2015

SU4667 : River Kennet joins the canal

taken 9 years ago, near to Newbury, West Berkshire, England

River Kennet joins the canal
River Kennet joins the canal
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.

River Kennet

The Kennet is a 45 mile long river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames. The lower reaches of the river are navigable to river craft and are known as the Kennet Navigation, which, together with the Avon Navigation, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Thames, links the cities of Bristol and London.
The river rises at Swallowhead Spring near Silbury Hill, Wiltshire and joins the River Thames at Reading.
The River Kennet has been assigned as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) from near its sources west of Marlborough down to Woolhampton. This is primarily because it has an extensive range of rare plants and animals that are unique to chalk watercourses.
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SU4667, 354 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 27 September, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 22 January, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 4620 6711 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:24.0688N 1:20.2354W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 4621 6707
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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