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Shardlow Lock 2
A navigation closure on the Trent & Mersey Canal, 14 November 2025 to 17 November 2025 — 3 days.
Source: this notice on canalrivertrust.org.uk
- Waterway
- Trent & Mersey Canal
- Region
- East Midlands
- Started
- 14 November 2025
- Status
- Reopened 17 November 2025
- Days shut
- 3
- CRT reason
- High Water Levels
- 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.
What CRT said it was for
Water levels have started to come down and the Environment Agency has opened Shardlow flood gates. Shardlow Lock is open and boating customers can now proceed as normal. Please check our website (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices) for any other restrictions to navigation in this area.
Where
- Trent & Mersey Canal: Lock 2, Shardlow Lock to Lock 2, Shardlow Lock
Updates · 1
3 days with no update after the last one.
14 November 2025 · 0 days since the previous
The Environment Agency has closed the flood gates at Shardlow. As part of this process Shardlow Lock has been locked off and this section of the Trent & Mersey Canal is not currently navigable. We will update this notice when further information is received from the Environment Agency.
Cite this: Canal closures, “Shardlow Lock 2”, https://crt-stoppages.pages.dev/notice/019a82ab-87da-7316-936b-f71ca9af4359.
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