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Edwardian houses
Edwardian houses at Connaught Road, Brookwood.
Image: © Paul E Smith
Taken: 13 Sep 2009
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Cottages, Connaught Road
Late Victorian cottages in Connaught Road, Brookwood.
Image: © Paul E Smith
Taken: 13 Sep 2009
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Basingstoke Canal at Brookwood
This is the flash at Brookwood located between Sheet's Heath and Pirbright Bridges. The flash was a semi-circular area which enabled barges to turn when necessary, and has been left untended encouraging wildlife to flourish.
Image: © Paul E Smith
Taken: 26 Apr 2009
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Kingdom Hall, Brookwood
The Kingdom Hall on Connaught Road, Brookwood. This building was constructed in 2009 to replace an older building which once served as a Methodist Chapel. the original building can be seen on Google Streetview by going back to 2008.
Image: © Alan Hunt
Taken: 9 Sep 2016
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Widening of the Basingstoke Canal
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 13 Apr 2013
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Riverside Close, Brookwood
The old Kingdom Hall Jehovas Witness church (previously Brookwood Methodist Church) has been demolished, being replaced by a new building behind the green fencing, adjacent to Riverside Close.
Image: © Paul E Smith
Taken: 13 Sep 2009
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Riverside Close, Brookwood
A short close off Connaught Road in Brookwood.
Image: © Alan Hunt
Taken: 9 Sep 2016
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Narrow Boat at Brookwood
Narrow Boat on the Basingstoke Canal at Brookwood.
Image: © Paul E Smith
Taken: 26 Apr 2009
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Basingstoke Canal
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 13 Apr 2013
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The Basingstoke Canal at Brookwood
The first plans for the development of the Basingstoke Canal were drawn up in 1776, as a means to transport agricultural produce from central Hampshire. The Basingstoke Canal was completed in 1794 at a cost of £154,463 which was almost twice the estimated cost. From its junction with the River Wey Navigation at Byfleet, three miles from the Thames at Weybridge, the Canal was built to rise 195ft by 29 locks to Aldershot. Timber, flour and chalk were the principal cargoes to London. Barges returned with coal and fertiliser. Income though was never high and by the 1960s the Canal was virtually derelict.
Following a lengthy campaign for public ownership and restoration, the Basingstoke Canal Society set to work in 1976 to bring the Canal back to life. The Canal was finally opened in 1993 having taken 18 years to complete.
The Canal widens to the left at this point but the main Canal continues ahead.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 10 Nov 2024
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