The hire base
(above)
Our base at Gilwern is ideally situated
near to the centre of the Mon & Brec Canal,
enabling our customers to travel in
either direction and to have access to
their cars mid-week if they wish to
travel further afield. We live on site
and our private wharf allows for easy
loading/unloading and car parking. Gift Shop
The gift shop at our site sells guide
books, maps, postcards, ice-creams,
films, batteries and, of course, Welsh
gifts and canalware. Normally open 7 days a week
throughout the season 9am-6pm. Visitors
will always receive a warm welcome.
The Monmouthshire
and Brecon canal covers 33 navigable
miles from Brecon to Pontypool. With an average
cruising speed of 2-3 miles per hour you will need
at least a week to appreciate everything this
beautiful canal has to offer.
Brecon
- Theatre, Brecknock & Regimental Museums, leisure
centre with indoor swimming pool, shopping centre,
numerous public houses and eating places.
Talybont
- offers convenient canalside store/post office and
public houses. Superb walking area including
reservoir
Llangynidr
- award winning flight of locks, general store and
public houses.
Crickhowell
- is a delightful country town with much to offer
the visitor Well worth the walk from Liangattock.
Gilwern
- our hire base location, a small village offering a
variety of shops and several public houses.
Abergavenny
- 'The Gateway to Wales' 1 mile from the canal. The
town has a good selection of shops, castle and
museum of childhood. Market day is on a Tuesday.
Goytre
Wharf-
has a heritage and activity centre with historic
limekilns, visitors' centre and children's play
area.
Pontypool
- The town offers a shopping centre, museum and
leisure centre with swimming pool and water slides.
We have just got home from holiday on Y-Fenni
Castle and we would all like to thank you
for supplying such a brilliant boat. It was
very well equipped with all we needed and
such a luxury to have a nice hot shower. It
was our first encounter with a canal boat
holiday but I'm sure it won't be the last.
Penny & David Waight /
Barrie & Ros Barnes
