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Great Western Canal Country Park Visitor Information RECREATION HISTORY WILDLIFE Welcome to the Grand Western Canal The Grand Western Canal Country Park meanders through beautiful mid-Devon countryside and quiet villages between Tiverton and Lowdwells (near the Somerset border). Declared a Country Park in 1971 and a Local Nature Reserve in 2005, the Canal is a wonderfully relaxing place to enjoy the rich heritage of yesteryear, and the profusion of wildlife and scenic landscape that characterise the Canal today. Extending for eleven and a quarter miles, the Country Park provides a great location to enjoy walking, cycling, boating, fishing and picnics. More information on these activities is provided in this guide. Tiverton Canal Basin. Photo: Philip Brind. The Canal Basin in Tiverton is well signposted from the M5 and A361 and provides car parking, public toilets, a small THE BARGE visitor centre, gift shop, boat hire, Tea Gardens and a floating café/bar. It is also home to the much-loved horse-drawn barge that has been taking passengers for HALBERTON trips along the Canal since 1974. Other Locally produced smaller car parks, picnic sites and food and real ales canal-related businesses are dotted along the length of the Canal (see Function room, coach parties catered for, The Prince of Wales map in centre pages). skittle alley, pool, darts. Holcombe Rogus The Country Park is a sensitive site, with many different activities taking 5 minutes walk from the Grand Western Character 17th Century Pub Canal.(turn down the lane beside Swing with Restaurant place in the same area, so please Bridge, and then right along the main Idyllic setting on the Devon/Somerset help us to balance the needs of road) Border, near to the Grand Western Canal different users and of wildlife by Opening Times: Mon 5.30pm-11pm, being considerate at all times. Open: Mon – Fri, 12 noon to 2pm and Tues-Thurs 12noon-3pm and 5.30pm-11pm, Please refer to the Towpath Code of 5pm -11pm; Sat and Sun 12 noon to Fri-Sat 12noon-3pm and 5.30pm- Conduct inside the back page for 11pm/10.30pm. 12midnight, Sun 12noon-3.30pm more information. and 6pm-11pm Warnicombe Bridge. Photo: N. S. Bathurst. Food served: Lunchtimes and evenings Food served lunchtimes and evenings, every day except Sunday evenings and carvery on Sun lunchtime Wednesdays. Tel: 01823 672070 Tel: 01884 820316 www.theprinceofwales-uk.com Grand Western Canal Visitor Information 1 Apart from a small lily-harvesting History business, the Canal slowly choked up with reeds and was largely Originally part of an ambitious scheme to link the Bristol Channel with the English abandoned until the 1960s, when Channel, the Grand Western Canal was proposed as a way for shipping to avoid the proposals to use the Canal as a linear long and perilous journey around the Cornish peninsula, and as a route for landfill site and possible route for a transporting goods, including coal from road galvanised local support for South Wales, into the heart of Somerset preserving the Canal. and Devon. The campaign to save the Canal The section from Tiverton to the limestone proved to be successful as in 1971 quarries at Westleigh (also known locally as Devon County Council took on the Tiverton Canal) was completed in 1814, ownership of the canal and declared but the costs had escalated hugely (proving it a Country Park. Since then a this is not just a modern-day phenomenon!) substantial investment in dredging due to the use of steep embankments and Stone being loaded onto barges at and relining the Canal has been deep cuttings to keep the Canal on a level Whipcott Wharf. made and the Country Park is now a contour. popular visitor attraction and thriving This massive overspend delayed construction of the next section to Taunton for local amenity. many years, but eventually it was completed in 1838. By then any plans to link the Many original structures dating back Canal with the English Channel had been abandoned, but for a short time the Canal Poster advertising a walk as part of the campaign to to the Canal’s heyday are still to be save the Canal. was profitable, mostly carrying coal and limestone, much of which was burnt in found in the Country Park. Many are limekilns and used for improving agricultural land. protected by Grade II listing, The advent of the Bristol & Exeter including the Tiverton Basin and Railway, took much of the trade from Waytown limekiln complexes, 15 the Canal, and in 1865 the section from road bridges over the Canal Lowdwells to Taunton was sold to the (designed by John Rennie) and the railway company and abandoned. 