Crofton Pumping Station
Crofton Pumping Station, near the village of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England, supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water. The steam-powered pumping station is preserved and operates on selected weekends.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Museum
- Description: Grade I listed pumping station in Great Bedwyn, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Crofton Beam Engines”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crofton Locks and Wilton Windmill.
Crofton Locks
Lock
Crofton Locks are a flight of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near the village of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. The canal was built and opened in stages between 1798 and 1810. Crofton Locks is situated 2,300 feet west of Crofton Pumping Station.
Wilton Windmill
Photo: John.r.a.p.baker, CC BY 3.0.
The Wilton Windmill is a five-floor brick tower mill, standing on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire. Wilton Windmill is situated 1 mile southeast of Crofton Pumping Station.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 1¼ miles south of Crofton Pumping Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilton and Wulfhall.
Wulfhall
Locality
Wulfhall or Wolfhall is an early 17th-century manor house in Burbage parish, Wiltshire, England. It is north-east of Burbage village, and about 5 miles south-east of Marlborough.
Chisbury
Village
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chisbury is a hamlet and prehistoric hill fort in the civil parish of Little Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England. Chisbury is about 4 miles west of Hungerford and about 6 miles south-east of Marlborough. Chisbury is situated 2½ miles north of Crofton Pumping Station.
Crofton Pumping Station
- Categories: pumping station, independent museum, building, tourism, industrial building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.35892° or 51° 21′ 32″ northLongitude
-1.62588° or 1° 37′ 33″ westInception
1807Open location code
9C3W995F+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 412344104OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pumping_stationOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5187496
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In Other Languages
From French to Italian—“Crofton Pumping Station” goes by many names.
- French: “station de pompage de Crofton”
- French: “Station de pompage de Crofton”
- Italian: “Stazione di pompaggio di Crofton”
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Highlights include Crofton Lock and Crofton Crossing Lock.
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