Caen Hill is a steep hill at the western edge of the town of Devizes in Wiltshire. The hill probably gets it name from Richard of Caen, Bishop of Salisbury in the 12th century, who rebuilt Devizes castle in stone. The flight of 16 locks at Caen Hill, Devizes on the Kennett and Avon Canal. ... The flight of 16 locks at Caen Hill, Devizes on the Kennett and Avon Canal. ... The Kennet and Avon Canal at Brass-Knocker-Bottom near Bath The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. ... Arms of Devizes Devizes is a town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Arms of the Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. ...
The most impressive featuer of Caen Hill are the Caen Hill flight of locks, constructed to raise the Kennet and Avon Canal into Devizes from the west. The main flight of 16 locks forms part of a longer series of 29 locks. The total rise is 237 feet in just 2 miles (72 m in 3.2 km), making Caen Hill the steepest flight of locks in the world. The Kennet and Avon Canal at Brass-Knocker-Bottom near Bath The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. ...
After the coming of the railways, the canal fell into disuse, and closed. From the 1960s there was a major clearing and rebuilding operation, culminating in a visit by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 to officially open the new locks and the flight (although the flight had been navigable for a number of years before then). Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The...
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