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Low water levels from Lock 20 to Lock 24 - Reopened
A navigation closure on the Rochdale Canal, 27 May 2026 to 3 June 2026 — 7 days.
Source: this notice on canalrivertrust.org.uk
- Waterway
- Rochdale Canal
- Region
- Yorkshire and North East
- Started
- 27 May 2026
- Status
- Reopened 3 June 2026
- Days shut
- 7
- CRT reason
- Low Water Levels
- Cause
- Other cause
- 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: Lock 20 to Lock 24
Updates · 3
0 days with no update after the last one.
3 June 2026 · 5 days since the previous
The team have been closely monitoring the water levels and they have recovered enough for passage to be possible. The closure has been removed and the section is navigable.
29 May 2026 · 2 days since the previous
Whilst the team have been closely monitoring the water levels in the section. There has been a little improvement but not enough to allow it be navigable. We shall keep the closure on over the weekend to allow further recovery time for this section's water levels to recover fully. We will revisit the section on Monday and look to have an update around noon on the Monday 1st June.
27 May 2026 · 0 days since the previous
A navigation closure has been put in place between Lock 20 and Lock 24 due to a boater operational error resulting in low water levels in this section. We will continue to monitor the levels and will update the notice once the levels have recovered.
Cite this: Canal closures, “Low water levels from Lock 20 to Lock 24 - Reopened”, https://crt-stoppages.pages.dev/notice/019e68d7-65d4-7614-99f0-d18444f67845.
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