 Over 30,000 trees were planted in 2012–13 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.This flight was John Rennie the Elder's solution to climbing a steep hill and, in 1810, was the last part of the route of the Kennet and Avon navigation, commenced in 1796, between Bristol and Reading, to be opened.A brickyard had been established to the south of the site for the manufacture of bricks for the lock chambers.