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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
- Oxford Canal: Lock 41, Shipton Lock to Flood Gate
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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