[104501] Kennet & Avon Canal : Dundas Basin

Kennet & Avon Canal, Somerset.

Dundas Basin.

 

At Dundas Aqueduct is the junction of the Kennet & Avon Canal and the largely derelict Somerset Coal Canal. A short stretch of the Somerset Coal Canal is in water, having been re-excavated in 1985 to form Brassknocker Basin, now used for boat moorings, cycle hire and a cafe.

 

 

The Kennet & Avon Canal is made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is used to refer to the entire length of the navigation rather than solely to the central canal section. From Bristol to Bath the waterway follows the natural course of the River Avon before the canal links it to the River Kennet at Newbury, and from there to Reading on the River Thames. In all, the waterway incorporates 105 locks.

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