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Lock 14 West to Lock 12 West

Type: Navigation and Towpath Closure

Waterway(s): Huddersfield Narrow Canal

From: 17 November 2025, 4:22pm

To: 27 November 2025, noon inclusive

Region: North West

Reason: Vegetation

Subject to review on: 28 November 2025

Location

Closest waterwayHuddersfield Narrow Canal
Starts atLock 14 West
Ends atLock 12 West

Descriptions

Update 24 November 2025, 2:37pm

Unfortunately, due to further adverse weather conditions over the weekend, additional trees have fallen blocking navigation between Locks 14W & 12W.

Due to the recent storm Claudia we have experienced, our contractors are experiencing high work loads across the network and looking to remove as soon as possible.

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 21 November 2025, 3:58pm

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, 4:23pm

A tree has fallen and is currently blocking navigation and towpath, at Bridge 92, Egmont Street Bridge on the Huddersfield Narrow 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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