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Solent

Southampton and Salisbury: the canal that failed to join two cities. A tale of boom and bust.

Event type: Talk
Date: 8th April 2026
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Venue: Wallington Village Hall
Cost: £1 Member


Jon Sims tells us the story of how the ill-fated Southampton to Salisbury Canal was an object lesson in bad planning, poor execution and economic mismanagement which has echoes even today (think HS2!).