Wigan Flight, Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Detail

From Date: 03/04/2020 09:00

To Date: 28/04/2020 12:00 inclusive

Type: Navigation Restriction

Reason: Information

Is the towpath closed? No

Location

Closest waterway: Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Starts at: Lock 65, Top Lock

Ends at: Lock 85, Lock 21

Updates

27/04/2020 15:33

Please be advised the Wigan Flight will be closed to navigation from 12pm, Tuesday 28 April. To see more about this closure, please click here.

Please remember our advice - only move your boat if it’s essential (not for leisure purposes) and minimise your use of the towpath.

If you are not currently occupying your boat the government guidance is that you must not visit it (this means no short trips or breaks on your boat at this time).

Please follow the government advice – stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives.

To read more on our response to the Coronavirus crisis, please see our Coronavirus & Boating FAQs.

Description

As part of efforts to tackle the Coronavirus crisis, we are asking all boaters to stop non-essential travel, in light of this, if you require essential passage through the Wigan Flight on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, please call our North West Customer Support Team on 03030 404040.

To ensure availability of our staff, we politely request customers to provide as much notice as possible.  

Remember, as part of efforts to tackle the Coronavirus crisis, we are asking all boaters to stop non-essential travel, so please limit movements to access vital facilities – you can see more at https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/safety-on-our-waterways/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-boating-faqs

Surrounding Customer Service Facilities are as follows;

Water

Elsan

Pump Out

Refuse

Plank Lane, Leigh Branch

Yes

Yes

Bridge 51, Trencherfield Mill, L&L

Yes

Lock 86, Chapel Lane, Wigan, L&L

Yes

Lock 65, Wigan Top Lock, L&L

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bridge 78, Botany Bay, Chorley, L&L

Yes

Yes

Lock 58, Johnsons Hillock, Chorley, L&L

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes