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Canal Walks
The Wansdyke & the K&A Canal
Step back in time at Jones’s Mill
On this walk Bob Naylor takes in two historic defences — the Kennet & Avon Canal that formed part of the UK’s southern defences during the 2nd World War — and the Wansdyke, a defensive bank and ditch built in the Dark Ages that runs
from the Avon Valley south of Bristol to Savernake Forest near Marlborough
The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust canalside nature reserve at Jones’s Mill near Pewsey was once a managed water meadow. It is now home to rare flora
and fauna — as well as a herd of Belted Galloway cattle. Susan Litherland of the Wiltshire
Wildlife Trust gives a guide to what to find in this lost world.
