Macclesfield and Peak Forest Lock Restrictions
Date of restrictions : 3rd April, 2023 until further notice
Type: Navigation Restriction
Reason: Water resources
To make sure that the limited water that is available lasts for as long as possible, the Canal & River Trust are reducing the use of the lock flights on the Macclesfield Canal and Peak Forest Canal from Monday 3 April 2023.
The Trust is providing additional resources to this area to support our water management activities and will have teams of volunteer lock keepers helping to conserve as much water as possible.
From Monday 3 April to Sunday 18 June, the following operating times will apply:
Bosley Lock Flight (Macclesfield Canal) – open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays
Open from 8:30am to allow passage through the flight. Last boat entry to the flight will be at 1pm, and all boats must have exited the flight by 4pm.
Marple Lock Flight (Peak Forest Canal) – open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays
Open from 8:30am to allow passage through the flight. Last boat entry to the flight will be at 12 noon, and all boats must have exited the flight by 4pm.
Both Lock Flights will be closed on Fridays to help the summit water levels to recover ahead of the weekend demand.
From Monday 19 June 2023, the following operating times will apply:
Bosley Lock Flight – open Sundays and Thursdays
Open from 8:30am to allow passage through the flight. Last boat entry to the flight will be at 1pm, and all boats must have exited the flight by 4pm.
Marple Lock Flight – open Tuesdays and Saturdays
Open from 8:30am to allow passage through the flight. Last boat entry to the flight will be at 12 noon, and all boats must have exited the flight by 4pm.
You can help conserve water by ensuring paddles are fully closed once you have passed through a lock.
If you have a holiday booked from our Acton Bridge base in Cheshire or our Stoke on Trent base in Staffordshire and had planned on cruising the Cheshire Ring, please take a look at our other routes available or give our team a call on (0044) 1527 575115 for route advice.
See all our routes from Acton Bridge in Cheshire here.
See all our routes from Stoke on Trent in Staffordshire here.
You can view this notice and more information about the water shortages here:
You can find all notices at the url below:
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices