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Caen Hill Flight

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Caen Hill Flight
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A named place photographed at this map point in Wiltshire.
Caen Hill Flight is a series of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Wiltshire, engineered to navigate the elevation change of approximately 137 feet (42 meters) across the Caen Hill escarpment. The site is notable for its 19th-century civil engineering and remains a key feature of the canal's route through the region.

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Caen Hill Locks, DevizesMountain or hill · 1 ydMarsh Lane BridgeListed building · 185 ydFoxhanger HouseListed building · 208 ydCaen Hill Flight of LocksViewpoint · 232 ydCaen Hill locksScheduled monument · 658 ydMilepost, RowdeMonument or public art · 1508 ydKennet and Avon Canal at Cave Lock (Lock 45)Cave or cavern · 1547 ydDevizes CastleScheduled monument · 1.7 miExplanation of "Sculpture for Devizes"Public sculpture · 1.8 miFarmland and forest below Roundway HillForest or wood · 1.8 miKennet and Avon Canal MuseumMuseum · 1.9 miDrew's Pond WoodWood · 2.3 mi
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Photo: Neil Geering · CC BY-SA 2.0