Registered Charity operating boat for people with disabilities on the Rivers Lee and Stort. "Stort Challenger" is available self-steer or with volunteer skipper and crew.
Aims are to preserve the line of the canal, initially restore all parts of the canal which remain in water, eventually restore the whole canal to full navigable standard and to foster interest in the canal.
Basingstoke Canal Boating Club is open to boat users, boat owners, canal enthusiasts and anyone who just enjoys messing about in boats, whether or not they own one.
The history and activities of the society with information on the Coventry canal and the canal art trail. A lock filling exercise is included for boaters new to canals.
Although originally formed to preserve what remained of the canal and its infrastructure, in 1987 the policy became one of campaigning for full restoration of the Wilts and Berks and North Wilts canals using as much of the original line as possible.