Llangollen Canal pipe collapse at Hampton Bank, Digi Mart USA News (Shropshire, England): A pipe carrying water beneath a stretch of the canal in Shropshire has collapsed, according to a report by BBC Shropshire. The site is less than 10 miles from 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 the trust’s team, working with infrastructure partner Kier, was on site and had closed the affected section of canal.
The trust said it was carrying out emergency works to slow the flow of water into a neighbouring field. It also said two nearby properties had been affected by flooding.
The CRT spokesperson said the situation was distressing for those affected and that teams remained on site and in direct contact with residents, providing support while working to bring the situation under control. Investigations are underway to establish the possible cause of the collapse, and further details will be provided in due course.
The incident follows a major collapse on the canal in Whitchurch nearly 11 months earlier, which sent millions of litres of water onto nearby land and left boats swallowed up in a deep trench. In January, CRT said repairing the wider damage at that site would be a “huge project costing several million pounds”.
