Lock 5, Walsall

Type: Navigation Closure

Waterway(s): Walsall Canal

From: 25 March 2026, 10:48am

To: On-going

Region: West Midlands

Reason: Repair

Subject to review on: 2 April 2026

Location

Closest waterway	Walsall Canal
Starts at	Lock 5, Walsall
Ends at	Lock 5, Walsall
Upstream winding hole	Winding Hole, Sneyd Junction, WE-011-001
Downstream winding hole	Winding Hole, Walsall Town Arm, WJ-001-006

Please be advised that the repair of the paddle at Lock 5, on the Walsall Canal, is not expected to be complete before the end of next week.

We apologise for any inconvenience and will post any further updates on here.

A navigation closure is in place while we repair a failed paddle at Lock 5 on the Walsall Canal.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and will post any updates on here as soon as we have them.