The longest single canal in Britain crosses the Pennines from the Mersey to the Aire, taking in Wigan’s 21-lock flight, Bingley Five Rise and wild moorland scenery.
Current closures & stoppages
35 live navigation notices affecting the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
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Closure 2027-02-10 – 2027-02-26
Lock 74 of the Wigan Flight
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Closure 2027-01-25 – 2027-02-10
Lock 75 of the Wigan Flight
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Closure 2027-01-25 – 2027-02-05
Lock 1 Rufford Branch
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-03-12
Crabtree Swing Bridge 32, New Lane
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-01-29
Lock 6, Chicken Lock, Rufford
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-03-12
Lock 8, Rufford
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-02-19
Lock 87 Wigan
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Closure 2027-01-04 – 2027-01-22
Dean Lock, Shevington, Wigan
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Closure 2026-11-16 – 2026-11-27
Lock 25, Bottom Lock
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Advice 2026-11-14
Bridge 216, Owl Swing Bridge to Bridge 226, Office Lock Bridge
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Closure 2026-11-02 – 2026-11-13
Lock 68 -Lock 4
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Closure 2026-11-02 – 2026-12-18
Lock 51, Bottom Lock, Barrowford
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Closure 2026-11-02 – 2026-12-18
Lock 19, Hirst Lock, Saltaire
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Closure 2026-11-02 – 2026-12-18
Locks 13,12 and 11 Newlay Locks, Bramley, Leeds
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Closure 2026-11-02 – 2026-12-18
Bridge 179C, Union Footbridge, Skipton
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Restriction 2026-11-02 – 2026-11-27
Bridge 74A, Railway Bridge
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Advice 2026-11-02 – 2026-12-18
Towpath Closure - L&L , Pinder Bridge and Skipton Hospital, Skipton
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Advice 2026-11-01 – 2027-03-31
Winter opening times 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027 - Bingley 3 & 5 Rise and Kirkstall, Forge & Newlay flight
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Advice 2026-11-01
Bridge 124A, Railway Bridge
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Advice 2026-10-31
Bridge 216, Owl Swing Bridge to Bridge 226, Office Lock Bridge
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Restriction 2026-10-26 – 2026-10-30
3rd Party Works - Bridge 211B, Strangford Bridge, Esholt
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Advice 2026-10-25
Bridge 221, Newlay Stone Bridge to Bridge 221A, New Road Bridge
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Closure 2026-10-22 – 2026-11-05
Lock 1 to Lock 2
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Restriction 2026-10-19 – 2026-11-06
Plank Lane Swing Bridge
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Advice 2026-10-15 – 2026-10-30
Bridge 56 Kirkless Hall Bridge to Lock 71
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Closure 2026-10-04
Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Barrowford Lock Flight
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Advice 2026-09-21
Advice - Blue green algae (BGA), Leeds & Liverpool
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Advice 2026-09-21 – 2027-10-31
Bridge 2A, Stanley Road Bridge
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Restriction 2026-09-04
Lock 61
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Restriction 2026-06-05
Bridge 5A To Bridge 6
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Advice 2026-04-25 – 2027-04-03
Railway Bridge to Bridge 225H
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Advice 2026-03-31
Bingley 5 & 3 Rise, Bank Newton, Gargrave, Forge & Newlay - Summer Hours Update
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Advice 2025-07-01
Bridge 1B, Lyons Bridge to Lock 1, Poolstock Locks
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Advice 2025-01-02
Advice: Bridgewater Canal
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Closure 2016-01-08
Springs Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal - From Springs Branch Moorings L1 to Bridge 2, Mill Bridge
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