The Basingstoke Canal is an English canal, completed in 1794, built to connect Basingstoke with the River Thames at Weybridge via the Wey Navigation.
The Basingstoke Canal passing through Woking
Stock certificate of the "Company of Proprietors of the Basingstoke Canal Navigation" of one share at £100, issued on 7 November 1791, printed on parchment. With the end of the "canal mania", these £100 shares crashed to £30 in 1800 and £5 in 1834.
A light railway track installed on the towpath by volunteers, to aid restoration of the Deepcut Flight of locks.
Dragons teeth at Crookham Wharf on the Basingstoke Canal
Basingstoke is a town in Hampshire, situated in south-central England across a valley at the source of the River Loddon on the western edge of the North Downs. It is the largest settlement in Hampshir
Basingstoke Canal
…The Basingstoke Canal is an English canal, completed in 1794, built to connect Basingstoke with the River Thames at Weybridge via the Wey Navigation. From Basingstoke, the canal passes through or near Greywell, North Warnborough, Odiham…
A Wallis & Steevens Simplicity steam roller
A 1902 Thornycroft steam lorry, in the Milestones Museum
Festival Place shopping centre in August 2007
The former town hall, now the Willis Museum