On New Year’s Day, a major embankment serving the Bridgwater Canal in Cheshire collapsed. More recently, a rockfall occurred on a residential road on the Isle of Wight, during a spell of unusually ...

Design work is underway on new medium-term structures to maintain canal safety until full repairs are completed. Bridgewater Canal Company is targeting December 2026 for the full reopening of the ...

A NUMBER of footpath closures have been put in place beside a collapsed section of Bridgewater Canal near Lymm. Torrential rainfall around the turn of the New Year last week saw the banks of the ...

Lymm Heritage Centre has also explained what the breach of the canal could mean for Lymm. The canal last burst in 1971, when it was closed for two years for repairs which cost £250,000.

The Bridgewater Canal in Dunham Massey also breached its banks for the first time in more than half a century, causing it to collapse entirely.

News Amy Walker Court reporter 15:36, 02 Jan 2025 Updated 15:41, 02 Jan 2025 Bridgewater Canal collapse in Little Bollington (Image: Manchester Evening News) ...

A section of the Bridgewater Canal embankment near Little Bollington, close to Dunham Massey, has collapsed after a night of continuous rainfall. The incident occurred early morning on Wednesday 1 ...

Bridgewater Canal, which runs through Cheshire, completely gave way on one side a short distance away near to neighbouring Dunham Massey. Water can be seen pouring into neighbouring fields, with ...

In neighbouring Cheshire, the banks of the Bridgewater Canal collapsed. Extraordinary aerial footage showed water cascading across nearby fields in the village of Little Bollington.