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- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal abstract "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, including the earlier improved river navigations of the River Kennet between Reading and Newbury and the River Avon between Bath and Bristol.The River Kennet was made navigable to Newbury in 1723, and the River Avon to Bath in 1727. The Kennet and Avon Canal between Newbury and Bath was built between 1794 and 1810 by John Rennie, to convey commercial barges carrying a variety of cargoes. and is 57 miles (92 km) long. The two river navigations and the canal total 87 miles (140 km) in length. The section from Bristol to Bath is the course of the River Avon, which flows through a wide valley and has been made navigable by a series of locks and weirs. In the later 19th century and early 20th century the canal fell into disuse following competition from the Great Western Railway, who owned the canal. Between 1970 and 1990 the canal was restored, largely by volunteers, and today is a popular heritage tourism destination, for boating, canoeing, fishing, walking and cycling. It is also important for wildlife conservation.There are a total of 105 locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal from Bristol to the River Thames, including 6 on the navigable section of the River Avon from Bristol to Bath and 9 on the navigable section of the River Kennet to its confluence with the Thames near Reading. The remaining 90 locks lie along the 57 miles (92 km) of canal. In Bath the canal separates from the river but follows its valley as far as Bradford on Avon. The ornate Bath Locks lead to a stretch through Limpley Stoke valley with few locks. The flight of locks at Devizes, including the Caen Hill Locks, raises the canal to its longest pound, which then ascends the 4 Wooton Rivers locks to the short summit pound which includes the Bruce Tunnel. Pumping stations are used to supply the canal with water. The canal continues through the rural landscape of Wiltshire and Berkshire before joining the River Kennet at Newbury and becoming a navigable river to Reading, where it flows into the River Thames.".
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- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Aldermaston_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bath,_Somerset.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bath_Locks.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bedwyn_Church_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Benham_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Berkshire.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Blakes_Lock.
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- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Brimslade_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bristol.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bristol_Harbour.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bruce_Tunnel.
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- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Bulls_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Burghfield_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Burnt_Mill_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Caen_Hill_Locks.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Canal.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Canoeing.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Cargo.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Wiltshire.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canals_in_Wiltshire.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Locks_of_Berkshire.
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- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Colthrop_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Confluence.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Copse_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink County_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Crofton_Locks.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Cycling.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Devizes.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Dreweatts_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Dun_Mill_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink English_Heritage.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Fishing.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Fobney_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Froxfield_Bottom_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Froxfield_Middle_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Garston_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Great_Western_Railway.
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- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Guyers_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Ham_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Hamstead_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Hanham_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Heales_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Heathy_Close_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Heritage_tourism.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Higgs_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink History_of_the_British_canal_system.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Hungerford_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Hungerford_Marsh_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink John_Rennie_the_Elder.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Kelston_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Kennet_and_Avon_Canal.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Keynsham_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Kintbury_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Limpley_Stoke.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Listed_building.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Little_Bedwyn_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Lock_(water_navigation).
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Midgham_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Monkey_Marsh_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Narrowboat.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Newbury,_Berkshire.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Newbury_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Oakhill_Down_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Ordnance_Survey.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Padworth_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Picketfield_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Potters_Lock,_Wiltshire.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Reading,_Berkshire.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink River_Avon_(Bristol).
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink River_Kennet.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink River_Thames.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Saltford_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Scheduled_monument.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Seend_Locks.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Semington_Locks.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Sheffield_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Southcote_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Sulhamstead_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Swineford_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Towney_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Tyle_Mill_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Ufton_Lock.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Walking.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Weir.
- List_of_locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal wikiPageWikiLink Weston_Lock.