One of the oldest and prettiest contour canals, the Oxford winds through unspoilt countryside from Coventry down to the Thames at Oxford, famous for its lift bridges and rural moorings.
Current closures & stoppages
23 live navigation notices affecting the Oxford Canal.
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Closure 2026-11-02 – 2026-12-18
Lock 25 Cropredy
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Closure 2026-11-02 – 2026-11-06
Hawkesbury Lock
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Closure 2026-11-02 – 2027-03-12
Bridge 128 Willison's Bridge, Wormleighton
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Closure 2026-11-02 – 2026-12-18
Lock 27, Little Bourton
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Advice 2026-08-24 – 2026-10-12
Towpath between Bridge 112 and Bridge 113, Napton
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Closure 2026-08-17 – 2026-10-02
Navigation Closure - Oxford Canal, Ayhno lock 33 , Adderbury
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Advice 2026-08-17 – 2026-10-09
Towpath Restriction - Oxford Canal, the towpath next to Lock 33ayhno will have a diversion route round the bridge by the lock , Banbury
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Advice 2026-08-17 – 2026-08-28
Towpath between Bridge 14, Ansty Road and Bridge 16
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Closure 2026-08-09
Napton Lock 8 to Marston Doles Lock 16
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Closure 2026-08-05
Navigation Closure South Oxford Canal – From Claydon Top Lock 17 to Aynho Weir Lock 33
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Advice 2026-07-29
Towpath Restriction Locked in Up Position - Foxes Lift Bridge No 171, Canal Lane, Bodicote
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Restriction 2026-07-28
Hillmorton Lock Flight
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Restriction 2026-07-27
Towpath Restriction - Oxford Canal, bridge 236 balls bridge and bridge 235, wolvercote
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Advice 2026-07-17
Advice - Oxford Canal, Aristotle visitor moorings - Electric power bollards, Oxford
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Advice 2026-07-13 – 2026-10-02
Towpath Restriction - Oxford Canal, towpath section between bridge 181 scroobys and bridge 182, Cropredy
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Advice 2026-07-09
Bridge 210, Northbrook Bridge
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Advice 2026-06-30
Sunken vessel Bridge 214
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Advice 2026-03-20
Lock 42, Roundham Lock - Offside Ground Paddle
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Advice 2026-03-02
Boughton Road CSF
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Advice 2025-12-19
Towpath between Aqueduct 2 and Bridge 24, Nettlehill Bridge Rugby, Warwickshire
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Advice 2025-07-18
Hawkesbury CSF
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Restriction 2025-05-01 – 2027-01-31
Towpath Between Bridges 127 and 128, Oxford Canal near Wormleighton, Warwickshire
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Restriction 2021-02-16
Managing the Safe Movement of Wide-Beam Boats, North Oxford Canal
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