Canal Holidays Guide to the Monmouthshire and Brecon
Canal
We regret that due to major repairs needed following a breach in the canal banking, the Mon and Brec Canal will be closed throughout 2008
 Canal lovers often agree that the Monmouthshire
and Brecon is one of the most beautiful canals in Britain, with
outstanding scenery and the ideal route for a relaxing holiday
at a sedate pace.
Distance,
time and locks
Although only 35 miles long, this canal has the challenge of six locks, five
lift bridges, a tunnel and several aqueducts.
 A
relaxed week's cruising from either of the boat bases will cover
the whole navigable length of canal.
Cruising
the canal
For most of its length the canal is in the Brecon Beacons National Park, an
area of such outstanding scenery that it is often tricky to keep your eyes
on the 'road'.
 From
the new canal basin in Brecon, the canal follows the river Usk
along its valley through a true contour-following route, through
just six locks (five of them in the award-winning flight at Llangynidr)
to the new end of navigation at Five Locks, Pontnewydd. This
makes for the most relaxed cruising imaginable.
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