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Navigation Closure, Hardmead Lock - Lock 3
A navigation closure on the Lee Navigation, 19 December 2025 to 22 December 2025 — 3 days.
Source: this notice on canalrivertrust.org.uk
- Waterway
- Lee Navigation
- Region
- London and South East
- Started
- 19 December 2025
- Status
- Reopened 22 December 2025
- Days shut
- 3
- CRT reason
- Underwater Obstruction
- Cause
- Other cause
- 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
The obstruction has been removed and the Lock is in operation again.
Where
- Lee Navigation: Lock 3, Hardmead Lock to Lock 3, Hardmead Lock
Updates · 1
3 days with no update after the last one.
19 December 2025 · 0 days since the previous
Due to an obstruction on the cill we've closed Hardmead Lock till our team can resolve the issue.
Cite this: Canal closures, “Navigation Closure, Hardmead Lock - Lock 3”, https://crt-stoppages.pages.dev/notice/019b3740-6ec1-705a-ab7f-30c15c1d5b9f.
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