Colt Hill Bridge carries a footpath over the Basingstoke Canal five kilometres from Bolton.
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.
| Sprat's Hatch Bridge | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
| Broad Oak Bridge | 4½ furlongs | |
| Odiham Bypass Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Odiham Wharf | ½ furlongs | |
| Colt Hill Bridge Winding Hole | ¼ furlongs | |
| Colt Hill Bridge | ||
| Lodge Copse Bridge (North Warnborough) | 5 furlongs | |
| Swan Bridge (North Warnborough) | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| North Warnborough Lift Bridge | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Odiham Castle | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
| Whitewater Aqueduct | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
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![Crowley's Alton Ales & Stout. A wall painted advertisement for a long gone brewery is on the side of what was once The Cricketers Inn beside the Basingstoke Canal.The brewery in Alton was founded in 1763 by James Baverstock. The Crowley family took over in 1821. The brewery closed in 1970 and the site is now a Sainsbury's.Info from the Brewery History Society, with thanks http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Crowley_%26_CoLooking at older pictures you can see that the sign has been restored, which is nice. It's quite a feature. [[670795]] by Des Blenkinsopp – 20 April 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/46/42/7464275_54adb21e_120x120.jpg)





![Alton Ales & Stout. A nice detail left on the now private former inn in Colt Hill. See also [[2433531]]. by Mr Ignavy – 22 May 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/43/35/2433543_a5534cd5_120x120.jpg)











