Leicester Ring Road Closures Today— 24 Active
Reported current and planned road closures, roadworks and lane restrictions for the Leicester Outer Ring Road (A563, A47, A426). Source schedule details are shown where available. Updated Friday, 2 October 2026.
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Sharnbrook | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: — | |||||
Hopton | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: — | |||||
Penrith | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 1 Oct 2026 11:38 Ends: — | |||||
Gorleston-on-Sea | mediumMedium impactUpcomingUpcomingStarts: 15 Oct 2026 07:00 Ends: 23 Oct 2026 22:00 | |||||
Longton | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: — | |||||
Longton | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: — | |||||
Derby | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: — | |||||
Derby | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: — | |||||
Derby | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: — | |||||
Northampton | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: — | |||||
Dalston | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: — Ends: — | |||||
Penrith | mediumMedium impactUpcomingUpcomingStarts: 12 Oct 2026 07:00 Ends: 16 Oct 2026 14:30 | |||||
Wisbech | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 22 May 2025 13:00 Ends: 30 Oct 2026 | |||||
Penrith | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 28 Sept 2026 08:45 Ends: — | |||||
Wansford | mediumMedium impactUpcomingUpcomingStarts: 5 Oct 2026 Ends: 10 Oct 2026 | |||||
Penrith | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 28 Sept 2026 08:45 Ends: — | |||||
Penrith | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 27 Sept 2026 23:00 Ends: 22 Oct 2026 23:00 | |||||
Penrith | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 27 Sept 2026 23:00 Ends: 22 Oct 2026 23:00 | |||||
Burneside | highHigh impactActiveActive NowStarted: 26 Jan 2026 00:01 Ends: 30 Sept 2027 23:59 | |||||
Penrith | mediumMedium impactUpcomingUpcomingStarts: 9 Oct 2026 18:00 Ends: 11 Oct 2026 23:00 | |||||
Penrith | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 12 Jul 2026 06:00 Ends: 11 Jul 2029 06:00 | |||||
Penrith | mediumMedium impactUpcomingUpcomingStarts: 12 Oct 2026 07:00 Ends: 9 Nov 2026 17:00 | |||||
Higham Ferrers | mediumMedium impactUpcomingUpcomingStarts: 12 Oct 2026 08:15 Ends: 13 Oct 2026 14:15 | |||||
Milnthorpe | mediumMedium impactActiveActive NowStarted: 28 Sept 2026 07:00 Ends: 9 Oct 2026 17:00 |
About the Leicester Ring Road
Leicester's outer ring road (A563) forms a near-complete orbital route around the city, running from Birstall in the north to Oadby in the south. The ring road passes through Beaumont Leys, Braunstone, and Knighton, connecting the M1 and M69 motorways. Leicester City Council has invested in improving the ring road's capacity, with several major roundabout upgrades completed as part of the city's growth strategy.
The Leicester Ring Road is maintained by Leicester City Council. UK-filtered disruption records are supplied through ClearRoute and shown here with available source schedule details.
Key Junctions on the Leicester Ring Road
Current Disruption Summary — Leicester Ring Road
Total Active
24
closures & works
Road Closures
0
full closures
Roadworks
21
planned works
Avg. Delay
~2m
estimated
Data reflects current active permits from the UK Street Manager system.
Closures Over the Past 7 Days — Leicester Ring Road
Areas Served by the Leicester Ring Road
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Road Closures on the Leicester Ring Road
Leicester's outer ring road (A563) forms a near-complete orbital route around the city, running from Birstall in the north to Oadby in the south. The ring road passes through Beaumont Leys, Braunstone, and Knighton, connecting the M1 and M69 motorways. Leicester City Council has invested in improving the ring road's capacity, with several major roundabout upgrades completed as part of the city's growth strategy. Because the route is made up of several numbered roads, this page tracks closures across all of them — A563, A47, A426, A6 and A50, the route runs for about 20 miles and the responsible highway authority is Leicester City Council. Closures are most disruptive around Birstall junction, Beaumont Leys roundabout, Braunstone junction and Knighton junction.
What the current Leicester Ring Road records show
Of the 24 records currently published for Leicester Ring Road, 18 are under way now and 6 are scheduled to start later. Locations affected include Penrith, Derby, Longton and Burneside. 1 closure is recorded at high severity. The latest scheduled end date on this page is 11 July.
Live closure details
Open a closure for its permit reference, exact timings and affected-road information.
- roadworks — A47 FROM START OF DUALLING AT GORLESTON ON SEA TO J B1375 SW, GREAT YARMOUTH
- roadworks — A47 FROM J B198 WEST OF WISBECH TO J A141, FENLAND
- roadworks — A47 FROM J AT END OF DUALLING WEST OF CASTOR TO J A1 EAST ROUNDABOUT, CITY OF PETERBOROUGH
- roadworks — A47 GORLESTON ON SEA FROM DUALLING TO J B1370 INCLUDING ROUNDABOUT, GREAT YARMOUTH
- on Staveley To The A6
- closure — FROM LOW HESKET ON THE A6 TO PENRITH VIA NEWTON REIGNY AND SKELTON, PENRITH
- closure — ROAD FROM KEMPLAY FOOT FARM ON THE A6 KEMPLAY BANK TO KEMPLAY ROUNDABOUT, EAMONT BRIDGE
- roadworks — A38 FROM J A6 TO J A52 SW, CITY OF DERBY
- roadworks — C26 BLETSOE FROM A6 RUSHDEN ROAD SHARNBROOK TO UC33 MILL ROAD THURLEIGH, BLETSOE
- roadworks — A6 HARBOROUGH ROAD, BRAYBROOKE