THE KENNET AND AVON CANAL
Part 1
Reading To The Summit

Explore the Eastern Section of this fascinating canal with this production from VideoActive. Let us take you on a tour of historic locations as we climb through the beautiful counties of Royal Berkshire and rural Wiltshire.

The Kennet and Avon canal was re-opened after one of the most ambitious canal restoration schemes ever attempted.

It is a monument to the outstanding engineering skills of John Rennie & John Hoare who created for posterity a commercial artery combined with architectural splendour.

Now, around 200 years after its original opening, the waterway thrives once again, its future now secured.This programme begins at Reading and makes its way up the river Kennet through medieval Newbury, to Hungerford.

It then climbs up the Kennet & Avon canal towards the summit in the beautiful Savernake forest.

At Crofton, we visit the amazing steam pumping engine which has been replenishing the summit level since the canal was opened in Napoleonic times.

DVD Info

Region: 2
Running Time: 57 minutes