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Top lock at Brighouse Basin is closed due to a pollution incident

A navigation closure on the Calder & Hebble Navigation, started 25 September 2026 — still shut after 0 days. CRT's date field gives no reopening date.

Source: this notice on canalrivertrust.org.uk

Waterway
Calder & Hebble Navigation
Region
Yorkshire and North East
Started
25 September 2026
Status
Still shut
Days shut
same day
CRT reason
Pollution Incident
Cause
Pollution
Asset
Canal or river

Cause and asset are read from the notice prose, not CRT fields; the reason above is CRT's own.

A powder fire extinguisher has been found in the canal causing a white powdery film affect in the water.

The words in this notice the cause was read from.

Where

Updates · 1

0 days with no update after the last one.

25 September 2026 · 0 days since the previous

Brighouse Top Lock will been closed due to a pollution incident. A powder fire extinguisher has been found in the canal causing a white powdery film affect in the water. This can harmful be to wildlife and the ecology should it get into the river. Our Ecology Team will be working on containing this substance in the area and then removing it. We do not know how long that this will take, but the notice will be updated with any progress that is being made.

Cite this: CRT Stoppages Archive, “Top lock at Brighouse Basin is closed due to a pollution incident”, https://crt-stoppages.pages.dev/notice/01a0d81e-3a2b-7544-b3f1-c0b7ca5bc916.

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