Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury

Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots to explore her own British backyard, travelling along the country's network of canals and their accompanying towpath trails.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury
First Air Date	May 2, 2011
Last Air Date	May 23, 2011
Seasons	1
Episodes	4
Episode Runtime	30min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies	Skyworks BBC
Networks	BBC Four

S01E04

The Llangollen Canal

Julia's final walk takes her to North Wales, where two hundred years ago the great engineer Thomas Telford had to overcome seemingly impossible challenges in order to access the valuable slate industries of Snowdonia. In doing so he created a masterpiece of 19th century engineering - an aqueduct 126ft high and spanning a 1,000ft across the vale of Llangollen. To find out why it has become a world heritage site, Julia follows the cut of the Llangollen Canal, starting at the picturesque Horseshoe falls. Her six-mile walk takes her along the winding Dee valley, ending on the aqueduct that Telford described as 'a stream through the skies'.

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