¾ furlongs	2 locks
Roundthorn Bridge No 44	27 miles and 6¾ furlongs	2 locks
Platt Lane Bridge No 43	28 miles and 5½ furlongs	2 locks
Tilstock Park Lift Bridge No 42 Known to the local council as "Brickwalls Bridge"	29 miles and 4¼ furlongs	2 locks
Springhill Bridge No 41	30 miles and ½ furlongs	2 locks
Blackoe Bridge No 40	30 miles and 3¼ furlongs	2 locks
Cambrian Railway Bridge No 39	30 miles and 4¾ furlongs	2 locks
Old Man's Bridge No 38	30 miles and 6 furlongs	2 locks
Duddleston Bridge No 37	31 miles and ¼ furlongs	2 locks
Sparks Bridge No 35	31 miles and 5¼ furlongs	2 locks
Hassell's No 2 Lift Bridge No 34	31 miles and 7¼ furlongs	2 locks
Hassell's No 1 Lift Bridge No 33	32 miles and 1 furlong	2 locks
Wrexham Road Bridge No 32	32 miles and 2½ furlongs	2 locks
Whitchurch Ring Road Bridge No 31A	32 miles and 3¾ furlongs	2 locks
Whitchurch Branch Junction Junction of Whitchurch Branch with Llangollen Canal	32 miles and 5 furlongs	2 locks
New Mills Lift Bridge No 31	32 miles and 5 furlongs	2 locks
Whitchurch Ring Road Bridge No 30A	32 miles and 6½ furlongs	2 locks
Danson's Farm Bridge No 30	33 miles	2 locks
Grindley Brook Staircase Locks No 17 to 19 Bridge No 29, Winding hole at top of staircase	33 miles and 5½ furlongs	2 locks
Scotch Hall Bridge No 29	33 miles and 5¾ furlongs	5 locks
Grindley Brook Top Lock No 16 Top of Grindley Brook Lower Locks	33 miles and 6¼ furlongs	5 locks
Grindley Brook Lock No 15	33 miles and 7 furlongs	6 locks
Grindley Brook Bottom Lock No 14	33 miles and 7½ furlongs	7 locks
Grindley Brook Bridge No 28	33 miles and 7½ furlongs	8 locks
Grindley Railway Bridge No 27	34 miles	8 locks
Jackson's Bridge No 26	34 miles and 3 furlongs	8 locks
Povey's Lock No 13	35 miles and ½ furlongs	8 locks
Willey Moor Lock No 12	35 miles and 3¼ furlongs	9 locks
Willey Moor Lock Footbridge	35 miles and 3¼ furlongs	10 locks
Quoisley Lock No 11	36 miles and ¾ furlongs	10 locks
Quoisley Bridge No 25	36 miles and 2 furlongs	11 locks
Steer Bridge No 24	37 miles and 1½ furlongs	11 locks
Marbury Lock No 10 Marbury village ½ a mile south	37 miles and 5¾ furlongs	11 locks
Church Bridge No 23	37 miles and 5¾ furlongs	12 locks
Thomasons Bridge Winding Hole	38 miles and 6¼ furlongs	12 locks
Thomasons Bridge No 22	38 miles and 7¼ furlongs	12 locks
Wrenbury Frith Lift Bridge No 21	39 miles and 2¼ furlongs	12 locks
Wrenbury Lift Bridge No 20 Wrenbury Village a quarter of a mile southeast	39 miles and 5¾ furlongs	12 locks
Wrenbury Boatyard	39 miles and 6 furlongs	12 locks
Wrenbury Church Lift Bridge No 19	40 miles	12 locks
Starkey's Bridge No 18	40 miles and 1½ furlongs	12 locks
Wrenbury Hall Bridge No 17	40 miles and 5¼ furlongs	12 locks
Wrenbury Bridge No 16	40 miles and 7½ furlongs	12 locks
Wrenbury Heath Bridge No 15	41 miles and 1½ furlongs	12 locks
Baddiley No 1 Lock No 9	41 miles and 3¾ furlongs	12 locks
Baddiley Bridge No 14	41 miles and 4½ furlongs	13 locks
Baddiley No 2 Lock No 8	41 miles and 6 furlongs	13 locks
Baddiley No 3 Lock No 7	42 miles	14 locks
Greenfield Bridge No 13	42 miles and 2¾ furlongs	15 locks
Halls Lane Bridge No 12	42 miles and 4½ furlongs	15 locks
Bethills Bridge No 11	42 miles and 7½ furlongs	15 locks
Stoneley Green Pipe Bridge	42 miles and 7¾ furlongs	15 locks
Stoneley Green Bridge Winding Hole	43 miles and 1¾ furlongs	15 locks
Stoneley Green Bridge No 10	43 miles and 2¼ furlongs	15 locks
Swanley No 1 Lock No 6	43 miles and 3½ furlongs	15 locks
Butchers Bridge No 9	43 miles and 4¼ furlongs	16 locks
Swanley Bridge No 8	43 miles and 6½ furlongs	16 locks
Swanley No 2 Lock No 5	43 miles and 7¼ furlongs	16 locks
Burland Pipe Bridge	44 miles	17 locks
Swanley Marina	44 miles and 1¼ furlongs	17 locks
Burland Bridge No 6 Also called Wrexham Bridge. Burland Village	44 miles and 3½ furlongs	17 locks
Ravensmoor Wharf Winding Hole	44 miles and 3½ furlongs	17 locks
Platt's Bridge No 5	44 miles and 5¼ furlongs	17 locks
Lee's Bridge No 4	45 miles	17 locks
Martin's Bridge No 3	45 miles and 1¾ furlongs	17 locks
Bachehouse Bridge No 2	45 miles and 3 furlongs	17 locks
Hurleston Bridge No 1A Old bridge is now a dead end	45 miles and 5¼ furlongs	17 locks
Hurleston Bridge No 1	45 miles and 5¼ furlongs	17 locks
Hurleston Pipe Bridge	45 miles and 5¾ furlongs	17 locks
Hurleston Top Lock No 4	45 miles and 6½ furlongs	17 locks
Hurleston Lock No 3	45 miles and 6¾ furlongs	18 locks
Hurleston Lock No 2	45 miles and 7¼ furlongs	19 locks
Hurleston Bottom Lock No 1	45 miles and 7¾ furlongs	20 locks
Hurleston Junction Junction of Llangollen Canal and Shropshire Union Main Line	46 miles and ¼ furlongs	21 locks