Running from Reading to Bristol, the K&A climbs the mighty Caen Hill flight of 29 locks and threads Bath’s Georgian splendour, a restored waterway now one of the most popular in the south.
Current closures & stoppages
26 live navigation notices affecting the Kennet & Avon Canal.
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Closure 2027-02-08 – 2027-03-02
Lock 7, Bath Bottom Lock
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Closure 2027-01-11 – 2027-02-01
Lock 72 Cobblers lock, near Hungerford
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Closure 2026-11-02 – 2026-12-13
Between Bridge 60, Town Bridge and Bridge 58, A339 flyover, Newbury
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Closure 2026-10-05 – 2026-11-20
Lock 93 Heales Lock.
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Advice 2026-09-19
The duck race will take place between Duke Street Bridge, 1 and Bridge Street, 2.
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Advice 2026-09-06
Duck Race to be held between Bridge 31, Woolhampton Swing Bridge & Lock 94, Woolhampton Lock
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Advice 2026-09-05
The event will use a section of towpath between Froxfield Bottom Lock, 70 and Monkey Marsh Lock, 90.
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Advice 2026-09-02 – 2026-09-03
Wilton Water, Wilton .
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Advice 2026-08-25 – 2026-08-28
Bradford on Avon Lock 14, on the Kennet & Avon Canal
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Advice 2026-08-24 – 2026-08-28
Cadley lock 54 to Froxfield bottom lock.
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Restriction 2026-08-24 – 2026-10-16
Great Bedwyn (above Church Lock 64)
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Advice 2026-08-17 – 2026-09-18
South of Horton Bridge, (Bridge 134), Devizes, SN10 2JS
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Closure 2026-08-01
Lock 100 Sulhamstead Lock, Kennet & Avon Canal
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Advice 2026-07-29
Lock 62, Longmans Cottage to Lock 78, Kintbury Lock.
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Advice 2026-07-17
Between Hanham Lock and Keynsham Lock.
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Advice 2026-06-18 – 2026-08-31
Near Horton Road Bridge - Bridge 134
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Restriction 2026-06-17
Cadley Lock 54 to Crofton Top Lock 55
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Closure 2026-06-16
Lock 82 Benham Lock to Lock 84, Guyers Lock.
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Advice 2026-06-10
Lock 102 Garston Lock on the Kennet & Avon Canal
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Advice 2026-06-03
Fobney Lock 105
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Advice 2026-04-07
Lock 87, Ham Lock to Newbury Lock.
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Advice 2026-04-07
Bridge 188, Sydney Wharf Bridge to Bridge 190, Horse Shoe Walk Bridge.
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Advice 2026-02-26
Pewsey Wharf Bridge on the Kennet and Avon Canal
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Advice 2025-10-22
Lock 19 Seend Lock.
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Advice 2024-09-09
Lock 6, Weston Lock. Kennet & Avon Canal.
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Advice 2022-08-11
Kennet & Avon Canal - Approximately 100 metres west of Bridge 5, Berkeley Avenue
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