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01 HAMPSHIRE EASTLEIGH

7.5 miles/12km

4.5 hours

Moderate

96m

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Opened in 1710, the Itchen Navigation is a straightening and controlling of the River Itchen, so it doesn’t resemble a conventional canal. The river winds

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