Kennet and Avon Canal

Kennet and Avon Canal: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Junction with Thames at Reading	Junction with River Thames		0.0	0	N	SU731739	175
Blakes Lock			.3	1	N	SU727735	175
High Bridge, Reading	The start of the River Kennet Section		.5	1	N	SU717732	175
County Lock No 106			1.0	2	N	SU713730	175
Fobney Lock No 105			2.0	3	N	SU704711	175
Southcote Lock No 104			3.0	4	N	SU693712	175
Burghfield Village Road Bridge			4.0	4	N	SU681707	175
Burghfield Lock No 103			4.5	5	N	SU673708	175
Garston Lock No 102			5.8	6	N	SU655707	175
Shenfield Lock No 101			6.5	7	N	SU648706	175
Sulhampstead Lock No 100			7.5	8	N	SU636698	175
Tyle Mill Lock No 99			8.5	9	N	SU625691	175
Ufton Swing Bridge	Site of the disused Ufton Lock No 98		9.3	9	N	SU616685	175
Towney Lock No 97			9.9	10	N	SU610680	175
Padworth Lock No 96			10.5	11	N	SU605671	175
Aldermaston Lock No 95	Aldermaston swing bridge below the lock is electrically operated by boaters and span a busy road.		10.8	12	N	SU600671	175
Woolhampton Mill Lock No 94	Woolhampton Village 200 yards north. The weir bellow the lock and a shoal extending across the river from it make navigation tricky at this point.		12.5	13	N	SU571665	174
Heals Lock No 93	Also called Hales Lock		13.4	14	N	SU561663	174
Midgham Lock No 92			14.3	15	N	SU549662	174
Colthrop Lock No 91			15.0	16	N	SU538663	174
Monkey Marsh Lock No 90	Thatcham Station 200 yards east.		16.0	17	N	SU524662	174
Widmead Lock No 89			16.5	18	N	SU507662	174
Bulls Lock No 88			16.8	19	N	SU498666	174
Ham Mills Lock No 87			17.5	20	N	SU487672	174
Greenham Lock No 86			18.5	21	N	SU479673	174
Newbury Lock No 85	Start of Kennet and Avon Canal Section and Newbury Wharf and town centre.		19.0	22	N	SU470671	174
Guyers Lock No 84			20.0	23	N	SU454668	174
Higgs Lock No 83			20.5	24	N	SU448667	174
Benham Lock No 82	Bridge to Benham Park (north of canal)		21.1	25	N	SU439665	174
Hamstead Lock No 81			22.5	26	N	SU422670	174
Copse Lock No 80			22.9	27	N	SU416670	174
Drewitts Lock No 79			23.4	28	N	SU410672	174
Kintbury Lock No 78	Kintbury Bridge, Dundas Arms and Village		25.0	29	N	SU385671	174
Brunsden Lock No 77			26.6	30	N	SU371675	174
Wire Lock No 76			27.4	31	N	SU361680	174
Dunn Mill Lock No 75			27.5	32	N	SU350682	174
Hungerford Lock No 74	Hungerford Town Centre		28.0	33	N	SU336687	174
Hungerford Marsh Lock No 73			28.6	34	N	SU326685	174
Cobbler's Lock No 72			29.0	35	N	SU321684	174
Picketfield Lock No 71			30.0	36	N	SU315680	174
Froxfield Bottom Lock No 70			30.5	37	N	SU304676	174
Froxfield Middle Lock No 69			30.6	38	N	SU301673	174
Oakfield Down Lock No 68			30.9	39	N	SU299671	174
Little Bedwyn Lock No 67	Little Bedwyn Bridge and Village		31.8	40	N	SU290659	174
Little Bedwyn Field Lock No 66			32.1	41	N	SU288654	174
Burnt Mill Lock No 65	Also called Knight's Mill Lock		32.6	42	N	SU283648	174
Great Bedwyn Church Lock No 64			33.3	43	N	SU278641	174
Crofton Bottom Lock No 63	The crofton flight Nos 55 to 63, 9 locks.		34.1	44	N	SU271631	174
Crofton Top Lock No 55			35.6	52	N	SU248623	174
Savernake Tunnel (East End)	Also called Bruce Tunnel.		36.5	52	N	SU238631	174
Burbage Wharf Bridge			37.5	52	N	SU224634	174
Wootton Rivers Top Lock No 54	Wootton Rivers flight of 4 locks.		37.6	53	N	SU210634	174
Brimsdale Lock No 53	Brimsdale Bridge		37.8	54	N	SU210634	174
Heathy Close Lock No 52	Heathy Close Bridge		38.4	55	N	SU202632	174
Wootton Bottom Lock No 51	Wootton Rivers		38.9	56	N	SU199629	173
New Mill Bridge			39.9	56	N	SU184621	173
Pewsey Wharf	Pewsey Bridge (A345)		41.9	56	N	SU157611	173
Wilcot Bridge			43.4	56	N	SU141613	173
Honey Street Wharf	Honey Street Bridge		45.9	56	N	SU104615	173
Horton Bridge			49.9	56	N	SU053634	173
Devizes Top Lock No 50	Devizes flight of 29 locks, Nos 22 to 50		53.9	57	N	SU001617	173
Devizes Bottom Lock No 22	Lower Foxhanger Bridge		55.9	85	N	ST966617	173
Martinslade Bridge	A365 road bridge		56.4	85	N	ST955618	173
Sells Green Bridge			56.9	85	N	ST951617	173
Rusty Lane Swing Bridge			57.1	85	N	ST940615	173
Seend Top Lock No 21	Seend flight of 5 locks		58.3	86	N	ST937614	173
Seend Bottom Lock No 17			58.9	90	N	ST927614	173
Semington Top Lock No 16			60.8	91	N	ST902609	173
Semington Bottom Lock No 15	Wilts and Berks Canal junction		60.9	92	N	ST900609	173
Hilperton Bridge (B3105)	Hilperton Wharf		63.4	92	N	ST860602	173
Bradford-on-Avon Lock No 14			65.9	93	N	ST825602	173
Avoncliffe Aqueduct			67.4	93	N	ST804600	173
Murhill Quarry			68.4	93	N	ST795605	172
Limpley Stoke Road Bridge	B3108 road bridge		69.4	93	N	ST782612	172
Dundas Aqueduct	Junction with the Somerset Coal Canal		70.4	93	N	ST785625	172
Holcombe Swing Bridge			72.9	93	N	ST782659	172
Bathampton Bridge	George Inn		73.4	93	N	ST777664	172
Follyfoot Swing Bridge			74.4	93	N	ST763659	172
Sydney Wharf Bridge			74.9	93	N	ST758649	172
Bath Top Lock No 13	Bath flight of 6 locks Nos 7 to 13. Locks 8 and 9 have been combined into a single deep lock.		75.0	94	N	ST758646	172
Bath Bottom Lock No 7	Junction with the River Avon Section		75.6	99	N	ST754643	172
Bath Old Bridge			75.9	99	N	ST749644	172
Weston Lock No 6			78.1	100	N	ST724649	172
Disused Railway Bridge			78.6	100	N	ST718655	172
Kelston Park Railway Bridge (disused)			79.9	100	N	ST703659	172
Kelston Lock No 5			81.1	101	N	ST688669	172
Saltford Lock No 4			81.9	102	N	ST692679	172
Swineford Lock No 3			82.6	103	N	ST691689	172
Keynsham Old Works			84.4	103	N	ST665693	172
Keynsham Lock No 2	A4175 road bridge		84.9	104	N	ST658691	172
Hanham Lock No 1	Junction with River Avon (Bristol)		86.9	105	N	ST646700	172

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.