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8 April 2022
14th April to 19th April 2022. Notice is hereby given that one of the arms at the visitor mooring area in Staffordshire Arms, Castlefield, will be closed from 14th April to 19th April 2022.
15 March 2022
The Bridgewater Canal has a vast and varied history, and it’s important that we keep it alive for future generations.
17 February 2022
Navigation Closure between Marsland Road Bridge and Oldfield Brow Bridge, Sale
26 January 2022
31st January 2022 to 4th February 2022 Notice is hereby given, that due to essential maintenance work to the Bridgewater Canal at Redbrow Aqueduct, Daresbury the Bridgewater Canal will be closed to navigation between Waters Meet at Preston Brook,
7 January 2022
Notice is hereby given that Barton Aqueduct (situated on the Leigh Branch of the Bridgewater Canal) will be closed to navigation during the following period for annual maintenance.
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Opened on 17th July 1761, the Bridgewater Canal has a special place in history as the first canal in Britain to be built without following an existing watercourse, and so became a model for those that followed it.
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