Canal consultation

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The historic Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal runs through Torfaen for 8.5 miles.

Torfaen Council owns and manages 4.5 miles, between Bridge 47, in Sebastopol, to Pentre Lane, towards Malpas.

We want to ensure the canal offers something for everyone and harness its potential for the future.

Whether you use the canal for exercise, leisure or commuting to work, please complete the survey or post your suggestions on our ideas board.


The consultation has now closed. To find out what happens next, click on the Consultation timeline.

The historic Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal runs through Torfaen for 8.5 miles.

Torfaen Council owns and manages 4.5 miles, between Bridge 47, in Sebastopol, to Pentre Lane, towards Malpas.

We want to ensure the canal offers something for everyone and harness its potential for the future.

Whether you use the canal for exercise, leisure or commuting to work, please complete the survey or post your suggestions on our ideas board.


Have a story about the canal in Torfaen? Share it here

The historic canal which runs through Torfaen plays such an important part in our local history. 

Many people remember the canal from childhood, or have stories passed on to them from generation past.  

Do you have any stories about the canal you would like to share? 

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    Canal Childhood

    by Torfaen Corvine, about 2 years ago

    My family moved to the Penyparc prefabs at Five Locks in Pontnewydd in 1955 when I was four years old. Thus, when I was a little older, the canal was an adventure playground for myself and the local kids (the other favourite places were “the Old Col”, the former tips and colliery remains at Springvale) and all over the mountain).


    Back then, although lock gates had been replaced with wooden shuttering, the filling and emptying mechanisms for the locks was still in use, and periodically, British Waterways would come and drain the locks to clean them out. One time, they... Continue reading