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Sowerby Long Bridge - Tree blocking towpath & navigation - Now removed
A navigation closure on the Rochdale Canal, 27 June 2025 to 27 June 2025 — 0 days.
Source: this notice on canalrivertrust.org.uk
- Waterway
- Rochdale Canal
- Region
- Yorkshire and North East
- Started
- 27 June 2025
- Status
- Reopened 27 June 2025
- Days shut
- same day
- CRT reason
- Vegetation
- Cause
- Weather
- Asset
- Canal or river
Cause and asset are read from the notice prose, not CRT fields; the reason above is CRT's own.
Where
- Rochdale Canal: Bridge 2, Sowerby Long Bridge to Bridge 2, Sowerby Long Bridge
Updates · 2
0 days with no update after the last one.
27 June 2025 · 0 days since the previous
The tree has now been removed. Towpath and Navigation is clear.
27 June 2025 · 0 days since the previous
A large tree has fallen blocking the navigation and towpath, Contractors have been made aware, we will update this notice once the tree has been removed.
Cite this: Canal closures, “Sowerby Long Bridge - Tree blocking towpath & navigation - Now removed”, https://crt-stoppages.pages.dev/notice/0197b038-b7bf-79f3-9c03-e74353df0eb8.
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