Starts At: Bridge 23B – A6 Road Bridge RESTRICTION (Thursday 29 June 2023 until further notice) There is a fallen tree on the towpath between A6 road bridge 23B and footbridge 23A on the River Soar. Towpath users should proceed with caution. We will require our specialist contractors to remove the tree and they will be out on site next week. We will update the website on Tuesday 4th July Hunts Small Lock, Northwich We are pleased to advise the footbridge has now been repaired at Hunts Small Lock on the Weaver Navigation and navigation has resumed. Please be advised our local team & contractors have now scheduled dates to conduct the necessary repair to the footbridge at Hunts Small Lock on the Weaver Navigation. We anticipate the repair works to start week commencing Monday July 31. Until these works are complete access via the footbridge over the top gates at Hunts Small Lock on the Weaver Navigation remains closed. Our local team have created temporary access points until a permanent method of repair is completed. A further update will be provided by Friday 4 August. Please be advised access via the footbridge over the top gates at Hunts Small Lock on the Weaver Navigation remains closed. Our local team have created temporary access points until a permanent method of repair is established. A further update will be provided by Wednesday 19 July. Our local team have been to site and investigated the walkway over the top gates at Hunts Small Lock on the Weaver Navigation. Whilst a method of repair is being organised, access will remain closed. An update will be provided Wednesday 14 June. Our local team have been to site and investigated the walkway over the top gates at Hunts Small Lock on the River Weaver. Whilst a method of repair is being organised, access will remain closed. An update will be provided Friday 9th June. ADVICE (until further notice) Please be advised the public access over the top gates at Hunts Small Lock on the River Weaver is closed due to issue with the walkway. Our teams are working towards a repair, access to the lock and operation is unaffected but as a result of the damage, wheelchair access across the lock is temporarily suspended at this time. :Beeston Lock – CSF Our contractors have attended site today and completed the job. Beeston Elsan is now open ADVICE (until further notice) Due to a blockage, Beeston Elsan has had to be temporarily deadlocked. Our contractors attended site today but were unable to complete the job and will re-attend tomorrow to finish clearing the blockage. We will update the website by the end of the day 29.6.2023. Bridge 24 Warwickshire Fly Boats, Long Itchington RESTRICTION (until further notice) Unfortunately movement of the towpath side waterway wall underneath this bridge has caused the canal width to reduce by 120mm, and so, for the foreseeable future, we’re having to for the foreseeable future reduce maximum beam for navigation from the published 12’6” to 12’. Following a detailed review of the options for repair, and thorough ground investigations and surveys, we have concluded that the benefits to customers are substantially outweighed by the costs of carrying out the works. We have an ageing infrastructure, and we have to carefully prioritise our spend based on risk. We will continue to monitor the bridge and particularly the narrows and, in the future, when we need to carry out any structural repairs to the bridge we will again consider widening of the narrows, and update you accordingly. In the meantime, boats up to 12’6” can be winded at Napton Junction. National Waterways Museum RESTRICTION (until further notice) Please be advised to maintain fluctuating water levels within the middle pound at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port, we have decided to implement the following restriction to both Top Narrow Lock & Bottom Narrow Lock on the Shropshire Union Canal. All locks within the National Waterways Museum will be padlocked and closed to navigation outside of these hours. An update will be provided Tuesday 4 July. Bridge 191, Cowling Swing Bridge The bridge has been repaired and navigation traffic can resume. Contractors are on site replacing the damaged bolts. The navigation remains closed. A further update will be given tomorrow. NAVIGATION CLOSURE (until further notice) We have received a report the the swing bridge has been damaged and part of the bridge has fallen into the navigation. It is unpassable at the moment. We will update this notice when we have investigated. Wigan Flight We are pleased to advise the repair works to Lock 68, and Lock 69 are now complete, and the Wigan Flight will re-open tomorrow, Saturday 22 July as per the usual operating times: Our Wigan Flight volunteers joined our team on the Wigan Flight and painted the safety fence that was installed last week and cleaned up the general site which allowed our North West Reactive team to carry on with the repair works to Lock 69 and removal of the silt. We removed 70 tonnes of silt from within the lock chamber this week and the head and tail gates were cleaned to check for any possible obstructions. Final clay works to the sink hole are being finished today, followed by final works to the apron that protects the cill. We will then start to remove equipment from site and have arranged with our contractors to remove the scaffolding and dams from site over the next 2 days. With the repairs progressing as they are, we are confident that we will be finished onsite by the end of Friday 21 July, with navigation resuming on Saturday 22 July. A further update will be provided Friday 21 July. Our North West Reactive Team have made great progress at Lock 69 on the Wigan Flight. The repairs to the sink hole, and planned repairs to the head gate and cill are now complete. Whilst our teams have been onsite, we have also carried out repairs to the by-wash. The remaining works to the tail gate will be completed early next week and we will also be removing a large quantity of silt from the lock chamber. Whilst completing these repairs, we have identified a void under the concrete apron that protects the cill. Our engineers have investigated this today and have instructed further repairs. We anticipate all the repairs will be complete, with all equipment removed from site by the end of Friday 21 July, with navigation resuming on Saturday 22 July, subject to any arising emergencies. A further update will be provided by Wednesday 19 July. The further works to recast the tail gate concrete arrowhead on cill, fit the tail gate quoin pieces and replace the damaged safety fencing on the offside quadrant at Lock 68 on the Wigan Flight are now complete and our Reactive Team started on the repairs to Lock 69 this week. Our engineer has been to site and assessed the sink hole which is 3 meters deep and the width of the lock entrance. This has resulted in further works, including resetting three walling stones from the towpath side lock wall entrance which had moved and dropped to the bottom. 