Our five-year plans for works

We have put together a five-year plan for the most significant jobs that we need to deliver on our canal and river network that will likely involve a temporary closure.

Two staff in high-vis jackets are either side of the canal, lowering a large wooden beam into place.

One of our reasons for doing so is to give waterway users more notice of closures that fall outside of the traditional winter period.

Whilst we will still undertake as much work as possible in winter, this may not always be achievable. If you experience works outside of this season, it will likely be due to either:

the Trust having more replacements than can be scheduled (we'll always look to do these where there are alternative routes available, or twin locks)
works may be needed on river navigations where we have experienced significant disruption and additional cost (or had to abort jobs completely) due to winter flooding

Plans are likely to adapt and change throughout the five-year time period as we deal with new issues that arise and make space in the schedule to resolve them.

This page will be kept up to date regularly with the latest timetable. We start with highlighting planned lock gate repairs and replacements, and will include other works once these have been defined.

There will be opportunities for feedback during the annual consultation. Information on how to do so will be published to this page, so please check back for further details.

The information below is up-to-date as of 5 May 2026.

East Midlands
Priority works
2027/28
Nottingham & Beeston
- Lock 6 bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
Trent & Mersey
- Lock 2 top & bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
- Lock 1 top & bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
Grand Union
- Lock 6 top & bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
2028/29
Erewash
- Lock 14 top & bottom gates: 6 November - 22 December
- Lock 72 top & bottom gates: 6 November - 22 December
Grand Union Leicester Line
- Lock 2 bottom gate: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 4 bottom gate: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 5 bottom gate: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 37 top gate: 3 January - 16 March
2029/30
Trent & Mersey
- Lock 5 top & bottom gates: 5 November - 21 December
Grand Union Leicester Line
- Lock 24 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 25 bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 26 bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
2030/31
Erewash
- Lock 60 bottom gate: 4 November - 20 December
Grand Union Leicester Line
- Lock 40 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 34 top gates: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 31 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 23 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 14 March
London & South East
Priority works
2027/28
Grand Union
- Lock 37 bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
- Lock 38 top gate: 1 November - 17 December
- Lock 53 bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
- Lock 24 top gate: 1 November - 17 December
Oxford Canal
- Lock 18 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
- Lock 43 top gate: 4 January - 17 March
2028/29
Oxford Canal
- Lock 22 top gate: 6 November - 22 December
- Dukes Cut - lock 44A bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
Grand Union
- Lock 44 top gates: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 79 top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 85 top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
2029/30
Grand Union
- Lock 34 bottom gate: 5 November - 21 December
- Lock 40 bottom gate: 5 November - 21 December
- Lock 91 bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 92 bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 96 bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
Oxford Canal
- Lock 45 bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 46 top gate: 2 January - 15 March
2030/31
River Lee
- Lock 8 top & bottom gates: 4 November - 20 December
Oxford Canal
- Lock 25 top & bottom gates: 4 November - 20 December
Grand Union
- Lock 52 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 84 bottom gate: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 86 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 14 March
North West
Priority works
2027/28
Ashton
- Lock 18 top & bottom gates: 1 November - 17 December
Huddersfield Narrow
- Lock 21 bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
Peak Forest
- Lock 1 top gate: 1 November - 17 December
Llangollen
- Marbury lock bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
Trent & Mersey
- Lock 56 top & bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
Lancaster
- Glasson branch - lock 3 top gate: 1 November - 17 December
- Glasson branch - lock 7 top gate: 1 November - 17 December
Leeds & Liverpool
- Lock 44 bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
Macclesfield
- Lock 4 bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
Shropshire Union
- Wharton's lock 10 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
- Banbury lower lock 14 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
Rochdale
- Lock 60 top & bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
- Lock 89 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
2028/29
Ashton
- Lock 6 top & bottom gates: 6 November - 22 December
