Caen Hill Locks

Wiltshire > United Kingdom

Series of 19 locks and feeder lakes on Kennet and Avon Canal, west of Devizes.

Added* by Iain Crawford
Most recent update 8 January 2023

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Description

The Kennet and Avon canal is a popular leisure resource, busy with narrowboats in summer. At other times the reedbeds, open water and wooded areas attract herons, egrets, wildfowl, Common Kingfisher, woodpeckers, Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting and Great Cormorant.

Details

Access

By boat, hire from numerous boatyards along the canal. To pass through the locks takes 5/6 hours. By car, from A361 Trowbridge-Devizes road, take B3101 towards Rowde then right after half a mile. Regular buses from Devizes. Nearest train station, Melksham, 6 miles away. Click on the P in the map for directions. The circular walking route shown on the map is about 2,5 km.

Terrain and Habitat

Scattered trees and bushes , Grassland , Reedbeds , Lake

Conditions

Hilly

Circular trail

Yes

Is a telescope useful?

Can be useful

Good birding season

Spring , Autumn

Best time to visit

Spring

Route

Paved road , Wide path

Difficulty walking trail

Average walk

Accessible by

Foot , Bicycle , Boat

Birdwatching hide / platform

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Top 5 birds

1. Sedge Warbler
(Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)

2. Eurasian Wigeon
(Mareca penelope)

3. Great Crested Grebe
(Podiceps cristatus)

4. Northern Lapwing
(Vanellus vanellus)

5. Common Kingfisher
(Alcedo atthis)

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