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The archive / Trent & Mersey Canal
Trent & Mersey Canal
6.9 closure-days per kilometre (95% range 6.5–7.3) — 1,047 days across 73 closures of this 152km 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 83% of this cruising season — 192 of its 231 days — across 24 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
- East Midlands, North West, West Midlands
- On record
- 80 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.
Anderton Boat LiftBridge 11, Sarson's Bridge to Bridge 10, Weston CliffLock 43, Red Bull LockLock 43, Red Bull LockLock 8, Branston LockLock 30, Lime Kiln LockBridge 135 to Bridge 134Lock 75, Big LockWeir 10, Bishton to Bridge 70, Wolseley BridgeLk 66, Bottom Lock - Off Side to Lk 57, Top LockLock 68Lock 20, Woodend LockLock 71 to Lock 41, Plants Lock - Towpath SideLock 75, Big Lock to Lock 72Lock 68 to Lock 67 Booth Lane Top LockLock 71 to Lock 41, Plants Lock - Off SideLock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 10, Barton LockLock 1, Derwent Mouth LockLock 70 to Lock 67 Booth Lane Top LockLock 24, Weston LockBridge 7, Cow Pasture BridgeBridge 61, Church BridgeBridge 33C to Bridge 33, Shobnall Road BridgeLock 21, Colwich Lock
Every closure on record
Showing all 73 closures on the Trent & Mersey Canal.
73
closures
929
closure-days
621
in cruising season
1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navigation Closure: Anderton Boat Lift | Anderton Boat Lift | 2025-01-03 | 509 |
| Lock 41 to Lock 71 | Lock 71 to Lock 41, Plants Lock - Towpath Side | 2025-07-25 | 66 |
| Star Lock 27, Stone | Lock 28, Yard Lock to Bridge 93, Stafford Road Bridge | 2025-11-03 | 42 |
| Lock 72 and Lock 75 | Lock 75, Big Lock to Lock 72 | 2026-07-21 | 36 |
| Lock 76, near Dutton | Lock 76 | 2026-01-19 | 32 |
| Lock 10, Barton Turns | Lock 10, Barton Lock | 2025-11-03 | 32 |
| Lock 63, Sandbach malkins bank, near bridge 151 | Lk 63, Clear Water Lock - Towpath Side to Bridge 150 | 2025-11-03 | 25 |
| Lock 41 To Lock 71 | Lock 71 to Lock 41, Plants Lock - Off Side | 2026-07-25 | 17 |
| Lock 26, Aston Lock | Lock 28, Yard Lock to Lock 26, Aston Lock | 2026-01-14 | 14 |
| Alrewas River Section - Lock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 11, Wychnor Lock | Lock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 11, Wychnor Lock | 2026-02-06 | 12 |
| Lock 14, Fradley | Lock 14, Common Lock | 2025-12-08 | 11 |
| Alrewas River Section - Lock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 11, Wychnor Lock | Lock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 11, Wychnor Lock | 2026-01-22 | 8 |
| Between Bridges 24 and 24A West of Willington | Bridge 24A to Bridge 24 | 2025-07-24 | 7 |
| Alrewas River Section - Lock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 11, Wychnor Lock | Lock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 11, Wychnor Lock | 2025-12-16 | 7 |
| Lock 41 to Lock 71 | Lock 71 to Lock 41, Plants Lock - Towpath Side | 2026-07-15 | 7 |
| Lock 40, Summit Lock | Lock 40 Summit Lock | 2025-08-26 | 6 |
| Between Shardlow Lock 2 and Derwent Mouth Lock 1 | Lock 2, Shardlow Lock to Lock 1, Derwent Mouth Lock | 2026-02-07 | 6 |
