Four Great Highways 

Project background

This new project aims to promote and enhance the four great highways of Llangollen, by providing landscape and engineering improvements works to enhance access, biodiversity and visibility to and interpretation of the Llangollen Canal and World Heritage Site, the former Ruabon to Barmouth railway line, the River Dee and Thomas Telford’s Historic Route: the London to Holyhead Road (A5). The aim is to improve the resident and visitor experience and encourage people to spend more time here. To achieve this, four key areas have been identified:

1. Wharf
2. Access points to the Wharf, Railway and Lower Dee Mill Park
3. Lower Dee Mill Park
4. Signage and Wayfinding

The works proposed in each of these key areas are likely to include:

• Implement improvements adjacent to the Wharf including seating, access and signage
• Improved signage to the Railway
• Improved accessibility and signage to Lower Dee Mill Park
• Enhancement, repair and reimagining Lower Dee Mill Park
• Improved visitor signage at key locations

Key points

• This is a new project to deliver enhancements to Llangollen's Four Great Highways
• This project is separate from the recent Castle Street extension works project and other on-going developments in Llangollen, but the design and delivery of this project is being considered, as relevant to other schemes being delivered in or near the town. The project is based on an initial concept design completed in 2019. This included lots of ideas, some of which have already been completed as part of the recent highways works. This project is now focusing on the 4 areas identified, which are the Wharf, access points to the Wharf, Railway and Lower Dee Mill Park, Lower Dee Mill Park, and Signage and Wayfinding
• The construction contract has now been awarded to OBR Construction
• Work is due to commence week beginning 5 February 2024
• The project is due to be completed by the end of August 2024
• The project was completed in September 2024

Current position

The project is now complete.

Gallery

Four Great Highways: pictures of the completed projects (PDF. 1.89MB)

Consultation

No further consultation will be carried out for this project. Thank you very much for your participation.