River Kennet
The River Kennet is a small river and is part of the Kennet and Avon Canal.
It runs for 18 miles and 4 furlongs through 20 locks from High Bridge Reading (where it joins the River Thames (River Kennet)) to Northcroft Lane Arm (where it joins the Kennet and Avon Canal (Main Line)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 70 feet long and 13 feet and 6 inches wide. The maximum headroom is 7 feet and 10 inches. The maximum draught is 3 feet and 7 inches.
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 56M - Kennet and Avon Canal Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| High Bridge Reading Jurisdiction for the River Kennet changes between the Canal & River Trust and the Environment Agency here. |
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| Yield Hall Place Bridge | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Delphi Bridge | ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Cooks Bridge | 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Bridge Street Bridge No 2 | 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| County Lock No 106 | 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Winding Hole above County Lock | 3 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Inner Distribution Road Bridge No 4 | 3 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Lower Brook Street Mooring Last mooring on CRT waters heading to Thames |
3½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Berkeley Avenue Bridge No 5 | 4¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Berkeley Avenue Pipe Bridge | 4½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Rose Kiln Lane Bridge No 8 | 1 mile and 3¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Reading Relief Road Bridge | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Fobney Lock Weir Exit Channel leading to the Weir |
1 mile and 7¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Waterworks Bridge No 9 | 1 mile and 7¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Fobney Lock No 105 | 1 mile and 7½ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Winding Hole above Fobney Lock | 1 mile and 7¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Fobney Lock Moorings Fobney Island Nature Reserve |
2 miles and 1 furlong | 2 locks | |
| Fobney Lock Weir Entrance No Access |
2 miles and 3½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Southcote Railway Bridge No 11 | 2 miles and 4 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Southcote Lock Weir Exit | 2 miles and 5½ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Milkmaids Footbridge No 12 | 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Southcote Lock No 104 | 2 miles and 6 furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Burghfield Island Entrance No 1 | 3 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Burghfield Bridge No 14 Burghfield |
3 miles and 4 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Burghfield Island Entrance No 2 | 3 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| The Cunning Man PH | 3 miles and 4½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Swans Bridge No 15 | 3 miles and 6½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Burghfield Lock Weir Exit | 3 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Burghfield Lock No 103 | 4 miles | 3 locks | |
| Burghfield Mill Winding Hole | 4 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Hisseys Bridge No 17 | 4 miles and 6½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| M4 Motorway Bridge No 18 | 5 miles and ¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Quarry Bridge (demolished) | 5 miles and ¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Garston Lock Garston Lock Weir Exit |
5 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Garston Lock No 102 | 5 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Sheffield Lock No 101 | 5 miles and 6 furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Theale Swing Bridge No 19 | 5 miles and 7 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Sheffield Lock Weir Entrance | 6 miles and ½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Gravel Works Conveyor Bridge No 20 (demolished) | 6 miles and ¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Sulhampstead Lock Sulhampstead Lock Weir Exit |
6 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Sulhampstead Lock No 100 | 6 miles and 5 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Sulhamstead Swing Bridge No 21 | 6 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Draper's Osier Bed Stream Leaves Sulhampstead Lock Weir Entrance |
7 miles | 7 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Tyle Mill Lock Tyle Mill Lock Weir Exit |
7 miles and 3 furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Tyle Mill Lock C&RT Services | 7 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Tyle Mill Swing Bridge No 23 | 7 miles and 3½ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Tyle Mill Lock No 99 | 7 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Tyle Mill Winding Hole Tyle Mill Lock Weir Entrance |
7 miles and 5½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Winding Hole by Ufton Swing Bridge Towney Lock Weir Exit |
8 miles and ¼ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Ufton Swing Bridge No 25 Site of the disused Ufton Lock No 98 |
8 miles and ¾ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Towney Bridge No 26 | 8 miles and 6 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Towney Lock No 97 | 8 miles and 6½ furlongs | 8 locks | |
| Padworth Swing Bridge No 27 | 9 miles and 1½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Padworth Lock | 9 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Padworth Lock No 96 | 9 miles and 3½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Aldermaston Lift Bridge No 28 The lift bridge is electrically operated by boaters and spans a busy road. |
9 miles and 5½ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Aldermaston Arm | 9 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Aldermaston Lock No 95 Aldermaston lift bridge below the lock is electrically operated by boaters and spans a busy road. |
