IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Caen Hill, DEVIZES, SN10 1RA

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Image Listing (149 Images Found)

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Part way up the Caen Hill Flight of locks
When the architect and engineer John Rennie recommended routing the Kennet & Avon Canal through Devizes on the way to Bath he had to overcome a major obstacle at Devizes where the high ground of the Vale of Pewsey drops 237 feet towards the Avon Valley within two and a half miles. The Caen Hill Flight was the result which forms part of the Devizes Flight of 29 locks and is one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways – see https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-history/history-features-and-articles/the-seven-wonders-of-the-waterways?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-sGZ1LrL4AIVjZXtCh2LTAsBEAAYASAAEgIv6PD_BwE Caen Hill Flight was the last stretch of the Kennet & Avon Canal to be completed in 1810 and after almost being abandoned after 1955 has now been fully restored. This is part way up the Caen Hill Flight. The white house in the far distance is where the canal bends to pass under Marsh Lane.
Image: © Marathon Taken: 13 Feb 2019
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Looking up Caen Hill Locks
Image: © Steve Daniels Taken: 2 May 2010
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The last houses in Devizes
The derestricted signs on the A361 are just on the left indicating the end of the built up area.
Image: © David Howard Taken: 21 Aug 2016
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Caen Hill Locks [24]
Seen from above, this is lock number 37. There are 29 locks raising the Kennet and Avon Canal 272 feet in a distance of two miles up Caen Hill near Devizes. Designed by engineer John Rennie, the sixteen locks (numbers 29 to 44) which form the steepest part are a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 30 Jan 2018
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Kennet and Avon Canal at Caen Hill Flight (Lock 36)
Image: © MrC Taken: 13 Feb 2012
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Caen Hill Locks [25]
Seen from below, this is lock number 37. There are 29 locks raising the Kennet and Avon Canal 272 feet in a distance of two miles up Caen Hill near Devizes. Designed by engineer John Rennie, the sixteen locks (numbers 29 to 44) which form the steepest part are a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 30 Jan 2018
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Lock 37 at Caen Hill
Image: © David Smith Taken: 8 Jun 2017
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Boat approaching lock 37, Caen Hill Flight
Houseboat about to join another narrow boat Image in lock.
Image: © M J Roscoe Taken: 26 Aug 2020
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Down Caen Hill Locks
Seen from the footbridge over Monument Lock, number 42, down Caen Hill. There are 29 locks raising the Kennet and Avon Canal 272 feet in a distance of two miles up Caen Hill near Devizes. Designed by engineer John Rennie, the sixteen locks (numbers 29 to 44) which form the steepest part are a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 30 Jan 2018
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Caen Hill Locks [23]
Seen from below, this is lock number 38. There are 29 locks raising the Kennet and Avon Canal 272 feet in a distance of two miles up Caen Hill near Devizes. Designed by engineer John Rennie, the sixteen locks (numbers 29 to 44) which form the steepest part are a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 30 Jan 2018
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