After Pewsey Wharf, there are permit holder moorings on the non-towpath side, so you can't moor on the towpath. After the winding hole, the bank is just about moorable with a gangplank.

Before and after bridge 115, the canal is very shallow so go slowly and stay in the middle.

Wilcot

If you want to visit Wilcot, a pretty village with many thatched cottages, the towpath is moorable before and after bridge 117, though you will need a gangplank.

From the bridge, head south to the village green. The right-hand fork will take you to the old part of the village, centred around the church. The left-hand fork will take you to the Golden Swan pub. This closes during the afternoon, but reopens at 6pm.

After Wilcot, you come to Wide Water which is moorable as far as Lady's Bridge (no 120). After that, there are private moorings on the non-towpath side and the towpath becomes difficult with strange tussocky grass mounds.

View eastwards toward Honeystreet. 13-11-2018

Honeystreet

As you approach Honeystreet, you will see Moonraker Boats at Honeystreet Wharf. This is the last opportunity to get a pump-out, diesel etc before Devizes.

Just past this, after bridge 124, the canal is shallow on both sides so stay in the middle.

There are 24-hour moorings and a water point as you approach the Barge Inn. There are a large number of boats moored after this, but the bank isn't very good, and then becomes quite reedy.

All Cannings

Before you get to All Cannings, there are some large banks of reeds on the towpath side, but then you come to 48-hour moorings just before bridge 127.

Bishops Cannings swingbridge. 08-04-2019

Bishops Cannings

At Bishops Cannings swingbridge, the layby moorings are on the non-towpath side, where there is a farm track to the village which has a pub and an interesting church. On the towpath side there are jetties on either side of the swingbridge, which are convenient for mooring: tie one end of the boat to the jetty and stake the other end to the bank. Thus four boats can be moored without interfering with the operation of the swingbridge.

Horton Bridge

The towpath is moorable as far as Horton Bridge, no 134. Just before the bridge there are 48-hour moorings and just after the bridge the Bridge Inn has its own 24-hour moorings. There is a water point at the end of these moorings, and steps up to the pub car-park.

There is little advantage to using the 48-hour moorings as they are on a bend and there are no rings.

After the pub, there are permit holder moorings but then the towpath is moorable as far as Devizes Marina. The marina offers pump-out: there is no need to go into the marina as the pump-out machine is next to the canal.

After the marina, the towpath is not moorable as far as Devizes Wharf, with the exception of a few spaces next to bridge 136.

Devizes Wharf

There are 72-hour moorings here, mostly on the towpath side, and water and pump-out. The Canal Trust office sells pump-out cards, but only has a small stock.

From the bridge next to the Trust building you can walk into Devizes (go straight on then cross into Snuff Street) or to Sainsbury (turn left and follow your nose).

If the wharf is full when you arrive, go through the first lock where you can moor on the towpath with a gangplank.