Discover Dundas Aqueduct
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Brass Knocker Basin For more information and Brassknocker places to go, download our App - Hill Canal & River Trust ‘Places to Visit’ - available in the App Store and Google Play Map not to scale covers approx 0.7 miles/1.1km canalrivertrust.org.uk Inspire me John Rennie designed the Dundas Aqueduct and it’s regarded as his finest architectural achievement. He built it to carry the Kennet & Avon Canal across the wide Avon valley without the need for locks. Opened in 1805, it’s named after Charles Dundas, first chair of the Kennet & Avon Canal Company.
Best of all it’s FREE!* Information ive things Brassknocker Hill F to d Monkton Combe o at Dund Bath BA2 7JD Walk down into the valley and view thea saqueduct Aqu from educt Parking below. It’s built of Bath stone that was transported by the canal from local quarries. Toilets Look out for old canal features such as the crane for Restaurant loading and unloading goods, and the lift bridge at the entrance to the Somerset Coal Canal. Information Hire a bike and visit Avoncliff Aqueduct also built by John Picnic Rennie and opened in 1801. Have a picnic and watch the boats crossing the aqueduct. Cycling/hire Explore Somersetshire Coal Canal built to transport coal Boat/canoe hire from local coalfields to Bath and much of Bristol. Path
Allow 2 hours for this visit
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a me st eco r Tru B l & Rive The Canal is where I learnt that I was much better at steering na d! Ca ily Frien a boat than my older brother. And it’s where I tell tales to my Fam grandchildren about what a great industrial nation we once were. If we don’t look after them they’ll be gone. Forever. What a waste. Arthur, aged 74 (and still the best skipper in town).
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