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A49 Road Closures Today & Roadworks

Check reported current and planned A49 road closures, roadworks and lane restrictions. Source schedule times, permit references, promoters and highway authority details are shown where available.

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About the A49

OS Open Roads reference

This page is tied to the A49 reference in Ordnance Survey’s OS Open Roads network for Great Britain. The route profile below is separate from the live closure records and helps identify the mapped road network this page covers.

Mapped length

147 mi · 237 km

Summed from classified OS road links, not a driving-distance estimate.

OS classification

A Road

Recorded in the verified route dataset for this road reference.

Dataset region

North West

Derived from the road network’s mapped reference coordinate.

Local reference

Multi-area route

No single town or county is used for this wider route.

Route context for A49 closures

The mapped A49 network spans a broad geographic area, so this page does not assign one county or town to the entire route. The live list above remains the source for current and planned closure timings, permit details and affected locations.

Route reference data: Ordnance Survey OS Open Roads, a high-level Great Britain road network dataset.

20 closures found (filtered)

UK ClearRoute records · source times shown
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roadworks — A49 FROM J B4348 TO J A4137, COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE
Pencoyd
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 12 Oct 2026 15:21 Ends: 13 Oct 2026 22:59
closure — FROM A49 JUNCTION TO ROUND OAK JUNCTION BASFORD BANK, CHENEY LONGVILLE
Craven Arms
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
closure — FROM A49 JUNCTION TO ROUND OAK JUNCTION BASFORD BANK, CHENEY LONGVILLE
Craven Arms
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
closure — B4370 FROM MARSHBROOK A49 JUNCTION TO TRACK LEADING TO OAKLANDS, CHURCH STRETTON
Church Stretton
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
roadworks — A49 FROM J B4370 TO J A489, SOUTH SHROPSHIRE
Craven Arms
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
roadworks — A49 FROM END OF DUALLING TO J B5477 NORTH OF ALL STRETTON, SHREWSBURY AND ATCHAM
Bayston Hill
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
closure — ONIBURY HOUSE JUNCTION A49 TO GREENWAY CROSS JUNCTION B4368, ONIBURY
Craven Arms
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
roadworks — A49 FROM J A4103 ROUNDABOUT TO J B4359 ROUNDABOUT, COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE
Hereford
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
roadworks — A49 FROM END OF DUALLING AT WELLINGTON TO J A4103 ROUNDABOUT, COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE
Wellington
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 12 Oct 2026 23:00 Ends: 15 Oct 2026 22:59
roadworks — A4113 FROM HEREFORD AND WORCESTER COUNTY BOUNDARY WEST OF BROMFIELD TO A49 JUNCTION, BROMFIELD
Bromfield
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
roadworks — C1120 FROM A49 TO OLD SCHOOL HOUSE VIA MORETON-ON-LUGG, MORETON-ON-LUGG
Hereford
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
closure — C1234 FROM A49 TO SHEPPON HILL STABLES HOARWITHY, HENTLAND
Sellack
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
closure — C1103 MORETON ROAD FROM A49, MORETON-ON-LUGG
Hereford
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: —
closure — MILL LANE LADYMANS ROAD JUNCTION TO A49 JUNCTION, HADNALL
Shawbury
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 13 Oct 2026 Ends: 22 Oct 2026 22:59
roadworks — A49 FROM J B4521 A40 J A49/B4260 ROUNDABOUT, COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE
Ross on Wye
mediumMedium impactUpcomingUpcomingStarts: 13 Oct 2026 08:30 Ends: 14 Oct 2026 14:30
roadworks — A49 FROM J A417 TO START OF DUALLING NORTH OF WELLINGTON, COUNTY OF HEREFORDSHIRE
Dinmore
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 12 Oct 2026 19:00 Ends: 16 Oct 2026 05:00
roadworks — A4137 FROM A49 TO GREAT TREADDOW, ST OWENS CROSS
Pencoyd
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 16 Aug 2026 23:00 Ends: 15 Aug 2028 23:00
roadworks — A44 FROM A49 ROUNDABOUT TO C1055, LEOMINSTER
Leominster
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 18 Aug 2026 23:00 Ends: 17 Aug 2028 23:00
closure — FROM A49 JUNCTION TO B4365 JUNCTION RACECOURSE, BROMFIELD
Ludlow
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 12 Oct 2026 08:30 Ends: 15 Oct 2026 15:00
closure — BULLOCKS MOOR FARM JUNCTION TO LEEBOTWOOD JUNCTION WITH A49, ALL STRETTON
Church Stretton
mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 25 Oct 2024 10:54 Ends: 7 May 2027 22:59

A49 — Live Statistics

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Road Closures on the A49

Road Closures UK shows 32 current and planned disruption records associated with the A49, sourced from Street Manager and National Highways. The record type distinguishes full closures from roadworks and lane restrictions where supplied. Each record includes the available permit reference, promoter, responsible highway authority and scheduled dates. Sign up for free email alerts for new matching records.

Scope: UK-only records supplied through ClearRoute for A49. “Current” is determined from available source event times; planned reports and records without usable event times are identified by their visible schedule details. The site-wide connection/cache status is separate from each record’s source timing.

What these local A49 records show

Of the 32 locally scoped records for A49, 8 have source times indicating it is scheduled active and 13 are scheduled to start later. 11 reports do not have usable source schedule times. Locations affected include Craven Arms, Hereford, Shrewsbury and Bayston Hill. Recorded severity is medium (32). The latest scheduled end date on this page is 18 August.

Live closure details

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Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows UK-filtered current and planned disruption records reported for the A49 through ClearRoute. “Current” depends on available source schedule times; use the type filter to distinguish full road closures from roadworks and lane restrictions, then open a record for its permit reference, promoter and highway authority.
A49 road closure data comes from official UK sources: Street Manager (councils and utility companies), National Highways (motorways and major A-roads), D-TRO (Digital Traffic Regulation Orders), Traffic Scotland, Traffic Wales, and TrafficWatchNI. All data is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Road Closures UK can show reported full closures, roadworks and lane restrictions on the A49 up to 90 days in advance. Street Manager permits are submitted by councils and utility companies before work begins, so you can often see planned work weeks or months ahead of the start date.
Yes. Use the date and type filters on this page to review reported records scheduled for today, then open a record to confirm its available start and end times. A record is not treated as a live closure solely because it is listed for today.
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