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Ground moved
Too few cruising-season closures outside CRT's winter programme, with this cause, in June to August 2026 and the same months a year earlier to tell a change from luck: 1 against 1. How a change is tested.
- On record
- 7 closures since May 2025
In force today
1 closure with this cause is in force today, longest shut first. Filter the explorer to them.
| Canal | Where | Since | Days shut |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springs Branch (L&L Canal) | Springs Branch - Visitor Moorings to Bridge 2, Mill Bridge | 8 January 2016 | 3,914 |
By canal
4 canals have had a closure with this cause. A closure naming two canals counts on both.
| Canal | Closures |
|---|---|
| Rochdale Canal | 3 |
| Huddersfield Broad Canal | 2 |
| Grand Union Canal | 1 |
| Springs Branch (L&L Canal) | 1 |
Every closure on record
Showing 7 closures whose cause reads “Ground moved”.
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2 closures are in neither group: 2 unplanned with no day in the cruising season since May 2025.
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Duration
Cause
Asset affected
Water problem
Unplanned failures naming one
CRT reason
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What these figures mean
- Population
- Which closures a figure counts. All closures is everything; Unplanned closure drops the works CRT flags as its winter programme and any day outside the cruising season (the Friday nearest 15 March to the Sunday before the first Monday in November). Scheduled work CRT does not flag as winter works still counts here. CRT Planned closure is the flagged winter programme 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. They are counted from 1 May 2025, when this archive begins: a closure that started earlier adds only its days since then, though its own row shows its whole length. Every figure and chart counts only the days inside the Period chosen above them.
- In force
- A closure is in a Period, and a day is one a closure affected, if it was in force at any time that day, including the morning it reopened. Closure-days measure how long, so they count whole days and not the reopening day: a closure can be in a Period and add no closure-day to it.
Closures in force each month
closures active during the monthCanals ranked by the season's closures
share of the period's cruising-season days up to today — a closure somewhere on a long canal is likelier, and does not mean the canal was impassableclosures in force on the period's cruising-season days — a longer canal has more to go wrong onWhere
closure-days by regionclosures by regionA region with more canal has more to go wrong on, so these totals partly measure its size. Regions compared by length of canal are on the Reliability page.
CRT's reason
closure-days by the reason CRT filedclosures by the reason CRT filedWhat fails
closure-days by assetclosures by assetWhat fails on a lock
closure-days by part — unplanned lock failures naming a partclosures by part — unplanned lock failures naming a partHow long they last
closures by full length, including any days before May 2025 — the bands are not equal in widthClosures
Springs Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal - From Springs Branch Moorings L1 to Bridge 2, Mill Bridge
Springs Branch (L&L Canal)Yorkshire and North East
3,914 days
From 8 January 2016
No reopening date
Still shut
513 of them since this archive began on 1 May 2025
- Where
- Springs Branch - Visitor Moorings to Bridge 2, Mill Bridge
- CRT reason
- Information
- Cause
- Ground moved
- Asset
- Canal or river
This section of navigation remains closed and we are continuing to liaise with relevant parties to work towards a resolution. The restricted width means that powered boats will not get passed the obstruction, therefore such crafts should not proceed past the moorings. This…
Latest of 2 CRT updates, 1 May 2025. 513 days without another.
From Lock 11 to Lock 12 on Rochdale Canal - Towpath section has reopened
Rochdale CanalYorkshire and North East
7 days
From 12 June 2025
Reopened 19 June 2025
CRT's title says reopened
- Where
- Lock 11 to Lock 12
- CRT reason
- Event
- Cause
- Ground moved
- Asset
- Towpath
The sinkhole has been repaired and is open for towpath use for pedestrians and other towpath users. The navigation is still closed.
Latest of 3 CRT updates, 10 July 2025.
Lock 5, Edward Kilner Lock - Sinkhole has opened up - repairs are needed. - open
Rochdale CanalYorkshire and North East
5 days
From 24 June 2026
Reopened 29 June 2026
- Where
- Lock 5, Edward Kilner
- CRT reason
- Repair
- Cause
- Ground moved
- Asset
- Lock
The repairs have been carried out and Lock 5 is now open as the water levels have recovered sufficiently over the weekend.
Latest of 4 CRT updates, 29 June 2026.
Navigation Closure - Huddersfield Broad Canal, Between Falls Lock, Lock 8 and Red Doles Lock, Lock 9, Huddersfield - OPEN
Huddersfield Broad CanalYorkshire and North East
3 days
From 6 March 2026
Reopened 9 March 2026
- Where
- Lock 9, Red Doles Lock to Lock 8, Falls Lock
- CRT reason
- Information
- Cause
- Ground moved
- Asset
- Canal or river
The water levels have recovered over the weekend and the section of navigation is now open.
Latest of 2 CRT updates, 9 March 2026.
Lock 35
Rochdale CanalNorth West
3 days
From 28 April 2026
Reopened 1 May 2026
- Where
- Lock 35
- CRT reason
- Repair
- Cause
- Ground moved
- Asset
- Canal or river
Navigation is currently closed between lock 35 and lock 36 on Rochdale Canal due to a sinkhole which has appeared in the canal bed. Our local team and engineers are currently on site assessing and planning a method of repair. An update will be provided on or before Friday 1st…
CRT's only update, 28 April 2026.
Navigation Closure - Huddersfield Broad Canal, Between Falls Lock, Lock 8 and Red Doles Lock, Lock 9, Huddersfield
Huddersfield Broad CanalYorkshire and North East
2 days
From 4 March 2026
Reopened 6 March 2026
- Where
- Lock 9, Red Doles Lock to Lock 8, Falls Lock
- CRT reason
- Low Water Levels
- Cause
- Ground moved
- Asset
- Canal or river
A void has appeared in the bed of the canal therefore the water level cannot be maintained at navigable levels. Please do not attempt to navigate the Broad until we can fix it. The levels downstream of the void will also be affected as there's no flow to keep them navigable.…
CRT's only update, 4 March 2026.
Locks 2 & 3 Camp Hill flight
Grand Union CanalWest Midlands
same day
From 26 September 2025
Reopened 26 September 2025
- Where
- Lock 2, Camp Hill (Lock 53) to Lock 3, Camp Hill (Lock 54) New
- CRT reason
- Inspections
- Cause
- Ground moved
- Asset
- Canal or river
There is a length of offside waterway wall located between Lock 2 and Lock 3 along Camp Hill Flight, Grand Union Canal, Bordesley, Birmingham. The wall needs essential repair works to be carried out as it has settled and is rotating towards the canal. We will be carrying out…
CRT's only update, 19 September 2025.
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