The recent Roadmap from the government now enables planning with better confidence. John Pinkerton at Odiham: From 17th May, we will be running crew training trips. From 30th May, we will operate public trips for small party sizes to comply with legal restrictions. These will be using the Rule of Six or two family groups, […]
Please see see the revised guidance for canal users by clicking the buttons below. If you’re visiting the Canal during the national COVID-19 restrictions please visit responsibly. Find the latest national guidance on the Government website:
The Government have announced that we will enter a second “lockdown” period on Thursday 5 November 2020 for at least 4 weeks to combat the growing numbers of Covid 19 infections. Whilst not quite the same as the first lockdown in March/April this will still restrict normal activities on the Canal, as people are largely […]
First 2020 charter trip was run on 1st August After a great deal of work and effort by many people, led by Dick King (Chairman of the Boat Company) and Simon Tudor (BCS HSE Director), together with the support of the BCA, we successfully ran our first charter trip from Odiham on John Pinkerton II […]
Here is an update from the Canal Management team: Under present conditions we are encouraging people to limit their use of the towpath. The Basingstoke Canal remains open and available for walkers – it’s a form of access land, which like rights of way the Government is not giving us powers to close. With hundreds […]