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The Basingstoke Canal Society is a registered charity and your valued donations will help us fund vital works to maintain this beautiful and valued space for us all to continue to enjoy.
Your membership will make a difference. Become a member for as little as £15 per year. Your annual donation helps us continue our work and projects to maintain the Canal.
Enjoy the Canal from a different angle. Find out more and book your tickets online to experience the Basingstoke Canal at a peaceful pace from Woking or Odiham.
DONATE
The Basingstoke Canal Society is a registered charity and your valued donations will help us fund vital works to maintain this beautiful and valued space for us all to continue to enjoy.
BECOME A MEMBER
Your membership will make a difference. Become a member for as little as £15 per year. Your annual donation helps us continue our work and projects to maintain the Canal.
BOOK A BOAT TRIP
Enjoy the Canal from a different angle. Find out more and book your tickets online to experience the Basingstoke Canal at a peaceful pace from Woking or Odiham.
Discover the Basingstoke Canal
Volunteer with us
Join over 300 other volunteers, meet new people, make friends and support this beautiful green space.
Whether you'd like to be out in the fresh air or help more behind the scenes, check out our latest openings or get in touch to find out how you could help.
Visit our online shop
If you're looking for a gift for a loved one or even yourself, take a look in our online shop for useful publications, books, tea towels, jigsaws and more!
Even better, all sales provide vital funds for us to continue our work.
Latest news
Reminder that due to the upcoming works on the towpath from Deepcut (lock 28) to Pirbight Bridge (lock 15) the towpath closures are now in effect until 31st December 2025.
For everyone’s safety please do not access the towpath on this stretch of the canal until works are complete.
Our BCS team leaders Jeff, Richard, Graham & Pete had a very successful Corporate Day on 10th September with a team from HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise based in Winnersh).
They split into teams and spent the day working on graffiti removal at Chertsey Road Bridge and cutting saplings, over hanging branches, litter picking and removal of Hydrocotyle on the Woking stretch.
Thank you to everyone for donating their time to help keep our canal beautiful.
Do you work for a company who would like to do a Corporate Volunteering Day.
Please contact our volunteer organiser for more details:-
basingstoke-canal.org.uk/corporate-supporters/
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🎅 TOMORROW! 🎄
🚨 Santa Cruise bookings go live Monday 29th September at 9AM! 🚨
This year, you can book online! 🙌
🎟️ Check available dates, times, and prices on the website:
👉 Santa Cruise Info & Booking
www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/countryside/sites/visitor-information/basingstoke-canal/s...
🕘 The booking link will go live at 9:00AM sharp on Monday morning!
🎁 TOP 3 TIPS for booking success:
1️⃣ Have a few alternative dates/times ready — your favourite slot might be everyone else's too!
2️⃣ Be prepared with the names and ages of the children (as they’ll be at the time of the trip).
3️⃣ Please be patient — whether booking online, by phone, or in person, this event is very popular!
🎅 Good luck!✨
Santa cruises on the Basingstoke Canal
www.surreycc.gov.uk
Climb aboard our boat Rosebud waiting for you at the canal centre and take a gentle cruise to visit Santa in his grotto.
Many thanks to the Daily Telegraph & Get Surrey for highlighting the beauty of our lovely Basingstoke Canal, no 2 on their “beautiful Surrey walks” list.
www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/four-surrey-walks-beautiful-people-32543169?utm_term=A...
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The four Surrey walks so beautiful people travel miles to complete them
www.getsurrey.co.uk
They have been rated as walks good enough to travel for
Join our BCS events team for the Wey River Festival tomorrow Saturday 27 September at Dapdune Wharf, Guildford.
The festival is free to enter and runs from 11am to 8:30pm.
Enjoy local food and craft stalls, live music from brass bands and choirs.
More info: ow.ly/luvr50WXwOz
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Wey River Festival, 27 September 2025
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Information about the Wey River Festival which happens on 27 September 2025 at Dapdune Wharf in Guildford, Surrey
First thing this morning, the BCS were honoured to host the Baton of Hope on the John Pinkerton II with Marie Greenhalgh, Project Lead of the Baton of Hope - Basingstoke, and her team from Inclusion Education who organised today’s packed agenda of activities.
The Baton of Hope is the UK’s largest suicide prevention initiative and symbolises a commitment to ending the silence around suicide. To raise awareness, a stunning metre-long baton of precious metals representing the journey of hope, is touring the UK and today it’s come to Basingstoke.
The first leg of the Basingstoke journey started early this morning at Colt Hill Wharf, Odiham where the Chairman of Hart Council, Chris Dorn, and the Hook & Odiham Lions Club gave the Baton of Hope a hearty send off on the John Pinkerton II, skippered by Chris Hunter. It then travelled along a mysteriously misty Basingstoke Canal this morning, passing through beautiful countryside and waking up the sleeping ducks.
At the Barley Mow, Winchfield it was met by MP Alex Brewer For North East Hampshire for the next leg of the journey - a tractor ride to Winchfield Station. From the Baton travelled on by train into Basingstoke Town Centre for a day packed full of activities, talks and live music.
Please visit www.batonofhopeuk.org for more information.
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Navigation Update 👇👇
ONLY ONE WEEK to go until the Basingstoke Canal Santa Cruise spaces go on sale!🎄🎅
📅 Spaces go on sale at 9am on Monday 29th September!
🎟️ All the details – including dates, times, and prices – are available on our website:
👉https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/countryside/sites/visitor-information/basingstoke-canal/santa-cruise
🆕 New this year: You can now book online! As well as queuing or calling.
🔗 The booking link goes live at 9am on Monday 29th September – don’t miss out!
🌟Please take a moment to read all the information carefully to help make booking smooth and easy.
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Santa cruises on the Basingstoke Canal
www.surreycc.gov.uk
Climb aboard our boat Rosebud waiting for you at the canal centre and take a gentle cruise to visit Santa in his grotto.
The last John Pinkerton II themed cruise of the season will be on October 5th 2025
This lovely Sunday cruise to Barley Mow, Winchfield gives you the option to Cruise on either the Outward or Return leg, and ramble the other leg back to your start point. Or cruise both ways, if you prefer. Onboard you will be served with a Ploughman’s lunch.
What a perfect way to spend an Autumn Sunday afternoon enjoying our beautiful canal.
Tickets are available but please purchase soon to avoid disappointment:-
basingstoke-canal.org.uk/events/ramble-cruise-theme-john-pinkerton-5j05t1/
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Unfortunately the BCA & the Environment Agency are dealing with yet another diesel incident; this time on the Woking Town stretch.
Please follow their instructions as per the Navigation Update & Directive below ⬇️
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