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The Kennet and Avon is an impressive feat of
engineering, made up of two river navigations and a linking stretch of
canal. It runs from the Severn Estuary near Bristol to the River Thames
at Reading, over 100 miles long with more than 100 locks, some
magnificent engineering and crossing some of the most beautiful scenery
in southern England. It was only reopened in 1990 after decades of
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The Avon Navigation cuts through wooded hills and the famous Avon Gorge
on its way to Bristol and then meanders up to Bath. The canal then
climbs the Caen flight of locks to Devizes and runs amidst rolling
hillsides along the Vale of Pewsey towards Hungerford to descend through
pasturelands, woods and watermeadows to Reading and the junction with
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| Bristol has some fine old buildings
and the dock area has preserved craft including the SS Great Britain,
the first iron steamship. Bath was a Roman spa town and has many Roman
remains, though the spa baths are no longer open. It contains much
18th century classical architecture, including the famous Royal
Crescent. Bradford on Avon also has Georgian stone terraces. Devizes
has medieval buildings and Norman remains, Salisbury Plain and
Neolithic Stonehenge are close by. Honeystreet is a small canal village with a beautiful
name, Pewsey has its White Horse, cut into a local hillside. |
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