Volunteer by Helping project your local canal - various opportunites

Volunteer by Helping project your local canal - various opportunites

Posted for Basingstoke Canal Authority

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The Basingstoke Canal Society is a registered charity dedicated to working and campaigning for the sustainable future of the Basingstoke Canal.  The Surrey and Hampshire Canal Society was founded in 1966 and the name changed formally to The Basingstoke Canal Society in 2022.

The Basingstoke Canal is 32 miles of beautiful scenery and history stretching through Surrey and Hampshire in the South East, from New Haw in Surrey to Greywell in Hampshire. 

Back in 1966, most of the canal had fallen into disrepair and thousands of volunteers gave their time and energy to restoring the canal which was finally reopened in 1991. The work involved rebuilding 29 locks, constructing 110 lock gates, and the dredging and clearance of an estimated quarter of a million tons of mud.  

Whether you are interested in the hundreds of years of history of the waterway, or the slightly shorter 60 or so years of The Basingstoke Canal Society, there are many ways to get involved and learn more.

The Basingstoke Canal Society is run entirely by volunteers.  Currently there are around 300 volunteers who in total contribute over 30,000 hours per year helping to keep the Basingstoke Canal alive and the towpath and navigation safe and open for all to use.  

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