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Seend Locks () are at Seend Cleeve
Seend Cleeve is a large hamlet or sub-village immediately west of Seend in Wiltshire, England. It lies about southeast of the town of Melksham.
A Primitive Methodist chapel with Sunday school was built in 1841 at Seend Cleeve. In 1849, the cha ...
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershir ...
on the Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of , made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is used to refer to the entire length of the navigation rather than solely to the c ...
, England.
They have a combined rise/fall of 38 ft 4ins (11.68m).
During the 19th century there were several wharves at Seend primarily serving the Seend Iron Works but these have been disused for many years. The five locks at Seend Cleeve are numbered 17 to 21. The Barge Inn is next to Seend Wharf bridge and between locks 18 and 19.
A back pump has been installed to ensure that there is water to fill the locks, the outflow of which is on a road bridge above the top lock.
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 betw ...
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Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal Canals in Wiltshire {{Wiltshire-struct-stub