The project which gave arise to these pages was composed to meet the National
Curriculumn target of studying the development of transport. It was decided
to structure this around a day visit to the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal with
the pupils of Glasbury Primary School and by 'following' a piece of limestone
to seek to understand the working of Transport and Industrialisation in this
area.It is possible to either use these pages to carry out a similar visit yourself,
or to use them as a resource in their own right for the study of 19th century
transport. In fact these pages will also be of interest to anyone who shares
our love of canals.
The Brecon and Abergavenny Canal is to be found in South East Powys, in the United Kingdom.
On the following five pages are given the details of what is to be seen at each location, directions to get there and appropriate illustrations. To find the locations you will need Ordance Survey map 161, scale 1:50,000. The six figure grid references match this map. Each page does however, have a general map as well linked to it, to assist you.
Linked to each page are pages written after the visit by our year 6 pupils sharing their experiences: -
