Navigation Closure Update

Bugsworth Basin

Details

Type: Navigation Closure
Waterway(s): Bugsworth Arm (Peak Forest Canal)
From: 1 August 2025, 7am
To: On-going
Region: North West
Reason: Low Water Levels
Subject to review on: 12 September 2025

Location

Closest waterway: Bugsworth Arm (Peak Forest Canal)
Starts at: Bridge 56
Ends at: Bridge 61, Chinley Road Bridge

Descriptions

Update 28 August 2025, 9:45am

The Bugsworth Basin remains closed to help us manage the remaining supplies to keep the Peak Forest Canal in water and protect the canal network, its infrastructure, and the surrounding ecology.

To help further preserve the water levels between Whaley Bridge and the New Mills area, stop planks have been placed in at Bridge 28, Thornsett Road Bridge.

We will continue to monitor the situation and provide fortnightly updates, or sooner if conditions change.

Our priority remains to reopen these canals to full navigation as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued support in reducing water use across our network and for reporting leaks or concerns via 0303 040 4040 or our Contact Us page.

Original 30 July 2025, 11:09am

We will be closing the Bugsworth Basin on the morning of Friday 1 August to help us manage the remaining supplies to keep the Peak Forest Canal in water and protect the canal network, its infrastructure, and the surrounding ecology.

All boats need to vacate the basin by Thursday evening; our teams will be installing stop planks at the basin entrance on Friday morning.

Due to falling water levels, boats will not be able to remain moored within the basin as we cannot ensure there will be sufficient water levels during this closure, and we do not know how long this closure will last. We understand this will be disappointing and disruptive to your boating plans, and we assure you that this decision has not been taken lightly.

We will continue to monitor the situation and provide fortnightly updates, or sooner if conditions change. We understand this is disappointing news, and our priority remains to reopen these canals to full navigation as soon as possible. Thank you for your support in reducing water use across our network and for reporting leaks or concerns via 0303 040 4040 or our Contact Us page.