Volunteers clearing the canal
Volunteers are rediscovering a former waterway which has been hidden for more than a century.
The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust is clearing a new section of the abandoned line which once passed between Pewsham and Derry Hill, to the east of Chippenham.
The stretch at Green Lane Farm, leased from a local landowner, is more than 760 metres long and reaches from the A4 to Pudding Brook.
Workparties had to cut their way through dense undergrowth to reveal the route used by narrowboats carrying coal, grain and other cargo in the 1800s.
Volunteers have been clearing the towpath, removing rubbish, laying hedges and planting trees, and now hope to recruit more people to support their latest project.