NOTWITHSTANDING the Canal & River Trust website stating the Welford Arm is closed, it is in fact open.
The Trust states the navigation is closed due to a fallen tree blocking the waterway, but this is not so.
Fully open
Robert Parkin tells us he visited the waterway yesterday (Tuesday) and ascertained that despite the CaRT website showing a stoppage due to a fallen tree, the Arm is fully open from the junction with the Leicester Line to the terminus at Welford.