Grid reference ST9761
near to Rowde, Wiltshire, England
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Rowde, lock No 24
On the Kennet & Avon Canal, descending from Caen Hill: Link
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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.
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Towpath of Kennet & Avon Canal at Upper Foxhanger's Farm, near Rowde
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Tree Down in the Canal
Not blocking the navigation, this is in one of the side ponds on the Caen Hill lock flight.
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Caen Hill Locks, Devizes
Caen Hill Locks, on the Kennet and Avon Canal west of Devizes, consist of 29 locks in just over 2 miles - 16 of them in one straight line, as shown in this picture, looking eastwards up the 16 locks from near the B3101.
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Cottage alongside Kennet and Avon Canal
View from towpath Mid Wilts Way near Foxhangers Farm
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Footpath at the edge of the field
The footpath between Rowde and the Kennet and Avon canal runs along the west (left in this image) side of this field.
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Upper Foxhanger's Farm, Wiltshire
An early evening view of the Kennet and Avon Canal in the region of Upper Foxhanger's Farm.
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Caen Hill sixteen locks, from the bottom
This is the classic view of the Caen Hill locks: there are more in the flight but these sixteen form a straight line up the hill with only a short distance between each. Viewed here from the road bridge at the bottom.
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At the bottom of Caen Flight
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Old Milestone by the A365, Caen Hill, Poulshot
Metal plate attached to stone post by the A365, in parish of POULSHOT (KENNET District), bottom of Caen Hill, West end of dual carriageway, 85m West of lane to Poulshot, on wide verge, close to met station mast, on South side of road. Burt... (more)
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Kennet & Avon Canal Walk
Kennet & Avon Canal Walk at Lock No 26
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