40m-long Waytown Tunnel. Other However the limestone trade continued notable structures include milestones, on the ‘Devon section’ until the 1920s culverts, wharves, accommodation when persistent leaks led to the bridges, an aqueduct and a lock. The Waytown limekilns, which have benefited from damming-off of a section near restoration work undertaken in recent years by the Lily harvesting near Swing Bridge. Halberton. Canal Ranger Service and volunteers from the Grand Western Canal Trust and the Waterway Recovery Group. 2 Grand Western Canal Visitor Information Grand Western Canal Visitor Information 3 IVERTON CANA Co T L THE For People who Love ...Boats, Horses, Wildlife & Water GLOBE p INN SAMPFORD &+#! /#! $) ( PEVERELL %#! 2$ -", Tel 01884 821214 0+ Welcomes walkers, fishermen, cyclists, boaters and all users of the canal. Open all day everyday, the only pub with w w direct access to the canal towpath. %!! #.&' Barge Trips Boat Hire Cafe Bar Snacks and full meals served lunchtimes, T Duc s’ D tty Bar evenings and all day Fri-Sun. he k i .%%1! & &#0! &.+ +' Carvery Friday and Saturday night, # ' &'&/' ! . #& all day Sunday. Booking strongly recommended for Sunday lunchtime. & ' ! + .!' + #.& ◆ Two large bars Function room #%! +&#.#.+ + . & En-Suite Accommodation ◆ Car Park Take a Tripona Horse-Drawn Barge The Barge: All-Weather 75 Seater Barge with Upholstered Seating and Modern Toilet Facilities. On Board: Bar, Real Ales, Draught Lagers, Ciders, The Canal Tea Rooms & Garden Quality Wine, Tea/Coffee, Snac s, Ic Cr am & G ts. At T W ar Please come and visit us and enjoy some refreshments in our tranquil, k e e if he h f a a a l T Duc s’ D tty F oat n Ca ’ Bar: w rd-winning g rden. Public Trips run to Timetable (see web) he k i l i g fe Open every dayfromearly April to early October ~ 10am6pm Fully Licensed, Permanently Moored atthe Wharf. th Day & Ev n n Pr vat H r Qua ty W n s, R a A s, Drau t La rs The tea rooms and garden, in the grounds of 18 Century e i g i e i e li i e e l le gh ge Lime Kiln Cottage, offer beverages, a good selection of light home-made meals, Ev n n Tr ps P ac u or L v y Party. Freshly Ground Coffee & Loose Leaf Tea. cakes, desserts and ice-creams. e i g i - e ef l i el W a D C a T a Bu ts or F s & C p Supp rs. e re renowned for our evonshire re m e s, which include freshly home- ffe i h hi e l Horse-Drawn Barge Trips: (see web for info) made scones, accompanied by strawberry jam and Devon clotted cream. P ac u F ood t or Bac round Mus c, e ef l l li kg i l Boat H r : Cano s, Row n & Day Boats. Band, D sco or Karao . or mor d ta s i e e i g Located at the end of the car-park, Grand Western Canal, Tiverton. i ke f e e il Telephone: 01884-252291 go toour website or call for a free infopack. l Canal Shop: Canal, Horse & Country Gifts. T W ar , Cana H , T v rton, D von of Devon he h f l ill i e e Find us on Exeter, Coast & Countryside f Facebook ATTRACTION EX16 4HX Tel:01884 253345 www.tivertoncanal .co.uk Wildlife Plants The Canal is a mass of colour in spring and summer with an The Canal supports a rich and vibrant variety of wildlife and provides a great abundance of wild flowers growing along the water’s edge. opportunity to get close to nature. In recognition of this, the Canal was declared Unlike many other canals, the bankside vegetation at the a Local Nature Reserve in 2005. Grand Western Canal is allowed to grow throughout the Birds summer providing a profusion of wildflowers and the insects which feed on and around them. The Canal plays host to a range of bird species. Waterfowl are found along most stretches - Moorhens, Hegderows run beside the towpath throughout most of the Mute Swans and Mallards are a common sight. length of the Canal, providing ideal habitats for many birds, Kingfishers are commonly seen fishing along the Canal mammals, plants and insects. These are ‘laid’ by traditional methods periodically between late summer and early spring. to promote their vigour. You may see examples of recently laid hedges where the stems are partially cut and bent over, winding between poles to create a living The hedgerows, trees and wildflower-rich canal banks fence. Some fantastic examples of mature Oaks may be found within the provide food and shelter for many bird species. Those hedgerow and new ‘standard’ trees are left to grow on at intervals, when the particularly associated with the watery margins include hedges are laid. Grey Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler and Sedge Warbler.
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