Historic pub immediately beside Avoncliff Aqueduct, where the Kennet & Avon Canal crosses the River Avon near Bradford-on-Avon. Multi-level canalside terraces and a “Priest’s Hole” feature make it a well-known stop for boaters and walkers.
Canalside pub directly beside the famous Caen Hill Locks flight in Devizes, with a skittle alley and a garden overlooking the canal — a popular stop for boaters and towpath walkers alike.
Frouds Bridge Marina is an off-river marina on the Kennet & Avon Canal near Aldermaston in West Berkshire. Its entrance is beside Frouds Bridge No 29 on the River Kennet section, about a mile upstream of Aldermaston Lock No 95. The entrance is on a blind bend where the current can run fast. It has around 160 leisure and high-use berths on 9,000ft of wooden jetties. Facilities include diesel, LPG, pump-out and Elsan, showers and toilets, free WiFi, coal and logs and recycling, with a code gate and CCTV. There’s also a floating dry dock and paint tent, a chandlery, brokerage, and engineering and hull work. Run by Wasing Ltd.
Caen Hill Waterside Marina is on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Lower Foxhangers, near Rowde, about three miles west of Devizes. It lies just below Devizes Bottom Lock No 22 and Lower Foxhanger Bridge No 146, at the foot of the Devizes flight. It offers leisure, visitor and winter moorings on serviced jetties. On site are pump-out, diesel, gas, coal and logs, showers, toilets, laundry, free WiFi, refuse disposal, secure parking and boat sales, with key-fob gates and CCTV. Operated by Aquavista.
Boatyard and chandlery on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Hilperton, near Trowbridge — described as the largest chandlery on the canal. Services include engine and gearbox repairs, boat fitting and painting, dry dock, moorings and pump-out.
