The Basingstoke is one of those canals which has an interesting mixture of a waterway that is working, and a ‘lost’ or derelict section. Other…
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The pages covering the Basingstoke canal’s lost five miles beyond Greywell tunnel are on London Canals once again! The page links are as follows: Introduction…
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Nearer to Basingstoke, the canal route remains quite traceable, but not for very long. After crossing the River Loddon (there was never an aqueduct at…
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Basing House bridge still stands and forms part of the driveway to Basing House. This section has probably been the most well known and publicised…
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After the M3, the canal sweeps round in a long arc, almost encircling The Hatch, to enter Basing in a north easterly direction. It passses…
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Past Frog Lane the canal passed through a small copse before emerging onto this field, which of course was bisected by the canal when it…
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The route continues from the west side of Up Nately and the end of the watered section of the Basingstoke canal at Penny bridge is…
Continue ReadingThe tunnel – Brick Kiln
Greywell Tunnel: Greywell tunnel is or was 1232 yards long and the second longest in southern England. It opened in 1794 and the last boat…
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NOTE: This guide was written more than fifteen years ago! The route was last checked in 2009 and it seemed pretty much as it was.…
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Welcome to London Canals
London’s waterways history is comprehensively covered within these pages. Its simply an upgraded version of the older HTML site which began around 25 years ago.…
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