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The Semington
West Wilts Branch of The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust
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The Semington Locks
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*Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal
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() are situated at Semington
Semington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about south of Melksham and about northeast of Trowbridge. The parish includes the hamlets of Little Marsh and Littleton.
, Wiltshire
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on the Kennet and Avon Canal, England
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.
They have a combined rise/fall of 16 feet 1 inch (4.9 m).
The two locks at Semington are known as Buckley's (No.15) and Barrett's (No.16).
Adjacent to the locks is the point at which the former Wilts and 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 b ...
joined the Kennet and Avon.
Close by, the Grade II listed Semington Aqueduct carries the canal over the Semington Brook. East of the locks, the canal crosses the New Semington Aqueduct, built in 2004 to bridge the newly constructed Semington village bypass (A350 road
The A350 is a north–south primary route in southern England, that runs from the M4 motorway in Wiltshire to Poole in Dorset.
Route
Starting at junction 17 of the M4 motorway north of Chippenham, Wiltshire, Chippenham, the first three miles ar ...
).
See also
*Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. The name may refer to either the route of the original Kennet and Avon Canal Company, which linked the River Kennet at Newbury to the River Avon at Bath, or to the entire navigation bet ...
* New Semington Aqueduct
* Semington Aqueduct
References
External links
West Wilts Branch of The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust
Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal Canals in Wiltshire {{Wiltshire-struct-stub