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Lock 14W to Lock 15W

Type: Navigation Closure

Waterway(s): Huddersfield Narrow Canal

From: 19 November 2025, 4:50pm

To: On-going

Region: North West

Reason: Vegetation

Subject to review on: 28 November 2025

Location

Closest waterwayHuddersfield Narrow Canal
Starts atLock 15 West, Roaches Lock
Ends atLock 14 West

Descriptions

Update 21 November 2025, 3:59pm

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 19 November 2025, 4:57pm

A large tree has fallen and is currently blocking navigation between Lock 14W to Lock 15W on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. 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 Friday 21 November.

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