Tag: canal
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Winchfield
Starting at the Barley Mow Slipway carpark, which is across the road from the Barley Mow pub (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays unfortunately), we joined the Basingstoke Canal towpath and walked under the Barley Mow bridge (bit of a theme going on here) to start our walk. Apparently there has been a pub on the…
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Up Nately and the Basingstoke Canal
Construction of the Basingstoke canal started in 1788. The Greywell tunnel was constructed in order to avoid the canal passing around Tylney Hall, whose owner had objected to the original route. The tunnel became impassable when part of it collapsed in 1932, although it was still possible for canoeists to get through until the late 1950s. The blockage is now total, cutting off Basingstoke from the first section…