Canal Boat Holiday Base Information - Base 58 on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

Llangynidr and Return

0 or 2 locks • 14 hours

You can choose a leisurely lock free cruise with fine views along the valley and by turning below the lock at Llangynidr village, or if you want the experience of locking the boat, you can turn just above the first lock.

Talybont-on-Usk and Return

10 locks • 21 hours

This trip takes you further up the canal climbing 5 locks and passing through the Ashford Tunnel to the village of Talybont-on-Usk where you can still see the wharf with its lime kilns and the old tram road up the side of the mountain.

Full Canal

72 miles • 12 locks • 28 hours

The canal meanders and threads its way through the countryside with a remarkable diversity of scenery. The canal passes close to Abergavenny, often referred to as the gateway to Wales, Crickhowell with its 13 arch bridge, Talybont -on- Usk with its four-mile long reservoir, and a number of other delightful villages before reaching the interesting market town of Brecon.

Pontymoile at one end of the canal was once a place thriving with activity with its warehouses and neighbouring industry and is now a convenient mooring place for Pontypool Leisure Centre with its swimming pool and dry ski slope.