IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Caen Hill, DEVIZES, SN10 1RD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Caen Hill, SN10 1RD by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (137 Images Found)
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Looking towards 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 the view from Marsh Lane looking towards the main flight of locks.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 13 Feb 2019
0.07 miles
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2009 : A361 looking west near the bottom of Caen Hill
The name Caen Hill also applies to the flight of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal about 100 yards north of here. The name is probably connected to French prisoners taken in the Napoleonic Wars who "helped" to build the canal locks.
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 11 Aug 2009
0.07 miles
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The hard work starts
Opening the bottom gate of lock 29, at the bottom of the Caen Hill flight of 16 closely spaced wide locks. for a boat to start the climb.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 6 May 2015
0.07 miles
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Caen Hill Locks
A 29 lock flight on the Kennet and Avon Canal. This is looking towards the foot of the straight and closely spaced central run of sixteen locks.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 21 Aug 2016
0.07 miles
