Not a good summer for boating

Not a good summer for boating

Despite the excellent boating weather, for much of the summer, CRT had emergency navigation closures in force. This was the situation in July, when there were seventeen:

Locks 1 – 12, Macclesfield Canal 
Lock 7, Actons Lock, Regents Canal 
Lock 2, Belan Lock, Montgomery Canal 
Teeces Bridge, Wyrley & Essington Canal 
Lock 4, Aston, Birmingham & Fazeley CanalLock 62, Pavilion Lock and Lock 67, Booth Lane Top Lock, Trent & Mersey Canal
Camp Hill Top Lock to Knowle Top Lock, Grand Union Canal 
Glasson Flight, Lancaster Canal 
Bridge 46, Bevans Lane Bridge, Mon & Brec Canal
Bridge 10, Holmes Swing Bridge to Stanley Lock Flight/ Eldonian Village, Leeds & Liverpool Canal 
Marsh Lock, Weaver Navigation/Manchester Ship Canal 
Lock 11, Marple, Peak Forest Canal
Stanthorne Lock to Wardle Lock, Middlewich Branch, Shropshire Union Canal 
Three Mills Lock, River Lee Navigation
Middlewood Locks, Manchester, Bury & Bolton Canal
Stainton Aqueduct, Lancaster
Lock 9, Huddersfield Narrow Canal