Lock 29, Newcastle Road Lock
Up Stream Winding Hole: Limekiln Basin
Down Stream Winding Hole: Stone winding hole
NAVIGATION CLOSURE (8am Monday 8 January until 4pm Friday 9 February 2024)
A recent inspection of Newcastle Road Lock in Stone revealed the need for urgent works on the bottom end gates, which are likely to fail before next winter. While they weren’t in our original winter stoppage programme, we’re looking to take advantage of a existing planned closure at Lock 38 to get this work done ahead of the spring. At the same time we’ll take advantage of the closure to tackle other works required at the lock.
Our plans include refitting, relining and bracing both bottom gates, and bracing the towpath side balance beam with a steel brace. We’ll also install a new paddle and frame in the towpath side bottom gate. Together these works should give this busy lock several more years of operation ahead of planned gate replacement.
Thank you for bearing with us while we complete these works. The canal will remain open to navigation on either side of the lock, and access to the boatyards on both sides will remain open, as will the customer facilities below the lock.
