canal breach

CANAL REOPENS after £850K repair

by

Web Editor

–

December 30, 2025

Boats have returned to cruising the Shropshire Union Canal in Cheshire following the completion of an £850,000 repair project to fix a serious breach caused earlier this year. The breach occurred when an old culvert carrying a stream beneath the canal collapsed, damaging the towpath, embankment and canal bed. To carry out the complex repair,…
Continue reading »
BREACH at Whitchurch on the Llangollen Canal: what we know so far

by

Web Editor

–

December 23, 2025

A major embankment failure on the Llangollen Canal at Whitchurch has led to the closure of a key section of the waterway while emergency services and engineers assess the damage and plan repairs. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday 22 December 2025, close to New Mills Lift Bridge, and resulted in a…
Continue reading »
BRIDGEWATER BOATERS released from breach site

by

Web Editor

–

February 27, 2025

BOATERS trapped by the Bridgewater Canal breach have been released from their moorings. Many liveaboard boaters and owners of leisure craft found their vessels marooned after the December 31 breach of the canal, which resulted in water draining out of 1.9 miles of the canal either side of the breach at Little Bollington, near Dunham…
Continue reading »
Breach repairs continue at Rishton

by

Janet Richardson

–

February 12, 2022

THE Canal & River Trust is continuing work to repair a collapsed embankment which swept a section of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal into the River Hyndburn at Rishton, Lancashire. Subject to weather conditions, it is hoped to re-open the canal in late spring. It is estimated the work will cost nearly £1.7 million. Senior…
Continue reading »