To all Members, Volunteers and Friends of the Canal. Please join us to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Basingstoke Canal Please come and join us on Saturday 14th May to celebrate the delayed 30th Anniversary of the restoration and reopening of the Basingstoke Canal. We are joining in the Surrey Heath […]
We would like to welcome you onboard the John Pinkerton II for Easter themed public trips! Our Easter Themed Trips are now fully booked but you can still take a trip on Kitty from Woking or John Pinkerton II from Odiham over the Easter weekend. Just click here to book! Following the news that the […]
Wellbeing and the Canal: A place to connect Wellbeing is a significant priority within local and national agendas at present. Here at the Basingstoke Canal Society this is no different. We take pride in helping to engage people, groups, organisations and our many volunteers in taking steps to understand and develop their own wellbeing. Wellbeing […]
This year is a bumper year for events on and around the Basingstoke Canal so reach for your diaries and fill them with dates for fun for all the family! Here’s a taste of what’s going on. Click each link for more details: Boat Rally at the Surrey Heath Show – Saturday 14th May 2022 […]
Boat Rally at the Surrey Heath Show – Saturday 14th May For the first time in the Surrey Heath Show’s history, the event will incorporate a boating spectacle along the adjacent Basingstoke Canal, as part of the delayed celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Canal’s re-opening in 1991. The Boat Rally of 20-30 canal […]
The Basingstoke Canal Society AGM will also be held on the Saturday 14th May at the Canal Centre, Mytchett, at 5pm followed at 6pm, by a social evening for all members, volunteers and invited visiting boaters. A barbeque will be available at a subsidised cost of £5 per head. To help plan for the barbeque […]
Here are some other summer events for your diary. Do come along to join in or help on the stand with the Events Team. We cannot run these without volunteers. Egg & Spoon Hunt – 16-17th April, Woking Town Wharf. We are assisting “Kiwi & Scot” – café boat with an children’s Easter Spoon Hunt […]
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Platinum Jubilee with national holidays at the beginning of June. Many of the local councils adjoining the canal are preparing events to celebrate the occasion. As everyone likes to see boats of all shapes and sizes on the canal we have been asked rally local boaters to pay a tribute […]