Canals · South West England
Galton's Canal
Galton's Canal — canal in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Dog-friendly
About
Galton's Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "canal in the United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.1985°, -2.7896°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Westhay Moor SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: SOMERSET WETLANDS
- Ramsar wetland: Severn Estuary
- Ramsar wetland: Somerset Levels & Moors
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Galton's Canal was a 1-mile 3 furlong (2.2 km) canal with one lock, crossing Westhay Moor in Somerset, England, and connecting the River Brue to the North Drain. It was operational by 1822, and ceased to be used after the 1850s.
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Background
History
Few details of the canal have survived, and the main source of information about it comes from a paper submitted to the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Erasmus Galton, and published in 1845. The journal was chosen because the main purpose of the canal was the improvement of a peat bog, to provide agricultural land. In 1811, Samuel Galton Jr., a financier from Duddeston, in Birmingham, owned 300 acre of peat bog in the parish of Meare, which formed part of Westhay Moor. The moor had been split up into tenements by an act of Parliament in 1790, but most of it remained unimproved, and was only suitable for the cutting of turf, which was used as a fuel. Samuel Galton set…
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- Coordinates
- 51.1985, -2.7896
- District
- Somerset
- Parish
- Godney
- Postcode
- BS28 4US
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
Sources
- wikidata: Q5519372 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Galton's Canal (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Galtons-Canal-lock-site-Somerset.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Galton's Canal?
- Galton's Canal is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode BS28 4US), in the parish of Godney.
- Is Galton's Canal a protected site?
- Yes — Galton's Canal is part of the Westhay Moor SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the SOMERSET WETLANDS National Nature Reserve.
- How do I get to Galton's Canal?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BS28 4US. It sits within the Wells and Mendip Hills parliamentary constituency.