Swindon's Lost Locks

Swindon's Lost Locks | North Wilts Canal | Wilts and Berks
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A look at the Moredon and Mouldon Locks on the old North Wilts canal which became part of the Wilts and Berks canal. The North Wilts ran from the junction in the centre of Swindon to Lawton Basin at Cricklade on the Cotswold Canals.
Walking from Mouldon hill country park we first visit the Moredon aqueduct before walking south towards the town of Swindon and onto Mouldon Lock, Moredon Bridge and then the two locks at Moredon. How did the power station and the Midland and South Western Junction Railway affect the canal? Now the Swindon and Cricklade railway it runs through a similar course and is both a heritage railway and a cycle path in the town.
We follow the country park until we hit the Cheney Manor Industrial estate which still has a section of canal in water. The rest of the route can be seen on various videos on the channel.
The mapping that can be seen is the fantastic memory maps with the waterway route maps overlaid, all done automatically when you download both.
WBCT TH-cam - @wiltsberkscanaltrust
WBCT - www.wbct.org.uk
Swindon and Cricklade Railway - swindon-cricklade-railway.org
Rail Map Online - www.railmaponline.com
Waterway Routes - www.waterwayroutes.co.uk
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[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for the tour of the area this day. Always interesting and very informative to hear and understand. Thank you Steve for your time and effort with these videos. Cheers to you both! 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Good to see some sections of North Wilts in water, the restored locks and - unusually - some intact aqueducts. Thanks for an informative video.

[@davidheap880]

Nice to see. The North Wiltshire in water I was never able to find. Much of it when i lived in Swindonn for 12 months

[@RetroRatz]

Brilliant, well done! So glad to see water in that section.

[@Roamingthecotswolds]

Never been on this stretch of the canals so thanks for highlighting.

[@oslsc]

The open shot of the aqueduct was working on that a few years back with the wrg clearing out the river and some maintenance to brickwork found an object it looked like a bedpost only for us to realise it was alive mortar bomb disposal had to come and blow it up

[@stevefairbanks835]

Should see Brindley close today, flooded with water from the canal