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Type: Navigation Closure
Waterway(s): Oxford Canal
From: 15 December 2025, 10:20am
To: On-going
Region: London and South East
Reason: Suspected Vandalism
Subject to review on: 30 December 2025
| Closest waterway | Oxford Canal |
| Starts at | Lock 41, Shipton Lock |
| Ends at | Flood Gate |
| Upstream winding hole | South of Railway Bridge 215A |
| Downstream winding hole | North of Aubrey's Lift Bridge 221 |
Navigation closed
Bridge has been knocked off its mountings and is non operable. The bridge is down and in the closed to navigation position A team has been mobilised to site to assess the extent of the damage and start work designing a repair solution
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