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To the best of my knowledge , Bevans Bridge was Blown up by British sappers during the war as practice. It was rebuilt by a father and son volunteers and team in 2000.

Not trying to undermine the video, and a genuine question. I’ve lived on Pewsham for 20 years and have seen a lot of stop start going on with bit of canal, any idea when it’ll join up with the rest of the Wilts and Berks canal?

It’s great to see the kilns in such good condition. Really good vlog Steve,thanks. Looks like a beautiful area to visit 👍

Lockerford Lane Bridge was built by Balfour Beatty as part of the A61 Chesterfield Inner Relief Road

Cheers Steve and Chloe, I never win anything. I’m chuffed to bits 😂

very well done all the winners

It's "waney edge larch". Good to see the progress after we had the tour around on the last open day

Wow.! A lot covered in this one Steve, thanks so much... All the industrial heritage stuff is great, bringing it together with the canal... love these types of content... 😍😀

This should be out there on how to destroy something that will help rejuvinate a town, and probably save it. What a mess, both how the town has degenerated, and what the council has/is doing to destroy as much as possible. A great railway site on it's own, There seems to be very little of that left now, and they don't care. I hope the residents, businesses and all interested parties get together and hammer something out!

Thank you for a very enjoyable and informative video on this major restoration project. As you point, it demonstrates how important the canal was both for the industral production of lime, and for its distribution to agricultural producers. They've done a superb restoration job on those lime kilns and once the canal is restored, it will complete the jigsaw, perhaps with some limited railway restoration too, such as the inclined plane from kilns to wharf.

Wow! I love the history of that area , fantastic the way you explained it.. the canal being restored back to the kilns/ border will be a boon once again to the area.. Thanks for sharing this great bit of history! Cheers..

Thank you so much, Steve. It is, in our opinion one of the very best that you have produced. Sometimes, in your enthusiasm to show and teach you have spoken too quickly (for us) to hear everything you say 😊. This time we could follow you all the way through, and absolutely loved what you were both explaining and filming. The way you detail both the historic methods used and the ecology around you was such a pleasure to watch. Looking forward to many more like this. What a spectacular place. Thank you again.

Great view of some of our history, thank you!

Canal, tramways, incline. Pushing my buttons Mr C.😊

Brilliant video again and the way you incorporate the history of the industry of the area and the ancient history about being on the equator, well I am more than impressed. Extraordinary and Good Job 👏👍👏👍

Great Video Steve, I love to see the old industrial heritage woven into the canal restoration stories...

As always..👍👍

Industrial archeology with some canal or navigable river associations is always interesting. I am reading again May Blear's book on the Lagan Canal in Ulster. It connected Belfast to Lough Neagh at Ellis's Gut over 27 locks and 26.25 miles . Some of it is lost to the M1 motorway.The cargoes were mainly coal from Belfast docks ( and Ayrshire ) which I guess the mill owners had to resort to as the river became insufficient to power their expanding mills (linen) ..Two other canals remain to be restored in Ulster. Both lead into Lough Neagh. Not a convenient trip for you over a weekend.

Great video! My family lived in Llanymynech before moving to Pant. I know the area well, particularly Llanymynech Hill. I moved away in the 1970’s and it’s great to see how it all looks today

love canal I know it well

Beavan's Bridge was mostly destroyed by British troops artillery practice during WWII. It was rebuilt by Trust Volunteers, using existing stone, and new Cotswold stone for the millennium. It was modeled on Marsh Farm Bridge, which was contemporary to Beavan's Bridge = c 1803/4.

Absolutely fantastic film Thank you for sharing

Thank you Stephen for this tremendous presentation of what could happen with a degree of enlightenment.

Your videos are great, realy enjoy them! 👍

The 'soot' from railway looked more like an ash footpath, a common way to build footpaths when nearby stream engines provided plentiful waste ash.

Hello there . The project to restore this canal would be in the tens of millions , CRT just wont have the funding and as for canal boats going down Swindon high street that's very funny ! .

What a great video I moved ftom Swindon over 20 years ago and can’t believe the dereliction from your film The IWA in Manchester organised a trip for the planners and councillors to visit Birmingham to view Gas Street and Farmer bridge in 1968. It made a huge difference to their viewpoint on the Ashton Canal Things have grown sinde then. Maybe a before and after preemption to show to show the planners ?the v

As a Gwersyllt lad I was aware of the road behind the school and beyond the fields where you can see the canal/embankment from the lane but nothing else, thx so much for researching/exploring beyond that point. A lot of Tracks have been lost around the Moss and Gwersyllt area, I would be well interested to see some time. Well done, thank you.

As always...👍👍

If you want to support the project you can join the Wilts and Berks Canal Trust from £1.50 per month. The link is here www.wbct.org.uk/get-involved/join

Is this a LAST DITCH effort ? 🤪😮

Great video. Unfortunately, mention Heritage in Swindon and people just think railway. Mention canal and people think drunks falling in and shopping trolleys. Extending the canal from Kingshill to Wharf Green would be a tremendous achievement but I honestly can’t see it continuing further through the centre and beyond.

i honestly thought it was just to sell the houses they built, I'd love to see that section connected to the rest of the network but I'm dubious

Really great video, let’s hope town council and planners see this in depth emotive and thoroughly researched idea of breathing life back into Swindon, well done

General comment on all the new bits of canal being created or restored. With the CRT having funding cut, what’s their opinion on being given loads more to look after?

Property developers- greedy millionaires.

Fantastic video , your enthusiasm and commitment shines through well done 🥳

I do not live in Swindon, but your passion is clear. Lots of towns and cities have been distroyed by drugs and underinvestment. Funny government can still afford big cars ( question who pays the ulez) plus there security. They would not need the second if they looked after the people not there own arse. Sorry your rant better but you ken the truth.