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Completed: We're pleased to advise the repair has been completed and navigation is open again.
Type: Navigation Closure
Waterway(s): North Stratford Canal
From: 21 July 2025, 11:40am
To: 21 July 2025, 3:37pm inclusive
Region: West Midlands
Reason: Suspected Vandalism
Subject to review on: 22 July 2025
| Closest waterway | North Stratford Canal |
| Starts at | Bridge 8, Shirley Drawbridge |
| Ends at | Bridge 8, Shirley Drawbridge |
| Upstream winding hole | Kings Norton Junction |
| Downstream winding hole | Rotherham's Oak Bridge |
Navigation is currently closed at Shirley Drawbridge after a vehicle struck the barriers. Our contractors have been contacted, and we're hoping to have the repairs completed this afternoon.
In the meantime, our local team will be on-site at 3:00 PM today and 9:00 AM tomorrow (22/07/25) to manually allow boats through, if the repairs haven't been finished by then.
We will provide a further update as soon as we receive one.
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