Wheatsheaf Bridge (Woking)
Wheatsheaf Bridge (Woking) carries a farm track over the Basingstoke Canal near to Rhondda.
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 a major road over the canal.
| Woodham Top Lock No 6 | 2 miles, 3 furlongs | |
| Paxton Gardens Winding Hole | 2 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Sheerwater Turn | 1 mile, 4½ furlongs | |
| Maybury Hill Bridge | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Chertsey Road Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Wheatsheaf Bridge (Woking) | ||
| Brewery Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Lockfield Drive Bridge | 2½ furlongs | |
| Step Bridge Path Footbridge | 4½ furlongs | |
| Arthurs Bridge Winding Hole | 6 furlongs | |
| Arthur's Bridge | 6¼ furlongs | |
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![Chobham Road Bridge, Basingstoke Canal. The towpath changes sides here, and instead of the simple arrangement with a towpath under the bridge that allows horses and others to cross without crossing the road, the even simpler one without a towpath under the bridge has been used. So all have to cross a busy road to continue on the towpath.It is interesting to compare this view with the state in 1980 - [[582080]] . Apart from the canal having been restored from dereliction, the bridge has been widened on this side, without alteration of the original abutments. For a 1901 view of this road crossing, with a bridge now completely replaced, see http://www.francisfrith.com/woking/photos/chobham-road-bridge-1901_46343/ by Robin Webster – 18 March 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/85/51/2855153_ec9c6af9_120x120.jpg)


![Basingstoke Canal, Woking. The Basingstoke Canal in Woking looking North-East from the footbridge between the Brewery Road car park and the shopping centre. To the right of the picture centre is the Lightbox, a museum and art gallery. For the opposite view refer to picture [[3902618]]. by Len Williams – 25 March 2014](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/90/26/3902621_7fabfd4c_120x120.jpg)





















