One of the bottom gates on Middle Lock has suffered considerable damage, requiring repairs, thus closing the navigation, Keith Gudgin tells us.
Limehouse Cut
The waterway connects the Regent's Canal with the Lee Navigation, but as it is now out of action, boaters can travel to Limehouse using the Limehouse Cut, though it will add around four miles to their journey.
There is no intimation as to when the repairs will be carried out.