The Grand Union is Britain’s main-line canal, running 137 miles from Little Venice in London to the heart of Birmingham. Wide locks, the Hatton flight and long lock-free pounds make it a classic first long-distance cruise.
Current closures & stoppages
69 live navigation notices affecting the Grand Union Canal.
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Closure 2027-02-22 – 2027-03-12
Lock 59, Winkwell Locks
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Advice 2027-02-07
Watford 10k - 7 February 2027 - Grand Union Canal
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Closure 2027-02-01 – 2027-02-03
Foxton Lock Flight
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Closure 2027-02-01 – 2027-03-12
Lock 50, Bushes Lock
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Closure 2027-02-01 – 2027-03-12
Lock 52, Gas 2 Lock
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Closure 2027-02-01 – 2027-02-12
Lock 74, Lady Capels
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Closure 2027-01-11 – 2027-03-12
Lock 20, Stoke Bruerne
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Closure 2027-01-11 – 2027-03-12
Lock 19, Stoke Bruerne
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Closure 2027-01-11 – 2027-03-12
Lock 17, Stoke Bruerne
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Advice 2027-01-09
Country To Capital Ultra Marathon - 9 January, 2027 - Grand Union Canal
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-03-12
Lock 14, Bascote
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-01-29
Lock 23, Stoke Hammond Lock
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-01-29
Lock 40 Marsworth Flight
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-03-12
Fosse Middle Lock 21, Near Royal Leamington Spa
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-03-12
Lock 17, Bascote
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-03-12
Bridge 61, White Bridge near Rowington
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-01-05
Lock 17, Stoke Bruerne lock flight, Towcester
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-03-12
Lock 15, Bascote
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Closure 2026-11-25 – 2027-03-12
Curzon Viaduct (High Speed 2) Curzon Street Birmingham
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Advice 2026-10-29
Cattle Creepy 10K - 29 October - Grand Union Canal
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Restriction 2026-09-23 – 2026-09-30
Between Bridge 33A (Railway Viaduct) and Bridge 36 (Gulleman's Bridge) Radford Semele
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Advice 2026-09-20
Bridge 42, Myton Road Footbridge to Lock 23, Radford Bottom Lock
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Advice 2026-09-14 – 2026-10-05
Towpath Closure - Grand Union Canal, Between Bridge 9, Acton Lane (B4492) & Bridge 7Ba (Footbridge), Kensal Green
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Advice 2026-09-10 – 2026-09-14
Bridge 70A to Bridge 71A, Wolverton
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Restriction 2026-09-07 – 2026-09-30
Bridge 30A Longhole Viaduct ( High Speed 2 Viaduct ), near Long Itchington, Warwickshire
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Advice 2026-09-06
Lock 83 to Lock 85
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Advice 2026-09-06
Bridge 185 on the Grand Union Canal to Bridge 34 on the Regents Canal.
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Advice 2026-09-05
Advice - Grand Union Canal, Towpath from Three Locks to Bridge 108, Chelmscote Manor
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Advice 2026-09-05
Bridge 19, Diamond Bridge to Bridge 62, Haines Bridge
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Advice 2026-09-04
Great Barr Street Bridge to Bridge 40B, Water Crossing Tachbrook Rd
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Advice 2026-09-03 – 2026-09-07
Bridge 76A to Bridge 77, Linford Wharf
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Advice 2026-08-27 – 2026-09-01
Lock 39 to Lock 40, Marsworth
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Advice 2026-08-27 – 2026-09-01
Bridge 82A, Childs Way to Bridge 82, Blue Bridge
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Advice 2026-08-24
Elsan at Aylesbury Basin
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Advice 2026-08-24
Fosse Way CSF
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Restriction 2026-08-24
Calcutt Locks
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Advice 2026-08-22
Between Springwell Lock (83) and Coppermill Lock
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Advice 2026-08-20 – 2026-08-28
Towpath Restriction - Grand Union Canal, Between Bridge 205A, Ontario Bridge & Bridge 13, Steele Footbridge , Slough & Southall
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Advice 2026-08-12 – 2026-10-21
Advice - Slough Arm (Grand Union Canal), Between Bridge 11, (A412) & end of the navigation on Stoke road , Slough
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Advice 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-14
Advice - Grand Union Canal, Grand Union Canal, Between Bridge 4, Ladbroke Grove (B450) & Bridge 9, Acton Lane (B4492), , Kensal Green
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Restriction 2026-08-03
Hatton Lock Flight (Locks 46 to 37)
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Restriction 2026-08-03
Navigation Restriction - Grand Union Canal, Norwood Top Lock 90 to Hanwell Flight 97, Hanwell
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Closure 2026-08-03
Between Camp Hill Top Lock and Knowle Top Lock
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Restriction 2026-07-28
Long Buckby Lock Flight
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Restriction 2026-07-28
Stoke Bruerne Lock Flight
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Restriction 2026-07-28
Braunston Lock Flight
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Advice 2026-07-28 – 2026-11-06
Advice 3rd Party Works - Between Bridge 176, Springwell Lane & Bridge 176E, Copper Mill Footbridge , Maple Cross
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Advice 2026-07-15
Lock 23 Stoke Hammond
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Restriction 2026-07-13
Foxton Lock Flight
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Closure 2026-07-13
From Kibworth Top Lock 18 to Kings Lock 38
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Restriction 2026-07-13
Watford Lock Flight
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Restriction 2026-06-24 – 2026-08-31
Navigation Restriction - Paddington Arm (Grand Union Canal), Between Bridge 2A, Westway (A40) and Bridge 2B, Footbridge, Paddington
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Advice 2026-05-29
Bike in the water near lock 29 Church Lock
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Advice 2026-05-14
Apsley elsan
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Advice 2026-05-08
Between Honey Pot Farm Bridge 46 and Stink Farm Bridge 50, Husbands Bosworth
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Advice 2026-04-24
Lock 84, Copper Mill Lock
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Advice 2026-03-13
Bank Damage at Lock 36 Seabrook, Cheddington, Leighton Buzzard
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Advice 2026-01-29
Sunken vessel at Horseshoe Weir
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Advice 2025-11-28
Sunken vessel Bridge 115C, Tiddenfoot Park Footbridge
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Advice 2025-11-26
Sunken vessel at Bridge 200, Station Road
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Advice 2025-11-10
Relocation of Refuse Site – Knowle Locks
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Advice 2025-11-10
Relocation of Refuse Site - Hatton Top Lock Refuse Disposal
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Advice 2025-10-22
Between Bulls Bridge and Lock 97 on the Hanwell Flight
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Advice 2025-09-24
Sunken boats on Paddington Arm (Grand Union Canal), Between Bridge 11aa, Hazel Grove Footbridge and Bridge 11B, Carlyon Footbridge, Alperton
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Advice 2025-09-15 – 2026-09-15
Advice - Grand Union Canal, Between Bridge 194A, Iron Road Bridge North & Bridge 193, Horton Bridge , West Drayton
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Restriction 2025-05-01
200 metres south of the M42 bridge, Knowle, Solihull
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Restriction 2025-04-04
Between Winding Hole and Tring Feeder GV-002 (375)
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Advice 2025-04-04
Sunken boat in middle of canal - Ballot box bridge
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Restriction 2022-05-01
Bridge 24 Warwickshire Fly Boats, Long Itchington, Grand Union Canal
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