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  Chequers Bridge (23K)

This relatively low-level flat-decked bridge is 500 yards along the canal from Poulters Bridge.

 

 

Built in the early 1950s it replaced a bridge built in 1896 by Hartley Wintney Rural District Council Sewerage Board and this bridge in turn had replaced the original brick arch bridge of c1792 which was built when the canal was cut.

Chequers Bridge (24K) 

  old foundations under Chequers Bridge (18K)

Parts of the earlier bridge's foundations can still be seen under the present structure.

 

 

Just upstream of the bridge is Crookham Wharf, which is now a pleasant picnic area.

Crookham Wharf (24K) 

  view upstream from Crookham Wharf (28K)

From here it is 1½ miles along a pleasant wooded stretch before Double Bridge is reached.

 

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Last updated August 2004