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The archive / Oxford Canal
Oxford Canal
4.6 closure-days per kilometre (95% range 4.2–4.9) — 563 days across 54 closures of this 123km 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 40% of this cruising season — 92 of its 231 days — across 23 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 2 of those have no reopening date. Filter to them.
- Regions
- London and South East, West Midlands
- On record
- 58 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.
Lock 8, Napton Bottom Lock to Lock 14, Adkins LockLock 42, Roundham LockLock 32, Nell Bridge LockBridge 34, Easenhall Lane to Bridge 35, Hungerford BridgeLock 43, Kidlington Green LockLock 43, Kidlington Green LockLock 43, Kidlington Green LockBridge 168, Samuelson Bridge to Bridge 170, Haynes Lift BridgeBridge 127, Stoneton Bridge to Bridge 128, Willisons BridgeBridge 236A (Railway) to Bridge 238, St Edwards Lift BridgeBridge 205, Mill Lift BridgeLock 30, Grants LockBridge 221, Aubreys Lift BridgeLock 17, Claydon Top Lock to Lock 21, Claydon Bottom LockLock 26, Slat Mill LockBridge 221, Aubreys Lift BridgeBridge 234, Perrys BridgeLock 37, Dashwood LockLock 32, Nell Bridge LockLock 17, Claydon Top Lock to Lock 33, Aynho Weir LockLock 8, Napton Bottom Lock to Lock 16, Marston Doles Top LockLock 33, Aynho Weir LockBridge 221, Aubreys Lift Bridge
Every closure on record
Showing all 54 closures on the Oxford Canal.
54
closures
563
closure-days
356
in cruising season
2
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 17 Claydon Top Lock to Lock 33 Aynho Weir Lock | Lock 17, Claydon Top Lock to Lock 33, Aynho Weir Lock | 2025-08-20 | 100 |
| Lock 12, Napton on the Hill | Lock 8, Napton Bottom Lock to Lock 14, Adkins Lock | 2026-01-26 | 52 |
| Navigation Closure South Oxford Canal – From Claydon Top Lock 17 to Aynho Weir Lock 33 | Lock 17, Claydon Top Lock to Lock 33, Aynho Weir Lock | 2026-08-05 | 48 |
| Lock 34, Somerton deep lock | Lock 34, Somerton Deep Lock | 2025-11-03 | 46 |
| Napton Lock 8 to Marston Doles Lock 16 | Lock 8, Napton Bottom Lock to Lock 16, Marston Doles Top Lock | 2026-08-09 | 44 |
| Lock 26, Slat Mill to Lock 27, Little Bourton | Lock 26, Slat Mill Lock to Lock 27, Little Bourton | 2025-07-20 | 42 |
| Navigation Closure - Oxford Canal, From Lock 8 Napton Bottom Lock to Lock 25 Cropredy Lock, Claydon | Lock 8, Napton Bottom Lock to Lock 25, Cropredy | 2025-07-21 | 41 |
| Navigation Closure - Oxford Canal, Ayhno lock 33 , Adderbury | Lock 33, Aynho Weir Lock | 2026-08-17 | 36 |
| Lock 37, Dashwood Lock | Lock 37, Dashwood Lock | 2025-11-03 | 32 |
| Navigation Closure - Oxford Canal, Grants Lock; Lock 30, Bodicote | Lock 30, Grants Lock | 2025-06-10 | 14 |
| Shipton Lift Bridge 219 | Lock 41, Shipton Lock to Flood Gate | 2025-12-15 | 14 |
| Marston Doles Lock 15 & Lock 16 | Lock 15, Marston Doles Bottom Lock to Lock 16, Marston Doles Top Lock | 2025-11-07 | 11 |
| Claydon Top Lock 17 to Claydon Bottom lock 21 | Lock 17, Claydon Top Lock to Lock 21, Claydon Bottom Lock | 2026-06-16 | 8 |
| Shipton Flood Gate | Flood Gate | 2026-02-05 | 6 |
| Shipton Flood Gate | Flood Gate | 2025-12-19 | 5 |
| Shipton flood gate closure | Flood Gate | 2026-02-17 | 5 |
| HS2 Oxford Canal Viaduct, nearest structure is OX-057-002, Wormleighton, Warwickshire | Bridge 127, Stoneton Bridge to Bridge 128, Willisons Bridge | 2026-03-09 | 4 |
| Bridge 163 | Bridge 163, Marsh Bridge | 2025-05-24 | 4 |
| Bridge 163 Marsh Bridge | Bridge 163, Marsh Bridge | 2025-08-11 | 4 |
| King's Sutton Lock No 31 | Lock 31, Kings Sutton Lock | 2026-01-12 | 4 |
| Lock 26 Slat Mill to lock 27 Little Bourton | Lock 26, Slat Mill Lock to Lock 27, Little Bourton | 2025-06-28 | 3 |
| Bridge 48, Falls Bridge, Rugby | Bridge 48, Falls Bridge | 2025-11-14 | 3 |
| Bridge 236A (Railway) & Bridge 238, St Edwards Lift Bridge | Bridge 236A (Railway) to Bridge 238, St Edwards Lift Bridge | 2026-05-30 | 3 |
