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The Police have finished investigating the cut between St Pancras lock & City Road, Islington, on the Regents Canal, following the discovery of a body in the cut near the West portal of the Islington tunnel and the cut and towpath have reopened. CaRT have yet to update their website: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notice/4773/city-road-lock-lock-5-to-st-pancras-lock-lock-4-regents-canal-islington

EMERGENCY CLOSURE NOTICE Section 15 Anglian Water Authority Act 1977 RIVER: Nene DATE: 13 May - 14 May 2015 (inclusive) LOCATION: Titchmarsh Lock DETAILS Please be aware the above closure is required to enable the repair of the broken left hand lock paddle. We are working to rectify the issue as soon as we can. For further information please contact our River Inspector Ian Cook on 07920 087741. The Environment Agency apologise for any inconvenience caused. You can also contact us at the Environment Agency on 03708 506 506 between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday and ask for the Waterways Team in the Anglian Region. Irven Forbes Waterways Manager 8 May 2015

I know there are several of you on the Leicester Line at the moment Notice Alert Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal)Location: Kibworth Lock 18 to Cranes Lock 22, Leicester SectionUp Stream Winding Hole: South of Saddington TunnelDown Stream Winding Hole: North of Cranes Lock 22 Wednesday 31 December 2014 16:00 until further notice Type: Navigation Closure Reason: 3rd Party Works Original message: We have been instructed to close the canal in this area by the Environment Agency following a serious pollution incident from adjoining land. The Environment Agency are analysing the contaminant and do not want further transfer of water until they know what has entered the watercourse. We will review this notice on Monday 5th January, but may not be able to re-open the canal until further instruction from the Environment Agency.

Anyone knows what's happened Notice Alert Notice Alert Trent & Mersey Canal Location: Pollution incident between Lock 6, Stenson Lock and Bridge 11, Sarson's Bridge - Trent & Mersey Canal Starts At: Lock 6, Stenson Lock Ends At: Bridge 11, Sarson's Bridge Monday 9 November 2020 until further notice Type: Navigation Closure Reason: Repair Update on 10/11/2020: As a result of a pollution incident over the weekend between Swarkstone Lock and Bridge 16, Barrow Bridge, Booms were installed to contain the pollution before pumping work can begin today Until the incident is resolved we have put in place a navigation closure between Stenson Lock and Bridge 11, Sarson's Bridge. There is a winding hole on the other side of Bridge 11, for boats to turn round in. Swarkstone lock will be inoperable during this time. Please do not attempt to navigate along this section. Please also note, that we have had to temporarily close the towpath between Swarkstone Lock and Lowes Lane Bridge 15. We aim to reopen the navigation on Wednesday 11/11 and this notice will be updated as soon as we are able to provide more information. Update on 10/11/2020: As a result of a pollution incident over the weekend between Swarkstone Lock and Bridge 16, Barrow Bridge, Booms were installed to contain the pollution before pumping work can begin on today Until the incident is resolved we have put in place a navigation closure between Stenson Lock and Bridge 11, Sarson's Bridge. There is a winding hole on the other side of Bridge 11, for boats to turn round in. Swarkstone lock will be inoperable during this time. Please do not attempt to navigate along this section. Please also note, that we have had to temporarily close the towpath between Swarkstone Lock and Lowes Lane Bridge 15. We aim to reopen the navigation on Wednesday 11/11 and this notice will be updated as soon as we are able to provide more information. Original message: As a result of a pollution incident over the weekend between Swarkstone Lock and Bridge 16, Barrow Bridge our specialist contractors are on site. Booms have been installed to contain the pollution before pumping work can begin on Tuesday 10/11. Until the incident is resolved we have put in place a navigation closure between Swarkstone Lock and Bridge 16, Barrow Bridge. Swarkstone lock will be inoperable during this time. Please do not attempt to navigate along this section. We aim to reopen the navigation on Wednesday 11/11 and this notice will be updated as soon as we are able to provide more information. You can view this notice and its map online here: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notice/18760/pollution-incident-between-lock-6-stenson-lock-and-bridge-11-sarsons-bridge-trent-and-mersey-canal You can find all notices at the url below: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices

Hello everyone, has work started yet on the Hungerford lock? The last update on the CRT website was from 10 Feb, saying work has been further delayed, planned to be finish in the 4 April. Has anything happened yet? And what's the K&A canal like down that end, is it navigable? Thanks

Hi, We are hoping to buy a lovely 65ft narrowboat and fingers crossed will complete the sale by the end of November. I then have to consider how to transport her from Stafford area down to London, taking into account winter stoppages. It looks like hatton top lock which re-opens on the 21st of Dec and aspley lock which closes on 6th Jan might be our limiting factors. I can see that its doable to make this stretch in the time frame but I cannot be away from family over Christmas. To cut to the chase, does anyone know a) a boat mover who might do this section over the hols and if I've read the stoppages correctly. Thanks very much in advance! Rosie

River Lee Navigation From: Aqueduct Lock 8 To: Aqueduct Lock 8 Reason: Leaking lower lock gate Tried to get thought lock 8 on the Lee but the lower gate was leaking so bad that the chamber wouldn't fill all the way. One of the timber inserts to the bottom lock gate mitres came off. I've told CRT, but I hope they fix it quickly so I'm not stuck in the middle of nowhere.

We are on the Llangollen and came up through New Martin Top lock where the bottom gates were leaking badly. CRT were there and suggested that it may require a stoppage tomorrow Wednesday to fix it properly. They had trouble making a level to let a boat down,but when we went up it was not so bad. I did give the offending gate a tap with my rear fender which may have helped it seal for us. NOTE This stoppage has NOT been confirmed.