Entries from this year’s photo competition were selected to appear The Basingstoke Canal Society has just had a very successful photographic competition year and has used the pick of the entries to produce a beautiful 2021 wall calendar which is now on sale, raising money for the Canal. They are A5 size with a stunning […]
The pillboxes on the Canal formed defences against possible invasion during WWII The Big Picture In May 1940, after the evacuation from Dunkirk it was feared that Hitler’s forces would soon invade England. A top-level survey was undertaken in order to make a detailed plan to build lines of defence to delay an invading army. […]
Canal Manager Fiona Shipp explains the works going on along the Canal this Winter Our winter work programme is now underway with towpath side vegetation cutting already having taken place on Ash Embankment. The softbank works (work to repair sections of towpath bank that have eroded usually due to wear from dogs clambering in and […]
Volunteers Steve Chalmers and Julia Simpson approach local clubs to raise awareness of the Canal In our work in linking in with all the users of the Canal we decided to approach as many of the local clubs and societies along the Canal to make them aware of the Canal and ask how they would […]
Society acquires electric hedge cutters for workparties The Canal Society has recently bought 2 Stihl electric hedge cutters to be used by the Volunteer work parties working under the guidance of the Basingstoke Canal Authority. The rechargeable hedge cutters mean that the small teams of 6 people that we now work in have greater capability […]
Great progress made towards fundraising target We all love the Canal as shown by the fact that we have had more than three times the usual number of local people recently using it. In addition we are already £7000 towards our £20,000 target to fund Information Points along the Canal. In addition, 70 new members […]