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The Caen Hill Locks, Wiltshire

Caen Hill Caen Hill is a downland hill in Wiltshire on which stands the town of Devizes. The hill is famous not for the town, but for a most remarkable flight of locks indefatigably climbing the hill into Devizes over a course of two miles, bringing the Kennet and Avon Canal up 237 feet onto the higher plains beneath the Marlborough Downs. The locks take five to six hours to travel in a boat. (Read more)