Kennet and Avon Canal
MILE 52 Roundway, Wiltshire : KAC52.00=KAC53.00
KandAC mile 52
KandAC mile 52 - OS 1inch map, early 19th century.
... town margins spread with housing estates; little boxes cheap, little boxes pretentious, little boxes executive, etc ...
The Kennet and Avon Canal from mile 52 to 53 is part of the Fifteen Mile Pound which roughly follows a contour line on the side of Pewsey Vale; this section reaches the outskirts of Devizes. The towpath is on the south side.
Rooks, Corvus frugilegus, in Lay Wood.
Lay Wood, on the north side of the canal just west of the 52 mile point, has a fine colony of rooks.
Among the footprints of boots, shoes, dogs, etc on the towpath, you might find deer tracks.
At about 52 miles 40 chains there is a plug in the bed of the canal. The plug can be lifted with a windlass
Just a boat on the canal.
Devizes White Horse, Roundway
The white horse is on part of Roundway Down. On this down the Royalists defeated the Roundheads, July 1643, during the Civil War.
You might catch a view of the Le Marchant Barracks, a brick built castle. This is still the home of part of the Wiltshire Yeomanry.
KandAC winding point 52.41
Devizes Marina, Roundway
Storm water outflow? just west of Devizes Marina.
Coot, Fulica atra, on a grey canal on a grey day
Housing estate east of Coates Bridge.
There is a lot of very new development along the line of the canal on this side of Devizes. On the north side is a marina; housing and moorings, one of the economic benefits of restoring the canal.
Houses just east of Coates Bridge, overlooking the canal, with moorings.
Canal towpath after rainy period and walkers. This is very slippy and uncomfortable for walking.
The canal under and east of Coates Bridge can be as shallow as 5ft, even in good times, as there is a lot of silting caused by land drains running into the canal.
Coates Bridge, Roundway
Boats passing.
Brickham Bridge, Devizes
Parish boundary Roundway - Devizes: SU01516213

Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000