Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of 87 miles, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Canal
- Description: South-England east-west coastal linking waterway via London, Reading & Bristol
- Also known as: “Kennet & Avon Canal” and “Kennet-Avon Canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include American Museum and Gardens and Claverton Pumping Station.
American Museum and Gardens
Museum
Photo: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The American Museum and Gardens is a museum of American art and culture based at Claverton, near Bath, England. Its collections of American furniture, quilts and folk art are displayed in a Grade I listed 19th-century house, surrounded by gardens overlooking the valley of the River Avon.
Claverton Pumping Station
Pumping station
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Claverton Pumping Station in the village of Claverton, in the English county of Somerset, pumps water from the River Avon to the Kennet and Avon Canal using power from the flow of the river.
Bath Spa Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bath Spa railway station is the principal station serving the city of Bath in Somerset, England. It is on the Great Western Main Line, 106 miles 71 chains down the line from the zero point at London Paddington between Chippenham to the east and Oldfield Park to the west. Bath Spa Railway Station is situated 2½ miles west of Kennet and Avon Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Claverton and Conkwell.
Claverton
Hamlet
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Claverton is a small village and civil parish about 2 miles east of Bath at the southern end of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 115.
Conkwell
Hamlet
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Conkwell is a hamlet in Winsley parish, Wiltshire, England, near the county border with North East Somerset. It is about 2.3 miles west of Bradford-on-Avon and 3 miles southeast of the city of Bath.
Claverton Down
Suburb
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Claverton Down is a suburb on the south-east hilltop edge of Bath, Somerset, England. It is linked to the Bathwick area of the city by Bathwick Hill. Primarily a rural area with relatively few houses, it is home to the University of Bath, the headquarters of Wessex Water and a private golf course, the Bath Golf Course.
Kennet and Avon Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Kennet and Avon Canal” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Канал Кенет — Эйван”
- Cebuano: “Kennet and Avon Canal”
- Chinese: “肯奈特和雅芳運河”
- Chinese: “肯尼特和雅芳运河”
- Chinese: “肯尼特和雅芳運河”
- Chinese: “肯尼特與雅芳運河”
- Dutch: “Kennet and Avon Canal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة كينيت وآفون”
- French: “canal Kennet et Avon”
- French: “Canal Kennet et Avon”
- German: “Kennet-und-Avon-Kanal”
- Italian: “Canale Kennet e Avon”
- Japanese: “ケネット・アンド・アイボン運河”
- Japanese: “ケネット・アンド・エイヴォン運河”
- Japanese: “ケネット・アンド・エイボン運河”
- Japanese: “ケネット・エイボン運河”
- Polish: “Kennet and Avon Canal”
- Russian: “Кеннет — Эйвон”
- Spanish: “canal del Kennet y del Avon”
- Spanish: “Canal del Kennet y del Avon”
- Swedish: “Kennet and Avon Canal”
- Ukrainian: “Кеннет — Ейвон”
- Welsh: “Camlas Kennet ac Avon”
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Highlights include Bathford Hill and Bathampton Down.
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