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WIGAN CANAL reopens to boats after water main burst

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Web Editor

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December 2, 2025

BOATS have returned to cruising the seven-mile length of the Leigh Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Wigan following its closure due to a burst water main back in August. Engineers at the Canal & River Trust worked with United Utilities, which owns the water main, to carry out a bespoke repair to the canal bank between Poolstock Lock and Bamfurlong…
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Mersey on the work beat at Wigan

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Colin Wareing

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December 8, 2023

VOLUNTEERS have been operating from the workboat Mersey clearing vegetation from the canal wash walls in Wigan, Greater Manchester, writes Colin Wareing. The boat is a nearly new addition to the Canal & River Trust’s fleet and was built by Aqueduct Marina. It was collected by CRT volunteers in early October from the marina on…
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Winter works at Wigan

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Colin Wareing

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December 28, 2022

EMERGENCY repairs have been taking place at Poolstock Lock No 2 on the Leigh branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Wigan in a bid to reduce water leakage. Pipework from the pumps used to pump water around the lock had to be removed, as was the safety fencing and then a fibre dam…
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