| Navigation Closure - Lock 30 Grants Lock, Banbury, South Oxford Canal | Lock 30, Grants Lock | 2026-06-10 | 3 |
| HS2 Oxford Canal Viaduct, nearest structure is OX-057-002, Wormleighton, Warwickshire | Bridge 127, Stoneton Bridge to Bridge 128, Willisons Bridge | 2025-11-12 | 2 |
| Bridge 240, Aristotle Bridge | Bridge 240, Aristotle Bridge to Bridge 239A, Frenchay Bridge | 2025-09-15 | 2 |
| Bridge 122, Marston Doles | Bridge 122 | 2025-11-18 | 2 |
| Shipton Flood Gate | Flood Gate | 2026-01-18 | 2 |
| Shipton flood gate closure | Flood Gate | 2026-01-29 | 2 |
| Nell Bridge Lock No 32 Cherwell | Lock 32, Nell Bridge Lock | 2026-03-23 | 2 |
| Aubreys lift bridge 221 Thrupp | Bridge 221, Aubreys Lift Bridge | 2026-06-14 | 2 |
| Dashwood Lock 37 | Lock 37, Dashwood Lock | 2026-07-22 | 2 |
| Temporary closure between Locks 26 and 27 on Oxford Canal | Lock 26, Slat Mill Lock to Lock 27, Little Bourton | 2025-05-20 | 1 |
| Navigation Closure - Oxford Canal, LK 39 Pidgeon's Lock , Kirtlington | Lock 39, Pigeons Lock | 2025-07-22 | 1 |
| Bridge 239A Frenchay Road Bridge to Bridge 240 Aristotle Lane Bridge | Bridge 239A, Frenchay Bridge to Bridge 240, Aristotle Bridge | 2025-08-02 | 1 |
| Bridge 182 Coles Lift Bridge | Bridge 182, Coles Lift Bridge | 2025-08-05 | 1 |
| Navigation Closure, Lock 46, Isis Lock | Lock 46, Isis Lock | 2025-09-21 | 1 |
| Elkington Lock 22 to Varney's Lock 23 | Lock 22, Elkingtons Lock | 2025-11-18 | 1 |
| Near Bridge 139, Reservoir Bridge | Bridge 139, Reservoir Bridge | 2025-12-17 | 1 |
| Nell Bridge Lock No 32 | Lock 32, Nell Bridge Lock | 2026-01-22 | 1 |
| Shipton flood gate closure | Flood Gate | 2026-01-27 | 1 |
| Between Bridge 34 and Bridge, Easenhall | Bridge 34, Easenhall Lane to Bridge 35, Hungerford Bridge | 2026-03-25 | 1 |
| Lock 43 Kidlington Green, Lock Crescent, Kidlington OX5 | Lock 43, Kidlington Green Lock | 2026-05-05 | 1 |
| Fallen tree 250m north of Bridge 170 Haynes Lift Bridge | Bridge 168, Samuelson Bridge to Bridge 170, Haynes Lift Bridge | 2026-05-21 | 1 |
| Bridge 205 Mill Lift Bridge | Bridge 205, Mill Lift Bridge | 2026-06-07 | 1 |
| Fallen Tree Navigation Closure - Oxford Canal, Lock 32 Nell Bridge , Adderbury | Lock 32, Nell Bridge Lock | 2026-07-28 | 1 |
| Bridge 221, Aubreys Lift Bridge | Bridge 221, Aubreys Lift Bridge | 2026-09-01 | 1 |
| Aubrey's Lift Bridge 221 | Bridge 221, Aubreys Lift Bridge | 2025-05-27 | same day |
| Lock 42 Roundham, Begbroke Lane, Kidlington, Oxford Canal | Lock 42, Roundham Lock | 2026-03-19 | same day |
| Kidlington Green Lock No 43, Lock Crescent, Kidlington | Lock 43, Kidlington Green Lock | 2026-04-30 | same day |
| Navigation Closure - Oxford Canal, Lk43 Kidlington, Kidlington | Lock 43, Kidlington Green Lock | 2026-04-30 | same day |
| Slat Mill Lock 26 | Lock 26, Slat Mill Lock | 2026-07-03 | same day |
| Bridge 221 Aubreys Lift Bridge, Oxford Canal | Bridge 221, Aubreys Lift Bridge | 2026-07-04 | same day |
| Bridge 234, Perrys - Oxford Canal | Bridge 234, Perrys Bridge | 2026-07-05 | same day |
Showing the 54 longest of 54. Every row links to the notice CRT published.
Coming up
Scheduled but not yet started, so in no figure above.
| Closure | From | Planned |
|---|---|---|
| Lock 27, Little Bourton | 2 November 2026 | 46 days |
| Lock 25 Cropredy | 2 November 2026 | 46 days |
| Hawkesbury Lock | 2 November 2026 | 4 days |
| Bridge 128 Willison's Bridge, Wormleighton | 2 November 2026 | 130 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.
| Notice | State | Started |
|---|---|---|
| Between Hawkesbury Lock and Hillmorton Bottom Lock (2) | Completed | 6 November 2025 |
| Oxford Canal Napton and Marston Doles Navigation Closure | Cancelled | 21 July 2025 |
| Bridge 127A Oxford Canal Viaduct, Wormleighton, Warwickshire | Completed | 21 May 2026 |
| Lock 27, Little Bourton | Published | 2 November 2026 |
| Lock 25 Cropredy | Published | 2 November 2026 |
| Hawkesbury Lock | Published | 2 November 2026 |
| Bridge 128 Willison's Bridge, Wormleighton | Published | 2 November 2026 |