Fallen Tree on Offside, Partially Blocking Navigation ///dark.badly.quench Now Removed

Completed: Removed

Type: Advice

Waterway(s): Wakefield Branch (Aire & Calder)

From: 23 March 2026, 3:03pm

To: 29 April 2026, 3:02pm inclusive

Region: Yorkshire and North East

Reason: Vegetation

Location

Closest waterway	Wakefield Branch (Aire & Calder)
Starts at	Bridge 4, Birkwood
Ends at	Bridge 4, Birkwood

Descriptions

Update 29 April 2026, 3:02pm

This tree has now been removed and the canal is now passable in this area.

Original 23 March 2026, 3:09pm

Tree down on offside

Please could boaters be aware that there is a fallen tree, partially blocking the navigation, on the offside approximately 100 metres from Bridge 4, Birkwood.

Contractors have been appointed to remove the tree as soon as possible.