Map showing Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Trevor Basin, Plas Kynaston Canal & Marina (proposed) and Cefn Mawr Vilage Centre all in blue

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The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Why are we doing this? The Plas Kynaston Canal once served the industries of Cefn Mawr that provided employment for local people and sadly those days have gone, and so to have all the jobs. During the last five years Flexsys (formerly Monsanto) announced the closure programme of its main Chemical Works and this was followed by the closure of the Air Products plant as production was moved else where in the world. This has left high unemployment in our community.

Plas Kynaston Hall, Cefn Mawr

However the closure of the former Monsanto Chemical Plant gives the opportunity to reopen the Plas Kynaston Canal and reconnect Cefn Mawr & Surrounding Villages to the Inland Waterway Network. The Llangollen Canal is the UK’s busiest canal. Therefore the canal could once again bring employment to the area by encouraging tourism into our villages and community, exploring the rich heritage of the area. The Plas Kynaston Canal can simply breathe life back in to Cefn Mawr and surrounding villages. If we are successful in achieving this goal, our next target on the restoration list would be the Plas Kynaston Hall.



Watch this space, this is where the action is. Here is a story of people joining together to over come economic depression and promote a better future. This is the kind of story that can put great back in to Britain and help to unite the Kingdom, as the old saying goes together we stand, divided we fall. So join in. (2011)



Some of the Plas Kynaston Canal Group outside the Queens Hotel Cefn Mawr

Update 2012:

Since the Plas Kynaston Canal Group was formed in 2010 to promote tourism in the central section of the World Heritage Site corridor on the Llangollen Canal adjacent to the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct the PKC Group has received wide and popular support from the general public both locally, nationally and internationally.

The PKC Group are putting the villages that lie between the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and the Cefn Viaduct along the River Dee and Llangollen Canal on the tourist map. To this end they are establishing a new Tourist Information Centre and Services at the Winborne Gate Car Park that will be in place for the 1^st of April 2012. This will provide tourist information and services for the Llangollen Canal, the River Dee, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Cefn Viaduct, Cefn Mawr, Rhosymedre, Accrefair, Trevor, Frontcysyllte, Ruabon, Garth, Penycae, Plas Madoc, Cefn Bychan, Newbridge and Pentre.



Plaid Cymru at Cefn Mawr Post Office

Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru Assembly Member for the North Wales Region discussing matters with David Taylor and Steven Hughes about bringing touriusm to Cefn Mawr and the PKC proposals to bridge the gap between the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Cefn Mawr and Surrounding Villages for the betterment of all. Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru Assembly Member for the North Wales Region, visited the site in February in preparation for a question he had planned for the Heritage Minister in the Welsh Government.



Mark Isherwood visits Lure-Ituk Fishing Tackle & TIS

Mark Isherwood AM, Shadow Minister for Communities and Housing visiting Cefn Mawr and the PKC Group on the 3rd of April 2012. Mark met a number of high street traders during his visit and also visited the (alternative) Tourist Information Service that PKC Group Vice Chairman, Steve Hughes is running from his shop Lure-It Fishing Tackle, 5a Crane Street, Cefn Mawr, LL14 3AB, opposite the Vale of Llangollen View Point Car Park Tel 01978 822 823 or 07907 004 182