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Bridge 8 Shirley Drawbridge

Type: Navigation Closure

Waterway(s): North Stratford Canal

From: 3 September 2026, 5:15pm

To: On-going

Region: West Midlands

Reason: Vehicle Incident

Subject to review on: 4 September 2026

Location

Closest waterwayNorth Stratford Canal
Starts atBridge 8, Shirley Drawbridge
Ends atBridge 8, Shirley Drawbridge

Descriptions

Update 4 September 2026, 8:20am

Engineers have attended this morning. The bridge requires a replacement part which will mean it will remain out of action until that part can be sourced and fitted. This notice will be updated when more information is available. Trust staff will be on-site at 10am and 3pm each day to manually allow boats through. We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause boaters.

Original 3 September 2026, 5:11pm

Please be advised that the navigation is currently closed at Shirley Drawbridge following a vehicle strike on one of 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 each day to manually allow boats through. We will provide a further update as soon as we receive one.

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