| Canal between Lock 12, Alrewas Lock and Lock 11, Wychnor Lock | Lock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 11, Wychnor Lock | 2026-01-10 | 5 |
| Between Shardlow Lock 2 and Derwent Mouth Lock 1 | Lock 2, Shardlow Lock to Lock 1, Derwent Mouth Lock | 2026-02-13 | 5 |
| Near Bridge 61, Church bridge | Bridge 61, Church Bridge | 2026-08-28 | 5 |
| Bridge 59A, Armitage | Bridge 59A | 2025-12-08 | 4 |
| Between Lock 41 & Lock 71 | Lock 71 to Lock 41, Plants Lock - Off Side | 2025-05-19 | 4 |
| Swarkestone Lock 5 | Lock 5, Swarkestone Lock | 2025-10-16 | 4 |
| Shardlow Lock 2 | Lock 2, Shardlow Lock | 2025-12-01 | 4 |
| Between Alrewas Lock and Wychnor Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal | Lock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 11, Wychnor Lock | 2026-02-28 | 4 |
| Lock 28, Yard Lock, Stone | Lock 28, Yard Lock to Lock 26, Aston Lock | 2025-05-20 | 3 |
| Shardlow Lock 2 | Lock 2, Shardlow Lock | 2025-11-14 | 3 |
| Bridge 12 Masseys Bridge | Bridge 12, Massey's Bridge | 2025-11-15 | 3 |
| Near Cow Pasture Bridge 7, Weston-On-Trent | Bridge 7, Cow Pasture Bridge | 2026-08-25 | 3 |
| Between Bridge 33, Shobnall Road Bridge and Bridge 33C, Burton-on-Trent DE14 2AU | Bridge 33C to Bridge 33, Shobnall Road Bridge | 2026-08-31 | 3 |
| Between Shardlow Lock 2 and Henry Knibb Bridge 3A on the Trent & Mersey Canal | Bridge 3A, Henry Knibb Bridge to Lock 2, Shardlow Lock | 2025-05-29 | 2 |
| Aston Lock 26, Little Stoke | Lock 26, Aston Lock | 2025-07-15 | 2 |
| Derwent Mouth Lock 1 | Lock 1, Derwent Mouth Lock | 2025-08-17 | 2 |
| Between Bridge 32 & 32A, Horninglow, Burton upon Trent | Bridge 32A to Bridge 32, Horninglow Bridge | 2025-10-07 | 2 |
| Harecastle Tunnel | Harecastle Tunnel | 2025-10-08 | 2 |
| Lock 63, Clear Water Lock - Towpath Side | Lk 64, Saw Pit Lock - Towpath Side to Lock 62, Pavilion Lock (Off Side) | 2025-10-19 | 2 |
| Between Weston Cliff Bridge 10 and Sarson's Bridge 11, Weston On Trent | Bridge 11, Sarson's Bridge to Bridge 10, Weston Cliff | 2026-03-25 | 2 |
| Lock 8, Branston Lock. | Lock 8, Branston Lock | 2026-05-13 | 2 |
| Bridge 70 Trent & Mersey Canal | Weir 10, Bishton to Bridge 70, Wolseley Bridge | 2026-06-27 | 2 |
| Lock 68 (Booth Lane) | Lock 68 | 2026-07-06 | 2 |
| Lock 67 and Lock 70 | Lock 70 to Lock 67 Booth Lane Top Lock | 2026-08-17 | 2 |
| Tree down - Bridge 96, Whitebridge Lane Bridge, Meaford, Trent & Mersey Canal | Bridge 96, Whitebridge Lane Bridge | 2025-05-07 | 1 |
| Between Lock 69 & Lock 70 | Lock 70 to Lock 69 | 2025-05-08 | 1 |
| Pound between Locks 33 (Meaford Road Lock) and 34 (Meaford Top Lock), Trent & Mersey Canal, Stone ST15 8GW | Lock 34, Meaford Top Lock to Lock 33, Meaford Road Lock | 2025-05-24 | 1 |
| Pound between Locks 33 (Meaford Road Lock) and 34 (Meaford Top Lock), Trent & Mersey Canal, Stone ST15 8GW | Lock 33, Meaford Road Lock to Lock 34, Meaford Top Lock | 2025-05-24 | 1 |
| Bridge 7a upstream of Weston Lock | Bridge 7A | 2025-06-01 | 1 |
| Between Bridge 205 & Bridge 206 | Bridge 206, Bradley Meadow Bridge to Aqueduct, Bridge 205 Little Leigh | 2025-06-16 | 1 |
| Aston Lock 26 | Lock 26, Aston Lock | 2025-06-25 | 1 |
| TM-076-003 - Lock 26, Aston Lock | Lock 26, Aston Lock | 2025-07-12 | 1 |
