Featured Routes - 7+ nights

Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal

7 nights • 12 locks • Cruising time per day: 7.5 hrs • Total: 32 hrs

This is enough time for you to cruise all 36 miles of the Monmouthshire & Brecon canal.

Brecon & Return

7 nights • 12 locks • Cruising time per day: 4 hrs • Total: 25 hrs

• The canal meanders its way through the Brecon Beacons National Park for 36 miles with a remarkable diversity of scenery often following the magnificent River Usk.
• This canal is considerably quieter than others, as it is isolated from the main canal network, but with many local pubs and places to eat nearby.
• It is arguably one of the most picturesque canals as it offers glorious views of the Brecon Beacons along the way.
• The canal clings to the mountainside and brings about its uniquely shallow levels.
• Limekilns remain as well as an aqueduct dating from 1812.
• Pontymoile at one end of the canal is a convenient mooring place for Pontypool Leisure Centre with its swimming pool and dry ski slope.
• Moor at Llangattock and visit Crickhowell a wonderful Georgian town, with excellent shopping and good food.
• Crickhowell also has a 13th-century castle and a 17th-century bridge.
• Picturesque Talybont-on-Usk rests below the Central Beacons between the Usk and the Canal.
• Nearby Talybont Reservoir offers bird watching, trout fishing and easy walks to the waterfalls at Blaen y Glyn.
• Brecon is a charming old market town and one of the most historic settlements in Wales.
• Brecon is a popular holiday destination, affording some of the best views of the Brecon Beacons themselves and Pen y Fan- the highest point in Southern Britain at 886 m.
• There is something for everyone as Brecon is home to a cathedral, theatre, cinema, castle ruins and stunning Georgian architecture.
• Brecon is a great place to explore the National Park with walking routes, cycle hire and pony trekking all available- and why not visit The Museum of The Royal Regiment of Wales.

Short Breaks - 3/4 nights

Llangynidr & Return

3 nights • 0/2 locks • Cruising time per day: 7 hrs • Total: 14 hrs

You can choose a leisurely lock-free cruise with fine views along the dramatic Usk Valley 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 & Return

3 nights • 20 locks • Cruising time per day: 7 hrs • Total: 18 hrs

This trip takes you further up the canal climbing 5 gorgeous locks 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 tramroad up the side of the mountain.