Llangollen Canal has 19 stone arches, each with a 45-foot (14 metre) span. Another aqueduct carries the canal over the River Ceiriog at Chirk, and there are tunnels nearby at Whitehouses, Chirk, and Ellesmere. The canal also forms the boundary on two sides of the Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve. In 2009 an eleven-mile section of the canal from Gledrid Bridge near Rhoswiel through to the Horseshoe Falls, which includes Chirk Aqueduct and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO. The canal at Hurleston Junction rises from the Shropshire Union Canal main line, through four adjacent
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