Kennet and Avon Canal
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The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of 87 miles, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is used to refer to the entire len
The canal at Bathampton, near Bath
Surveyor John Rennie by Henry Raeburn, 1810
Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation share (ticket), issued 2 April 1808
A Second World War pillbox near Kintbury
Wilts and Berks Canal
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The Wilts and Berks Canal is a canal in the historic counties of Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, linking the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington near Melksham, to the River Thames at Abingdon. The No
Kennet and Avon Canal
…stretches of towpath were closed. In 1877, the canal recorded a deficit of £1,920 and never subsequently made any profit. The Somerset Coal Canal and Wilts & Berks Canal, which each supplied some of the trade from the Somerset Coalfield to the Kennet and Avon, closed in 1904 and 1906 respectively. In 1926, following a…
The canal near Rushey Platt, Swindon
Overgrown section of the canal, west of Wantage, in 2006
The new link to the Thames under construction
The canal near Grove frozen in December 2010