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The archive / Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Leeds & Liverpool Canal
4.0 closure-days per kilometre (95% range 3.7–4.3) — 825 days across 63 closures of this 205km canal.
Lengths from CRT's ArcGIS open data, published under the strictest reading of its licence. A notice is attributed to the whole named waterway, not to a point.
Something was shut here on 48% of this cruising season — 112 of its 231 days — across 26 separate closures.
That means a closure somewhere on the canal, not that the whole canal was impassable. Every closure below names the locks or bridges it sat between.
Nothing is shut on this canal today.
- Regions
- North West, Yorkshire and North East
- On record
- 74 closures
The season, closure by closure
Each row is one closure. A bar starts and ends where the closure did, and its length is how long it ran; dashed bars have not started yet.
Bridge 214, Milman Swing BridgeLock 1, Top Lock, Leigh BranchLock 85, Lock 21 to Lock 65, Top LockBridge 74A, Railway BridgeBridge 187, Warehouse Swing BridgeBridge 181, Snaygill Swing BridgeLock 64, Bottom Lock to Lock 59, Lock 2Lock 89 to Lock 87Mann Island LockLock 36, Bank Newton Bottom Lock to Higherland Lock Sanitary StationBridge 199, Micklethwaite Swing BridgeBridge 199, Micklethwaite Swing BridgeBridge 49aa Scot Lane BridgeLock 85, Lock 21 to Lock 65, Top LockLock 85, Lock 21 to Lock 65, Top LockBridge 209, Dock Swing BridgeLock 29, Bingley 5 Rise Top Lock to Lock 22, Bingley 3 Rise Bottom LockLeeds & Liverpool Canal - 047 to Leeds & Liverpool Canal - 051Lock 29, Bingley 5 Rise Top Lock to Lock 22, Bingley 3 Rise Bottom LockLock 13, Newlay Top Lock to Lock 7, Kirkstall Little LockLock 85, Lock 21 to Bridge 64, Arley BridgeLock 13, Newlay Top Lock to Lock 7, Kirkstall Little LockBridge 187, Warehouse Swing BridgeBridge, Water Pipe CrossingLock 85, Lock 21 to Lock 65, Top LockDean Lock - Nearside
Every closure on record
Showing all 63 closures on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
63
closures
823
closure-days
537
in cruising season
0
no reopening date
What these figures mean
- Population
- Which closures a figure counts. All closures is everything; Unplanned, in season drops CRT's scheduled winter programme and any day outside the 15 March to 31 October cruising season; CRT winter programme is that maintenance alone.
- Defensible duration
- The days between a closure's start and its reopening date, counted only where the dates allow it. A cancelled notice, or one whose reopening precedes its start, has no defensible duration and is in no total.
- Closure-days
- One day on which one closure was in force. Two closures on the same day are two closure-days; where the question is how long a canal was actually disrupted, overlapping notices are unioned into single intervals.
May 25Jun 25Jul 25Aug 25Sep 25Oct 25Nov 25Dec 25Jan 26Feb 26Mar 26Apr 26May 26Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26Sep 26
| Notice | Extent | Started | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lock Flights, Wigan to Leeds | Lock 85, Lock 21 to Lock 2, Office Lock | 2025-05-22 | 140 |
| Bridge 165, Newton Grange bridge (Changeline bridge) - Closure | Bridge 165, Changeline Bridge | 2025-05-05 | 88 |
| Lock 81 and Top Lock 65, Near Wigan | Lock 85, Lock 21 to Lock 65, Top Lock | 2026-01-05 | 67 |
| Newly Top Lock to Office Lock - Closed | Lock 13, Newlay Top Lock to Lock 2, Office Lock | 2025-06-23 | 56 |
| Bingley 3 & 5 Rise - Closed | Lock 29, Bingley 5 Rise Top Lock to Lock 22, Bingley 3 Rise Bottom Lock | 2025-06-25 | 55 |
