On this 42-mile cycling journey along the historic Kennet and Avon Canal, from Caen Hill Locks in Devizes to the beautiful city of Bath and back. This route is a feast for the senses, offering tranquil waterside paths, lush greenery, and a deep dive into England’s industrial heritage.
Along the way, I’ll pass engineering marvels like Avoncliff Aqueduct and the picturesque Dundas Aqueduct, with plenty of stops to soak in the scenery and explore hidden gems. Whether you’re a cycling enthusiast or a history lover, this ride is packed with fascinating stories and breathtaking views.
⏳ Ride Highlights: ✅ Starting at the iconic Caen Hill Locks, a flight of 29 locks forming one of the most impressive canal staircases in the UK
✅ Riding alongside peaceful waterways with historic bridges and aqueducts
✅ Exploring Bradford-on-Avon, a charming town steeped in history
✅ Reaching the city of Bath, known for its Georgian architecture and Roman baths
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I’m in the Khill area located in Devis. I’m going to cycle from there all the way to the city of Bath. Hope you enjoy. [Music] On this 42-mile cycling journey along the Kennet and a Canal, the maroon traveler started at Canh Hill Locks and followed the tow path towards the elegant city of Bath. [Applause] It’s a passage through time from Devises to Bradford on Avon with historic bridges, stone aqueducts, and wateride pubs that punctuate the trail. [Applause] When engineer John Renie routed the canal through devices, he had to overcome a major obstacle. The ground of the veil of Puzzy plunges towards the Avon Valley within 4 kilometers. Tackling this problem, he created one of the wonders of the inland waterways. Local anglers call this canal pond spires because it is surrounded with small fragmmites reed. You can see their feathery heads from late summer onwards. Reed beds provide shelter for endangered watervos and nesting sites for reed and sedge warblers. At Conhill locks, around 5,000 L of water are pumped 72.5 m to the top of the locks each year so that Boers can navigate and wildlife can flourish in the [Applause] canal. So I just got to a place called Snell’s Green. This can actually connects Bristol and Reading. This is also a national cycle route as well. This section of the National Cycle Network 4 is perfect for a leisurely ride with plenty of opportunities to stop and take in the natural beauty of the canal. So far, first impressions really, really good. The path seems quite flat, smooth, which suggests you could easily do this on a mountain bike or hybrid or any kind of bike really, but probably not a road bike cuz there’s a lot of loose gravels, sharp rocks around the Bower Hill Picnic area next to the Kennet and Avon on canal is a spot for resting and exploration. It forms part of a scenic circular walk that includes sections of the canal and local footpaths. [Applause] We’re not too far from Milksham at the moment is that the path is quite narrow, so you have to be mindful of hikers and other cyclists. [Music] Cheers. What’s in there then? Is it co mainly like little ropes and skimmers and little breeze? Well, you just catch them for fun or got a competition. Ah, at the end. Oh, so that’s why so many people stretch so far up. All right. Well, good luck. Yeah. Thank All right. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Judy. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] The Avon Cliff Aqueduct is a structure that carries the canal over the river Avon and the bath to Westberry Railway at Avon Cliff in Wiltshire. Designed by John Renie and built between 1797 and 1801. It is a grade 2 listed structure. Heat. Heat. [Music] Many years ago, the Dundis Aqueduct was a busy place to stop where cargo carrying narrow boats pulled in to be weighed for toll charges. Today you can admire the design and buildings built from limestone. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. [Music] I’d say you’d need moderate fitness level for this one, but you can take as long as you want to do this this um route. The path has been quite flat. Um I didn’t have to put much effort in. There was hardly any hills. Um so it’s easily achievable. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] [Music] Clearly Bath comes with its own um set of unique history and uh unique buildings as well. So, we’ll have to come back at some point and explore Bath a bit more. Um, but other than that, we’re going to head the opposite direction and [Music]