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Between Bridge 24 & Bridge 26

Type: Navigation Closure

Waterway(s): Lancaster Canal

From: 17 November 2025, 2:09pm

To: 10 December 2025, 3:54pm inclusive

Region: North West

Reason: Vegetation

Subject to review on: 10 December 2025

Location

Closest waterwayLancaster Canal
Starts atBridge 24, Salwick Hall Bridge
Ends atBridge 26, Salwick Bridge

Descriptions

Update 5 December 2025, 12:48pm

Yesterday our contractors were successful in removing the fallen trees between Bridges 24 and 26.  However navigation remains closed due to another fallen tree within this area.

Contractors have been instructed to reattend.

A further update will be on or before Wednesday 10 December. 

Update 3 December 2025, 4:21pm

Our contractors will be in attendance tomorrow to remove the fallen trees between bridge 24 and bridge 26 on the Lancaster Canal.

We will provide a further update on or before, Friday 5 December.

Update 28 November 2025, 2:27pm

Navigation remains 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, 4:05pm

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

Original 17 November 2025, 2:13pm

A number of trees have fallen and are currently blocking navigation between Bridge 24 & Bridge 26 on the Lancaster Canal.

We have instructed our contractors, however, 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 Friday, 21 November.

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