Death closes Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Published: Wednesday, 20 March 2019

THE body of a woman found at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal caused it to be closed to navigation yesterday.

Police were called during the morning to the body of a woman at the aqueduct, with the North Wales police attempting to discover the circumstances, Alan Tilbury reports.

Not suspicious

Though the navigation was closed, the body was removed and the aqueduct reopened. It is stated that the death was not suspicious.