The Glastonbury Canal ran for approximately 14 miles (23 km) through two locks from Glastonbury to Highbridge in Somerset, England, where it entered the River Parrett and from there the Bristol Channel. The canal was authorised by Parliament in 1827 and opened in 1834. It was operated by The Glastonbury Navigation & Canal Company. Most of it was abandoned as a navigation in 1854, when a railway was built along the towpath.
A bridge over the Cripps River, formerly part of the Glastonbury Canal
The canal crossing Street Heath
The canal on Meare Heath
The canal crossing Shapwick Heath national nature reserve
Glastonbury is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, 23 miles (37 km) south of Bristol. The town had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbury is less than 1 mile (2 km) across the River Brue from Street, which is now larger than Glastonbury.
A view of Glastonbury from the Tor
Remains of St Michael's Church at the summit of Glastonbury Tor
Magdalene Chapel
Hospital of St Mary Magdalene