Winter works open days: Dowley Gap Aqueduct, Postponed

After booking a hotel, making arrangements to visit relatives on the return journey and keeping an eye on the weather forecast, the open day has been postponed. We'll still have a weekend away, but not sure if we'll be able to make the re-arranged date.

Iain Weston, Acting Waterway Manager for the North West region, explains:

"Our winter maintenance is complex work but unfortunately external factors like this are out of our control. The teams have been working extremely hard to get the site prepared for the weekend but the snow and freezing temperatures have caused delays. We're pleased however that we can reschedule for a later date to give people this rare opportunity to take a behind the scenes look at our waterway maintenance."

Winter works open days: Dowley Gap Aqueduct, Leeds & Liverpool Canal: Winter works open days: Dowley Gap Aqueduct, Leeds & Liverpool Canal is now to take place on
17 Feb 2013
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
NEW DATE: Please note that this open day will now take place on Sunday 17 February

Work at Offerton Locks (W&B)

We're draining a section of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Dowley Gap Aqueduct so that we can carry out a number of repairs to the canal wall and install new balance beams on one of the locks.

We're inviting you to join us for a guided tour of the works to give you an insight into the maintenance required to keep our waterway network in working order.