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• About the Society - All about the Southampton Canal Society and list of Society contacts.
• Future Society Meetings and Events - Accept our invitation to come to our monthly meetings and other events - find out more.
  • Location of Chilworth Hall - Venue for our monthly meetings.
• Newsletter - Extracts from our latest monthly newsletter.
  • Newsletter in HTML - Extracts from our latest monthly newsletter in HTML format.
  • Newsletter in PDF - Latest newsletter in PDF format.
• Newsletter Archive - Archive of articles from issues of the newsletter since 1995. Most issues also available as PDF files.
• Index of Society Meetings - List of speakers (and subjects) at our meetings since 1993.
• Sales - List of items the Society used to sell on its Sales Stand (some items may still be available).
• Members' Exploits - Some member's adventures / exploits on the canals.
  • BCN Challenge Cruise 2000 (new window)
  • BCN Challenge Cruise 2001 (new window)
• Local Waterways - An introduction to the canals and inland waterways in southern Hampshire.
  • Andover Canal - A history and description of the Andover Canal.
    • Introduction
    • Construction
    • Trade
    • Latter Days
    • Remains of the Canal - What's there today including pictures.
  • River Avon (Hampshire) - A history and description of the Hampshire Avon.
  • Itchen Navigation
    • Introduction
    • The Itchen Navigation Heritage Trail Project
    • History
    • Trade
    • Physical Details - Distance table and dimensions for Itchen Navigation.
    • Access to the Navigation - Visiting the Itchen Navigation.
    • The Waterway Today
      

      Route Descriptions	Picture Galleries
      Winchester - Tun Bridge Tun Bridge - St Catherine Lock St Catherine Lock - Tumbling Bay Tumbling Bay - Shawford Shawford - College Mead College Mead - Brambridge Brambridge - Allbrook Allbrook - Withymead Withymead - Bishopstoke Bishopstoke - Chicken Hall Chicken Hall - Sandy Lock Sandy Lock - Mansbridge Mansbridge to Gaters Mill & Woodmill Woodmill - Northam	Winchester to Tun Bridge Tun Bridge to St Catherine Lock St Catherine Lock to Tumbling Bay Tumbling Bay to Shawford Shawford to College Mead College Mead to Brambridge Brambridge to Allbrook Allbrook to Withymead Withymead to Bishopstoke Bishopstoke to Chicken Hall Chicken Hall to Sandy Lock Sandy Lock to Mansbridge Mansbridge to Gaters Mill & Woodmill Woodmill to Northam

    • Map 1: Winchester - Allbrook
    • Map 2: Allbrook - Northam
  • Southampton and Salisbury Canal - A history and description of the waterway.
    • Introduction
    • History
      • Early Proposals
      • Promotion and Speculation
      • Which Route?
      • Authorised Route
      • Construction Begins
      • Problems with the Tunnel
      • Problems with Money
      • Exorbitant Charges
      • A Second Attempt
      • Success almost in sight
      • Canal in use
      • The Aftermath
      • Railway Construction
    • The Waterway Today - A description of the route of the canal with recent photographs. This area is currently under construction.

      Southampton Arm:

      1. God's House Tower to the Tunnel
      2. The Northam Branch
      3. Houndwell to Millbrook
      4. Millbrook to Redbridge

      Salisbury Arm:

      5. Kimbridge Junction to Lockerley
  • Titchfield Canal - A history and description of the Titchfield Canal.
• Waterway Events - Find out what's happening on the inland waterways scene within 50 miles of Southampton.
• Waterway Links - Find out more about inland waterways in Hampshire and nationwide.
• What's New - Changes made to the Southampton Canal Society website.
• Search Site - Use Google to search this site or the web.
• Site Map - This page.

Send your comments to the Web Site manager (Peter Oates) © Southampton Canal Society 2004-2009. Except where otherwise indicated, information on these pages may be reproduced provided permission is obtained from the Web Site manager beforehand and due acknowledgement made to the Society. Page created 27 February 2004. Updated 17 February 2009.

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