Beside the Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal
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Beside the Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal
Image: © HelenK Taken: 1 Jan 2017
A stretch of the former canal, which is currently being restored, runs alongside the path. The canal was opened in 1810 to carry coal from Somerset to Wiltshire and Berkshire. From 1841 it was in competition with the railway, and it ceased to be navigable after a breach in the Stanley Aqueduct in 1901. The Wilts and Berks Canal Trust has been working since 1977 to restore the canal. https://www.wbct.org.uk/the-trust/our-history
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Image Location
Latitude
51.424191
Longitude
-2.10638