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
John Hore was an English engineer, best known for making the River Kennet and River Avon navigable. Hore was one of the earliest English canal engineers, and Sir Alec Skempton wrote that he was "in th
Garston Lock is one of two remaining turf-sided locks on the canal, although it has been reduced in dimensions since its original building