2013

ST9761 : Caen Hill Locks

taken 11 years ago, near to Rowde, Wiltshire, England

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Caen Hill Locks
Caen Hill Locks
Caen Hill Locks

A group of 16 individual locks on the Kennet & Avon Canal near Devizes. The locks are part of total of 29 locks within a 2mile stretch. It takes around 5 hours to travel through all 29 locks on a boat.

Kennet & Avon Canal

The Kennet and Avon is made up of two river navigations and a linking stretch of canal. It runs from Hanham Lock near Bristol to the River Thames at Reading, over 100 miles long with more than 100 locks, some magnificent engineering and crossing some of the most beautiful scenery in southern England. It was only reopened in 1990 after decades of dereliction.


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Canals
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ST9761, 133 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 25 August, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 31 August, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 978 614 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:21.1219N 2:1.9356W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 977 614
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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