River Lugg
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River Lugg (Afon Llugwy)
River
Countries	Wales,  England
Counties	Powys, Herefordshire
Cities	Llangynllo, Presteigne, Leominster, Hope under Dinmore, Marden
Source	Llangynllo
- location	Radnor Forest, Radnorshire, Powys, Wales
- elevation	497 m (1,631 ft)
- coordinates	52°21′29″N 3°12′20″W / 52.35806, -3.20556
Mouth	confluence with River Wye
- location	Mordiford, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England
- elevation	46 m (151 ft)
- coordinates	52°01′52″N 2°38′10″W / 52.03111, -2.63611
Length	72 km (45 mi)

The River Lugg (Welsh: Afon Llugwy), rises near Llangynllo, Powys. It flows through the border town of Presteigne, Wales then through Herefordshire, England, including the town of Leominster, south of which it is met by a tributary, the River Arrow, then to a confluence with the River Wye, which it joins at Mordiford, 9 miles (14 km) downstream of Hereford and 45 miles (72 km) from its source.

Navigation

Below Leominster the river was made navigable under the River Wye & Lugg Navigation Act 1696 for improving the River Wye, and had pound locks. Despite several attempts to improve it, including making flash locks against bridges, the river was probably never a satisfactory navigation. Commercial navigation probably ceased in the early 19th century. It is still sometimes used by small boats, but can be very dangerous when in flood.

Recreation

The river is popular with canoeists who have undisputed rights of navigation.^[1] It is a good fishing river.^[2][3]

External links

• Flood warnings, Environment Agency
• River Lugg SSSIs

Further reading

• I. Cohen, 'The non-tidal Wye and its navigation' Trans. Woolhope Nat. Field. Club XXXV (1955-7), 83-101
• A. Brian, '"As to the Lugg": its vanished mills, broken weirs and damaged bridges’ Ibid. XLVIII(1) (1994), 36-96.

Footnotes

1. ^ "UK Rivers website". Retrieved on 28 Nov 2007.
2. ^ "Total Fishing Gear". Retrieved on 28 Nov 2007.
3. ^ "Dwylon". Retrieved on 28 Nov 2007.

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