The Canal Today

The Kennet & Avon Canal links Bristol to Reading. Crossing some magnificent scenery, it was built as a wide canal taking boats up to 70 feet long and 14 feet wide. The central section from Bath to Newbury is an artificial cut 57 miles long.

Between Bath and Bradford on Avon the canal crosses the river Avon by means of two spectacular aqueducts at Dundas and Avoncliff.

At Devizes it climbs 246 feet by means of 29 locks.

To improve the water supply two pumping stations were built, a water powered pumping station at Claverton and a steam powered pumping station at Crofton.

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