Llangollen Canal not completed until 1805. To join the two halves up, a heavily engineered route from Trevor Basin via Ruabon and Brymbo to the River Dee at Chester was planned, but very little of it was built. Instead, the present route from Frankton to Hurleston Junction on the Chester Canal was constructed, and opened in 1805. To supply the system with water, a navigable feeder was built to Llantisilio, just beyond Llangollen, where the Horseshoe Falls weir was constructed on the River Dee to allow the water to be abstracted. As part of the Shropshire Union system, the canal from Hurleston
Llangollen now annual fixture raises in excess of £12,000 for local good causes . Llangollen was an important coaching stop for the mail coach on the old mail route, now the A5 road from London to Holyhead. Arriva buses Wales run a service to Wrexham every 30 minutes (5). There is also a service to Barmouth from Wrexham via Llangollen run by Lloyd's coaches (T3). Easybus run a service to Glyn ceiriog that connects Llangollen to villages such as Fron and Chirk (64). Coastline taxis also run a service to corwen numbered x5. National Express Coaches operate through the town on