9 miles and 6 furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Aldermaston Footbridge No 28A | 9 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Frouds Bridge No 29 | 10 miles and 4 furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Frouds Bridge Marina (entrance) Aldermaston Mill Weir Entrance and access to Frouds Bridge Marina |
10 miles and 6½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Wickham Knight Bridge No 30 | 11 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Woolhampton Swing Bridge No 31 | 11 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Woolhampton Pipe Bridge Site of bridge 32 |
11 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Woolhampton Mill Lock No 94 Woolhampton village 200 yards north. |
11 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Woolhampton Mill Lock Visitor Moorings | 11 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Oxlease Swing Bridge No 33 | 12 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Heals Lock | 12 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Heals Lock No 93 | 12 miles and 4 furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Cranwells Swing Bridge No 35 | 12 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Midgham Bridge No 36 | 13 miles and 1½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Midgham Lock No 92 | 13 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Winding Hole above Midgham Lock | 13 miles and 2 furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Colthrop Footbridge No 37 This footbridge is not over the river but over the weir entrance. |
13 miles and 5 furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Colthrop Lock Weir Exit | 13 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Colthrop Pipe Bridge No 38 | 13 miles and 7 furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Reed Board Mill Bridge No 39 | 13 miles and 7 furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Colthrop Lock No 91 | 13 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Colthrop Lock Weir Entrance No Access |
13 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Colthrop Lock Pipe Bridge | 14 miles and 1½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Thatcham Bridge No 42 Thatcham, the station is 200 yards east |
14 miles and 5½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Thatcham Visitor Mooring | 14 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Monkey Marsh Lock Monkey Marsh Lock Weir Exit |
14 miles and 6½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Monkey Marsh Lock No 90 | 14 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Monkey Marsh Swing Bridge No 44 | 15 miles and ¾ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Widmead Lock No 89 | 15 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Widmead Winding Hole Widmead Lock Weir Entrance |
16 miles and ¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Hambridge Lane Railway Bridge No 45 | 16 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Bulls Bridge No 46 Carries the towing path over the River Kennet which enters the waterway below the lock |
16 miles and 4½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Bulls Lock | 16 miles and 4½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Bulls Lock No 88 | 16 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Bulls Swing Bridge No 48 | 16 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Lakeside Bridge Lake outfall (no access) |
16 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Ham Bridge No 50 | 17 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Ham Mills Lock No 87 | 17 miles and 3 furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Winding Hole above Ham Mills Lock | 17 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Ham Manor Marina | 17 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Whitehouse Bridge No 53 | 17 miles and 5½ furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Tesco Moorings (Newbury) | 17 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Winding Hole below Greenham Lock Entrance to Greenham Lock Cottage Marina |
17 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Gould Close Arm | 17 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Greenham Lock No 86 | 17 miles and 7 furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Greenham Bridge No 56 | 18 miles | 20 locks | |
| Newbury Marina | 18 miles and ½ furlongs | 20 locks | |
| Mill Lane Arm | 18 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 20 locks | |
| A339 Road Bridge No 58 | 18 miles and 2 furlongs | 20 locks | |
| Newbury Wharf Town centre |
18 miles and 2½ furlongs | 20 locks | |
| New American Bridge No 59 | 18 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 20 locks | |
| Newbury Bridge No 60 | 18 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 20 locks | |
| Northcroft Lane Arm Junction of Kennet and Avon Canal with River Kennet. LHS is a short arm |
18 miles and 4 furlongs | 20 locks |
- Newbury Marina — associated with Newbury Marina
- Newbury Marina, Kennet and Avon Canal with full marina services and moorings.
- Greenham Lock Marina | Narrowboat Mooring in Newbury | Moorings in Newbury — associated with Greenham Lock No 86
- Greenham Lock Marina | Narrowboat Mooring in Newbury | Moorings in Newbury Small and privately owned, Greenham Lock Marina is located just below Greenham Lock (No. 86) on the Kennet & Avon Canal in Newbury; a small town nestled in the heart of West Berkshire.
Wikipedia has a page about River Kennet
The Kennet is a tributary of the River Thames in Southern England. Most of the river is straddled by the North Wessex Downs AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). The lower reaches have been made navigable as the Kennet Navigation, which – together with the Avon Navigation, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Thames – links the cities of Bristol and London.
The length from near its sources west of Marlborough, Wiltshire down to Woolhampton, Berkshire is a 111.1-hectare (275-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). This is primarily from an array of rare plants and animals completely endemic to chalky watercourses.
When Wiltshire had second-tier local authorities, one, Kennet District, took the name of the river.
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