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The Basingstoke Canal Society is a registered charity and your valued donations will help us fund vital works to maintain this beautiful and valued space for us all to continue to enjoy.
Your membership will make a difference. Become a member for as little as £15 per year. Your annual donation helps us continue our work and projects to maintain the Canal.
Enjoy the Canal from a different angle. Find out more and book your tickets online to experience the Basingstoke Canal at a peaceful pace from Woking or Odiham.
DONATE
The Basingstoke Canal Society is a registered charity and your valued donations will help us fund vital works to maintain this beautiful and valued space for us all to continue to enjoy.
BECOME A MEMBER
Your membership will make a difference. Become a member for as little as £15 per year. Your annual donation helps us continue our work and projects to maintain the Canal.
BOOK A BOAT TRIP
Enjoy the Canal from a different angle. Find out more and book your tickets online to experience the Basingstoke Canal at a peaceful pace from Woking or Odiham.
Discover the Basingstoke Canal
Volunteer with us
Join over 300 other volunteers, meet new people, make friends and support this beautiful green space.
Whether you'd like to be out in the fresh air or help more behind the scenes, check out our latest openings or get in touch to find out how you could help.
Visit our online shop
If you're looking for a gift for a loved one or even yourself, take a look in our online shop for useful publications, books, tea towels, jigsaws and more!
Even better, all sales provide vital funds for us to continue our work.
Latest news
The Basingstoke Canal Society has now published a brand new booklet called “Nature and Wildlife on the Basingstoke Canal”.
As a SSSi (Site of Special Scientific Interest), the canal is home to over 100 plant species, 29 species of dragonfly, and one of the largest bat colonies in the country.
The booklet explains in layman’s terms what can be commonly found, what is unusual, what is rare, and what is invasive.
The A5 booklet has 40 pages and includes many photographs and interesting faces about the species which can be found along the Basingstoke.
It can be ordered online from our BCS Shop for £6.90 which includes P&P :-
basingstoke-canal.org.uk/product/basingstoke-canal-nature-booklet/
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A weather warning from the BCA.
Please note the telephone number in their post below 👇 to report trees down or any damage after this storm has passed.
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#basingstokecanalHuddle down, strong winds incoming!
It’s forecast to be potentially quite windy from Sunday evening into Monday morning, which means branches (and sometimes trees) are more likely to come down along the canal.
Please avoid the towpath until the winds ease off – it’s much safer to enjoy a cuppa indoors. ☕
If you spot any fallen trees or issues afterwards, give our ranger team a call on 01252 370073.
Stay safe, stay snug, huddle down!
We are delighted to announce that the Basingstoke Canal Society calendar for 2026 is now available to purchase from our website Shop (link is below 👇)
As per previous calendars it contains some stunning photography so a huge thank you to everyone who submitted pictures to our Competition and congratulations to the winners 🥇🏆
basingstoke-canal.org.uk/product/2026-basingstoke-canal-calendar/
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An update from our colleagues at the BCA regarding water levels.
We’ve just had one of the driest Spring/Summers so hopefully continued rainfall will improve the situation.
Unlike most UK canals the Basingstoke Canal was built without adequate water supply provisions, lacking a summit reservoir or river feeding it, which led to chronic water shortages from its inception.
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#basingstokecanalRain coming down,, water levels are going up.
The canal is fed by ground water and over summer this feed was greatly reduced. During this time, the ranger team carefully managed water levels. The flow of water was purposely reduced in Hampshire and Mytchett, preserving the levels in these pounds. A back pumping system kept the Woodham flight of locks, the Woking pound, and St Johns flight of locks in water.
The Deepcut and Brookwood locks do not benefit from a working back pumping system. Due to the gradient descent across these flights, they slowly drain down when the flow of the canal is reduced. Some reaches drain quicker than others. The ranger team monitored these flights daily to minimise the effect on the wildlife.
With the recent rain we are starting to return to normal water levels again.
The ranger team are currently topping up the Hampshire and Mytchett pounds. The reaches in Deepcut and Brookwood will then be refilled.
Please be aware that some of the locks may be in use while we move water. The ranger team will be about to advise you.
Best thing to do to keep yourself safe, stay away from the edge of the lock and keep pets on a lead.
Back stronger.
The Basingstoke Canal Authority team.
This long awaited project is due to commence by the end of this month.
Please not that closure of the carpark at Lock 15 is also expected to allow the contractors access.
www.hants.gov.uk
Find out about planned maintenance along the Canal or what to do if your works will affect part of the Canal.
Hoping Septembers weather stays good so we all have a last chance to enjoy the canal trips until the end of September from Canal HQ at Mytchett. Details below 👇👇👇
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231 years ago last Thursday, the Basingstoke Canal first opened.
This NOTICE appears now in the PAL Vine's book 'London's Lost Route to Basingstoke.
Photos from Peppones street food's post
We are delighted to announce that our 2026 wall calendar is now available to buy from our website!
All profits support the work of the Basingstoke Canal Society. Congratulations to our wonderful winning photographers!
Buy here:
basingstoke-canal.org.uk/product/2026-basingstoke-canal-calendar/
Well it’s coming to the end of the 2025 themed trip season on JPII.
Here’s a reminder of the last 3 upcoming trips.
There is some availability so please book now to avoid disappointment.
basingstoke-canal.org.uk/book-a-boat-trip/john-pinkerton/
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