| Bagnall Lock to Shadehouse Lock, Fradley | Lock 19, Shadehouse Lock to Lock 13, Bagnall Lock | 2025-09-16 | 1 |
| Lock 7 (Dallow Lock) to Bridge 33 (Shobnall Road Bridge) | Bridge 33, Shobnall Road Bridge to Lock 7, Dallow Lock | 2025-11-04 | 1 |
| 200 yards north of Bridge 103, Barlaston | Bridge 103, Plume Of Feathers Bridge | 2025-11-24 | 1 |
| Alrewas River Section - Lock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 11, Wychnor Lock | Lock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 11, Wychnor Lock | 2025-12-10 | 1 |
| Between Lock 57 and Lock 62 | Weired Lock 62, Pavilion Lk Towpathside to Lk 57, Top Lock | 2026-02-03 | 1 |
| Lock 43 (Red Bull) | Lock 43, Red Bull Lock | 2026-04-21 | 1 |
| Lock 43, Red Bull Lock | Lock 43, Red Bull Lock | 2026-04-27 | 1 |
| Bridges 134 & 135 at Red Bull | Bridge 135 to Bridge 134 | 2026-06-02 | 1 |
| Lock 57 hassall green to Lock 66 | Lk 66, Bottom Lock - Off Side to Lk 57, Top Lock | 2026-06-30 | 1 |
| Lock 67 To Lock 68 | Lock 68 to Lock 67 Booth Lane Top Lock | 2026-07-24 | 1 |
| Between Lock 10, Barton Lock and Lock 12, Alrewas Lock, Staffordshire | Lock 12, Alrewas Lock to Lock 10, Barton Lock | 2026-08-06 | 1 |
| Derwent Mouth Lock 1 | Lock 1, Derwent Mouth Lock | 2026-08-10 | 1 |
| Low water levels - Aston Lock, Trent & Mersey Canal | Lock 26, Aston Lock | 2025-06-06 | same day |
| Lock 64, Saw Pit Lock - Towpath Side | Lk 64, Saw Pit Lock - Towpath Side to Lk 64, Saw Pit Lock - Off Side | 2025-07-03 | same day |
| West of Shardlow Lock 2 | Trent & Mersey Canal - 151 | 2025-07-08 | same day |
| Lock 64, Saw Pit Lock, Towpath Side | Lk 64, Saw Pit Lock - Towpath Side | 2025-07-22 | same day |
| Lock 5 Swarkestone | Lock 5, Swarkestone Lock | 2025-08-13 | same day |
| Near Bridge 67, Rugeley | Bridge 67 | 2025-09-08 | same day |
| Lock 49 | Lk 49, Halls Lock - Towpath Side | 2025-10-08 | same day |
| Lock 30, Lime Kiln Lock, Stone | Lock 30, Lime Kiln Lock | 2026-05-14 | same day |
| Lock 75 Big lock | Lock 75, Big Lock | 2026-06-15 | same day |
| Lock 20, Woodend Lock | Lock 20, Woodend Lock | 2026-07-08 | same day |
| Lock 24, Weston lock | Lock 24, Weston Lock | 2026-08-21 | same day |
| Lock 21, Colwich Lock | Lock 21, Colwich Lock | 2026-09-04 | same day |
Showing the 73 longest of 73. 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 Rode Heath | 4 January 2027 | 67 days |
| Lock 17, Junction Lock | 4 January 2027 | 46 days |
| Wychnor Lock 11 | 4 January 2027 | 67 days |
| Peirpoints lock 55 Hassall Green | 4 January 2027 | 67 days |
| Bridge 70, Wolseley Bridge | 4 January 2027 | 67 days |
| Lock 68, Near Sandbach | 27 January 2027 | 16 days |
| Between Lock 8, Branston Lock & Bridge 33E, Ordish Bridge | 1 March 2027 | 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lock 51 Rode Heath | Published | 4 January 2027 |
| Lock 17, Junction Lock | Published | 4 January 2027 |
| Wychnor Lock 11 | Published | 4 January 2027 |
| Peirpoints lock 55 Hassall Green | Published | 4 January 2027 |
| Between Lock 8, Branston Lock & Bridge 33E, Ordish Bridge | Published | 1 March 2027 |
| Bridge 70, Wolseley Bridge | Published | 4 January 2027 |
| Lock 68, Near Sandbach | Published | 27 January 2027 |