A pipe carrying water under the Llangollen Canal has collapsed flooding nearby properties
A canal pictured at night, which has suffered a collapsed culvert. There is a red netting stretched over the canal.
A pipe that carries water beneath a stretch of the canal in Shropshire has collapsed, less than 10 miles away from the site of a major canal collapse in December 2025.
The Canal and River Trust (CRT) said it was responding to an incident on the Llangollen Canal at Hampton Bank following the collapse of the culvert.
A CRT spokesperson said its team along with infrastructure partner, Kier, were on site and had closed the affected section of canal. The trust added it was carrying out emergency works to slow the flow of water into a neighbouring field.
The spokesperson added: "We know this will be a distressing time for those affected. Our teams remain on site and in direct contact with the residents, providing support and assistance while we work as quickly as possible to bring the situation under control.
"Investigations are underway to establish the possible cause of the collapse, and we will provide further details in due course."
It comes after a major collapse on the canal in Whitchurch nearly 11 months ago, which saw millions of litres of water cascading onto nearby land and left boats swallowed up in a deep trench.
In January, CRT said repairing the wider damage to the site would be a "huge project costing several million pounds".
A huge trench in a canal with no water in it. There are collapsed banks and mud everywhere. Two canal boats sit in the bottom of the hole. There are four workers in yellow and orange hi-vis clothing standing by one of the boats.
A huge sunken hole with no water in it, where a canal once was. The sides of the canal have collapsed, exposing mud and creating a large hole. Wooden fences on either side have fallen into the hole. There are two dark green canal boats sitting at the bottom of the hole, along with various debris scattered like blue tarpaulin and life rings. There are three workers in hi-vis clothing on the right hand bank, next to a white digger. In the distance, on higher ground, is a huge red and yellow pulley system ready to drag the boats out of the hole
A bald man with white facial hair is smiling and standing on a canal boat. He is wearing black shorts and a light blue t-shirt. His boat is blue grey in colour and on the side of it is its name, painted in yellow writing on a wine red background. It reads "Rincewind number two"
