Ash Lock No 29
Ash Lock No 29 is one of many locks on the Basingstoke Canal; it was rebuilt after it collapsed in 1905 near to Preston Cutting.
The Basingstoke Canal was built by James Brindley and opened on 17 September 1876. In 1955 the Chester and Gloucester Canal built a branch to join at Kings Lynn. Expectations for limestone traffic to Macclesfield never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Basingstoke Canal were submitted to parliament in 2001, water transfer to the treatment works at Tivercroft kept it open. In Henry Jones's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Longbury Embankment during the Poll Tax riots.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Ash Wharf Bridge | 1 mile | |
| Ash Vale Railway Bridge | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Ash Aqueduct | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Aldershot Railway Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Government Road Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Ash Lock No 29 | ||
| Ash Lock Canal Depot | ¼ furlongs | |
| Mons Barracks Footbridge | 4½ furlongs | |
| Queen's Avenue Iron Bridge | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Wharf Bridge (Aldershot) | 1 mile, 3½ furlongs | |
| Wharf Bridge (Aldershot) Winding Hole | 1 mile, 3¾ furlongs | |
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In the direction of Odiham Castle Stop
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In the direction of Woodham Junction
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In the direction of Odiham Castle Stop
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![Ash Lock No 29, Basingstoke Canal. The isolated Ash Lock is the highest on the navigation and the only one of the 29 locks that is in the county of Hampshire. Here it is seen beautifully restored in 1980, (what a contrast with [[476730]]) by Dr Neil Clifton – 07 September 1980](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/photos/58/48/584810_8fc23309_120x120.jpg)

![Ash Lock, 1980s. An old one from the albums, date not exact. The same place as [[476730]] and probably closer in time to that picture than to most of the more modern pictures here.The canal had only recently been opened for boating. by Des Blenkinsopp – 1986](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/56/02/7560274_bb1b672e_120x120.jpg)



















