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Type: Navigation Closure
Waterway(s): Oxford Canal
From: 6 November 2025, 9am
To: 7 November 2025, 1pm inclusive
Region: West Midlands
Reason: 3rd Party Works
| Closest waterway | Oxford Canal |
| Starts at | Hawkesbury Lock |
| Ends at | Lock 2, Hillmorton Bottom Lock (Tp) |
| Upstream winding hole | By Bridge 74 |
| Downstream winding hole | Hawkesbury |
A Third party will be doing an eel survey in the Oxford Canal, which is a requirement for eel screening. The Environment Agency are aware. They will be placing a fyke net in the navigation to enable this. This navigation closure will run from 9:00 on the 06 November through to 13:00 on the 7 November 2025.
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