| Lock 20, Dowley Gap Bottom Lock - Near Bingley | Lock 21, Dowley Gap Top Lock to Bridge 206, Dowley Gap Changeline Bridge | 2026-01-05 | 53 |
| The Liverpool Link and Central Docks | Mann Island Lock | 2026-05-15 | 51 |
| Lock 42, Near Thornton-in-Craven | Lock 44, Top Lock to Bridge 158, Changeline Bridge | 2026-01-05 | 32 |
| Between Bridge 5 and Bridge 5A, Leeds & Liverpool Canal | Bridge 5, Swift's Bridge to Bridge 5A, Fleetwood's Bridge | 2025-11-21 | 31 |
| Lock 83 , Lock 19 near Wigan | Lock 83, Lock 19 | 2026-01-19 | 28 |
| Anchor Lock, Lock 33 | Lock 33, Anchor Lock | 2025-04-29 | 21 |
| Lock 65 to Lock 85, Wigan Flight | Lock 85, Lock 21 to Lock 65, Top Lock | 2026-08-20 | 22 |
| Lock 48, Barrowford | Lock 51, Bottom Lock to Lock 45, Top Lock | 2026-02-23 | 18 |
| Lock 46 | Lock 51, Bottom Lock to Lock 45, Top Lock | 2026-02-02 | 18 |
| PLANNED CLOSURE - Bridge 181 Snaygill Swing Bridge | Bridge 181, Snaygill Swing Bridge | 2026-05-05 | 16 |
| Lock 59 To Lock 64 | Lock 64, Bottom Lock to Lock 59, Lock 2 | 2026-05-11 | 16 |
| Between Bridges 59B & 60 | Bridge 59B, Shedfield Bridge to Bridge 60, Haigh Park Bridge | 2025-10-08 | 14 |
| Lock 44, Greenberfield, near Bridge 157 | Lock 44, Top Lock to Lock 43, Middle Lock | 2026-01-08 | 12 |
| Bridge 5, Swift's Bridge | Bridge 5, Swift's Bridge | 2025-12-23 | 10 |
| Between Lock 65 and Lock 85 | Lock 85, Lock 21 to Lock 65, Top Lock | 2026-04-14 | 8 |
| Bridge 123 | Culvert 22, U/s Netherton S.Br. Sewer | 2025-11-20 | 6 |
| Bridge 29 | Bridge 29, Gregsons bridge | 2025-11-28 | 5 |
| Bridge 188, Grange Swing Bridge - Planned Closure | Bridge 188, Grange Swing Bridge | 2025-06-23 | 4 |
| Bridge 42 and Lock 91 | Weir, Appley Lock to Bridge 42, Appley Bridge | 2025-09-18 | 4 |
| Lock 90, Deans Lock | Dean Lock - Nearside | 2026-09-10 | 4 |
| Drone Show Event - Evenings of 11th November 2025 to 14th November 2025 - Salts Mill | Bridge 207A, Victoria Rd Bridge to Bridge 207E, Salts Mill Road Bridge | 2025-11-11 | 3 |
| Lock 89 to Lock 87 | Lock 89 to Lock 87 | 2026-05-12 | 3 |
| Navigation Closure; Bridge 31, New Lane Swing Bridge, Leeds & Liverpool Canal | Bridge 31, New Lane Swing Bridge | 2025-06-10 | 2 |
| Lock 85-Lock 86 - Leeds & Liverpool Canal Lock 1 - Leigh Branch | Lock 1, Top Lock, Leigh Branch | 2025-07-28 | 2 |
| Lock 1, River Lock Upstream on Leeds and Liverpool Canal | Lock 1, River Lock | 2025-08-01 | 2 |
| OPENED - Milman Swing Bridge - | Bridge 214, Milman Swing Bridge | 2026-03-21 | 2 |
| Bridge 74a | Bridge 74A, Railway Bridge | 2026-04-14 | 2 |
| CLOSED - Bridge 199, Micklethwaite Swing Bridge, Leeds & Liverpool | Bridge 199, Micklethwaite Swing Bridge | 2026-05-25 | 2 |
| Bridge 49aa Scot Lane Bridge | Bridge 49aa Scot Lane Bridge | 2026-06-01 | 2 |
| Locks 65 to Lock 85 | Lock 85, Lock 21 to Lock 65, Top Lock | 2026-06-24 | 2 |
| CLOSED - Kirkstall, Forge and Newlay Locks | Lock 13, Newlay Top Lock to Lock 7, Kirkstall Little Lock | 2026-07-23 | 2 |
| Bridge 182A, Bradley Swing Bridge | Bridge 182A, Bradley Swing Bridge | 2025-05-30 | 1 |
| Between Bridge 47 and Bridge 48 | Bridge 47, Crooke bridge to Bridge 48, Lower Road bridge | 2025-06-02 | 1 |
| Navigation Closure; Between Lock 85 and 86, Leeds & Liverpool, and Lock 1, Leigh Branch (L&L Canal) | Lock 1, Top Lock, Leigh Branch | 2025-06-03 | 1 |
| Navigation Closure; Between Lock 85 and 86, Leeds & Liverpool, and Lock 1, Leigh Branch (L&L Canal) | Lock 1, Top Lock, Leigh Branch | 2025-06-10 | 1 |
