Planned Stoppages

Start date: October 30, 2023Est. end if know: November 2, 2023Planned Stoppages Bridge 35 Gothersley Bridge ADVICE (8am Monday 30 October until 5pm Thursday 2 November 2023) Third party contractors will be repairing a leak to a water main that crosses the canal under the bridge deck surface. Banksmen will be in situ to halt…

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Start date: December 1, 2023Est. end if know: April 30, 2024Planned Stoppages Bardney Lock – Visitor Moorings UPDATED: 30/11/2023 ADVICE (Wednesday 1 November 2023 until further notice) Please note that from 1st November 2023 there will be no electricity supply for visiting boats at Bardney Visitor Moorings as we will be removing the electricity bollards,…

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Start date: October 27, 2023Est. end if know: October 28, 2023Planned Stoppages Towpath work – MayroydStarts At: Bridge 16, Princess/Station Road BridgeEnds At: Lock 8, Mayroyd ADVICE (8am Friday 27 October until 5pm Saturday 28 October 2023) Contractors will be erecting scaffolding on the towpath to access the roof of a building adjacent to the…

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Date: October 27, 2023Planned Stoppages Starts At: Braunston Tunnel East PortalEnds At: Braunston Tunnel West Portal ADVICE (7.30-9am Friday 27 October 2023) Braunston tunnel will be closed to traffic from 07:30, possibly until 09:00 on Friday 27th October for the passage of a widebeam boat travelling from Welton to Braunston Boats may enter the tunnel…

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Date: October 31, 2023Planned Stoppages Perio Lock ADVICE (Tuesday 31 October 2023) Please be aware that contractors will be on site at Perio Lock on 31 October subject to satisfactory weather and river conditions.Please navigate with caution whilst in this area and heed any signage or instructions provided by contractors on site.

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Start date: October 30, 2023Est. end if know: November 3, 2023Planned Stoppages Wollaston Lock ADVICE (Monday 30 October until Friday 3 November inclusive) Please be aware that contractors will be on site at Wollaston Lock on the dates shown above subject to satisfactory weather and river conditions.Please navigate with caution whilst in this area and…

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Date: November 4, 2023Planned Stoppages Towpath Starts At: Bridge 6 – Abbey LaneEnds At: Bridge 9 – Abbey Park Road TOWPATH RESTRICTION (8am-10pm Saturday 4 November 2023) A bonfire and fireworks display will take place on the 4th November at Abbey Park on the River Soar.  There will be restrictions between the hours of 8am…

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Date: November 2, 2023Planned Stoppages Bridge 10, Methley RESTRICTION (8am-6pm Thursday 2 November 2023) A Third Party inspection will take place of the bridge structure, this will involve divers in the water. Could skippers of all craft slow down on approach and take any instruction from the dive support team. 

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Start date: October 31, 2023Est. end if know: November 1, 2023Planned Stoppages Bridge 14, Railway RESTRICTION (Tuesday 31 October until Wednesday 1 November 2023) Third-party contractors, a specialist Offshore Services, will be carrying out an inspection of bridge 14 on the Nottingham and Beeston canal from the 31st of October. These works require the use…

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Date: October 25, 2023Planned Stoppages Between Kiln Visiting Moorings and just passed King’s Marina ADVICE (Wednesday 25 October 2023) Severn Trent Water will be carrying out a flap valve replacement on the River Trent on the 25th October between Kiln Visiting Moorings and King’s Moorings. A pontoon will be in operation and associated plant. Boaters…

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Date: December 16, 2023Planned Stoppages Navigation arch bridge repairs Clopton Bridge, Stratford upon Avon Updated on 15/12/2023: RESTRICTION NOTICE extended: 15/12/2023 to 21/12/2023 and 05/01/2024 until further notice.Delays are due to flooding. Works are extended in to 2024 RESTRICTION (Monday 30 October until 15 December 2023) Pontoons will block one powered and one unpowered navigation…

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Start date: December 14, 2023Est. end if know: March 20, 2024Planned Stoppages Welford reach – Binton Bridge UPDATED; 12/03/2024: Due to delays caused by the recent floods the works will now be extended to 19/03/2024 The navigation will be open on 20/03/2024. Protection booms will remain in place both upstream and downstream of Binton Bridge…

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Start date: November 1, 2023Est. end if know: March 31, 2024Planned Stoppages Wellingborough Embankment Facilities ADVICE (Wednesday 1 November 2023 until 31 March 2024) As per the annual winter shutdown, the Elsan, pump-out and water point at Wellingborough Embankment will not be in operation from 1 November 2023 to 31 March 2024 inclusive.

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Start date: October 30, 2023Est. end if know: November 3, 2023Planned Stoppages Mexborough Barnsley Line Br Bridge 49 RESTRICTION (8am Monday 30 October until 6pm Friday 3 November 2023) Third-party contractors will be working from a scaffold on a pontoon in the waterway to carry out repairs and vegetation management to the railway bridge The contractors…

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