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Clwydian Range and Dee Valley

Clwydian Range and Dee Valley

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Oct 16, 2026

speaker_2NARRATOR
9:30
The aqueduct is the most impressive feature on the Llangollen Canal, which was added to the World Heritage List in 2009.
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9:42
It crosses the Dee Valley on 19 cast iron spans, resting on slender stone piers 38.4 meters above the ground.
speaker_2NARRATOR
9:57
The trough was also made from cast iron, panels which were corked at the joins using cloth boiled in sugar, sealed with a lick of lead.
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10:07
Railways would soon replace canals throughout the UK.
Jo KiernanPANELIST
31:45
Um, and I've heard Mark Drakeford speak in the last couple of days, um, about how disappointed he is that this, um, is not being taken forward now by the new Plaid Cymru government.
Jo KiernanPANELIST
31:57
The new park was proposed to cover sort of the Clwydian Range, Dee Valley, um, and importantly, the first national park in Wales since 1957, which is a, a hell of a, a schlep.
Jo KiernanPANELIST
32:10
But Plaid Cymru have come into government.
Jo KiernanPANELIST
32:13
They've decided that, um, they want to shelve this.

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