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Beautiful unspoilt wiltshire village.
Lacock is a village about 3 miles south of the town of Chippenham. The village is owned almost in its entirety by the National Trust and attracts many visitors by virtue of its unspoiled appearance- no T.V. aerials or red post boxes allowed. You can stroll around the village stopping to browse in local craft shops and visit tea shops or one of its several pubs. Beautiful Lacock Abbey is worth a visit and is now associated with Harry Potter. There is plenty of parking in the National Trust carpark.
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National Trust - Abbaye de Lacock, Musée Fox Talbot et Village
Lacock is a village about 3 miles south of the town of Chippenham. The village is owned almost in its entirety by the National Trust and attracts many visitors by virtue of its unspoiled appearance- no T.V. aerials or red post boxes allowed. You can stroll around the village stopping to browse in local craft shops and visit tea shops or one of its several pubs. Beautiful Lacock Abbey is worth a visit and is now associated with Harry Potter. There is plenty of parking in the National Trust carpark.
Ancient stone circle, museum and manor house in the heart of the Avebury World Heritage Site. Unlike nearby Stonehenge, you can walk up and touch the stones. Lots of great walking. Parking in the National Trust carpark.
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Avebury
Ancient stone circle, museum and manor house in the heart of the Avebury World Heritage Site. Unlike nearby Stonehenge, you can walk up and touch the stones. Lots of great walking. Parking in the National Trust carpark.
The 29 locks have a rise of 237 feet in 2 miles (72 m in 3.2 km) or a 1 in 44 gradient. The locks come in three groups: the lower seven locks, Foxhangers Wharf Lock to Foxhangers Bridge Lock, are spread over 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km); the next sixteen locks form a steep flight in a straight line up the hillside and are designated as a scheduled monument. Because of the steepness of the terrain, the pounds between these locks are very short. As a result, fifteen of them have unusually large sideways-extended pounds, to store the water needed to operate them. A final six locks take the canal into Devizes. The locks take 5–6 hours to traverse in a boat.
Park in the pay and display carpark and either walk up the locks to Devizes ( there is a cafe at the top of the locks) or walk down the locks as far as you like. You can walk all the way to Bradford-on-Avon, or further to Bath, stopping at some welcoming canal-side pubs. We recommend the Barge at Seend.
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Écluses de Caen Hill
The 29 locks have a rise of 237 feet in 2 miles (72 m in 3.2 km) or a 1 in 44 gradient. The locks come in three groups: the lower seven locks, Foxhangers Wharf Lock to Foxhangers Bridge Lock, are spread over 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km); the next sixteen locks form a steep flight in a straight line up the hillside and are designated as a scheduled monument. Because of the steepness of the terrain, the pounds between these locks are very short. As a result, fifteen of them have unusually large sideways-extended pounds, to store the water needed to operate them. A final six locks take the canal into Devizes. The locks take 5–6 hours to traverse in a boat.
Park in the pay and display carpark and either walk up the locks to Devizes ( there is a cafe at the top of the locks) or walk down the locks as far as you like. You can walk all the way to Bradford-on-Avon, or further to Bath, stopping at some welcoming canal-side pubs. We recommend the Barge at Seend.