Montgomery Canal

#2083 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Montgomery Canal, known colloquially as "The Monty", is a partially restored canal in eastern Powys and northwest Shropshire. The canal runs 33 miles from the Llangollen Canal at Frankton Junction to Newtown via Llanymynech and Welshpool and crosses the England–Wales border. ()

Coordinates: 52°49'16"N, 3°0'0"W

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Montgomery Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Whittington Castle, Oswestry Guildhall, St Michael's, Old Oswestry.

3.6 miN
Forts and castles
Whittington Castle, Oswestry
93 min walk • Whittington Castle is a castle in northern Shropshire, England, owned and managed by the Whittington Castle Preservation Fund. The castle was originally a motte-and-bailey castle, but this was replaced in the 13th century by one with buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey.
3.6 miNW
City hall
Oswestry Guildhall, Oswestry
92 min walk • Oswestry Guildhall is a municipal building in Bailey Head in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Oswestry Municipal Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
5.6 miW
Church
St Michael's
144 min walk • St Michael the Archangel is a Grade I listed church in Llanyblodwel, in Shropshire, England. It has a spire of unusual shape and was designed in 1847–1856 by the vicar, Rev. John Parker.
4 miNW
Forts and castles
Old Oswestry
104 min walk • Old Oswestry is a large early Iron Age hill fort in the Welsh Marches near Oswestry in north west Shropshire, England. The earthworks, which remain one of the best preserved hill forts in the UK, have been described as "The Stonehenge of the Iron Age Period".
5.8 miSE
Church
St Andrew's Church
149 min walk • St Andrew's Church is in the village of Great Ness, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ellesmere, the archdeaconry of Salop, and the diocese of Lichfield.
1.9 miS
Forts and castles
Knockin Castle
49 min walk • Knockin Castle is situated in the village of Knockin on Shropshire between Oswestry and Shrewsbury. This was a motte and bailey castle founded by Guy le Strange between 1154 and 1160 and it remained the principal holding of the le Strange family for most of the Middle Ages.
3.6 miNW
Historic walking areas, Historical place, Forts and castles
Oswestry Castle, Oswestry
92 min walk • Oswestry Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The castle has also been known as, or recorded in historical documents as: Album Monasterium; Blancminster; Blankmouster; Blancmustier; Croes Oswald; L'Oeuvre; L'uvre; Castle Loure; Luure; Luvre; Lvvre: Castle Philip; Oswaldestre; Meresberie.
4.5 miSW
Museum, Archaeological museum
Llanymynech Heritage Area
115 min walk • Llanymynech Heritage Area is an historic former lime kiln, quarry and industrial site near the village of Llanymynech, Shropshire in the Welsh Marches. The site is adjacent to the A483 road and close to the Montgomery Canal.
2.8 miW
Museum
Cambrian Heritage Railways
72 min walk • The Cambrian Heritage Railways is a heritage railway company, trust and society based at both Llynclys and Oswestry in its newly restored Oswestry railway station, Shropshire, England.
4.9 miNE
Canal
Frankton Junction
125 min walk • Frankton Junction is the name of the canal junction where the Montgomery Canal terminates and meets the Llangollen Canal at Lower Frankton, Shropshire, England.
6.6 miNW
Church
Selattyn
169 min walk • Selattyn and Gobowen is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 4,016.