The Kennet & Avon Canal Museum

Devizes Wharf
Couch Lane
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1EB
England

Website

www.katrust.org/

E-mail

administrator@katrust.org.uk

Telephone

01380 721279

01380 729489

Fax

01380 727870

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Working model of Claverton Pumping Station at the Kennet & Avon Canal Museum
Shop icon Study area icon Wheelchair access icon

The museum tells the story of the creation, restoration and re-opening of the waterway link between the Thames and Bristol, through the people involved with planning, building, working and restoring the Kennet and Avon Canal. Combine a visit with a canalside walk to the scenic Caen Hill lock flight. We have a canal oriented shop.

Venue Type:

Museum, Transport heritage site

 Opening hours

March - October
Mon - Sun 10.00-17.00

Nov - February
Mon - Sun 10.00-16.00

 Admission charges

Adults: £2.75 (Gift Aided £3)
Seniors: £2.00 (Gift Aid £2.20)
Children: £1.00
Kennet & Avon Canal Trust Members: Free

School Groups — Children (each) £1.00.
Teachers & helpers — free.

 General services and facilities
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Disability access
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Research and adult learning
  • Research facilities for academics
 Commercial and hire services
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Groups can phone to arrange a talk and/or walk

Devizes Wharf
Couch Lane
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1EB
England

Website

www.katrust.org/

E-mail

administrator@katrust.org.uk

Telephone

01380 721279

01380 729489

Fax

01380 727870

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The museum collections include artefacts, papers, photographs and memorabilia relating to the Kennet and Avon Canal along it's 87 mile length through Berkshire, Wiltshire and Somerset since the canals inception over 200 years ago

Collection details

Trade and Commerce, Social History, Science and Technology, Inland Waterways, Industry

Key artists and exhibits

  • Berkshire
  • Wiltshire
  • Somerset

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available

Devizes Wharf
Couch Lane
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1EB
England

Website

www.katrust.org/

E-mail

administrator@katrust.org.uk

Telephone

01380 721279

01380 729489

Fax

01380 727870

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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