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Wakefield Branch (Aire & Calder), From the footpath off Express Way around to Wood Nook Lock, Normanton

Type: Towpath Restriction

Waterway(s): Wakefield Branch (Aire & Calder)

From: 4 November 2025, 8am

To: 9 November 2025, 6pm inclusive

Region: Yorkshire and North East

Reason: 3rd Party Works

Location

Closest waterwayWakefield Branch (Aire & Calder)
Starts atBridge 7, Woodnook Viaduct
Ends atBridge 7, Woodnook Viaduct

Description

Original 31 October 2025, 9:54am

Temporary access along the towpath due to vegetation management works and machine movements. Site staff will be on hand to help control towpath traffic when necessary.

The towpath restriction will begin at the disused lock on the Fairies Hill Cut and continue to Woodnook Lock.

Please co-operate with requests to wait from site staff. They will allow you to pass when it's safe to do so.

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