Residents are being invited to comment on a project to open up a mile-long section of canal on the Surrey and Sussex border for boat trips.

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But the most fearsome of these fences isn't "The Chair, " a 5-foot-3 high hedge fronted by an open ditch, the sharp bend of the "Canal Turn, " or even the dreaded "Becher's Brook, " with its steep 6-foot-5 drop.

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"We will be doing the work when the canal is closed between October and March and the towpath will remain open, " said Mr Higham.

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