{"id":542147,"date":"2026-04-21T02:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/542147\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T02:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:56:09","slug":"shiplake-lock-reopened-after-two-week-closure-for-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/542147\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiplake Lock reopened after two week closure for repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Shiplake Lock, between Shiplake and Lower Shiplake on the edge of Oxfordshire, was closed for nearly two weeks while repairs were carried out.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A boat crash on Tuesday, April 7 had caused the gates to be knocked out of place, leaving the boat unnavigable for barges.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/26036510.kidlington-shocked-man-stabbed-several-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kidlington shocked as man &#8216;stabbed&#8217; several times&#8217;<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Environment Agency shut the lock to all river <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/li\/traffic.in.Oxford\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">traffic<\/a> &#8216;until further notice&#8217; so that it could inspect the damage and carry out repairs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Shiplake Lock, damaged lock gates. EA on FB\"\/>Shiplake Lock was damaged by a boat crash (Image: Environment Agency)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Today, Monday, April 20, the agency said Shiplake Lock has been fully reopened.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  One further brief closure has been planned for a &#8216;final inspection&#8217; from 9am on Wednesday, April 22.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for the Environment Agency said: &#8220;Shiplake Lock is now open for navigation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;As a precaution, we will be conducting a final inspection of the lock from 9am Wednesday 22 April.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Please be aware the lock will be closed for a short period of time whilst this inspection is completed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/26036408.oxford-english-pride-protest-met-counter-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oxford: &#8216;English pride&#8217; protest met with counter-protest<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We thank river users for their patience and understanding.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  An initial opening date of Thursday, April 16 was pushed back after the extent of the required repairs was discovered.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Contractors put together a floating pontoon and crane assembly which allowed the lock gate to be partially lifted and put back into place by a crew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shiplake Lock, between Shiplake and Lower Shiplake on the edge of Oxfordshire, was closed for nearly two weeks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-542147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}