This notice announcing the forthcoming opening of the Basingstoke Canal listed the ten wharves where goods could be loaded and unloaded. One might imagine that they would be equipped with cranes to assist the process, but in fact old photos show little signs of any. This map of the terminal basin at Basingstoke in 1872 […]
Here is an update from Fiona Shipp, Canal Manager, at the BCA: While some places might have gone quiet during lock down this certainly hasn’t been the case at the canal. We have seen large numbers of local people using the towpath for walking, cycling and jogging and hopefully appreciating the value of the canal […]
The Basingstoke Canal Society has made fantastic progress since it was set up in 1966. It kicked off the restoration of the canal with a huge mobilisation of volunteers working closely with Surrey and Hampshire County Councils who bought the land. Since then the Society has actively worked with the council owners to help maintain […]
If you leave the canal towpath and walk over the old road bridge at Fleet’s Pondtail you will come across a large plaque mounted on the bridge’s railing which is dedicated to the steam dredger ‘Perseverance’ and its volunteer crews who completed the dredging of the canal at the bridge in 1993. So what was […]
Go to AGM Documentation Dear Member As you are aware, regrettably the Society’s Annual General Meeting scheduled for 16th May 2020 had to be cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the government’s resulting lockdown arrangements. Whilst measures are evolving, they still make large gatherings difficult to organise, so the Society’s AGM will therefore for […]
To support Volunteers’ Week we wanted to say thanks to all our 250 volunteers for the fantastic work they are doing to help ‘Keep our Canal Alive’. Indeed if you fancy doing some volunteering, why not contact us as there are lots of opportunities to help and be involved with the Canal. Going forward the […]