Portsmouth & Arundel Navigation Canal Walk 100

In response to constant attacks on our naval fleet during the early 1800’s, plans were drawn up to connect the manufacture and storage of munitions and our arsenals in London with the Royal Navy Dockyard in Portsmouth. Walk along the route of the last section of the canal from Langstone Harbour to the site of the basin at Arundel Street, now in our city shopping centre district. Discuss the planning, construction and route of this massive undertaking which was completed in 1823, as you walk in the footsteps of engineers, navvies and the locals, who weren’t always impressed!