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Between Foxton Top Lock 8 and Kilby Lock 30

Type: Navigation Closure

Waterway(s): Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal)

From: 6 November 2025, 4pm

To: On-going

Region: East Midlands

Reason: Low Water Levels

Subject to review on: 11 December 2025

Location

Closest waterwayLeicester Line (Grand Union Canal)
Starts atLock 8
Ends atLock 30 - Kilby Lock

Description

Original 4 November 2025, 4:24pm

The continued lack of prolonged rainfall means that our reservoirs are depleted and the feed from them needs to be turned off to allow them to replenish.

Therefore from 4pm on Thursday 6th November the navigation from Foxton Lock Flight through to Kilby Lock 30 will be closed. Last boat in for passage through Foxton Locks is 3pm.

It is vital that we close to allow the reservoirs to recover fully over the winter.

We will continue to monitor the situation and will update this notice by Thursday 11th December or sooner if the situation changes.

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