Basingstoke Canal
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Basingstoke Canal by Colin Smith as part of the Geograph project.
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Basingstoke Canal
Image: © Colin Smith Taken: 6 Mar 2011
Taking the canal's junction with the River Wey Navigation as its end, this is the view of its final stretch. Lock 1 is visible in the distance. The far end of the navigation is 31 miles to the west at Greywell. Basingstoke is no longer accessible due to tunnel falls in Greywell Tunnel.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.346536
Longitude
-0.49017