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Completed: Repairs have been completed.
Type: Navigation Closure
Waterway(s): North Stratford Canal
From: 25 August 2026, 9:39am
To: 25 August 2026, 4:03pm inclusive
Region: West Midlands
Reason: Vehicle Incident
Subject to review on: 26 August 2026
| Closest waterway | North Stratford Canal |
| Starts at | Bridge 8, Shirley Drawbridge |
| Ends at | Bridge 8, Shirley Drawbridge |
Please be advised that the navigation is currently closed at Shirley Drawbridge after a vehicle struck the barriers. Our contractors have been contacted, and will attend to make repairs.
In the meantime, our local team will be on-site at 10am and 3pm today to manually allow boats through.
We will provide a further update as soon as we receive one.
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