Pirbright Bridge carries the road from Basingstoke to Northampton over the Basingstoke Canal near to Leeds Locks.
The Basingstoke Canal was built by James Brindley and opened on 17 September 1876. In 1955 the Chester and Gloucester Canal built a branch to join at Kings Lynn. Expectations for limestone traffic to Macclesfield never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Basingstoke Canal were submitted to parliament in 2001, water transfer to the treatment works at Tivercroft kept it open. In Henry Jones's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Longbury Embankment during the Poll Tax riots.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
| Brookwood Bottom Lock No 12 | 1 mile, ¼ furlongs | |
| Brookwood Lock No 13 | 7½ furlongs | |
| Brookwood Top Lock No 14 | 7 furlongs | |
| Sheet's Heath Bridge | 4½ furlongs | |
| Connaught Crescent Winding Hole | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Pirbright Bridge | ||
| Frimley Bottom Lock No 15 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Frimley Bottom Lock Winding Hole | ½ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock No 16 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Cowshot Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock No 17 | 3¾ furlongs | |
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![Pirbright Bridge. The Pirbright Bridge at Brookwood. Through the arch can be seen the lock gates of Lock 15 on the Basingstoke canal. For a view of a plaque on the bridge refer to picture [[5456861]]. by Len Williams – 08 July 2017](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/45/68/5456864_c825808e_120x120.jpg)
![Pirbright Bridge, Plaque. The plaque on the Pirbright Bridge over the Basingstoke Canal. For a view of the bridge refer to picture [[5456864]]. by Len Williams – 08 July 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/45/68/5456861_11e2a9bf_120x120.jpg)

![New sign. A newer sign just along from the other one telling the bridge was rebuilt in 1984. [[2254025]] by Bill Nicholls – 16 January 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/25/51/2255178_7a56a18a_120x120.jpg)














![Lock No 15, Basingstoke Canal. This is the view of Lock 15 from the Pirbright Bridge with the lock-keepers house in the distance. For view of the plaque on the Pirbright Bridge refer to picture [[5456861]]. Refer to picture [[4726592]] to commence a journey through the Basingstoke Canal locks beginning at No 25. by Len Williams – 08 July 2017](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/45/68/5456855_d3b7a397_120x120.jpg)









![Connaught Road Rail Bridge. View of the Connaught Road railway bridge, the benchmark is on the left hand pillar [[2254000]] Would have been interesting to see the bridge that had been removed in the foreground. by Bill Nicholls – 16 January 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/25/40/2254011_d2664602_120x120.jpg)
