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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
This week's Friday Find It ..
What's unusual about this lock sign - and why?
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Great news our new electric boat Kitty II is now running her scheduled trips from Woking Town and you can now book online using this link ⬇️ ⬇️
basingstoke-canal.org.uk/book-a-boat-trip/kitty/
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At our recent 60th anniversary party we were delighted to have the Almac Bisley Brass Band providing musical entertainment.
If you missed them or wish to see them again then do have a look at their Facebook page for upcoming concerts.
www.facebook.com/share/p/18u66ydqFV/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Thank you 'She Walks the Waterways' 🤗🙏❤️
A thumbs up for Peter Whitlock's 'The Bridges of the Basingstoke Canal'! A great read - interesting and informative. Available from our online shop: basingstoke-canal.org.uk/product/the-bridges-of-the-basingstoke-canal-by-peter-whitlock/. 🥰📖I've been on the go constantly recently so it's time this afternoon to put my feet up and enjoy a couple of books.
The first is 'The Bridges of the Basingstoke Canal' by Peter Whitlock. After the loss of the bridge at Eelmoor I want to learn more about the bridges along the canal.
The second is 'Walking the British Watershed' by Malcom Wylie. 1800 miles of trying not to cross any rivers. A very creative challenge and the opposite to my walking quest!
Whatever you are doing this weekend, I hope you too can find some time to charge your battery.
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Our friends at Basingstoke & Deane Canoe Club are doing their taster sessions again this year with dates in May/June/July/August (see their poster below 👇 👇)
This is an ideal opportunity to try canoeing, kayaking or SUP
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UPDATE:- *16:00*
Firefighters have now surrounded the fire near Norris Hill Road and continue bringing the heathland fire under control.
Please avoid the canal around the Norris Hill Road/IvelyRoad/Fleet Road/Aldershot Road areas of Fleet.
Firefighters are currently responding to Heathland fires in Fleet area.
Emergency services are currently in attendance at a significant fire in open land near Norris Hill Road, close to the canal in Fleet.
More than 40 firefighters from Hampshire are on scene, supported by crews from Surrey Fire & Rescue Service, working to bring the blaze under control. The fire is affecting approximately 3 hectares of grass, gorse, and surrounding heathland.
Firefighters are using multiple water jets to tackle the flames and prevent further spread.
Police have implemented road closures in the surrounding area. Members of the public are advised to avoid Fleet and nearby routes to allow emergency service vehicles clear access.
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More fantastic work by the Tuesday Group over past few weeks, they’ve been incredibly busy and the end results are fantastic, thank you to all.
The good weather has helped and makes the lunch break picnics even more enjoyable.
The volunteers are extremely careful to ensure that any wildlife is carefully relocated especially when dragging the non native invasive Hydrocotyle/Floating Pennywort out of the canal.
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We're delighted to announce that our 60th Anniversary video 'How to Save a Canal' is now live on YouTube: youtu.be/B7BZH2d1zvA
Edited by Neil Barton and his team, the video tells the story of a canal that was in ruin in the 1960s, but was saved by the hard work of thousands of volunteers.
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Our Co-President and BCS founding member, Tim Dodwell, cutting our 60th Anniversary cake at the AGM yesterday. 🎂🎉🥳
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