{"id":14294,"date":"2026-05-09T12:53:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/?p=14294"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:31:41","slug":"aqueduc-de-pontcysyllte-nord-est-du-pays-de-galles-royaume-uni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/united-kingdom\/wales\/pontcysyllte-aqueduct-northeast-wales-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Aqueduc de Pontcysyllte, nord-est du Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni"},"content":{"rendered":"

L\u2019aqueduc de Pontcysyllte est l\u2019un des ouvrages de canal les plus impressionnants d\u2019Europe et un haut lieu de la r\u00e9volution industrielle dans le nord-est du pays de Galles. Con\u00e7u par Thomas Telford et William Jessop et inaugur\u00e9 en 1805, il fait franchir la vall\u00e9e de la Dee au canal de Llangollen. Dix-neuf arches pos\u00e9es sur de fines piles de pierre soutiennent une cuvette en fonte de 307 m\u00e8tres de long, \u00e0 38 m\u00e8tres au-dessus de la rivi\u00e8re : c\u2019est le plus long aqueduc de Grande-Bretagne et le plus haut pont-canal du monde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019aqueduc et 18 kilom\u00e8tres de canal sont inscrits au patrimoine mondial de l\u2019UNESCO depuis 2009. Sa particularit\u00e9 la plus \u00e9tonnante est l\u2019\u00e9troite cuvette de fer : d\u2019un c\u00f4t\u00e9 court un chemin de halage bord\u00e9 d\u2019un garde-corps, mais de l\u2019autre le rebord d\u00e9passe \u00e0 peine de l\u2019eau, si bien que les bateaux semblent flotter tr\u00e8s haut au-dessus de la vall\u00e9e. On le surnomme souvent le \u00ab ruisseau dans le ciel \u00bb. On peut le traverser \u00e0 pied par le chemin de halage ou \u00e0 bord d\u2019un narrowboat traditionnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Informations pour les visiteurs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

La plupart des visites commencent \u00e0 Trevor Basin, \u00e0 l\u2019extr\u00e9mit\u00e9 nord de l\u2019aqueduc, o\u00f9 un centre d\u2019accueil gratuit explique sa construction. La travers\u00e9e \u00e0 pied prend une dizaine de minutes dans chaque sens, et des sentiers descendent dans la vall\u00e9e pour la vue classique sur les arches depuis le bas. Le chemin de halage se poursuit \u00e0 l\u2019ouest vers Llangollen, \u00e0 environ 7 km, et au sud vers l\u2019aqueduc de Chirk : deux belles balades pour les marcheurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking across the aqueduct is free and the towpath is open at all times. In 2026 the 45-minute boat trip across the aqueduct from Trevor Basin with Anglo Welsh costs \u00a310 for adults and \u00a36 for children up to 16, with a family ticket at \u00a325; trips run daily from the beginning of April through the summer season. Longer cruises to the aqueduct leave from Llangollen Wharf. Come early in the morning or on a weekday in summer, because the narrow towpath gets crowded at weekends and on holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aqueduct lies between Llangollen and Wrexham, about 6 km east of Llangollen. Buses between Wrexham and Llangollen stop in Trevor, a few minutes\u2019 walk from the basin. The nearest railway stations are Ruabon and Chirk, on the line between Chester and Shrewsbury, from where you can continue by bus or taxi. Drivers should use the signposted visitor car parks in Trevor, as parking in the village streets is discouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L\u2019aqueduc de Pontcysyllte (1805) porte le canal de Llangollen \u00e0 38 m\u00e8tres au-dessus de la Dee, au pays de Galles ; ce site UNESCO se traverse gratuitement \u00e0 pied.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1075,977,1077,1020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wales","category-architecture","category-unesco-heritage","category-united-kingdom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14294"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17059,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14294\/revisions\/17059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}