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Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal)

9.3 closure-days per kilometre (95% range 8.6–10.1) — 617 days across 43 closures of this 66km 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 50% of this cruising season — 115 of its 231 days — across 21 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.

3 closures are still shut now, and 3 of those have no reopening date. Filter to them.

Regions: East Midlands
On record: 43 closures

The season, closure by closure

2026-03-15one bar is one closure2026-10-31

Every closure on record

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Showing all 43 closures on the Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal).

closures

617

closure-days

300

in cruising season

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.

The season so farweeks with a closure in force

Closures in force each monthclosures active during the month

May 25Jun 25Jul 25Aug 25Sep 25Oct 25Nov 25Dec 25Jan 26Feb 26Mar 26Apr 26May 26Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26Sep 26

Whereclosure-days by region

East Midlands61743

43 results · every closure on the Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal)Jump to table

Notice	Extent	Started	Days
Lock 19 Gas Pipe Lock - near Kibworth Harcourt Repair · Wear and tear	Lock 19 - Gas Pipe Lock	2026-01-12	74
Lock 36 - Gees Lock - Near Whetstone Repair · Wear and tear	Lock 36 - Gees Lock	2026-01-19	73
From Kibworth Top Lock 18 to Kings Lock 38 Low Water Levels · Weather · no reopening date	Lock 18 - Kibworth Top Lock to Lock 38 - Kings Lock	2026-07-13	71
Foxton Lock Flight Low Water Levels · Weather · no reopening date	Lock 8 to Lock 17	2026-07-13	71
Watford Lock Flight Low Water Levels · Weather · no reopening date	Lock 1 to Lock 7	2026-07-13	71
Lock 21 - Pywells Lock - near Kibworth Harcourt Repair · Wear and tear	Lock 21 - Pywells Lock	2026-01-12	53
Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal) from Kings Lock though to River Soar at Redhill Lock High Water Levels · Weather	Bridge 2 (See note) to Lock 59 - Redhill Lock	2026-01-09	47
From Kilby Lock 30 to Kings Lock 38 Low Water Levels · Weather	Lock 30 - Kilby Lock to Lock 38 - Kings Lock	2025-10-27	23
Foxton Lock Flight Repair · Wear and tear	Lock 8 to Lock 17	2025-12-22	17
Between Foxton Top Lock 8 and Kilby Lock 30 Low Water Levels · Weather	Lock 8 to Lock 30 - Kilby Lock	2025-11-06	13
Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal) from Kings Lock 38 though to River Soar at Redhill Lock 59 High Water Levels · Weather	Bridge 2 (See note) to Lock 59 - Redhill Lock	2025-12-16	11
From St Mary's Mill Lock 40 to King's Lock 38 Low Water Levels · Cause not stated	Lock 38 - Kings Lock to Lock 40 - St Mary's Mill Lock	2025-08-12	9
From Kings Lock 38 through to the River Soar at Redhill Lock 59 High Water Levels · Weather	Bridge 2 (See note) to Lock 59 - Redhill Lock	2025-12-04	8
Kibworth Top Lock 18 to Cranes Lock 22 Repair · Wear and tear	Lock 18 - Kibworth Top Lock to Lock 22 - Cranes Lock	2026-05-22	7
Lock 5 of the Watford Flight - Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal) Repair · Struck by boat or vehicle	Lock 5	2025-06-05	6
Kings Lock 38 through to Redhill Lock 59 High Water Levels · Weather	Bridge 2 (See note) to Lock 59 - Redhill Lock	2025-11-12	6
Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal) from Kings Lock though to River Soar at Redhill Lock High Water Levels · Weather	Bridge 2 (See note) to Lock 59 - Redhill Lock	2026-02-27	6
Bridge 16 Vegetation · Weather	Bridge 16, Crest Bridge	2025-11-15	5
Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal) from Kings Lock through to the River Soar at Redhill lock. High Water Levels · Weather	Bridge 2 (See note) to Lock 59 - Redhill Lock	2025-11-29	5
Watford Lock Flight Repair · Wear and tear	Lock 1 to Lock 7	2026-07-23	5
Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal) from Kings Lock through to the River Soar at Redhill Lock. High Water Levels · Weather	Bridge 2 (See note) to Lock 59 - Redhill Lock	2025-11-22	4
Between Stokley's Bridge 31 and Bridge 32, near Yelvertoft Vegetation · Weather	Bridge 31, Stokley's Bridge to Bridge 32	2026-03-13	4
Between New Whetstone Lane Bridge 99A and Bridge 100, Blaby Vegetation · Weather	Bridge 99A, New Whetstone Lane to Bridge 100	2026-07-02	4
Between Kings Lock 38 and Pack Horse Bridge 105 - Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line) Vegetation · Weather	Lock 38 - Kings Lock to Bridge 105, Pack Horse Bridge	2025-06-06	3
Lock 39 (Aylestone Mill Lock) to Lock 40 (St. Mary's Mill Lock) Low Water Levels · Cause not stated	Lock 39 - Aylestone Mill Lock to Lock 40 - St Mary's Mill Lock	2025-06-29	3
Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal) from Kings Lock though to River Soar at Redhill Lock High Water Levels · Weather	Bridge 2 (See note) to Lock 59 - Redhill Lock	2026-03-13	3
Bridge 45 Husbands Bosworth Vegetation · Weather	Bridge 45, North Kilworth Wharf	2025-09-10	2
Freeman's Bridge 48, north of Husbands Bosworth Vegetation · Weather	Bridge 48, Freeman's Bridge	2025-12-17	2
Lock 2 -Watford lock on the Leicester line of the GU Underwater Obstruction · Wear and tear	Lock 1 to Lock 7	2026-06-27	2
Between Kings Lock 38 and Redhill Lock 59 High Water Levels · Weather	Bridge 2 (See note) to Lock 59 - Redhill Lock	2026-08-28	2
Between, Lock 39 Aylestone Mill Lock and Lock 40 St Marys Lock, Leicester line, Grand Union Canal Vegetation · Weather	Lock 39 - Aylestone Mill Lock to Lock 40 - St Mary's Mill Lock	2025-06-21	1
Foxton Lock Flight Repair · Wear and tear	Lock 8 to Lock 17	2025-07-20	1
Foxton Lock Flight Information · Nothing failed	Lock 8 to Lock 17	2025-12-25	1
Between Cranes Lock 22 and Newton Top Lock 23, Wistow Low Water Levels · Cause not stated	Lock 22 - Cranes Lock to Lock 23 - Newton Top Lock	2026-04-07	1
From Ervins Lock 32 and Bush Lock 33, South Wigston Low Water Levels · Cause not stated	Lock 32 - Ervins Lock to Lock 33 - Bush Lock	2026-04-30	1
Between Ervins Lock 32 and Bush Lock 33 Low Water Levels · Cause not stated	Lock 32 - Ervins Lock to Lock 33 - Bush Lock	2026-06-18	1
Bridge 99a New Whetstone Lane Bridge - Grand Union Leicester Line Vegetation · Weather	Bridge 99A, New Whetstone Lane	2026-07-19	1
Watford Lock Flight Information · Nothing failed	Lock 1 to Lock 7	2025-12-25	same day
Between Aylestone Mill Lock 39 an St Mary's Mill Lock 40, Leicester Low Water Levels · Cause not stated	Lock 39 - Aylestone Mill Lock to Lock 40 - St Mary's Mill Lock	2026-04-14	same day
Foxton Lock Flight Maintenance · Wear and tear	Lock 8 to Lock 17	2026-06-02	same day
Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal) from Kings Lock though to River Soar at Redhill Lock High Water Levels · Weather	Bridge 2 (See note) to Lock 59 - Redhill Lock	2026-05-28	same day
From Kibworth Top Lock 18 to Kings Lock 38 Low Water Levels · Weather	Lock 18 - Kibworth Top Lock to Lock 38 - Kings Lock	2026-07-27	same day
Aylestone Mill Lock 39 Vegetation · Weather	Lock 39 - Aylestone Mill Lock	2026-08-26	same day

Showing the 43 longest of 43. Every row links to the notice CRT published.

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