Pewsey Wharf
Pewsey, Wiltshire KAC41.69
KandAC mile 41
The wharf was built to serve Pewsey village which is about 3/4 mile south. It was not particularly successful in competition with Honey Street Wharf to the west and Burbage Wharf to the east. The two storey warehouse for goods includes a wharfinger's cottage.
The wharf is on the south, towpath side, of the canal, and has moorings, slipway and other facilities.
The warehouse is restored; the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust runs the wharf and a tearooms in the old warehouse. A trust warden lives in the warehouse cottage. There's a car park for canal visitors, and there's usually a lot of visitors too!
It is believed locally that french prisoners of war worked on building the canal. At the end of their working day a horn called them back to their prison. This is thought to be the root of the name of a local pub, the French Horn.
Pewsey Wharf, from west.
Slipway at Pewsey Wharf.
Warehouse at Pewsey Wharf.
Boats at moorings, the bridge, and day trippers at Pewsey Wharf.
There was a projected canal, the Bristol and Salisbury Canal, which would have joined the KandA at Pewsey and linked it to the Andover Canal.

Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000