Imagine the scene: one minute, you are leisurely paddling a canoe through a pretty tree-lined canal, and the next, you're 126ft in the air still sitting in your boat; how could this possibly be ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions This episode looks at one of the great engineering achievements of the Industrial Revolution, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, tests the date of an ancient gate at ...

The UK is home to 31 of them (35 including overseas territories) with two - Ironbridge Gorge and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct - here on home turf. And marking World Heritage Day on April 18, travel ...

Situated in north-eastern Wales, the 18 kilometre long Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal is a feat of civil engineering of the Industrial Revolution, completed in the early years of the 19th century.