Kennet & Avon Canal Photo Gallery

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This page includes a selection of archive photographs of the Kennet & Avon Canal which are not included in the other sections on the canal. Many other historic photographs of the canal can be found under the separate pages on the Kennet and Avon Canal.

Photo Gallery:

bridge 1880

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canal_19 town lock c1970

canal_20 wharf c1970

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canal_26 c1911.jpg

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canal-31

canal_01

canal_25 c1911.jpg

19710000 hungerford lock

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Survey of Canal Wharf, 1964

Canal - Tomkins and Barrett, Swindon

Canal - Wyndham Series W8640

19500000ca The wharf

Canal side

Canal bridge (Unwin & Davis)

20200000 Canal Wharf

Great Western Railway boundary post-1

Great Western Railway boundary post-2

19730000 Restoring Hungerford Town Lock-01

19730000 Restoring Hungerford Town Lock-02

19730000 Restoring Hungerford Town Lock-03

19730000 Restoring Hungerford Town Lock-04

19730000 Restoring Hungerford Town Lock-05

19730000 Restoring Hungerford Town Lock-06

19730000 Restoring Hungerford Town Lock-07

19760000ca The wharf

19830000ca The Rose of Hungerford

19880000 The wharf

19881121 Cobbler's lock restoration-a [Ivor Speed]

19881121 Cobbler's lock restoration-b [Ivor Speed]

19881121 Cobbler's lock restoration-c [Ivor Speed]

19881121 Cobbler's lock restoration-d [Ivor Speed]

19890700 The wharf

19920400 The wharf

19921000 The stone house

19970623 Swing bridge near St Lawrence's Church [Ivor Speed]

19590808 Canal wharf looking east (Rex Smith)

19610400 Marsh Lock (Rex Smith)

20230123 Dredging

19730000 Archimedes screw pump

- Canal Bridge from east, 1880.

- Canal Bridge from east.

- Canal Bridge from east.

- Canal Swing Bridge looking west.

- Canal Swing Bridge looking east.

- Looking west at the winding hole, towards the Canal Bridge.

- The canal, from Hungerford lock looking east towards the town bridge, c.1920s [Tomkins & Barret, Swindon].

- The canal looking west towards the town bridge, c.1920s. [Wyndham Series W8640]. 

- Canal looking east towards town wharf, 8th August 1959 (from Rex Smith).

- Survey of Canal Wharf, August 1964. by Robson, Paul & Palmer, St Nicolas' House, Newbury. (Kindly provided by Iris Lloyd, September 2016)

- Marsh lock restoration April 1961 (from Rex Smith).

- The Wharf, c.1970.

- The Archimedes screw pump being lifted from the canal at Hungerford wharf, 1973.

- Hungerford lock, derilict c.1970, looking east towards The Wharf.

- Lantern Slide of The Wharf.

- Looking west towards Hungerford Town Lock.

- Looking west from the road bridge.

- Looking east to the road bridge.

- Looking west towards Hungerford Town Lock.

- Looking east towards Hungerford Wharf.

- Canal Swing Bridge looking west [P O Collier, "B623"].

- Canal Swing Bridge looking east (HH).

- Looking east along canal towards the Swing Bridge.

- The wharf, undated, ?1950s.

- Hungerford lock when derelict, 1971.

- The Archimedes screw pump used at Hungerford c.1910, restored and displayed at Crofton Pumping Station, March 2016.

- Canal Side, undated. [Frith & Co Ltd, HGFD. 5].

- The canal bridge, undated, (Unwin & Davis).

- The wharf, 1986.

- The Rose of Hungerford, 1983.

- The wharf, 1988.

- Cobbler's Lock restoration, Nov 1988 [Ivor Speed].

- The wharf, July 1989.

- The wharf, April 1992.

- The stone house, October 1992.

- The swing bridge near St. Lawrence's Church, June 1997 [Ivor Speed].

- Great Western Railway boundary post - found on north side of canal in Hungerford wharf, west of stone house, by Bob & Sue Stapleton, December 2020.

- Restoring Hungerford Town Lock, c.1983.

See also:

- Kennet and Avon Canal

- Narrow boat "Dover", 10th January 2016. Tony Bartlett's photos of "Dover" tied up at Hungerford Wharf. She was a star of stage and screen. It was the subject of a TV series, originally on Discovery Channel then rebroadcast Quest, covering the restoration of this 1937-built vessel. Crews also using the canal in training for the later Devizes-Westminster race. 

- Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race, 2011 - photos by Tony Bartlett

- Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race, 2012 - photos by Tony Bartlett

- Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race, 2013 - photos by Tony Bartlett

- Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race, 2016 - photos by Tony Bartlett

- Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race, 2018 - photos by Tony Bartlett

- Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race, 2019 - photos by Tony Bartlett