North Wilts Canal & River Key
Introduction
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North Wilts Canal & River Key
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 24 Oct 2006
The North Wilts Canal was the branch of the Wilts and Berks Canal that linked Swindon and Cricklade. The canal was abandoned in 1914 but ambitious plans have been drawn up to re-open it by the Wilts and Berks Canal Trust whose website is here http://www.wilts-berks-canal.org.uk/ This particular structure was the parapet wall of the aqueduct that carried the Canal over the River Key. The parapet has recently been refurbished, although the canal itself, behind the wall, remains filled in.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.630331
Longitude
-1.861257