Bruce Tunnel, Marlborough

Name: Bruce Tunnel
Address: Marlborough, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Marlborough

Canal

Gallery (1)

Map

Map

Facts and practical information

The Bruce Tunnel is on the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal between Wootton Top Lock and Crofton Locks in Wiltshire, England. ()

Coordinates: 51°22'4"N, 1°39'46"W

Address

Marlborough United Kingdom

ContactAdd

Social media

Add

Marlborough

Day trips

Bruce Tunnel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Crofton Beam Engines, Savernake Forest, Wilton Windmill, Wootton Rivers Lock.

1.7 miE
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Crofton Beam Engines, Marlborough
44 min walk • Crofton Pumping Station, near the village of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England, supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water. The steam-powered pumping station is preserved and operates on selected weekends.
2.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Savernake Forest
58 min walk • Savernake Forest stands on a Cretaceous chalk plateau between Marlborough and Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England. Its area is approximately 4,500 acres. Most of the forest lies within the civil parish of Savernake.
2.7 miE
Windmill
Wilton Windmill
68 min walk • The Wilton Windmill is a five-floor brick tower mill located on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire.
2.3 miW
Canal
Wootton Rivers Lock
59 min walk • Wootton Rivers Lock, also called Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock, is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England. Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock was built during the canal's construction between 1794 and 1810. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 0 in.
3.7 miNE
Canal
Little Bedwyn Lock, Hungerford
96 min walk • Little Bedwyn Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. The canal is administered by the Canal & River Trust. The lock has a rise/fall of 6 ft 7 in.
4.6 miNE
Canal
Oakhill Down Lock
118 min walk • Oakhill Down Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Froxfield, Wiltshire, England between Newbury Bridge and Pewsey Wharf. The lock has a rise/fall of 5 ft 11 in. It is a grade II listed building.
4.4 miW
Canal
Jones's Mill, Pewsey
112 min walk • Jones's Mill is an 11.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Pewsey in Wiltshire, notified in 1975. The site is managed as a nature reserve by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.
1.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Wilton Water
47 min walk • Wilton Water is a small reservoir, southwest of the village of Great Bedwyn in the English county of Wiltshire, which supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water.
1.3 miSE
Canal
Crofton Locks
34 min walk • Crofton Locks are a flight of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near the village of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. The nine locks achieve a total rise/fall of 61 ft 0 in and were built under the supervision of engineer John Rennie. West of the top lock is the summit of the canal at 450 ft above sea level.
3.2 miNE
Church
St Martin's Chapel
83 min walk • St Martin's Chapel, Chisbury is a mediaeval former chapel next to the manor house in the hamlet of Chisbury, Wiltshire, England. St Martin's was built in the early part of the 13th century, on the edge of Chisbury Camp, an Iron Age hillfort.
2.7 miE
Canal
Bedwyn Church Lock
69 min walk • Bedwyn Church Lock is on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 7 ft 11 in. It is a Grade II listed building.