Basingstoke Canal
The Basingstoke Canal is a broad canal and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain.
It runs for 30 miles and 4¾ furlongs through 29 locks from Woodham Junction (where it joins the River Wey Wey Navigation) to Odiham Castle Stop (which is a dead end).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 13 feet and 6 inches wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
Notable features of the waterway include Woodham Locks, Goldsworth Locks and Frimley Locks
Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 61M - River Wey and Basingstoke Canal Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
| Woodham Junction Junction of Basingstoke Canal with River Wey |
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| Woodham Bottom Lock No 1 | 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Camphill Road Bridge | 5 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Woodham Lock No 2 | 1 mile and ¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Woodham Lock No 3 | 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs | 2 locks | |
| Woodham Lock No 4 | 1 mile and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Woodham Lock No 5 | 1 mile and 3½ furlongs | 4 locks | |
| Sheerwater Road Bridge | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Woodham Top Lock No 6 | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 5 locks | |
| Paxton Gardens Winding Hole | 1 mile and 6 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Sheerwater Turn | 2 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Maybury Hill Bridge | 3 miles and ¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Chertsey Road Bridge | 3 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Wheatsheaf Bridge (Woking) | 3 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Brewery Bridge | 4 miles | 6 locks | |
| Lockfield Drive Bridge | 4 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Step Bridge Path Footbridge | 4 miles and 3½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Arthurs Bridge Winding Hole | 4 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Arthur's Bridge | 4 miles and 5½ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Bridge Barn PH | 4 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Parley Drive Bridge | 4 miles and 7 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Langmans's Bridge | 5 miles and 2 furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Goldsworth Bottom Lock No 7 Locks 8, 9 and 10 follow |
5 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 6 locks | |
| Goldsworth Lock No 8 | 5 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 7 locks | |
| Goldsworth Lock No 9 | 5 miles and 4 furlongs | 8 locks | |
| St. John's Road Bridge | 5 miles and 4½ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Goldsworth Lock No 10 | 5 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 9 locks | |
| Goldsworth Top Lock No 11 | 5 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 10 locks | |
| Kiln Bridge | 5 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| St John's Lye Footbridge | 6 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Blackhorse Road Winding Hole | 6 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Hermitage Bridge | 6 miles and 6½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Hermitage Bridge Winding Hole | 6 miles and 7 furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Brookwood Bridge | 7 miles and 4 furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Brookwood Bottom Lock No 12 | 7 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Brookwood Lock No 13 | 7 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Brookwood Top Lock No 14 | 7 miles and 5½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Sheet's Heath Bridge | 8 miles | 14 locks | |
| Connaught Crescent Winding Hole | 8 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Pirbright Bridge | 8 miles and 4½ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Frimley Bottom Lock No 15 | 8 miles and 4½ furlongs | 14 locks | |
| Frimley Bottom Lock Winding Hole | 8 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Frimley Lock No 16 | 8 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Cowshot Bridge | 9 miles | 16 locks | |
| Frimley Lock No 17 | 9 miles and ¼ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Frimley Lock No 18 | 9 miles and 1½ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Frimley Lock No 19 | 9 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 18 locks | |
| Frimley Lock Winding Hole | 9 miles and 3½ furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Frimley Lock No 20 | 9 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 19 locks | |
| Frimley Lock No 21 | 9 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 20 locks | |
| Frimley Lock No 22 | 9 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 21 locks | |
| Frimley Lock No 23 | 9 miles and 7 furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Frimley Lock No 24 | 10 miles | 23 locks | |
| Lock No 25 (Curzon Bridge) | 10 miles and 1 furlong | 24 locks | |
| Curzon Bridge Bridge sits over Lock 25 |
10 miles and 1 furlong | 25 locks | |
| Lock No 26 Winding Hole | 10 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 25 locks | |
| Frimley Lock No 26 | 10 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 25 locks | |
| Frimley Lock No 27 | 10 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 26 locks | |
| Overflow Weir (Deepcut) Now rebuilt beneath concrete slab |
10 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 27 locks | |
| Frimley Top Lock No 28 | 10 miles and 6 furlongs | 27 locks | |
| Deepcut Bridge | 11 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Lake Road Pipe Bridge | 11 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Lakeside Complex | 11 miles and 7 furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Guildford Road Railway Aqueduct | 12 miles and ½ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Frimley Green Bridge | 12 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Canal Centre Swing Bridge | 12 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Mytchett Bridge Basingstoke Canal visitors centre, café/tea-room |
13 miles and ¾ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Potter's Wharf | 13 miles and 1½ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Mytchett Lake Road Bridge | 13 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Mytchett Lake No access to lake |
