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Sunken Boat Near Allerton Bywater, River Aire

Type: Advice

Waterway(s): Aire & Calder Navigation Main Line

From: 19 November 2025, 2:54pm

To: On-going

Region: Yorkshire and North East

Reason: Underwater Obstruction

Subject to review on: 31 July 2026

Location

Closest waterwayAire & Calder Navigation Main Line
Starts atCaroline Bridge
Ends atCastleford Footbridge

Descriptions

Update 2 April 2026, 10:40am

Operatives have been on site and have placed buoys over the site of the sunken boat to provide an indicator of it's current position as it appears to have move slightly towards the centre of the waterway. Please keep to the south in order to avoid it. What 3 Words ///chase.buzz.shells

Update 1 April 2026, 12:27pm

There is a sunken boat at Allerton Bywater, on the River Aire. Please can boaters keep to the south, in order to avoid it. What 3 Words ///chase.buzz.shells

Original 19 November 2025, 3:17pm

There is a sunken boat at Allerton Bywater, on the River Aire.

Please can boaters keep to the south, in order to avoid it.

What 3 Words ///alien.runner.spray

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