Stoppages & Restrictions

Start date: December 14, 2023Est. end if know: December 15, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Wigan Flight Lock 70, Lock 6Up Stream Winding Hole: Haigh Park Rowing Bridge 60aDown Stream Winding Hole: Bridge 51, Pottery Road Bridge NAVIGATION CLOSURE (until 4pm Friday 15 December 2023) We are pleased to advise, the works at Lock 70 on the…

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Date: December 14, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Near Longwood Bridge Up Stream Winding Hole: Daw End Winding HoleDown Stream Winding Hole: Rushall Junction RESTRICTION (8am Thursday 14 December 2023 until further notice) Car has been dumped in Daw End Canal, near to Longwood Bridge. Team are on-site and hope to have it removed as soon as…

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Start date: January 18, 2024Est. end if know: February 23, 2024Stoppages & Restrictions Culvert 19 Blacon, near Chester.Starts At: Culvert 18Ends At: Culvert 20Up Stream Winding Hole: Pipe BridgeDown Stream Winding Hole: Graving Lock, Bridge 126 NAVIGATION CLOSURE (until 4pm Friday 23 February 2024) Update on 18/01/2024: As you will be aware from our previous…

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Start date: January 31, 2024Est. end if know: February 14, 2024Stoppages & Restrictions Starts At: Bridge 87, Kent Green BridgeEnds At: Lock 13, Hall Green Stop Lock Update on 31/01/2024: Our contractors have now successfully cleared silt from the site, this has allowed our teams to complete the necessary investigations of the culvert located in…

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Date: January 11, 2024Stoppages & Restrictions Northwich Hayhurst Swing Bridge Update on 11/01/2024: We are pleased to advise the electrical fault has now been resolved at Hayhurst Swing Bridge on the Weaver Navigation and navigation has resumed to all vessels. For boats with an air draught greater than 7ft 6ins / 2.3m wishing to navigate…

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Start date: December 14, 2023Est. end if know: December 15, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Fallen tree – Between Bridge 40 & 41Starts At: Bridge 41, Grub Street BridgeEnds At: Bridge 40, Water BridgeUp Stream Winding Hole: Rue Hill Winding HoleDown Stream Winding Hole: Norbury Junction Winding Hole Update on 14/12/2023: We’re pleased to advise the tree…

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Date: December 14, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Bramwith Customer service facility – Shower out of order.Bramwith Swing Bridge San Stn and Stores ADVICE (1.30pm Wednesday 13 December 2023 until further notice) The shower is currently out of order, we are awaiting new parts from the contractors.  We will update this notice once the shower has been…

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Start date: December 14, 2023Est. end if know: December 18, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Worcester Shrub Hill Retail ParkStarts At: Bridge 5, Lowesmoor, George StreetEnds At: Bridge 5A Lowesmore Footbridge TOWPATH CLOSURE (until 5pm Monday 18 December 2023) Contractors on behalf of the retail park are painting the pedestrian bridge spanning the canal until Monday 18th…

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Start date: December 13, 2023Est. end if know: December 15, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Towpath at Bridge 21, Wykin Bridge TOWPATH RESTRICTION (Wednesday 13 December until Friday 15 December 2023) DK Drainage LTD will be replacing pipe work on the tow path in the vicinity of Wykin Bridge 21 on the Ashby Canal between the 13th…

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Start date: December 19, 2023Est. end if know: December 20, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Scholar GreenStarts At: Bridge 87, Kent Green BridgeEnds At: Bridge 89, Morris Bridge Update on 18/12/2023: Over the weekend our contractors started with the repair work to the culvert south of Bridge 87, Kent Green Bridge on the Macclesfield Canal. Works progressed…

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Start date: December 12, 2023Est. end if know: December 14, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Lower Wellingborough Upstream Canoe Portage ADVICE (Wednesday 13 December until Thursday 14 December 2023) Please be aware that contractors will be on site completing maintenance activities at the above location on 13th and 14th December 2023.

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Start date: December 12, 2023Est. end if know: December 15, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Burton on Trent, Trent & Mersey CanalStarts At: Lock 7, Dallow LockEnds At: Lock 7, Dallow Lock ADVICE (8am Wednesday 13 December until 6pm Friday 15 December 2023) Contractors will be dredging the approaches and within the lock chamber at Dallow Lock…

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Start date: December 12, 2023Est. end if know: December 13, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Wollaston Downstream Canoe Portage ADVICE (Wednesday 13 December 2023) Please be aware that contractors will be on site completing repairs at Wollaston Downstream Canoe Portage on Wednesday 13th December 2023.

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Date: December 12, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Audlem Lock 8Up Stream Winding Hole: Upstream of Adderley Lock 1Down Stream Winding Hole: Downstream of Bridge 79, Moss Hall Update on 12/12/2023: Due to the early finish at Wardle By-wash and Audlem Lock 15, we have been able to re-deploy labour to Lock 8 and finish ahead of…

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