 Elements of the canal can still be seen in Swindon, with the route being remembered in the name of Canal Walk in the town centre.A new route for the canal to the south of the town is under development, with the first section opened at Wichelstowe in 2011.Swindon as reported in 1830 was still a quiet, market town –
Swindon is a market town in the hundred of Kingsbridge, eighty miles from London, thirty-eight from Salisbury, nineteen from Devizes, and eleven from Marlborough; pleasantly seated on the banks of the Wilts and Berks canal, by which navigation the trade of this place is much facilitated; – Mr William Dunsford, whose residence is at the Wharf, is the superintendent.