There are many local businesses and other organisations that support the Mon & Brec canal, and support us as well. Your support for these local businesses would be appreciated.
We provide this information as a service to canal users. MBACT cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of the information provided. We don’t recommend one business over any other. You should do your own due diligence as to whether any business is suitable for your needs or not.
Trust Members
Beacon Park Boats
Llangattock
Road House Narrowboats
Gilwern
Cooper Marine
Herons Rest Marina
Dutch Cooper
07957 988399
Penelope’s Cafe
Goytre Wharf
We are also actively supported
by the Newport and Usk Vale Lions
Brecknock Boat Services
BSS Boat Safety Examiner,
RYA Inland Waterways Training,
07896 812606
Quick Links
BoatsMarinas/MooringsBoat MaintenanceBSS/SurveysPubs/RestaurantsBoat TrainingTourismLocal boat operators
Hire a canal boat on the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal, or have a short cruise on the canal.
- Dragonfly Cruises (trip boat), Brecon
- Cambrian Cruisers, Pencelli
- Country Craft Narrowboats, Llangynidr
- Beacon Park Boats, Llangattock
- Beacon Park Day Boats (electric day boats), Llangattock
- Castle Narrowboats, Gilwern
- Road House Narrowboats, Gilwern
- Red Line Boats, Goytre Wharf
- Ben’s Boat Hire, Pencelli
Marinas and Moorings
Moor your boat on the canal
- Heron’s Rest Marina, near Llangattock
- Pencelli Marina, Pencelli
- Goytre Wharf Moorings and Marina, Goytre Wharf
- Roberts Farm Moorings, Llanellen
- CRT Waterside Moorings
- CRT Govilon Moorings
- CRT Llangattock Moorings
Boat Maintenance
Canal boat maintenance on the Mon & Brec canal
- Cooper Marine, Herons Rest Marina – Dutch Cooper, 07957 988399, dutchoufc@gmail.com, Boat Safety Examiner. Gas Safe registered. Engines fitted, serviced and repaired. Heating, plumbing, electrical and gas systems. Welding. Boat painting. Blacking. Full and partial refits. Breakdown service.
- Gavin Hayes, Marine Supplies UK, engine and boat supplies and service, 07766 340 022
- ABC Leisure Goytre Wharf
- ANC Marine Engineering, Ashley Curtis, 07825 309472, https://www.facebook.com/ancmarineengineering
- Bruce Bowen Steel Fabrication
Boat Safety Examiners and Surveys
Boat Safety Scheme Examiner
Dutch Cooper, 07957 988399, https://www.facebook.com/Cooper-Marine-105122105490607, dutchoufc@gmail.com
Boat Safety Scheme Examiner
Dan MacIntyre-Jones, Brecknock Boat Services, 07896 812606, info@brecknockboatservices.co.uk
Canal and Marine Boat Surveyor
Chris Ryan, Ryan Charter Surveys, 07401 688006, https://www.facebook.com/ryanchartersurveys
Pubs, Restaurants and Cafés
Pubs, restaurants and cafes all within a short walk of the canal
- Coach and Horses Inn, Llangynidr
- Penelope’s Cafe, Goytre Wharf (Facebook page)
- The Boatyard Tearoom, Pontymoile canal basin (Facebook page)
- Tafarn y Bont, Govilon (Facebook page)
- The Horseshoe Inn, Llangattock, (Facebook page)
- The Old Rectory Country Hotel, Llangattock
- The Star Inn, Mamhilad, (Facebook page)
- The Open Hearth, Sebastopol, Pontypool
- The Royal Oak, Pencelli
- The Red Lion, Llangynidr (Facebook page)
- The Star Inn, Talybont (Facebook page)
- The Three Horseshoes Inn, Brynich
- Top Bridge – Old Bridge End Inn, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran (Facebook page)
- The Towpath Inn, Gilwern
- The Walnut Tree Riverside Café Bar, Llangynidr (Facebook page)
- The White Hart, Talybont
- Travellers Rest Inn, Talybont
Training
RYA Inland Waterways Training. Dan MacIntyre-Jones, Brecknock Boat Services, 07896 812606, info@brecknockboatservices.co.uk
Tourism Organisations
For general tourist information of the Brecon Beacons and the surrounding area
If you are a local business on, or close to, the canal and we have missed you off this page please send an email to webmaster@mbact.org.uk
If your details above need correcting, then please send us an email.