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Rufford Ford has been closed since December 2022

It's not just the usual sight of enormous vehicles splashing eager crowds missing from Rufford Ford - it's common sense. Responding to a dangerous situation at the ford by closing it down and slapping concrete barriers at either side of it is a solution which many will feel is rather lacking in the creativity department.

That solution was thankfully always going to be a temporary one whilst Nottinghamshire County Council worked out the long-term future of the ford following its initial December 2022 closure. That closure was brought in after several "near-misses" at the ford, where huge crowds had started to gather to watch vehicles either splashing through or getting stuck when trying to traverse the ford when water leve

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