The Basingstoke Canal is in the south east of England and flows
through the counties of Hampshire and Surrey. It originally ran
from the Hampshire town of Basingstoke to its junction with the
River Wey Navigation in Surrey 37 miles away.
Today, 32 miles of the original navigation have been restored
from the Wey Navigation as far as North Wanborough in Hampshire, as
a public amenity catering for boaters, walkers, canoeists, anglers
and naturalists. Refer to the Surrey and Hampshire Canal Society
for more information.
It has 29 locks, all but one in Surrey, which together raise the
canal 204 feet from the River Wey.