https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k4InN4YduI
In this slightly different style video, Swindon Branch Chair and guest Stephen from Court Above the Cut, explore the yet unrestored sections of the North Wil

https://waterways.org.uk/waterways/discover-the-waterways/north-wilts-canal-restoration
The North Wilts Canal provided a connection between the Thames & Severn and Wilts & Berks canals. Part of the route has been built upon, but restoration is proposed as part of the project to restore the main line of the Wilts & Berks Canal . Moredon Lock and Aqueduct have largely been restored and provide a showpiece length.

https://www.canalboat.co.uk/waterways/restoration/the-wilts-berks-canal-restoration-15-years-on-8559290/
In the 15 years since our last full review of one of the Wilts & Berks Canal, things have begun to get more connected on this tricky waterway restoration project, as Martin Ludgate discovers. The Wilts & Berks and North Wilts canals - planned diversions shown in red. "Increasingly, physical progress on the ground, coupled to some more

https://www.northwiltscanal.org.uk/
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CANAL. Construction of the eight mile North Wilts Canal began in 1814 and it opened on 2nd April 1819, forming a vital link between the Wilts & Berks Canal and the Thames & Severn Canal. It left the Wilts & Berks Canal in the centre of Swindon (where Debenhams now stands) and dropped sixty feet via twelve locks to join

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbLoA6RpKGE
The two canals that ran through Swindon were the Wilts and Berks and the North Wilts.In this video I cycle along what remains of the North Wilts canal,much

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilts_%26_Berks_Canal
The Wilts & Berks Canal is a canal in the historic counties of Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, linking the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington near Melksham, to the River Thames at Abingdon.The North Wilts Canal merged with it to become a branch to the Thames and Severn Canal at Latton near Cricklade.Among professional trades boatmen, the canal was nicknamed the Ippey Cut, possibly short for

https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/17065
A major effort is being made to restore the Wilts & Berks Canal. In the Swindon area the original route ran right through the town centre with a branch known as the North Wilts Canal going off to meet the Thames & Severn Canal at Latton. The canal was officially abandoned over one hundred years ago in 1914.

https://www.canalboat.co.uk/waterways/restoration/the-latton-loop/
But we're going to take a few steps back, because this is also the site of Latton Junction where the North Wilts Canal branched off. Just north of Weymoor Bridge you might have noticed a slight widening of the canal, and the towpath diverging slightly to the west. This was the turning basin at the old junction, and the towpath used to cross

https://www.wbct.org.uk/enjoy-discover/visit-our-canal-side-attractions
The pub overlooks a (currently) unrestored section of the Wilts & Berks Canal. The Peterborough Arms is a locally owned and run pub, offering the friendly community pub experience. Wildlife spotting. Go for a scenic walk along any of our canal towpaths and see which wildlife you can spot!

http://radicalstroud.co.uk/north-wilts-canal/
The North Wilts Canal's construction, Almost mirrors those fraught years From 1815 to 1819, When the country seemed on the brink of revolution: The Corn Laws, the Spa Fields Riots, the March of the Blanketeers, ... But where do we go when the concrete comes to Coate? A canal-cut reservoir at Coate Water, A manuscript of field, sky and lake-land

https://www.canalpartnership.org.uk/files/studies/water%20resources%20development%20strategy%20study%20report%20for%20the%20wilts%20%20berks%20canal%20-%20final%20report.pdf
North Witlshire District Council Water Resources Development Strategy Study for the Wilts & Berks Canal P0000377200 Final Report November 2007. Storage Requirements for Losses of 10 mm day and 1000 boat movements. Summit Western Mainline Eastern Mainline North Wilts Canal Storage Required for an Average Year (Ml) 300 523 687 287 Storage

https://www.wbct.org.uk/enjoy-discover/read-our-amazing-history
Our History. 1793 Robert and William Whitworth were commissioned to survey a route for a canal allowing coal to be shipped from the Somerset coal fields to the towns of Wiltshire and Berkshire. 1795 On the 30th April a Bill was granted the Royal Assent and work was then able to commence on the building of the canal at Semington.

