Bedwyn station serves the idyllic village of Great Bedwyn in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The towpath along the adjacent Kennet & Avon Canal makes a pleasant walk to Crofton Beam Engines (see below).
www.greatbedwyn.com | www.northwessexdowns.org.uk | www.canalrivertrust.org.uk
A fine 13th century chapel with flint walls and a thatched roof.
It was built by the lord of Chisbury Manor but ceased to be a consecrated chapel in 1547 and was used as a barn for many years.
Admission free.
Open any reasonable time.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
The oldest working steam engines in the world, fed by a hand-stoked coal-fired boiler.
The engines were built 200 years ago to pump water for the adjacent Kennet & Avon Canal and are still capable of
doing this today. One engine is of original Boulton & Watt construction. Events programme. Café.
Open please see website.
www.croftonbeamengines.org
A working windmill built in 1821, producing stoneground wholemeal flour. Guided tours of the mill.
Open Easter-Sep, Sun & BH 1400-1700.
www.wiltonwindmill.co.uk
Wilton Windmill is 1¼ miles from Crofton Beam Engines.
