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Derwent Mouth Lock 1

Type: Navigation Closure

Waterway(s): Trent & Mersey Canal

From: 17 August 2025, 12:50pm

To: 19 August 2025, 10:48am inclusive

Region: East Midlands

Reason: Low Water Levels

Subject to review on: 21 August 2025

Location

Closest waterwayTrent & Mersey Canal
Starts atLock 1, Derwent Mouth Lock
Ends atLock 1, Derwent Mouth Lock
Upstream winding holeBelow Shardlow Lock
Downstream winding holeRiver Trent

Descriptions

Update 18 August 2025, 9:46am

Water levels at Derwent Mouth Lock remain low and so the lock is still closed.

Water is being sent down from Wychnor, however this will take time. We will continue to monitor the situation carefully.

Once levels have recovered, we will update this notice.

Original 17 August 2025, 1pm

Due to low water levels boaters are asked not to enter or leave this section of the Trent & Mersey Canal at Derwent Mouth Lock whilst levels recover. We will review the notice tomorrow afternoon when levels are back to normal.

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