A restored length of the old Wey and Arun Canal at Loxwood, with a free towpath and electric boat trips from the wharf
The Wey and Arun Canal once linked the Thames to the south coast through Surrey and Sussex, and it picked up the nickname London’s lost route to the sea after it closed in the 1870s. Volunteers have been putting stretches back into water for decades, and the length at Loxwood is the easiest to enjoy, a restored canal with locks, a wharf and a level towpath you can walk for free. An electric trip boat runs from the wharf by the Onslow Arms from spring to autumn. The canal opened in 1816 as a barge route and never made much money, which is why it was abandoned within sixty years. The Sussex Border Path crosses the country to the north-west.
