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The main flight of 16 locks at Caen Hill on the Kennet and Avon Canal Caen Hill Locks, looking downwards from near the top of the flight Caen Hill Locks from 400 feet, looking west. Caen Hill Locks (/ ˈ k eɪ n ˈ h ɪ l / [1]) are a flight of 29 locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Rowde and Devizes in Wiltshire, England. Of the 107 ...
The flight of 16 locks at Caen Hill, Devizes, forming part of locks 22-50. The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. The name may refer to either the route of the original Kennet and Avon Canal Company, which linked the River Kennet at Newbury to the River Avon at Bath, or to the entire navigation between the River Thames at Reading and the Floating Harbour at Bristol ...
Caen Hill Locks: Kennet and Avon Canal: grid reference: Flight of 29 locks, 16 of which form an impressively steep flight in a straight line up the hillside. Fourteen Locks: Monmouthshire Canal: grid reference: Dramatic flight of narrow and very deep locks featuring a unique and complex series of interdependent pounds. Foxton Locks
Locks are the most common means of raising or lowering a boat from one water level to another. The distinguishing feature of a lock is a fixed chamber whose water-level can be changed. Where a large height difference has to be overcome, locks are built close together in a flight such as at Caen Hill Locks.
Caen Hill Locks, at Devizes, provides an insight into the engineering needed to build and maintain the canal. The main flight of 16 locks, which take 5–6 hours to navigate in a boat, [88] is part of a longer series of 29 locks built in three groups: seven at Foxhangers, sixteen at Caen Hill, and six at the town end of the flight.
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Warwickshire, England. ... Napton-on-the-Hill, Nether Whitacre, Newbold-on-Avon, ...
Several main roads pass through the town, including the A360, A361 and A342. The Kennet and Avon Canal was built under the direction of John Rennie between 1794 and 1810, linking Devizes with Bristol and London. [52] Near Devizes the canal rises 237 feet (72 m) by means of 29 locks, 16 of them in a straight line at Caen Hill. [53]
Map of places in Monmouthshire compiled from this list See the list of places in Wales for places in other principal areas. This is a list of places in Monmouthshire , Wales , sorted alphabetically.