20 ton of clay has been placed around the lock entrance walls to prevent any further movement, with machinery arriving onsite today to help speed up the process. Due to this, the towpath will be closed between Lock 68 and Lock 69 to ensure a safe working environment. Please follow any signage onsite. Whilst members of the Reactive Team have been working on the above, our skilled joiners of the team have started repairs to the head and tail gates of Lock 69 and will continue over the weekend period. Due to the appearance of the sink hole resulting in the delay to start works at Lock 69, and the further repairs to the hole itself, we anticipate the Wigan Flight will be closed for a further 2 weeks, however our team will endeavour to advance on this by working over the weekend periods. A further update on progress made will be provided by Friday 14 July. Whilst investigations into the large sinkhole at Lock 69 continue, our North West Reactive Team have been progressing well with the work at Lock 68, of the Wigan Flight on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. We are pleased to advise this week our Reactive Team have been successful in casting new concrete cill at Lock 68. We are also carrying out minor repair work to the seals on the lock gates which will be completed by Friday this week. Additional work is being undertaken next week to replace the damaged wooden safety fencing on the off side of Lock 68. On Wednesday 5 July the dams and scaffolding at Lock 68 will be removed, and a new fabric dam will be installed across the canal at Lock 69. Our contractors will be onsite installing pumps which will create a safe working condition and allow our team to facilitate the repairs to the lock. Works are well underway to repair the blown cill at Lock 68 on the Wigan Flight. Unfortunately, a large sink hole has appeared in Lock 69, which has haltered the planned repairs to the head and tail gates. Our teams are now working together to create a safe working method to repair the sink hole, which will allow us to start the planned repairs. We will know more on how this may affect the estimated timeframe for repairs later this week and an update will be provided Thursday 29 June. Brownshill to Hermitage Lock ADVICE (Wednesday 28 June 2023 until further notice) We are currently experiencing low levels from Brownshill to Hermitage Lock. Pump out Tewitfield Customer Services We are pleased to advise the Pump Out has been repaired and is now back in use at Tewitfield Customer Service Facilities. ADVICE (11.45am Wednesday 28 June 2023 until further notice) Please be advised the Pump Out station at Tewitfield Customer Service Facilities is currently out of use due to an electronic fault. All other facilities are still in use. Contractors have been informed and we anticipate their attendance on Friday 30th June. An update will be provided on Friday 30th June. Bridge 22. Lea Hall Bridge RESTRICTION (Wednesday 28 June 2023 until further notice) Please be advised navigation is restricted at Bridge 22, Lea Hall Bridge on the Middlewich Branch, Shropshire Union canal. Due to a windblown tree. We are arranging contractors to attend site to remove the obstruction. We anticipate works to start on Friday 30th June. Navigation will remain open, and we politely request all customers to navigate through the affected area with care. An update will be provided by Wednesday 5th July. PD Ports Jetty Port of Howden ADVICE (6am-5pm Thursday 29 June 2023) Contractors will be undertaking bed levelling and survey work at Jetty No. 4 PD Ports Howdendyke, this is the upstream jetty. The survey tug ‘Little Shuva’ will be engaged in the work and will maintain a listening watch on channel 9 & 14. Skippers of all craft are to exercise care and caution in the area and to give the ‘Little Shuva” as wide a berth as possible, passing at the SLOWEST POSSIBLE SPEED to avoid creating a wash. Tree fallen across navigation The fallen tree has been removed. It is open for navigation. RESTRICTION (11.30am Tuesday 27 June 2023 until further notice) A tree has fallen covering 80% of the navigation. The local team have been notified and will be organising removal of the tree. We will update the notice when we have further information. Starts At: Bridge 109 – Upperton Road Bridge NAVIGATION CLOSURE (10am-4pm Tuesday 27 June 2023) There is a police investigation and dive taking place between Mill lane Bridge 110 and Upperton Bridge 109 on the Grand Union, Leicester Line on the 27th June from 10am until 4pm. Freemans Meadow Lock 41 will also be closed during this time. There will be ropes across the navigation, divers in the water and other activities in this area that will stop all traffic from moving during this time. Please follow any advice given on site. Marnham Fields footbridge replacement with short daytime stoppage on 27.06.2023 TOWPATH CLOSURE (2pm Monday 26 June until Sunday 2 July 2023) London Borough of Ealing are replacing their collapsed bridge over Marham Fields. Site set up from 26.06.2023. Towpath be shut for one week with short diversions and lifting goes ahead the day of 27th June. Boaters to wait no more than 30 minutes during lift.
Ends At: Bridge 23A, Footbridge over Weir 13Update on 03/08/2023:
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Starts At: Bridge 22, Bridleway
Ends At: Bridge 60, Blue Bridge
Up Stream Winding Hole: Kingswood Junction
Down Stream Winding Hole: Napton Junction
Starts At: Top Narrow Lock
Ends At: Bottom Narrow Lock
To ensure the safety of our customers, the lock will be operated by our volunteers during the below hours daily:
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Starts At: Lock 65, Top Lock
Ends At: Lock 85, Lock 21Update on 21/07/2023:
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Boaters are advised to proceed with caution, at a reduced speed and to keep
to the centre of the navigation channel.Update on 30/06/2023:
Bridge 24, Stoodely BridgeUpdate on 04/07/2023:
Ends At: Bridge 110 – Mill Lane
Bridge 17A, Northolt
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