https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/603
"The North Wilts Canal was nine miles long and had twelve locks. With aqueducts over the River Ray and the Upper Thames, and a short tunnel near Cricklade, it was opened on 2nd April 1819, linking the Wilts & Berks Canal at Swindon to the Thames & Severn Canal at Latton. ... Explore images View images using this "North Wilts branch Wilts and

https://www.canalboat.co.uk/news/swindon-canal-link-set-to-go-ahead/
A planning application has been submitted which should see work begin in 2023 on building an important length of new canal in Swindon and linking together two existing sections of the Wilts & Berks Canal restoration scheme. The Wilts & Berks Canal and its northern branch the North Wilts Canal once linked the Kennet & Avon Canal to the River

https://www.wbct.org.uk/our-enthusiasts/swindon
By the late 1700s and early 1800s when the Wilts and Berks Canal was built, Swindon was a small market town still based on the hill now often referred to as Old Town. The Canal route went through flat fields north of the town. The North Wilts Canal was added in the 1810s to join the Wilts and Berks Canal from near the site of the current bus

https://www.rchsimagearchive.org.uk/index.php?album=Canals-Inland-Waterways/Central-Southern-England/Wilts-Berks.%20North-Wilts
North Wilts Canal. Construction of the eight mile North Wilts Canal began in 1814 and it opened on 2nd April 1819, forming a vital link between the Wilts & Berks Canal and the Thames & Severn Canal. It left the Wilts & Berks Canal in the centre of Swindon and dropped sixty feet via twelve locks to join the Thames & Severn Canal at Latton Basin.

https://wessex-waterways.org.uk/home/
HOME | Wessex Waterways. Our goal is a continuous navigable waterway linking the Kennet & Avon Canal, the Cotswold Canals and the River Thames. The route of that waterway will utilise, where possible, the historic main line of the Wilts & Berks Canal, what was built as the North Wilts Canal, and certain branches of the Wilts & Berks Canal.

https://cotswoldcanals.org/canals/about-the-canals/
The Cotswold Canals bisect one of the United Kingdom's Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is a landscape of hills, deep valleys and flowing water. A place where the once abundant mills gave the area prime importance in the cloth industry; and drove the need to re-develop the Cotswold Canals. A long distance footpath, the Thames & Severn

https://www.cotswoldcanals.net/downloads/cotswold-canals-map-v4-9.pdf
Towpath closures likely during Ham Mill 5 restoration works. Details at. Chalford. lift-bridge restored swing-bridge restoration in progress. site of swing-bridge obstruction. 19-21 Brimscombe 10-13 14-16. www.cotswoldcanals.org.uk Hope Mill 6 8 Goughs 7. 9. 17-18.

https://www.cotswoldcanals.net/latton-junction
Latton Junction. Site of Latton Junction. Point where the Thames & Severn canal connected with the North Wilts Canal - with the Thames and Severn to the right of the top picture. The channel to Latton Basin (out of shot to the left) has been infilled but the original coping stones on top of the channel wing walls can be seen in the grass.

https://www.wbct.org.uk/walk-leaflets
The North Wilts Canal, Moredon and Mouldon Hill. Shrivenham Walks. Walks around Bourton and Shrivenham. Wantage & Grove Walk . Explore the Wantage Arm & the Canal at East Challow. Abingdon Walk . Explore the new and historic routes of the Wilts & Berks Canal . Contact the Trust. Contact us; Telephone us on 0845 625 1977;

https://www.cotswoldcanals.net/latton-basin.php
Latton basin, technically part of the Thames & Severn Canal, was originally used to transfer goods between the Thames & Severn and North Wilts canals. The Thames and Severn Canal entered the basin at the northern end over an aqueduct which bridged Latton Mill leat (part of River Churn - see last photo). Most of the aqueduct has since been

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4788413
A link from Swindon to the Thames & Severn Canal at Latton (near Cricklade) was completed in 1819. This link, known as the North Wilts Canal, allowed traffic to bypass the difficult River Thames navigation between Lechlade and Abingdon. The main line of the canal was 52 miles long, with six miles of branches and nine miles of the North Wilts Canal.