13 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Mytchett Lake Railway Bridge | 13 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Deedmans Footbridge (private) Named after Gladys Ivy Deedmans, who maiden name was 'Harmsworth'. |
13 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Anglers' Flash | 13 miles and 6 furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Winter's Close Winding Hole | 13 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Ash Vale Railway Station Bridge Twin Bridges |
14 miles and 1 furlong | 28 locks | |
| Great Bottom Flash | 14 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Heath Vale Bridge | 14 miles and 5 furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Ash Wharf Bridge Winding Hole | 15 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Ash Wharf Bridge | 15 miles and 3 furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Ash Vale Railway Bridge | 15 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Ash Aqueduct New aqueduct (92yds) created to allow the A331 to pass below the canal. A set of narrows are constructed either side of the aqueduct. Access to Spring Lakes from here |
15 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Aldershot Railway Bridge | 16 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Government Road Bridge with accompanying pipe bridge |
16 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Ash Lock No 29 Start of the long pound, 15 miles navigable |
16 miles and 3 furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Ash Lock Canal Depot | 16 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Mons Barracks Footbridge | 16 miles and 7½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Queen's Avenue Iron Bridge | 17 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Wharf Bridge (Aldershot) Twin bridges |
17 miles and 6½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Wharf Bridge (Aldershot) Winding Hole | 17 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| MOD Pipe Bridge | 17 miles and 7½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Claycart Bridge | 18 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Eelmoor Bridge | 19 miles and 1½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Eelmoor Bridge Winding Hole | 19 miles and 2 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Norris Bridge No 1 Twin bridges supporting a roundabout on the A323 |
20 miles and ¼ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Norris Bridge No 2 Twin bridges supporting a roundabout on the A323 |
20 miles and ¼ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Pondtail Bridge | 20 miles and 5 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Pondtail Bridge Winding Hole | 20 miles and 5 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Pondtail Pipe Bridge | 20 miles and 5 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Old Pondtail Bridge | 20 miles and 5 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Reading Road South Bridge Fleet |
21 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Fleet Town Football Ground | 21 miles and 7 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| The Fox and Hounds (Crookham) | 22 miles and 1½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Coxheath Bridge | 22 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Malthouse Bridge | 22 miles and 6 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Crookham Swing Bridge | 23 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Poulters Bridge | 23 miles and 2½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Crondall Bridge Winding Hole | 23 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Crondall Bridge | 23 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Crookham Wharf | 23 miles and 5 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Double Bridge Moorings | 24 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Double Bridge - Church Lane | 25 miles | 29 locks | |
| Blacksmiths Bridge | 25 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Blacksmiths Bridge Winding Hole | 25 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Barley Mow Bridge | 26 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Stacey's Farm Bridge | 26 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Baseley's Bridge | 26 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Sprat's Hatch Bridge | 27 miles and 3 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Broad Oak Bridge | 28 miles and 3 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Odiham Bypass Bridge | 28 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Odiham Wharf | 28 miles and 7 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Colt Hill Bridge Winding Hole | 28 miles and 7½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Colt Hill Bridge | 28 miles and 7½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Lodge Copse Bridge (North Warnborough) | 29 miles and 4½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Swan Bridge (North Warnborough) Nameplate deceptive Swan Pub is Derelict |
30 miles and ¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| North Warnborough Lift Bridge | 30 miles and 2½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Odiham Castle | 30 miles and 4 furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Whitewater Aqueduct Crosses the River Whitewater |
30 miles and 4½ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Whitewater Winding Hole | 30 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 29 locks | |
| Odiham Castle Stop End of Navigation |
30 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 29 locks |
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Wikipedia has a page about Basingstoke Canal
The Basingstoke Canal is a British canal, completed in 1794, built to connect Basingstoke with the River Thames at Weybridge via the Wey Navigation.
From Basingstoke, the canal passes through or near Greywell, North Warnborough, Odiham, Dogmersfield, Fleet, Farnborough Airfield, Aldershot, Mytchett, Brookwood, Knaphill and Woking. Its eastern end is at Byfleet, where it connects to the Wey Navigation. This, in turn, leads to the River Thames at Weybridge. Its intended purpose was to allow boats to travel from the docks in East London to Basingstoke.
It was never a commercial success and, from 1950, lack of maintenance allowed the canal to become increasingly derelict. After many years of neglect, restoration commenced in 1977 and on 10 May 1991 the canal was reopened as a fully navigable waterway from the River Wey to almost as far as the Greywell Tunnel. However its usage is currently still limited by low water supply and conservation issues.
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