Llangollen Adventure Holidays

Llangollen Adventure Holidays - The River Dee

The superb opportunity for various outdoor leisure pursuits and watersports in and around Llangollen is another factor which pulls the crowds to this area of North Wales. Several outstanding outdoor adventure centres are based here in Llangollen - JJ Canoeing and Rafting, Proactive Adventure and ProAdventure (see weblinks right).

These adventure activity centres offer a host of outdoor activities including mountain biking and canoeing for groups. Stag and hen activity weekends and multi activity weekend breaks are all welcome alongside individuals, families and groups of friends.

The River Dee is perfect all year round for white water rafting - no dam release reliance on this river! What's more, the Dee Valley offers a superb terrain for climbing, walking, mountain biking and more!

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Llangollen Adventure Holiday Centres

JJ Canoeing and Rafting Ltd, Mile End Mill, Berwyn Road, Llangollen, Denbighshire, LL20 8AD. Tel: 01978 860763. This Llangollen Adventure Centre specialises in whitewater rafting - full safety briefings and training given, all you need is a real sense of adventure and be prepared to get wet! They also offer canoeing, kayaking, climbing, abseiling, laser clay and archer, paint balling, quad biking and mountain biking. Check their weblink right for details. Stag and hen party weekends are welcome, as are corporate team building groups, families and school parties.

ProAdventure Ltd, 23 Castle Street, Llangollen. North Wales LL20 8NY. For Activity Bookings Tel: 01978 861912. A range of activities are offered by this excellent Llangollen Adventure holiday centre, tailored for individuals, families, groups and companies - all welcome. Activities offered include rock climbing, abseiling, gorge walking, kayaking, open canoeing, white water Rafting, mountain biking and mountain walking.

ProActive Adventure, Head Office, The Old Forge Annex, Snead, Churchstoke, Powys SY15 6EB. Tel. 01588 630123. Also based in Llangollen, ProActive Adventure Outdoor Activity Centre, Tyn Dwr Hall, Llangollen, North Wales LL20 8AR. Offers a range of outdoor activities including Mountain Biking, kayaking, climbing and abseiling, caving, gorge, white water rafting, walking and coasteering. ProActive Adventure activity centre operates not just in and around the River Dee but also in other areas of Wales including Powys and Pembrokeshire.

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Dee Valley Walking

Walking in the Llangollen area couldn't be better. The Dee Valley Way runs for 15 miles between Corwne and Llangollen. It's a superb marked trail this one, and easy to dip into. Check the Dee Valley Walks weblink right for maps of the Dee Valley Way to download. This splendid trail passes practically all the main attractions in the area, including passing through Castle Street in Llangollen town centre, and passing Valle Crucis Abbey, the ancient Dinas Bran Castle and Iron Age fort. On the Corwen stretch the trail largely runs parallel with the River Dee. This is a good place to dip into the trail for a gentle riverside walk!

You can combine a trip on the Llangollen Railway and hop off at Berwyn for the walk to Horseshoe Falls. You can walk back to Llangollen from Horseshoe Falls too (2 miles) along the easy Shropshire Union Canal towpath running alongside the River Dee. Horseshoe Falls is certainly on the Thomas Telford trail! It's a semicircular weir designed by Telford himself in 1806. It's function was to provide water to the Llangollen branch of the Shroppie (Shropshire Union Canal).

What Telford forgot to consider was that the canal needed a heck of a lot of water - in fact it took such enormous amounts via Horseshoe Falls that it depleted the River Dee's water supply to the extent that several mills along the river went bust.

Keen walkers visiting the area will be aware that the north/south Wales Offa's Dyke Path passes just 1 mile outside of Llangollen (conveniently past Chirk Castle). Llangollen then serves as a superb base for either passing walkers on the Offa's Dyke National Path, or for a longer base and dipping into this path and the Dee Valley Way. Llangollen's Tourist Information Centre on castle street has a huge selection of walking maps and guides on the surround area and on both Offa's Dyke and the Dee Valley Way.

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