| Navigation Closure; Between Lock 86, Leeds & Liverpool, and Lock 1, Leigh Branch (L&L Canal) | Lock 1, Top Lock, Leigh Branch | 2025-06-24 | 1 |
| Bridge 16, Bells Lane | Bridge 16, Bells Lane Swing Bridge | 2025-07-02 | 1 |
| Bridge 187, Warehouse Swingbridge | Bridge 187, Warehouse Swing Bridge | 2025-07-26 | 1 |
| Handcocks Swing Bridge | Bridge 9, Handcocks Swing Bridge | 2025-08-27 | 1 |
| Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Gallows Bridge, Skipton, Skipton - removal of bridge | Bridge 179, Gallows Footbridge | 2025-11-03 | 1 |
| Lock 19, Hirst Lock | Lock 19, Hirst Lock | 2025-12-07 | 1 |
| Gallows Bridge, Skipton | Bridge 179, Gallows Footbridge | 2025-12-15 | 1 |
| Bridge 31, New Lane Swing Bridge | Bridge 31, New Lane Swing Bridge | 2026-01-15 | 1 |
| Bridge 9, Handcocks Swing Bridge | Bridge 9, Handcocks Swing Bridge | 2026-01-26 | 1 |
| Between Lock 85, 86 and Lock 1 (Leigh Branch) | Lock 1, Top Lock, Leigh Branch | 2026-04-07 | 1 |
| Bank Newton and Gargrave section closure to low water levels - reopened | Lock 36, Bank Newton Bottom Lock to Higherland Lock Sanitary Station | 2026-05-18 | 1 |
| Lock 65 to Lock 85, Wigan flight | Lock 85, Lock 21 to Lock 65, Top Lock | 2026-06-03 | 1 |
| Closed - Bridge 209, Dock Swing Bridge Leeds & Liverpool Canal | Bridge 209, Dock Swing Bridge | 2026-06-26 | 1 |
| Bingley 3 & 5 Rise - Closed | Lock 29, Bingley 5 Rise Top Lock to Lock 22, Bingley 3 Rise Bottom Lock | 2026-07-10 | 1 |
| Bank Newton to Gargrave | Leeds & Liverpool Canal - 047 to Leeds & Liverpool Canal - 051 | 2026-07-11 | 1 |
| Lock 65 to Lock 85 | Lock 85, Lock 21 to Bridge 64, Arley Bridge | 2026-07-15 | 1 |
| Lock 58 to Lock 64, Leeds & Liverpool Canal | Lock 64, Bottom Lock to Lock 58, Top Lock | 2026-01-14 | same day |
| CLOSED - Bridge 187 Warehouse Swing Bridge | Bridge 187, Warehouse Swing Bridge | 2026-04-29 | same day |
| CLOSED - Bridge 199, Micklethwaite Swing Bridge, Leeds & Liverpool | Bridge 199, Micklethwaite Swing Bridge | 2026-05-27 | same day |
| Bingley Five and Three Rise Locks to Remain Closed on Saturday, 11th July | Lock 29, Bingley 5 Rise Top Lock to Lock 22, Bingley 3 Rise Bottom Lock | 2026-07-11 | same day |
| Kirkstall, Forge and Newlay Locks to remain closed, Saturday 11th July | Lock 13, Newlay Top Lock to Lock 7, Kirkstall Little Lock | 2026-07-11 | same day |
| Bridge 187, Warehouse Swing Bridge - no power | Bridge 187, Warehouse Swing Bridge | 2026-07-24 | same day |
| Navigation Closure - Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Moss Bridge, Rodley, Rodley | Bridge, Water Pipe Crossing | 2026-08-17 | same day |
Showing the 63 longest of 63. Every row links to the notice CRT published.
Coming up
Scheduled but not yet started, so in no figure above.
| Closure | From | Planned |
|---|---|---|
| Lock 51, Bottom Lock, Barrowford | 2 November 2026 | 46 days |
| Lock 19, Hirst Lock, Saltaire | 2 November 2026 | 46 days |
| Locks 13,12 and 11 Newlay Locks, Bramley, Leeds | 2 November 2026 | 46 days |
| Bridge 179C, Union Footbridge, Skipton | 2 November 2026 | 46 days |
| Lock 68 -Lock 4 | 2 November 2026 | 11 days |
| Lock 25, Bottom Lock | 16 November 2026 | 11 days |
| Crabtree Swing Bridge 32, New Lane | 4 January 2027 | 67 days |
| Dean Lock, Shevington, Wigan | 4 January 2027 | 18 days |
| Lock 75 of the Wigan Flight | 25 January 2027 | 16 days |
| Lock 87 Wigan | 1 February 2027 | 25 days |
| Lock 74 of the Wigan Flight | 10 February 2027 | 16 days |
Not counted
Cancelled notices and ones whose dates cannot be right are in no figure on this page. They are kept here because CRT published them.