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Lock 5 of the Watford Flight - Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal)
A navigation closure on the Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal), 5 June 2025 to 11 June 2025 — 6 days.
Source: this notice on canalrivertrust.org.uk
- Waterway
- Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Started
- 5 June 2025
- Status
- Reopened 11 June 2025
- Days shut
- 6
- CRT reason
- Repair
- Cause
- Struck by boat or vehicle
- Asset
- Lock
Cause and asset are read from the notice prose, not CRT fields; the reason above is CRT's own.
What CRT said it was for
Work to repair the lock gate has been successfully completed and the flight will be open to navigation again from 8am tomorrow morning. Please ensure you have booked in with the lock keeper before you enter Lock 1 or 7; the lock keeper will either be on the flight, or in the top Lock Keepers' hut.
Where
- Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal): Lock 5 to Lock 5
Updates · 2
5 days with no update after the last one.
6 June 2025 · 1 days since the previous
Multiple Teams from across the Trust have been on site this morning to assess and attempt to repair the damage. Unfortunately, their attempts have been unsuccessful and the Lock remains inoperable. Specialist equipment is required to lift the gate so that some further work can be carried out and the gate can be lowered back into position. The earliest we can mobilise this equipment is Wednesday 11th June. We will update this notice by 6pm on Thursday 12th June, or earlier if we have more information on the progress of this repair.
5 June 2025 · 0 days since the previous
Lock 5 of the Watford flight has been hit by a boat ascending on its way to Foxton for the IWA festival this weekend. The force of the impact has dislodged one of the lock gates out of its pot. Colleagues have been on site since the incident, attempting to reposition it and reopen the flight but attempts so far have been unsuccessful. Conscious that a number of boaters will be heading towards Foxton for the festival over the weekend, we will be back on site first thing tomorrow to drain the lock, allowing us to put the gate back in position and re-open the flight. We will update this notice as soon as we have confirmation that Lock 5 is operational again.
Cite this: Canal closures, “Lock 5 of the Watford Flight - Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal)”, https://crt-stoppages.pages.dev/notice/019740ed-abe3-77fd-b651-ada8449fda18.
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