The towpath outside The Barge has been closed after further subsidence made the riverside path unsafe.

Repairs were previously undertaken in June after a trench opened up next to the pub.
However, just months after those repairs there has been further subsidence and the counil have closed the path on safety grounds and to determine what further measures are necessary.
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