Stoppages & Restrictions

Start date: June 14, 2022Est. end if know: June 25, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Water Point 7, Hartshill (offside) Update on 22/06/2022: The waterpoint is now available for use again. ADVICE (11am Tuesday 14 June 2022 until further notice) The waterpoint has been vandalised and is currently out of use. Contractors have been contracted to carry…

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Start date: June 14, 2022Est. end if know: June 16, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Starts At: Blisworth Tunnel North PortalEnds At: Blisworth Tunnel South Portal ADVICE (Wednesday 15 June 2022) Please note we have 3 widebeam transits taking place through Blisworth tunnel on Wednesday 15th June at 8am.  This will cause delays for any narrowboats travelling. If…

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Start date: June 14, 2022Est. end if know: June 17, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Bridge 197, Bar Lane Swing Bridge Update on 14/06/2022: Bridge now operational NAVIGATION CLOSURE (4.30pm Monday 13 June 2022 until further notice) Bar Lane Swingbridge is currently not operational. We are awaiting on contractors to attend to the site. We will update…

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Start date: June 14, 2022Est. end if know: July 17, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Bridge 179A, Pinder Bridge RESTRICTION (until 6pm Saturday 16 July 2022) Hankinson Group are undertaking refurbishment works to the bridge which is owned by Yorkshire County Council. They will be undertaking repairs from attached scaffolding and pontoon, whilst leaving enough space for…

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Start date: June 13, 2022Est. end if know: September 3, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Goldshill Stop Railway Bridge Update on 25/08/2022: Midland Metro will be returning on site to complete the installation of bird mesh and brick repairs to new bridge abutments. Towpath will remain open and banksmen and signage will be utilised to manage canal…

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Start date: June 9, 2022Est. end if know: July 15, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Left Hand Bank Outside of Priory Marina Update on 12/07/2022: The vessel has been removed and the attached notice is now rescinded. ADVICE (Wednesday 8 June 2022 until rescinded) Please be aware there is a sunken vessel on the left hand bank…

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Start date: June 9, 2022Est. end if know: June 19, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Mooring Suspension, Towpath and Access Point Closure for Tesco Three Mills Retaining Wall Works Starts At: Bridge 4, Three Mills LaneEnds At: Bridge 5, Bow Bridge (A11) ADVICE (until 6pm Saturday 18 June 2022) Genco Construction have been commissioned by Tesco to…

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Start date: June 8, 2022Est. end if know: June 23, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Hopwood Waterpoint near to Bridge 67, Redditch Road Update on 20/06/2022: The tap is now back available for use. ADVICE (1pm Wednesday 8 June 2022 until further notice) We have isolated this tap as a leak has developed from inside the casing.…

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Start date: June 8, 2022Est. end if know: June 9, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions SkiptonStarts At: Bridge 179B, Railway BridgeEnds At: Bridge 179C, Union Footbridge Update on 08/06/2022: Please be advised the motorbike has now been removed from the canal   Navigation is now open NAVIGATION CLOSURE (7.45pm Tuesday 7 June 2022 until further notice) The police…

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Start date: June 8, 2022Est. end if know: June 11, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Retaining wall along rear of towpath, 60m South of Broad Street Basin Bridge, Wolverhampton ADVICE (8am Tuesday 7 June until 6pm Friday 10 June 2022) For Health & Safety reasons, contractors on behalf of Network Rail will be taking down the damaged…

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Start date: June 7, 2022Est. end if know: June 10, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Police Incident Starts At: Lock 1Ends At: Lock 2 Update on 09/06/2022: Please be advised that the navigation is now open. Update on 08/06/2022: The police incident is still on-going, the navigation remains closed. As soon as we have an update from…

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Start date: June 7, 2022Est. end if know: June 9, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Starts At: Bridge 4, Priestley’s BridgeEnds At: Bridge 5, Red Lane Old BridgeUp Stream Winding Hole: Bridge 3Down Stream Winding Hole: Bridge 6A Update on 07/06/2022: Navigation is now open. NAVIGATION CLOSURE (10am Tuesday 7 June until 5pm Wednesday 8 June 2022)…

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Start date: June 6, 2022Est. end if know: June 9, 2022Stoppages & Restrictions Lock 10, Stoke Lock Update on 07/06/2022: The PLC fault on the power pack has been fixed and the Lock is now operating as normal again. RESTRICTION (Monday 6 June 2022 until further notice) The PLC on the power packs has failed,…

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