Stoppages & Restrictions

Date: November 9, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Water levels Starts At: Lock 9 Lincomb LockEnds At: Lock 7 Bevere Lock ADVICE (9.15am Thursday 9 November 2023 until further notice) Further to the notice below, please be advised that river levels between Lock 9 Lincomb & Lock 7 Bevere Lock are currently designated: Yellow (falling) PROCEED WITH CAUTION Please…

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Date: November 13, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Napton Bottom Lock CSF Update on 13/11/2023: The cesspit has now been emptied and all facilities are now back open. ADVICE (8am Thursday 9 November 2023 until further notice) The whole facility is currently unavailable due to the cesspit being full. Our contractors have been contacted.

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Start date: November 8, 2023Est. end if know: November 10, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Sheaf’s Quay Drive, Victoria Quays Sheffield Basin Wharf ADVICE (7pm Wednesday 8 November until 6pm Friday 10 November 2023) Third party contractors are carrying out works for emergency repairs to a leak in the local district heating system this will include excavating…

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Start date: November 8, 2023Est. end if know: November 9, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Upstream Arch of Hitchin Bridge, Bedford OBSTRUCTION ADVICE (Wednesday 8 November 2023 until rescinded) We have received a report of a fallen tree blocking one of the main upsteam arches of the Hitchin Bridge, Bedford on the River Great Ouse.We will look…

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Start date: November 8, 2023Est. end if know: November 15, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Footbridge, Lock 3, Northgate Top Lock, Chesteranal ADVICE (3pm Wednesday 8 November 2023 until further notice) Please be advised the footbridge is currently closed at Lock 3, Northgate Top Lock on the Shropshire Union Canal due a fault with the bridge decking. Our…

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Start date: November 8, 2023Est. end if know: November 9, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Police Incident – Section outside St Vincent StreetSt Vincent Street Bridge, Vincent St.Up Stream Winding Hole: Old Turn JunctionDown Stream Winding Hole: Port Loop Update on 09/11/2023: We have been given permission to open navigation again. Please follow any instructions given by…

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Date: November 9, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Starts At: Blisworth Tunnel North PortalEnds At: Blisworth Tunnel South Portal BOOKING INFORMATION (7.30-9am Thursday 9 November 2023) Blisworth tunnel will be closed to traffic from 07:30, possibly until 09:00 on Thursday 9th November for the passage of a wide-beam boat travelling from Blisworth to Stoke Bruerne.  Boats may…

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Date: November 9, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Lock 14, Newark Nether Lock Update on 09/11/2023: Our electrical engineers have repaired Nether Lock and boaters can now operate it as normal. Update on 07/11/2023: Nether lock on the River Trent is still out of action.  The recent flooding as caused issues with the electrics and there is…

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Date: November 8, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Camp Hill Lock FlightStarts At: Lock 1, Camp Hill Top Lock (Lock 52)Ends At: Lock 6, Camp Hill (Lock 57)Up Stream Winding Hole: Above Lock 1Down Stream Winding Hole: Below lock 6 NAVIGATION CLOSURE (8am-3pm Wednesday 8 November 2023) We’re having to carry out repairs at Camp Hill Lock…

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Start date: November 7, 2023Est. end if know: November 17, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Bell Weir Lock RESTRICTION (until Friday 17 November 2023) Bell Weir Lock will remain closed overnight on Monday 6 November. The lock will then be open for navigation on public power outside the hours of 7:30am to 17:30pm from Tuesday 7 to…

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Start date: November 7, 2023Est. end if know: November 17, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Mexborough Barnsley Line Bridge 49 RESTRICTION (until 6pm Friday 17 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 will move the pontoon…

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Start date: November 6, 2023Est. end if know: November 8, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Nantwich Services Update on 08/11/2023: We are pleased to advise the shower & toilet facilities are now back in use at Nantwich Customer Service Facilities on the Shropshire Union Canal. ADVICE (4pm Monday 6 November 2023 until further notice) Please be advised…

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Start date: November 6, 2023Est. end if know: December 1, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Lock 4, Frankton LocksUp Stream Winding Hole: Junction at the Shropshire Union Canal, Llangollen BranchDown Stream Winding Hole: Junction at the Montgomery Canal NAVIGATION CLOSURE (8am Monday 6 November until 4pm Friday 1 December 2023) Please be advised, the repair works to…

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Date: November 6, 2023Stoppages & Restrictions Lock 19Up Stream Winding Hole: Winding Hole, Wharf Lane Bridge SN-017-010Down Stream Winding Hole: Kingswood Arm Junction SK-001-006 Update on 06/11/2023: The lock has been repaired and is back open again. Original message: Unfortunately, due to the failure of a paddle mechanism at Lock 19, the lock is inoperable…

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