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Update 3 December 2025, 2:32pm
Our specialist team will be in attendance tomorrow to remove the fallen trees between bridge 3 and bridge 4 on the Peak Forest Canal.
We will provide a further update on or before, Friday 5 December.
Update 28 November 2025, 2:38pm
Navigation and towpath remain closed due to the fallen tree.
At present, we are unable to confirm when the contractor will be on site as they are currently dealing with a back log from the high workload created from Storm Claudia.
We will provide a further update on or before Wednesday 3 December.
Update 21 November 2025, 4:37pm
Our teams have been working throughout the week to remove the large number of fallen trees in the North West following Storm Claudia.
We have not yet been able to reach all affected sites, but we are working through them as quickly as possible, and our teams remain focused on reopening our navigations and towpaths. We will provide further updates as soon as they become available.
We would like to thank our customers for reporting these issues, and we appreciate your patience as we continue to work across multiple affected locations. We will provide a further update on or before Friday, 28 November
Update 17 November 2025, 2:03pm
Due to the number of fallen trees in the North West following Storm Claudia, our teams are working hard to reopen our navigations and towpaths. However, we do not yet have an update on when the canal will be fully open, as we are still dealing with a significant number of fallen trees. We will provide further updates as soon as they become available.
We would like to thank our customers for reporting these issues, and we appreciate your patience as we work through multiple affected sites this week.
We will provide a further update on or before Friday, 21 November.
Original 15 November 2025, 11:56am
A large tree has fallen and is currently blocking navigation and towpath, between Bridge 3, Well Bridge and Bridge 4, Newton Hall Bridge on the Peak Forest Canal. Our teams have attended the site, however due to the size and position of the tree we need to instruct our specialist contractor to assist with the removal.
At present, we are unable to confirm when the contractor will be on site as adverse weather conditions from Storm Claudia are impacting our waterways across the North West and causing delays.
We will provide a further update on or before Monday 17 November.