- Lock 9 bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
Rochdale
- Lock 64 bottom gates: 6 November - 22 December
- Lock 61 top gate: 6 November - 22 December
Shropshire Union
- Audlem lock 1 bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
Leeds & Liverpool
- Lock 74 top & bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
- Lock 81 bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
Trent & Mersey
- Lock 70 bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
- Lock 86 bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
Huddersfield Narrow
- Lock 17 bottom gate: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 23 top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
2029/30
Ashton
- Lock 12 bottom gate: 5 November - 21 December
Shropshire Union
- Audlem lock 12 top gate: 5 November - 21 December
Peak Forest
- Lock 11 bottom gate: 5 November - 21 December
Leeds & Liverpool
- Lock 45 bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 45 top gate: 2 January - 15 March
Rochdale
- Lock 72 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 37 top gate: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 76 bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
Macclesfield
- Lock 1 top gate: 2 January - 15 March
2030/31
Lancaster
- Glasson branch lock 2 top gate: 4 November - 20 December
Leeds & Liverpool
- Lock 75 top gate: 4 November - 20 December
- Lock 55 bottom: 4 November - 20 December
- Lock 43 bottom gate: 4 November - 20 December
Peak Forest
- Lock 15 top gate: 4 November - 20 December
Shropshire Union
- Lock 11 Beeston Iron bottom gate: 4 November - 20 December
- Lock 12 Beeston Stone bottom gate: 4 November - 20 December
- Lock 3 Audlem bottom gate: 4 November - 20 December
Huddersfield Narrow
- Lock 3 bottom gate: 2 January - 14 March
Macclesfield
- Lock 5 top gate: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 8 bottom: 2 January - 14 March
Rochdale
- Lock 70 top gate: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 70 bottom gate: 2 January - 14 March
Trent & Mersey
- Lock 71 top gate: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 53 bottom gate: 2 January - 14 March
Wales & South West
Priority works
2027/28
Kennet & Avon
- Lock 68 top & bottom gates: 1 November - 17 December
- Lock 44 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
Mon & Brec
- Lock 45 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
2028/29
Kennet & Avon
- Lock 49 bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
- Lock 48 bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
Bridgewater & Taunton
- Lock 5 top gate: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 6 top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
2029/30
Bridgewater & Taunton
- Lock 7 top & bottom gates: 5 November - 21 December
Kennet & Avon
- Lock 57 top gates: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 56 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 38 bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 37 bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 22 bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
2030/31
Kennet & Avon
- Lock 100 Sulhampstead top & bottom gates: 4 November - 20 December
- Lock 80 Copse top & bottom gates: 4 November - 20 December
- Lock 46 bottom gates: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 47 bottom gates: 2 January - 14 March
West Midlands
Priority works
2027/28
Grand Union
- Lock 23 top & bottom gates: 1 November - 17 December
Trent & Mersey
- Lock 29 top & bottom gates: 1 November - 17 December
- Lock 28 top & bottom gates: 1 November - 17 December
- Lock 24 top & bottom gates: 1 November - 17 December
Worcester & Birmingham
- Lock 3 top & bottom gates: 1 - 17 December
- Lock 6 top & bottom gates: 1 November - 17 December
Mainline
- Factory lock 2 bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
- Wolverhampton lock 17 top & bottom gates: 1 November - 17 December
Coventry Canal
- Lock 12 top & bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
Llangollen
- Lock 2 New Marton top gate: 1 November - 17 December
Staffs & Worcs Gailey to Great Haywood
- Lock 34 top & bottom gates: 1 November - 17 December
- Lock 40 top & bottom gates: 1 November - 17 December
- Lock 43 top gate: 1 November - 17 December
Staffs & Worcs Stourport to Gailey
- Top Barge Lock top & bottom gates: 4 January - 17 March
- Lock 14 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
- Lock 26 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
- Lock 31 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
North Stratford
- Lapworth lock 2 top & bottom gates: 4 January - 17 March
- Lock 10 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
- Lock 16 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
- Lock 31 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
Caldon Canal
- Lock 7 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
- Lock 12 top gate: 4 January - 17 March
Droitwitch Canal
- Lock 6 bottom gates: 4 January - 17 March
Oxford
- Lock 5 bottom gate: 4 January - 17 March
- Lock 3 top gate: 4 January - 17 March
2028/29
Birmingham & Fazeley
- Farmers Bridge lock 4 top & bottom gates: 6 November - 22 December
- Lock 3 Minworth top gate: 6 November - 22 December
- Lock 7 top gate: 6 November - 22 December
Stourbridge
- Lock 1 top & bottom gates: 6 November - 22 December
Staffordshire & Worcestershire
- Lock 33 top & bottom gates: 6 November - 22 December
- Lock 4 Stourport Narrow top gate: 6 November - 22 December
