Frimley Top Lock No 28 is one of many locks on the Basingstoke Canal; it was rebuilt after it collapsed in 1905 between Sevenoaks and Preston.
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.
| Curzon Bridge | 5 furlongs | |
| Lock No 26 Winding Hole | 3½ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock No 26 | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock No 27 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Overflow Weir (Deepcut) | ½ furlongs | |
| Frimley Top Lock No 28 | ||
| Deepcut Bridge | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Lake Road Pipe Bridge | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Lakeside Complex | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Guildford Road Railway Aqueduct | 1 mile, 2½ furlongs | |
| Frimley Green Bridge | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
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![Frimley Lock, Basingstoke Canal. The old lock keeper's house at Frimley Lock, No 28 on the Basingstoke Canal. Currently a canal boat repair centre. The road crosses the canal to allow access to the approach to Brunswick Road. Refer to picture [[4726707]] for another view of the house. by Len Williams – 31 October 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/72/67/4726702_d378dbfd_120x120.jpg)

![Basingstoke Canal lock No 28. A view of the downstream lock gates showing the reconditioned bridge allowing the bargee to access both sides of the lock to open and close the bypass valves. Refer to picture [[3322564]] for a view of a wrecked barge. by Len Williams – 05 February 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/32/25/3322557_a09fe959_120x120.jpg)
![Basingstoke Canal lock No 28. A view of the upstream lock gates of No 28 lock showing how the gates have been reconditioned. Note: there are no water louvres built into the gate. The water bypasses it through valves operated by the mechanisms just beyond the gates. Refer to picture [[3322557]] for a view of the other gates. by Len Williams – 05 February 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/32/25/3322553_602028ab_120x120.jpg)
![Basingtoke Canal Lock No. 28. The navigation from here to Lock No. 15 is closed for three months due to extensive [[8176356]]. by David Martin – 17 October 2025](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/17/63/8176352_8c4b6449_120x120.jpg)


![Old Lock Keeper's House, Basingstoke Canal. Looking back at the old lock keeper's house from the road which joins Brunswick Road. Refer to picture [[4726712]] for a view of Brunswick Road at the road junction. by Len Williams – 31 October 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/72/67/4726707_800e7229_120x120.jpg)


![Lock 28, Basingstoke Canal. The gates of lock number 28. There appears to be a small inlet similar to the one used as a repair dock on the other side of the lock gates. Refer to picture [[4362995]] for a view of a wrecked barge. by Len Williams – 18 February 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/36/29/4362993_1bde5062_120x120.jpg)
![Basingstoke Canal lock No 28. Lock No 28 with the original lock-keepers house with a barge moored at the landing stage. The house now appears to be a workshop specialising in barge renovations. Refer to picture [[3322553]] for a view of the lock gates. by Len Williams – 05 February 2013](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/32/25/3322538_51396296_120x120.jpg)


![Frimley Lock, Basingstoke Canal. A look back at the lock-keeper's house at lock number 28. By the build-up of debris in the basin there clearly hasn't been much traffic through the lock recently. Refer to picture [[4362993]] for a view of the lock gates. by Len Williams – 18 February 2015](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/36/29/4362991_a20435d0_120x120.jpg)



![Basingstoke Canal lock No 28. A wide view of Lock No 28, which is on the RHS of the photo. In the centre is the lock keepers house and on the left is a dry dock facility allowing renovation works to be carried on the hulls of the barges. Refer to picture [[4362988]] for a view of this lock taken in 2015. Refer to picture [[3322538]] for a closer view of the lock-keeper's house. by Len Williams – 05 February 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/32/25/3322547_b3712ffa_120x120.jpg)
![Lock 28, Basingstoke Canal. The approach to lock number 28 on the Basingstoke canal showing the lock-keeper's house and the repair dock in which a narrow-boat is currently under repair. Refer to picture [[4362991]] for a closer view of the house. Refer to picture [[3322547]] for this view taken in February 2013. by Len Williams – 18 February 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/36/29/4362988_c531a76e_120x120.jpg)




![Strange Boat. A strange contraption moored on the Basingstoke Canal. Could this be Billy Bean's wonderful machine ? Refer to picture [[4362988]] for the approach to the next lock. by Len Williams – 18 February 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/36/29/4362986_0279cafd_120x120.jpg)


![Basingstoke Canal wrecked barge. A wrecked barge in the Basingstoke Canal, now providing a home for waterfowl. Refer to picture [[3322571]] for a picture of lock No 27. by Len Williams – 06 February 2013](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/32/25/3322564_0c76c6a9_120x120.jpg)
![Porridgepot Hill. A view from the road junction on Brunswick Road looking in the direction of the soon to be dismantled Deepcut Barracks. Refer to picture [[4726715]] for the view in the opposite direction. by Len Williams – 31 October 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/72/67/4726712_80594d00_120x120.jpg)
