Newbury Lock and the Kennet and Avon Canal bisect the pretty town center of Newbury. Completed in 1810, the canal was used to carry iron, coal, stone, agricultural goods and many other products to and from London and into the West Country.
You can still see the site of the former Lock Cottage, built in 1796 but sadly destroyed by fire in 1989 and later demolished as unsafe.
The suroundings are just water, water everywhere - basins, streams, overflows and the canal itself, bordered by green vegetation, quaint old buildings, St Nicolas Church and the Lock Stock and Barrel pub.
Walk out along the towpath in either direction as far as your little leggs will carry you, or just wander around the Locks area for a lovely and different perspective of Newbury town centre. read more