Welcome to the
West Vale Branch
of the
Wilts & Berks Canal Trust

 

We meet at Shrivenham Bowls Club on the second Wednesday of each month at 8pm - all welcome.

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The Wilts & Berks Canal 
in southern England is the longest (at over 60 miles) canal restoration project in the UK. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust (W&BCT) [formerly the Wilts & Berks Canal Amenity Group] was formed in 1977 to campaign for the canal's preservation - the aims have grown and the Trust is now actively restoring the canal.

The canal ran from the Thames at Abingdon to the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington via Swindon. A branch, formerly known as the the North Wilts Canal, ran from Swindon to Cricklade on the
Thames and Severn Canal. Other smaller branches served Chippenham, Calne, Wantage and Longcot.

Despite its name (N.B. the Wilts and Berks, not the Wiltshire and Berkshire), the canal no longer passes through Berkshire due to boundary changes in 1974. The former "Berks" section is now in Oxfordshire, or "Oxon".

Between Abingdon and Swindon the canal passes through the Vale of White Horse and this is the website of the Trust's West Vale Branch based in Shrivenham. Please feel free to send comments or questions.

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In brief...

Last website update:

25 Aug 2007

We have received grants totalling £5350 from Awards for All - report here.

Steppingstone Lane Bridge arch is complete - report here.
Bridge index here.
Latest update:
 13 Mar 2007

Read the latest Dragonfly report here:
Autumn 2006

Read the latest Shrivenham, Watchfield, and Bourton Parish Magazine report here:
June 2004

Read the "Village Views" - Lambourn Valley Parish Magazine report here

"A canter through West Vale" describing what's left of the canal in our section.

The views expressed on this website are not necessarily those of the Wilts and Berks Canal Trust or of the West Vale Branch.

The Wilts and Berks Canal Trust is a Registered Charity #299595.
Last update: 25 August 2007. These pages are maintained on a voluntary basis by Richard Breese with acknowledgements.
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