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Wilts and Berks Canal - Town Centre, Swindon, Wiltshire



Here are a few photographs of the route the Wilts & Berks Canal took through the centre of Swindon.  It is hard to imagine it going along the built up Canal Walk but easier to visualise it a short distance away by Milton Road towards Cambria Bridge and beyond.  We have some photographs of the restored section of the Canal at Wichelstowe - click here.

Wilts and Berks Canal - Town Centre
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We start at Cambria Bridge
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Photo Date: July 2012
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Photo Date: July 2012
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Looking through the bridge we see the back of William Street (left) and Albion Street (right)
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Photo Date: July 2012
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Same view four years later - cycle track (part of the Western Flyer) and some smart new paving
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Photo Date: March 2016
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Same view as photograph 01702 but from on top of Cambria Bridge
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Photo Date: March 2015
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Taken from the other side of Cambria Bridge, looking towards the town centre
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Photo Date: March 2015
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Between Curtis Street and Tennyson Street
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Photo Date: July 2014
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Approaching Milton Road Bridge
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Photo Date: July 2014
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Former steps up to Milton Road
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Photo Date: July 2014
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The west side of the bridge
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Photo Date: July 2014
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Former murals on the bridge
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Photo Date: July 2014
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Taken from Milton Road bridge looking at the path behind Tennyson Street
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Photo Date: July 2014
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And from under the bridge
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Photo Date: July 2014
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Bricks of the underside of the bridge
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Photo Date: July 2014
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The other end of the bridge
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Photo Date: July 2014
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The other side of the bridge and steps up to Milton Road
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Photo Date: July 2014
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Steps down from Milton Road Bridge
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Photo Date: July 2014
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Taken from Farnsby Street
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Photo Date: July 2014
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The pedestrian entrance through the Brunel West car park indicates the Canal route
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Photo Date: July 2014
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Canal Walk in the town centre
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Photo Date: November 2005
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Inscription on paving in Canal Walk with information about the Wilts & Berks Canal which used to run along this very spot.
More photographs of paving
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Photo Date: July 2014
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Fleming Way
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Photo Date: May 2013
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Further along Fleming Way - near the site of the long gone
Whale Bridge
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Photo Date: May 2013
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Duncan walking along the old canal path behind Shrivenham Road
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Photo Date: June 1984

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