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SUMMARY:Cream Tea Public Trip Kitty-5K27R3
DESCRIPTION:Cruise in the peaceful surroundings of the Basingstoke Canal at
  Woking while enjoying a cream tea\n\n 	Departs from the Town Wharf\, Woki
 ng\, GU21 4LJ\n 	Car parking is available in the nearby Brewery Road car p
 ark or in the town centre\n 	Cream tea packs include 1 plain and 1 fruit s
 cone\, clotted cream\, jam and a large cup of tea\n 	Please specify if glu
 ten-free scones are required when you book and notify us of any allergies 
 (in additional comments)\n 	Standard Trips (without cream tea) are also a
 vailable at 11am and 1pm\n 	Pre-booking for this trip will close at 10pm o
 n the Friday prior to travel\n 	Cruise times may be extended in low water 
 conditions\n 	Dogs cannot be carried on board except assistance dogs\n 	Th
 ere is no toilet on board. Facilities are available in the Lightbox or in 
 the shopping centre\n 	Public Trips terms and conditions are here\n\nEnjoy
  the exceptional local flora and fauna while taking a trip through Woking
 ’s history. The usual trip for Kitty is east from the Town Wharf. Immedi
 ately on the right is the award-winning Lightbox Art Gallery and Museum\, 
 then we pass under a pedestrian/cycle turnover bridge. As we head out of t
 own Horsell Common (itself partly an SSSI) is to our left. On the right\, 
 we pass the site of the old Spantons Timber Wharf\, then past the old gas 
 works winding hole on the left\; the Woking gas works were on the right. A
 t Monument Bridge we can see the base of an old crane\, before heading pas
 t new apartments at Britannia Wharf on the left.\n\nShortly after passing 
 Monument Bridge\, on the left\, we can see the walls of the Woking Peace 
 Garden and then the start of the 1930's Woodham Hall Estate. On the right\
 , the mid-1940’s Sheerwater Estate comes into view\, built on the site o
 f Surrey’s largest freshwater lake – now drained. We then turn around 
 and retrace our journey\, along this quasi-urban stretch of the canal.\n\n
 Natural England has designated most of the canal as a site of special scie
 ntific interest (SSSI). It serves as a local recreational amenity but is a
 lso a notable wildlife habitat.\n\nThe alkaline water from the chalk sprin
 gs at the western end of the canal mix with the acidic water as the canal 
 passes through the Surrey heathlands\, giving rise to one of the largest v
 arieties of aquatic plants and invertebrates in the United Kingdom.\n\nAs 
 many as 25 of Britain’s 39 species of dragonflies and damselflies inhabi
 t the canal.\n\nLook out for kingfishers\, herons\, swans\, ducks\, geese\
 , moorhens (often with young) and various local floras.\nClick here to vie
 w our Boat Trip FAQs.
LOCATION:Kitty\, The Town Wharf\, Brewery Road\, Woking\, United Kingdom
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