Caen Hill Locks

[6] This flight was John Rennie the Elder's solution to climbing a steep hill and, in 1810, was the last part of the 87-mile (140 km) route of the Kennet and Avon navigation, commenced in 1796, between Bristol and Reading, to be opened.

[7] Between 1801 and 1810, a tramway had provided a trade link between Foxhangers at the bottom and Devizes at the top, the remains of which can be seen in the towpath arches of the road bridges over the canal.

[10] From the 1960s there was a major clearing and rebuilding operation, culminating in a visit by Elizabeth II in 1990 to open the new locks officially,[11] although the flight had been navigable for a number of years before then.

[12] In 2010 British Waterways planned to install sixteen new lock gates in twelve weeks as part of its winter maintenance programme, in an attempt to reduce the amount of water lost.

[16] Those named include number 22 (Lower Foxhangers[17]), 23 (Foxhangers[17]), 27 (Marsh Lane[18]), 28 (Moonrake[19][20]), 29 (Youth Division[21]), 30 (Fundraisers'), 33 (Lloyds[17]), 36 (Peter Lindley-Jones[22]), 38 (Jack Dalby[23]), 39 (Skaggs Foundation[24]), 40 (Paul Ensor[25]) 41 (Boto-X[25][26]), 42 (Monument[17][25]), 43 (Queen Elizabeth II[17][25]), 44 (Sir Hugh Stockwell[16][25]), 45 (Cave[16][25]), 46 (A. P. Herbert[16]), 47 (Manifold[16]), 48 (Trust[16]), 49 (Maton[17]), and 50 (Kennet[17]).