Exploring Historic Structures on the North Wilts Canal with Chloe Ford #UKCanals #Swindon #locks

Swindon’s Lost Locks | North Wilts Canal | Wilts and Berks

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A look at the Moredon and Mouldon Locks on the old North Wilts canal which became part of the Wilts and Berks canal. The North Wilts ran from the junction in the centre of Swindon to Lawton Basin at Cricklade on the Cotswold Canals.

Walking from Mouldon hill country park we first visit the Moredon aqueduct before walking south towards the town of Swindon and onto Mouldon Lock, Moredon Bridge and then the two locks at Moredon. How did the power station and the Midland and South Western Junction Railway affect the canal? Now the Swindon and Cricklade railway it runs through a similar course and is both a heritage railway and a cycle path in the town.

We follow the country park until we hit the Cheney Manor Industrial estate which still has a section of canal in water. The rest of the route can be seen on various videos on the channel.

The mapping that can be seen is the fantastic memory maps with the waterway route maps overlaid, all done automatically when you download both.

WBCT Youtube – @wiltsberkscanaltrust

WBCT – https://www.wbct.org.uk

Swindon and Cricklade Railway – https://swindon-cricklade-railway.org

Rail Map Online – https://www.railmaponline.com

Waterway Routes – https://www.waterwayroutes.co.uk

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All camera footage shot with an Insta360 One Inch with Rode Go mic and Lavalier.

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so Chloe waiting me wait for so long has been an absolute bonus because not only we got the views have been able to see everything but we’ve got a canal in [Music] water we’re on a Northwoods Canal today uh the canal runs from Swindon and up to lechlade on the uh where it joins the cotw can now at Latin Basin he’s probably seen quite a few videos on that I’m here with Chloe Ford who’s a chair of the swind branch of the Wilson bites Canal Trust we’re going to have a little look at some of the structures along the route that still exist uh behind us here we have our first one uh we’ve had this on another video uh do you want to tell me a bit about this uh so a few years ago the trust got donated this bridge it’s a foot bridge and it was originally a foot crossing bridge uh going over the river temps um