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Major Canals. Major Features. Lock Flights. An impressive flight to locks that can be easily photographed. See our Devizes Locks Gallery for loads more pictures. Grid Reference: ST Ceremonial County: Wiltshire. Aerial photo: Multimap. You will see swans, ducks and heron, and if you're lucky catch the flash of kingfishers. Water voles and otters are more secretive, but they are here.

Curious cows come down to the banks to drink and watch you chug on by. The water teems with fish such as roach, pike, perch, bream, tench and small minnows. The aggressive pike is the largest of all canal fish and often lurks among weed beds bursting out to catch smaller fish. There are lots of plants to spot as you visit- the wide, leathery leaves of water lilies float on the surface, and you can see their attractive flowers from mid-May until the first frosts.

In summer, brightly-coloured purple loosestrife provides food for long-tongued insects such as brimstone butterflies and elephant hawk moths and the towpath vegetation attracts many more species of insects. The rustle of common reed will provide a soundscape to your walk and a summer home for reed and sedge warblers.

The fact that by boat you cannot travel faster than 4mph, forces you to embrace that wonderful antidote to modern life-slow time. If you are on the towpath, take time to observe the changing seasons and give a friendly greeting to all who pass by.

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