Lock No 26 Winding Hole
Lock No 26 Winding Hole is an notable flight of locks on the Basingstoke Canal near to Torquay Embankment.
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.

You can wind here.
| Frimley Lock No 22 | 4½ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock No 23 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock No 24 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Lock No 25 (Curzon Bridge) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Curzon Bridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Lock No 26 Winding Hole | ||
| Frimley Lock No 26 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Frimley Lock No 27 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Overflow Weir (Deepcut) | 3 furlongs | |
| Frimley Top Lock No 28 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Deepcut Bridge | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
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![Lock 26, Basingstoke Canal. This view of lock number 26 shows that a turning space for a narrow-boat has been excavated next to the lock even though the lock is an unmanned one. Refer to picture [[4363008]] for the approach to the next lock. by Len Williams – 18 February 2015](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/36/30/4363005_75081115_120x120.jpg)



![Basingstoke Canal lock No 26. The fully renovated downstream lock gates on lock No 26. Refer to picture [[3322547]] for a view of lock No 28. by Len Williams – 05 February 2013](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/32/25/3322585_2d4ecc45_120x120.jpg)



![Lock 26 from the canal. Standing down in the canal looking towards lock 26 of the Deepcut flight of locks. [[583734]] by Bill Nicholls – 27 October 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/22/08/3220840_628a5b0d_120x120.jpg)



![Lock 26. Lock 26 of the Deepcut flight of locks along the Basingstoke canal [[583734]] by Bill Nicholls – 27 October 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/22/08/3220836_58fe9a01_120x120.jpg)




![Basingstoke Canal lock No 26. The upstream lock gates on Lock No 26. These have been fully renovated. Refer to picture [[3322585]] for another view of the lock. by Len Williams – 05 February 2013](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/32/25/3322578_989565ae_120x120.jpg)

![Lock 26, Basingstoke Canal. The approach to lock number 26 on the Basingstoke Canal. Refer to picture [[4363005]] for a view of the other side of the lock. by Len Williams – 18 February 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/36/30/4363002_dd3fa6c5_120x120.jpg)