- Lock 13 bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
Caldon
- Lock 6 top & bottom gates: 6 November - 22 December
Grand Union
- Hatton Lock 39 top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 42 Hatton Yard top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
Trent & Mersey
- Lock 25 bottom gate: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 21 top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
Worcester & Birmingham
- Lock 4 bottom gate: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 40 top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 53 bottom gate: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 51 bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
Mainline
- Wolverhampton lock 4 top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
South Stratford
- Lock 37 top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 42 top gate: 3 January - 16 March
Llangollen
- Lock 6 Grindley Brook bottom gate: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 5 Grindley Brook top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
- Lock 2 Grindley Brook bottom gate: 3 January - 16 March
2029/30
Grand Union Hatton to Napton
- Hatton Lock 44 top & bottom gates: 5 November - 21 December
- Hatton Lock 26 top & bottom gates: 5 November - 21 December
- Hatton Lock 41 top & bottom gates: 5 November - 21 December
Trent & Mersey
- Lock 30 top & bottom gates: 5 November - 21 December
- Lock 8 bottom gate: 5 November - 21 December
Mainline
- Wolverhampton lock 20 top gate: 5 November - 21 December
South Stratford
- Lock 49 bottom gate: 5 November - 21 December
Birmingham & Fazeley
- Curdworth lock 1 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 6 Farmers Bridge top & bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
Coventry
- Lock 2 bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
- Lock 9 top & bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
Staffordshire & Worcestershire
- Lock 41 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
Dudley
- Delph lock 7 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
- Delph lock 2 top gate: 2 January - 15 March
- Parkhead lock 3 top gate: 2 January - 15 March
- Delph lock 8 bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
- Delph lock top & bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
Digbeth Branch
- Lock 6 top gate: 2 January - 15 March
Droitwich
- Junction lock 2 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
- Junction lock 4 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 15 March
2030/31
Birmingham & Fazeley
- Lock 2 bottom gate: 4 November - 20 December
Grand Union Hatton to Napton
- Lock 43 top gate: 4 November - 20 December
- Lock 33 top & bottom gates: 4 November - 20 December
Mainline
- Lock 21 top gate: 4 November - 20 December
- Lock 10 bottom gate: 4 November - 20 December
- Lock 6 top & bottom gates: 4 November - 20 December
- Lock 3 Smethwick bottom gate: 4 November - 20 December
Oxford
- Lock 7 bottom gate: 4 November - 20 December
Shropshire Union
- Lock 1 Adderley top & bottom gates: 4 November - 20 December
Old Main Line
- Lock 3 Spon Lane top & bottom gates: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 2 Spon Lane top & bottom gates: 2 January - 14 March
Coventry
- Lock 1 Atherstone bottom gate: 2 January - 14 March
Llangollen
- Lock 1 New Marton top gate: 2 January - 14 March
Staffordshire & Worcestershire
- Lock 21 bottom gate: 2 January - 14 March
Trent & Mersey
- Lock 38 bottom gate: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 37 bottom gate: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 32 bottom gate: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 15 top gate: 2 January - 14 March
Worcester & Birmingham
- Lock 24 bottom gate: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 44 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 14 March
Yorkshire & North East
Priority works
2027/28
Calder & Hebble
- Lock 22 Brighouse Top, bottom gate: 1 November - 17 December
Huddersfield Narrow
- Lock 10 top & bottom gates: 1 November - 17 December
Aire & Calder
- Lock 1 intermediate gate: 4 January - 17 March
2028/29
Leeds & Liverpool
- Oddy Lock 5 top gates: 6 November - 22 December
- Lock 36 bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
Rochdale
- Lock 30 bottom gate: 6 November - 22 December
Sheffield & Tinsley
- Lock 1 top & bottom gates: 3 January - 16 March
Chesterfield
- Lock 63 bottom gate: 3 January - 16 March
2029/30
Sheffield & Tinsley
- Lock 7/8 top & bottom gates: 5 November - 21 December
Huddersfield Narrow
- Lock 13E top & bottom gates: 5 November - 21 December
Huddersfield Broad
- Lock 9 top gate: 5 November - 21 December
Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
- Eastwood lock bottom gate: 5 November - 21 December
Calder & Hebble
- Lock 16, Cooper Bridge bottom gate: 2 January - 15 March
2030/31
Huddersfield Broad
- Lock 2 top gate: 4 November - 20 December
Huddersfield Narrow
- Lock 41 top gate: 4 November - 20 December
- Lock 8 top & bottom gates: 4 November - 20 December
Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
- Mexborough Low bottom gate: 4 November - 20 December
Chesterfield
- Lock 21 bottom gate: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 30 top: 2 January - 14 March
- Lock 35 top gate: 2 January - 14 March
Ripon Canal
- Lock 1 top & bottom gates: 2 January - 14 March
Bank Dole Cut
- Lock 5 top gate: 2 January - 14 March