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Town in Wiltshire, England
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Devizes is a market town and civil parish in the centre of Wiltshire. It has nearly 500 listed buildings, some notable churches, a town hall and a green in the centre of the town.
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Britain's best Bronze Age Archaeology collection displayed in new award-winning galleries. Includes finds from the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site.
The canal runs through the town, with the spectacular flight of 26 locks at Caen Hill. At the Wharf in Devizes is the Canal Museum, with cafe and canal boat trips.
Visit the brewery to find out how the famous 6X beer is brewed, see the sign-painting workshop and meet the Shire Horses that deliver beer to pubs in the town every morning.
This is the former Whatley Foundry, built around 1870, which made water wheels, pumps and mill gears.
A canal-side pub, that specialises in food and serves Wadworth Beer.
By bus
Every Easter, hundreds of canoeists set off from Devizes Wharf heading for the Thames at Westminster in the annual Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race.
By train
The nearest stations are Swindon, Chippenham and Pewsey.
By car
Leave the M4 at Junction 15; take the A346 to Marlborough, then the A4 and the A361 to Devizes.
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