Hayes Knoll

51°37′01″N 1°51′07″W / 51.617°N 1.852°W / 51.617; -1.852

Hayes Knoll is a hamlet between Swindon and Cricklade in north Wiltshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Purton, about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) west of the village of Purton Stoke and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Cricklade.

The North Wilts Canal, which linked the Wilts & Berks Canal at Swindon with the Thames and Severn Canal at Latton, north of Cricklade, passed close to the hamlet, where there was a lock.^[1] The canal was opened in 1819 and abandoned in 1914; since 2007 it has been under restoration as part of the Cricklade Country Way.^[2]

The hamlet has given its name to Hayes Knoll station on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway.

References

^ "Map – North Wilts Canal – Tadpole Lane to South Meadow Lane". Wilts & Berks Canal Trust. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ "Cricklade Country Way". Wiltshire Swindon & Oxfordshire Canal Partnership. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

External links

Media related to Hayes Knoll at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Map – North Wilts Canal – Tadpole Lane to South Meadow Lane". Wilts & Berks Canal Trust. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[2] "Cricklade Country Way". Wiltshire Swindon & Oxfordshire Canal Partnership. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

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