Swindon’s Lost Locks | North Wilts Canal | Wilts and Berks
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A look at the Moredon and Mouldon Locks on the old North Wilts canal which became part of the Wilts and Berks canal. The North Wilts ran from the junction in the centre of Swindon to Lawton Basin at Cricklade on the Cotswold Canals.
Walking from Mouldon hill country park we first visit the Moredon aqueduct before walking south towards the town of Swindon and onto Mouldon Lock, Moredon Bridge and then the two locks at Moredon. How did the power station and the Midland and South Western Junction Railway affect the canal? Now the Swindon and Cricklade railway it runs through a similar course and is both a heritage railway and a cycle path in the town.
We follow the country park until we hit the Cheney Manor Industrial estate which still has a section of canal in water. The rest of the route can be seen on various videos on the channel.
The mapping that can be seen is the fantastic memory maps with the waterway route maps overlaid, all done automatically when you download both.
WBCT Youtube – @wiltsberkscanaltrust
WBCT – https://www.wbct.org.uk
Swindon and Cricklade Railway – https://swindon-cricklade-railway.org
Rail Map Online – https://www.railmaponline.com
Waterway Routes – https://www.waterwayroutes.co.uk
All drone footage shot with a DJI mini 3 Pro.
All camera footage shot with an Insta360 One Inch with Rode Go mic and Lavalier.
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This is quite overgrown but we’re uh we’re going to have a quick look so we’ve been talking about doing this video now for about 8 to 10 months haven’t we it’s about April when we did the walk I think when we we first discussed it and the reason why we
Didn’t do it like I’ve said before is it’s so overgrown down here and as you can see is as we’ve come through here and all around us it’s give it another couple of months you won’t get into it you won’t see it and the other good
Thing about it is we’ve had loads of rain so this canal down through here is actually visible where it wouldn’t normally be so Chloe waiting me wait for so long has been an absolute bonus because not only we got the views have been able to see everything but we’ve got a canal in
Water look at that still holding water to this day