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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 common pond skater. These can be seen on warm days on the canal skating across the surface of the water.
It is completely harmless to humans. It doesn't sting, isn't poisonous, and doesn't carry diseases. In the very rare case of being handled roughly or trapped against your skin, it might deliver a tiny defensive prick with its piercing mouthparts, but this would cause at most a brief pinch. They're actually very beneficial, helping to control populations of mosquito larvae and other small aquatic insects.
This is the Iron bridge on Queens Avenue, Aldershot. The present bridge dates from 1996 and is a faithful reproduction of the previous structure built in 1898 by the Army to transport men and equipment across the canal.An old black& white photo for comparison. #basingstoke_canal_society #basingstokecanal
Have you been to our Visitor Centre?
The Basingstoke Canal Visitor Centre is in Mytchett and provides a variety of services, including visitor information, booking facilities and also has a large function room. Address: Mytchett Place Road, Mytchett,
Camberley
Hampshire
GU16 6DD
You can book boat trips, hire canoes, book camping or glamping, obtain boating licences & fishing permits here. There is a cafe and toilets on site as well as seating under the trees 🌳 next to the canal. Fabulous place for a cuppa
More information available here:
Basingstoke Canal Visitor Centre information
www.surreycc.gov.uk
The Basingstoke canal is 32 miles long and enjoyed for a number of different activities, including walking, cycling, fishing, boating and camping.
🎅🎅 REMINDER 🎅🎅
Only 1 week to go until the Santa cruise tickets go on sale next Monday 📅 📝
🎅 Santa Cruises 2026 🎅
🎄 Dates, times and prices are available on the BCA website below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
📅 Spaces go on sale at 9am next Monday 28th September!
Bookings can be made either in person at the Canal Visitor Centre
OR
By phone on 01252 370073
🎟️ All the details – including dates, times, and prices – are available on our website:
👉 www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/countryside/sites/visitor-information/basingstoke-canal/s...
🌟Please take a moment to read all the information carefully to help make booking smooth and easy.
#basingstokecanal #basingstoke_canal_society
#bcs60
#SantaCruise
Santa cruises on the Basingstoke Canal
www.surreycc.gov.uk
Climb aboard our boat Rosebud waiting for you at the canal centre and take a gentle cruise to visit Santa in his grotto.
Accessible Boating have their Santa Trip tickets on sale from today.
For tickets for the Santa Cruises from Mytchett they will go on sale next Monday 28th September, watch out for our next post later today.
#basingstokecanal
#basingstoke_canal_society
#bcs60We are please to announce, our extremely popular Santa Trips on the Basingstoke Canal at Odiham, will be available to book online from 9am Monday 21st September.
Book early to avoid disappointment. Further details are available on our website. Visit accessibleboating.org.uk
Did you know that Basingstoke Canal is a haven for dragonflies and damselflies (collectively called odonata)?
Sometimes called water nymphs these little creatures fly about and hover in and around the water and vegetation.
We have over 29 different species which makes our canal a special place, hosting an array of insects and wildlife.
Have you seen any? #basingstoke_canal_society #basingstokecanal
The final 60th Anniversary cruise and talk is on Sep 29th at 2pm, departing on the John Pinkerton II from Colt Hill Wharf, Odiham.
This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate 60 years of the Basingstoke Canal Society, with Neil Barton giving an inspiring talk about how the Society saved our beloved Canal from dereliction.
For more information and to book your place, visit: basingstoke-canal.org.uk/events/cruise-and-talk-how-to-save-a-canal-jp-6j29p2/
Bookings close on 28th Sept at 10.00pm but please book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
#basingstoke_canal_society
#basingstokecanal
#bcs60
This week's Friday Find It ...
Where can you find this Mum & Nan bench?
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For the last 60 years, a group of volunteers gather together every Tuesday to help maintain the Canal for all of us to enjoy.
#basingstoke_canal_society #basingstokecanal #bcs60 #volunteer #workparty
📢 Your opinion matters! Help us evolve our Chobham Talks 📢
The Basingstoke Canal Society puts on a series of monthly "Chobham Talks" in Chobham, and we want your help as we look to grow and improve them for the future!
Please take a moment to share your thoughts by filling out our quick survey. It takes less than 5 minutes to complete and will directly shape our upcoming events.
👉 tinyurl.com/Chobham-Talks-Survey
Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you at a talk soon! 🌿🚣♂️
Here’s a look at our upcoming line-up:
*Basingstoke Canal Authority Update*
When: Wednesday 21st October at 8:00pm
Speaker: Jo East, Operations Manager for the Basingstoke Canal Authority (BCA)
Details: Jo will be talking about her role, her observations since joining the BCA, and the upcoming plans for the canal in the coming years, followed by an audience Q&A.
*The Yukon 1000*
When: Wednesday 18th November at 8:00pm
Speakers: Chris Davidson and Nick Hobley (Basingstoke Canal Canoe Club)
Details: Hear about their incredible challenge paddling 1,000 miles down the Yukon River—the world’s longest canoe race—following the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush route.
