Basingstoke Canal Visitor Centre
Mytchett Place Road
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About Basingstoke Canal Visitor Centre
Your gateway to waterside adventures begins here, with boat-watching opportunities, scenic towpath walks, and facilities including accessible toilets and baby-changing areas for families to enjoy.
What's nearby
- Galeforce café LTD next door
- Basingstoke Canal Canoe Club next door
- Rejuvenate with Jade next door
- Surrey and Hants Tai Chi Qigong Mytchett next door
- Euro Taxis 250m away
Distances as the crow flies, via Google
Good to know
Parking
- ✓Free car park
- ✓Free street
Accessibility
- ✓Accessible parking
- ✓Accessible entrance
- ✓Accessible toilet
Payment
- ✓Credit cards
- ✓Debit cards
- ✓Contactless
Details via Google — worth confirming with the attraction before you travel, especially for access needs.
Photos
Photos via Google
Facilities
Opening hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:30 AM – 4:45 PM
- Wednesday
- 10:30 AM – 4:45 PM
- Thursday
- 10:30 AM – 4:45 PM
- Friday
- 10:30 AM – 4:45 PM
- Saturday
- 10:30 AM – 4:45 PM
- Sunday
- 10:30 AM – 4:45 PM
Current hours may differ from the usual schedule above (e.g. holidays) — check Google Maps for today's hours.
What visitors say
The points are for the fantastic location, ease of getting kayaks etc into the water and the reasonably priced cafe. Points deducted for only two showers for the whole campsite! No codes given, then wrong gate codes given. Half the time the toilet door codes didn't work. Dogs running off lead on campsite and no one to be seen to sort this out. Forgot to get security refund, can't do on the phone. This really could be somewhere special, but just misses
· via Google
Pro's: - Large camping field with well-maintained, flat surface - Plenty of nature and wildlife nearby with easy access to woods and canal - Excellent cafe, especially breakfast options and ice-cream - Boat hire service to explore the canals by kayak/canoe - Very secure site with coded access to gates and facilities Con's: - Poor toilet and shower facilities - only 2 showers is too few for a site of this size. Most of the toilets were out of order during my visit, and those that were available were not particularly clean.
· via Google
Great place to launch our paddle boards, plenty of free parking, however it does get busy later in the morning / afternoons. Lovely paddle down the canal towards Ash and back again. Highly recommended for paddle boards and kayaks!
· via Google
Lovely little area to visit. Access to the canal for small cafts. no gradual launch as of Aug 2026. There's a loo with shower, cafe and enclosed playground too. We enjoyed a lovely, calm family day with paddling down the river. Everything we needed within close reach
· via Google
Visitors say this campsite offers a large, well-maintained field with easy access to woods and a canal, and provides boat hire for kayaks and canoes. They also highlight the excellent cafe with good value, and convenient parking.
Some reviews mention there can be limited toilet and shower facilities.
Summary via Google
At a glance
- Address
- Canal Centre, Mytchett Place Road, Mytchett, Camberley, GU16 6DD Get directions
- Category
- Sightseeing & Attractions
- Guest rating
- 4.4 / 5 (165 reviews)
- Suitable for
- All Ages
- Suggested visit
- 3-4 hours
- Setting
- Indoor & outdoor
- Dogs allowed
- Yes
- Toilets on site
- Yes
- Destination
- Mytchett