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Henley Park Lake is a beautiful tree-lined oasis situated nearby to Normandy in Surrey. The lake has a high presence of fish species and is popular amongst anglers. There is a picnic area and café near the pier where you can purchase some delicious coffee and cake from The Coffee Shop.

Frimley Lodge Park is a great place to visit on a family hike. There are two children's playgrounds, a minature railway, two picnic areas and pitch and putt. All surrounded by meadows and woodland on the banks of the Basingstoke Canal. Plus public toilets and a cafe.

The Basingstoke Canal offers 32 miles of canal tow path. Some say it is the most beautiful in the country. It was built in 1794 and stretches between the River Thames at Weybridge to Basingstoke. After falling into disrepair in the 1950s, it was renovated and reopened for navigation in 1991.

Ash Ranges are an extensive 800 hectares of stunning open dry heathland. The heathland suffer from a fire this summer but is recovering. It’s managed on behalf of the MOD so access is not permissible when red flags are flying or red beacons are lit. An up to date list of training firing times can be found through this link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/south-east-training-estate-firing-times

An ait is an islet, usually called such when found on the River Thames or a tributary of it. This one is next to an army camp on the Basingstoke Canal, which is indeed a tributary of the Thames. I don't know who Roy is, but his islet is an interesting feature to see on a canal.

As you hike alongside the Basingstoke Canal, it's easy to not realise that you're actually walking over an aqueduct. The canal is suspended above the mainline railway to London here so if you suddenly hear a train rumbling, that's why. Despite this, the canal remains leafy green and in summer especially, it's almost impossible to notice the presence of the railway. Built in 1840, the aqueduct later had gates built at either side so that should a bomb fall on it during the Second World War, the gates would stop the canal from flooding the railway beneath.

Up and over the canal. A good way to link trails on either side of the canal