The Kennet and Avon Canal
Julia Bradbury walks along a 20km stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal and tells how it was restored after being awarded a big lottery heritage grant.
Seasoned stomper Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots once again to explore her own British backyard, travelling along the country's network of canals and their accompanying towpath trails. This sees her navigating Highland glens, rolling countryside and river valleys, as well as our industrial heartlands, following these magical waterways as they cut a sedate path through some of the country's finest scenery.
Julia starts this walk in the beautiful world heritage city of Bath, where the Kennet and Avon Canal provided a 19th-century 'canal superhighway' between the country's two most important ports, Bristol and London. But only forty years later the trade along the canal was usurped by rail travel, leaving the once great waterway neglected and derelict. Julia's 20-mile walk along what is arguably the most picturesque stretch of the canal tells the story of how the waterway was restored to its former glory after it was awarded the biggest ever lottery heritage grant. The walk ends at the spectacular Caen Hill flight of locks, listed as one of the seven wonders of British waterways.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Julia Bradbury |
Director | Josh Halil |
Executive Producer | Eric Harwood |
Broadcasts
- Mon 16 May 2011 20:30
- Tue 17 May 2011 02:35
- Sat 21 May 2011 22:30
- Mon 11 Jul 2011 19:30
- Mon 28 May 2012 19:30
- Tue 29 May 2012 00:25
- Sun 30 Sep 2012 19:00
- Tue 27 Nov 2012 20:00
- Wed 28 Nov 2012 01:00
- Tue 6 Oct 2015 19:30
- Wed 19 Oct 2016 19:30
- Wed 4 Jul 2018 19:30
- Wed 31 Jul 2024 19:30
- Thu 1 Aug 2024 01:05