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WHY
CHOOSE THE MONMOUTHSHIRE & BRECON CANAL IN WALES FOR
YOUR BRECON CANAL HOLIDAY?
The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
(Mon and Brec for short) is arguably the most
beautiful and unspoiled canal in Britain to
experience a canal holiday and is located within the
beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park. The canal is
35 miles long and runs from Brecon in the North,
down the Usk Valley, to just South of Pontypool. It
has six locks for you to enjoy operating, one on the
way up to Brecon, and the others at the lovely and
secluded stretch leading down into Llangynidr.
There are lift bridges for you to wind up and down
and you can even make the traffic stop to give way
to canal boats, when you operate the electric lift
bridge in Talybont on Usk! The canal is surrounded
by the most beautiful scenery and you can wake up
with a new view everyday on your canal holiday.
There are many good pubs along the way and lots of
interesting villages to explore on your canal
holiday. The industrial heritage of the canal is
still visible in many places with the remains of the
lime kilns and old tramways that brought coal, iron
and limestone down from the surrounding hills. In
our complimentary canal guide book you will find
short walks that allow you to explore the
surrounding area
The area abounds with all types of
interesting plants, trees, wildlife, and especially
birds. One customer spotted over 50 types of birds
in one week. |
The pace of your
Brecon canal holiday in
Wales is entirely up to you. You can walk to the
village for morning papers and set off after
breakfast, or move off through the early morning
mist with a bacon sandwich and take in a few locks
before a pint and lunch in a canal side pub garden.
Or just enjoy being lured along this lovely winding
and meandering waterway, admiring the views and
thinking about your evening mooring place, watching
the sunset and listening to the magical sounds of
the birds and sheep around you, and not a human in
sight!
Cormorant and Red Kite are frequently spotted
whirling overhead at our marina, plus the rippling
trill of the curlew - buzzards are almost mundane,
using their favourite fence posts as look outs, and
kingfisher, with their shimmering blue backs, are
often spotted just ahead of your boat, poised ready
to fish.
The giant redwood tree in Llangattock has an amazing
trunk girth, seeing is believing!