The Kennet and Avon Canal is a navigable waterway crossing southern
England from Bristol to Reading.
The canal, completed in 1810, passes through a rural landscape,
over chalk vales and river valleys. It winds its way through
villages, market towns and the City of Bath.
The waterway is a thread linking many architectural and
engineering triumphs, including aqueducts, pumping stations and
lock flights. It is a combination of three waterways: the River
Avon to the west, the River Kennet to the East, both of which are
linked by fifty-seven miles of man made waterway.
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The towpath is flat and well maintained, you do not need to
cross any fences.
There is parking at N51 23.615 W001 34.976. Cross over the
footbridge and walk along the canal.
The cache is a small 'Tupperware' box .
This cache is 1 of 37 caches hidden along 19 miles of the Kennet
and Avon canal between and Thatcham and Great Bedwyn via Newbury,
Kintbury, Hungerford, Froxfield and Little Bedwyn.
GCNX4V Monkey March
Lock
GCJTY7 Between Two Locks by
Subarite
GCNX4N Widmead Lock
GCNX47 Bull's Lock
GCNV5Y Ham Lock by
Alibags
GCNV6B The Narrowboat by
Alibags
GCMRDJ Greenham Lock by
Alibags
GCDAFC Along the canal (Berks) by
Paul Blitz
GCK0K9 Lock, Stock and Barrel
(Berks)
GCN79X Monkey Bridge by
d&c
GCKA2W Guyer's Lock
(Berks)
GCJCPG Canal Bypass by
dogastus
GCK87H Benham Bridge
GCK8NP Hamstead Lock
GCK8NR Copse Lock
GCK8NV Dreweat's
Lock
GCGGHW Shepherd's
Bridge
GCMMBM Kintbury Lock
II
GCK87T Brunsden's
Lock
GCK87P Wire Lock
GCHGKY Hunger for this too (300 yards
from the canal)
GCK87W Hungerford
Lock
GCKYHA Marsh Lock
GCKYHC Cobbler's
Lock
GCM1KV Picketfield
Lock
GCQGK6 Between by The White
Family
GCM3G2 Froxfield
Lock
GCHRBT Something for Everyone by The
Scooby Snacks + The Rangers of Ithilien
GCM547 Fore Bridge
GCM6V4 Little Bedwyn
Lock
GCM6V5 Potter's Lock
GCM86J Great Bedwyn
Lock
GCM86M Church Lock
GCN0PV Mill Bridge
GCN0R6 Beech Grove
Lock
GCN0RB Wilton Brail
Lock
GCJCBJ Crofton Beam
Engines
The towpath is well maintained and suitable for cycling. There
is a railway line running parallel with the canal with stations at
Thatcham, Newbury, Kintbury, Hungerford and Great Bedwyn, so you
could park at one station, walk the towpath finding caches and then
catch the train back.
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Geocaching Association of Great
Britain
offering support for Geocachers in the
UK