Kennet Avon Canal route (1): From Bath to 1st aquaduct

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Region: Bath and North East Somerset • Bathampton • Monkton Combe • Claverton • United Kingdom
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Kennet Avon Canal route (1): From Bath to 1st aquaduct

The Kennet Avon Canal connects the river Avon with the river Kennet, and as such the city of Bristol with the city of London. An important historical canal. This route takes you as much as possible along the canal.

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General difficulty score: 20/100.

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Difficulty level in detail

Total ascent: 176 m
Difficulty level (relative): 1/10

Max. slope (base 500m): 2.05 %
Difficulty level (relative): 4/10

Length: 9.75 km
Difficulty level (relative): 0/10

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Bath Spa Rail Station (distance from start: 0 km/0 miles)

Bath Spa Rail Station
Bath and North East Somerset
Bath Spa Rail Station

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Royal Hotel (distance from start: 0 km/0 miles)

Royal Hotel
Bath and North East Somerset


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Bath (distance from start: 0.16 km/0.1 miles)

Bath
Bath and North East Somerset
Bath was founded, among surrounding hills, in the valley of the River Avon around naturally occurring hot springs where the Romans built baths and a temple, giving it the name Aquae Sulis. Edgar was crowned king of England at Bath Abbey in 973. Much later, it became popular as a spa resort during the Georgian era, which led to a major expansion that left a heritage of exemplary Georgian architecture crafted from Bath Stone.

The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987, and has a variety of theatres, museums, and other cultural and sporting venues, which have helped to make it a major centre for tourism, with over one million staying visitors and 3.8 million day visitors to the city each year.

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Roman Baths (distance from start: 0.16 km/0.1 miles)

Roman Baths
Bath and North East Somerset
The Roman Baths have natural hot water springs. The water which bubbles up from the ground at Bath fell as rain on the nearby Mendip Hills. It percolates down through limestone aquifers to a depth of between 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) and 4,300 metres (14,100 ft) where geothermal energy raises the water temperature to between 64 °C and 96 °C. Under pressure, the heated water rises to the surface along fissures and faults in the limestone.

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Kennet Avon Canal (distance from start: 0.7 km/0.43 miles)

Kennet Avon Canal
Bath and North East Somerset
The Kennet Acon Canal connects here withe the river Avon. At the other end, it connects with the river Kennet. This made it possible to go by boat from Bristol to London.

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Queen Charlottes Orangery (distance from start: 1.99 km/1.24 miles)

Queen Charlottes Orangery
Bath and North East Somerset


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Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel (distance from start: 2.31 km/1.43 miles)

Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel
Bath and North East Somerset


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Tasburgh House Hotel (distance from start: 3.52 km/2.18 miles)

Tasburgh House Hotel
Bathampton


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Bathampton (distance from start: 4.22 km/2.62 miles)

Bathampton
Bathampton
Bathampton is located on the south bank of the River Avon. Also the Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the village. Above Bathampton is a steep slope, heavily quarried for stone near the top in the area now called Bathampton Rocks, leading to Bathampton Down. Bathampton Rocks was the site of the Bathampton Patrol (Auxiliary Units) Operational Base during the Second World War. Above the village is Sham Castle, a folly built in 1762. It is a screen wall with a central pointed arch flanked by two 3-storey circular turrets, which extend sideways to a 2-storey square tower at each end of the wall.

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Dundas Aqueduct (distance from start: 9.73 km/6.05 miles)

Dundas Aqueduct
Monkton Combe
Dundas Aqueduct carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and the Wessex Main Line railway from Bath to Westbury.
Over many years leaks had developed and it was closed in 1954. For a while in the 1960s and 1970s, the canal was dry and it was possible to walk along the bed on each side of the river as well as through the aqueduct itself. It was built by John Rennie and chief engineer John Thomas, between 1797 and 1801. It is named after Charles Dundas, the first chairman of the Kennet and Avon Canal Company. The aqueduct is 150 yards (137.2 m) long with three arches built of Bath Stone, with Doric pilasters, and balustrades at each end.

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Places of interest (near the route)

  1. Dundas Aqueduct
  2. Sham Castle
  3. Pulteney Bridge
  4. Prior Park
  5. Bathampton
  6. Kennet Avon Canal
  7. Prior Park
  8. Bath
  9. Roman Baths
  10. Pulteney weir
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Hotels nearby

  1. Bailbrook House, Bath
  2. Cheriton House
  3. Best Western Abbey Hotel
  4. Mercure Francis Bath
  5. Bailbrook Lodge
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