User:MIDI/List of locks on the Wilts and Berks Canal

The Wilts and Berks Canal is a canal in southern England. Built between 1796 and 1810, the canal originally linked the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington in Wiltshire with the River Thames in Abingdon. At that time, Abingdon was in Berkshire, although county boundary changes in 1974 put Abingdon in Oxfordshire and the canal route no longer passed through Berkshire.

The canal is mostly derelict, with large sections filled in. In addition to the canal's main line, five branches were built to link docks and wharves at Chippenham, Calne, Longcot and Wantage. Between 1814 and 1819, the North Wilts Canal was built to connect the Wilts and Berks Canal at Swindon with the River Thames at Cricklade. In 1820, the Wilts and Berks Canal Company purchased the canal and it became the fifth branch.

Since 1977, the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust has sought to restore the canal with a view to reopening the route. This project will involve new cuts where the original canal has been built over.

North Wilts Canal
east route https://www.wbct.org.uk/images/wbct-public-area/news/2019/Consultation_Posters_email_version.pdf