Planned Stoppages

Start date: December 15, 2023Est. end if know: December 20, 2023Planned Stoppages Gaw End Lane development, MacclesfieldStarts At: Bridge 45, Leek New Road BrEnds At: Bridge 47, Broadhursts Swing BrUp Stream Winding Hole: HurdsfieldDown Stream Winding Hole: Oakgrove ADVICE (8am Friday 15 December until 5pm Wednesday 20 December 2023) Please be advised that third-party contractors…

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Start date: December 7, 2023Est. end if know: April 7, 2024Planned Stoppages Birmingham City Centre Intersection of: Curzon Street Bridge to Curzon Street Bridge on Digbeth Branch (Birm’m & Fazeley)(Up Stream Winding Hole: Winding Hole Ashted , Down Stream Winding Hole: Winding Hole Warwick Bar) andBridge 96, Roving Bridge, Warwick Bar to Bridge 96, Roving…

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Date: December 12, 2023Planned Stoppages Bridge 37, Summerhill Railway Bridge, Droitwich ADVICE (7am-6pm Tuesday 12 December 2023) Third party contractors are undertaking an examination of Bridge 37, Summerhill Railway Bridge on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal. A pontoon and scaffold will be used to carry out the works. Navigation will remain open and the pontoon…

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Start date: December 11, 2023Est. end if know: December 22, 2023Planned Stoppages Culvert 78 ADVICE (7am Monday 11 December until 7pm Friday 22 December 2023) Please be advised that third-party contractors will be onsite at Culvert 78 on the Lancaster Canal.  The third-party contractors are working on behalf of Highways England and will be clearing…

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Date: December 11, 2023Planned Stoppages Bridge 23A RESTRICTION (Monday 11 December 2023) National Rail will be carrying out offside abutment inspections of Bridge 23A on the Erewash canal on the 11th of December. A pontoon will be in operation to facilitate these inspections, so boaters are being asked to pass with caution and to follow…

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Start date: December 8, 2023Est. end if know: December 9, 2023Planned Stoppages PD Ports Jetty River OusePort of Howden ADVICE (6am Friday 8 December until 5pm Saturday 9 December 2023) Contractors will be undertaking bed levelling and survey work at Jetty No. 4 PD Ports Howdendyke, this is the upstream jetty. The survey tug ‘Little…

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Date: December 10, 2023Planned Stoppages Santa Fun Run, Bridge 153, Long Ing Bridge to Foulridge Tunnel East Portal EVENT (10am-1.30pm Sunday 10 December 2023) Please be advised that a running event will be held between Bridge 153, Long Ing Bridge and Foulridge Tunnel North East Portal on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal on Sunday 10…

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Date: December 16, 2023Planned Stoppages Bingley Baubles – Running eventStarts At: Bridge 207E, Salts Mill Road BridgeEnds At: Bridge 182, Snaygill Stone Bridge EVENT (7.30am-3.30pm Saturday 16 December 2023)  A running event, organised by ‘It’s Grim Up North Running’, with a maximum of 180 people taking part using the towpath between Bridge 207e, Salts Mill…

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Start date: December 4, 2023Est. end if know: December 21, 2023Planned Stoppages EuNetworks Group – Canal Towpath Cable & Construction Works – Grand Union Canal – Bridge 200, Station Rd Hayes – Bridge 202, North Hyde Bridge, Southall. ADVICE (8am Monday 11 December until 6pm Thursday 21 December 2023) EuNetworks Group have commissioned JSM Construction…

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Date: December 4, 2023Planned Stoppages CSF Elsan Stonebridge Lock 16, Tottenham ADVICE (11am Friday 8 December 2023 until further notice) The stonebridge elsan is currently blocked, scheduled repair works have been made with contractors to identify the problem

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Start date: December 11, 2023Est. end if know: December 15, 2023Planned Stoppages Stonecross Aqueduct RESTRICTION (8am Monday 11 December until 5pm Friday 15 December 2023) Due to increasing leakage from Stonecross Aqueduct onto the highway beneath, a canal bed puddling repair is planned to reduce, or hopefully stop, the flow. Boaters may be asked to…

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Start date: December 11, 2023Est. end if know: December 15, 2023Planned Stoppages Bridge 12a, Railway bridgeStarts At: Bridge 12, Woodley Stone BridgeEnds At: Woodley Tunnel North PortalUp Stream Winding Hole: Unity MillsDown Stream Winding Hole: BuryMeWick RESTRICTION (8am Monday 11 December until 5pm Friday 15 December 2023) Please be advised that third-party contractors will be…

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Start date: December 7, 2023Est. end if know: December 8, 2023Planned Stoppages Bridge 51, Coed-Y-Gric ADVICE (8am Thursday 7 December until 6pm Friday 8 December 2023) Please be advised that contractors will be working close to Bridge 51 to remove a small redundant gas pipe and the area should be approached with caution. 

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Start date: November 29, 2023Est. end if know: December 8, 2023Planned Stoppages Culvert and towpath repairBridge 9 ADVICE (8am Monday 4 December until 4pm Friday 8 December 2023) A repair to a failed culvert and towpath is needed below bridge 9 on the Aylesbury Arm, customers should be advised the towpath will remain open but…

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