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Shipton Lift Bridge 219

A navigation closure on the Oxford Canal, 15 December 2025 to 29 December 2025 — 14 days.

Source: this notice on canalrivertrust.org.uk

Waterway
Oxford Canal
Region
London and South East
Started
15 December 2025
Status
Reopened 29 December 2025
Days shut
14
CRT reason
Suspected Vandalism
Cause
Cause not stated
Asset
Lift bridge

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

Lift bridge is back on its mountings and is operable.

Where

Updates · 2

5 days with no update after the last one.

24 December 2025 · 9 days since the previous

Repair works are planned to mobilise on 29th December 2025

15 December 2025 · 0 days since the previous

Navigation closed Bridge has been knocked off its mountings and is non operable. The bridge is down and in the closed to navigation position A team has been mobilised to site to assess the extent of the damage and start work designing a repair solution

Cite this: Canal closures, “Shipton Lift Bridge 219”, https://crt-stoppages.pages.dev/notice/019b2186-b42c-7997-bb83-6d9102b1e8a6.

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