Reading Road South Bridge carries a farm track over the Basingstoke Canal half a mile from Newbury.
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.

Mooring here is excellent (this is a really good mooring), mooring pins are needed. Excellent mooring about 1km from the centre of Fleet which has numerous eating establishments and good shopping.
There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| Norris Bridge No 2 | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
| Pondtail Bridge | 1 mile | |
| Pondtail Bridge Winding Hole | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Pondtail Pipe Bridge | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Old Pondtail Bridge | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Reading Road South Bridge | ||
| Fleet Town Football Ground | 2¼ furlongs | |
| The Fox and Hounds (Crookham) | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Coxheath Bridge | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Malthouse Bridge | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Crookham Swing Bridge | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
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In the direction of Odiham Castle Stop
In the direction of Woodham Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Woodham Junction
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In the direction of Woodham Junction
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In the direction of Odiham Castle Stop
In the direction of Woodham Junction
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In the direction of Woodham Junction
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![Basingstoke Canal: View from the Reading Road Bridge (1). This is the view looking east from [[[5941713]]] by Nigel Cox – 31 January 2016](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/94/17/5941719_53eef376_120x120.jpg)
![Basingstoke Canal: View from the Reading Road Bridge (2). This is the view looking west from [[[5941713]]]The regular sheet metal piled bank on the right is modern. Taking the angle in the piling as the widest point of the canal, the maximum width here is less than 50 feet, obtained by measuring the satellite imagery. by Nigel Cox – 31 January 2016](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/94/17/5941739_24617e5b_120x120.jpg)












