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Llangollen

British  
/ hlanˈɡɒhlɛn /

noun

  1. a town in NE Wales, in Denbighshire on the River Dee: International Musical Eisteddfod held annually since 1946. Pop: 2930 (2001)

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Naturalist and photographer Will Hawkes, from the Ceiriog valley south of Llangollen, sees things differently.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Ross said he had wanted to live in the area since cycling to Llangollen with friends as a young man from his home in Staffordshire.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

When an embankment gave way on a stretch of the Llangollen Canal in Whitchurch, Shropshire, gallons of water escaped, a deep trench was ripped into the dry waterway, and narrowboats plunged into the cavity.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

The giant hole on the Llangollen Canal in Whitchurch opened up on Monday, dragging in two boats and leaving one balancing over it.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

“There is a great deal of work going on there, sir,” said he: “all the slates that you see descending the canal at Llangollen come from there.”

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry