National Highways has announced 114 planned closures affecting 30 English motorways on Tuesday evening, August 11, 2026. Major routes including the M1, M6, M25, and M62 will see overnight closures, with most in place between 8pm and 10pm and lifted by 6am on Wednesday.
What Drivers Need to Know
Motorists planning late-night or early-morning journeys are being urged to check their routes in advance. Diversions may be in place around closures, potentially adding to travel times.
Full List of Closures by Zone
Motorway Zone 1 (North London, East Midlands, Yorkshire, North East)
- A1(M) Northbound: Jct 42 to Jct 44 carriageway, 8:30pm-6:00am
- A1(M) Northbound: Jct 42 entry slip, 8:30pm-6:00am
- A1(M) Northbound: Jct 49 entry slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M1 Southbound: Jct 8 to Jct 6 carriageway, 9:00pm-5:00am
- M1 Southbound: Jct 21 exit slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M1 Southbound: Jct 35 to Jct 34 carriageway, 10:00pm-6:00am
- M1 Southbound: Jct 35 entry slip, 10:00pm-6:00am
- M1 Southbound: Jct 34 exit slip, 10:00pm-6:00am
- M1 Southbound: Jct 46 to Jct 45 carriageway, 8:30pm-6:00am
- M1 Southbound: Jct 46 entry slip, 8:30pm-6:00am
- M1 Southbound: Jct 45 exit slip, 8:30pm-6:00am
- M1 Northbound: Jct 5 to Jct 6 carriageway and slip, 10:00pm-5:30am
- M11 Northbound: Jct 14 exit slip, 9:00pm-5:00am
- M180 Southbound: Jct 3 entry slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M180 Southbound: Jct 4 exit slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M180 Eastbound: Jct 3 to Jct 4 carriageway, 8:00pm-6:00am
Motorway Zone 2 (South London and South East)
- M2 Eastbound: Jct 6 exit slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M20 Eastbound: Jct 8 entry slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M20 Eastbound: Jct 5 entry slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M23 Northbound: Jct 11 to Jct 9 carriageway, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M25 Clockwise: Jct 15 to Jct 16 and M4 link, 10:00pm-5:30am
- M25 Anti-clockwise: Jct 9 to Jct 8 carriageway, 10:00pm-5:30am
- M25 Anti-clockwise: Jct 13 to Jct 12 carriageway, 10:00pm-5:30am
- M25 Clockwise: Jct 6 to Jct 7 carriageway, 10:00pm-5:30am
- M25 Clockwise: Jct 4 entry slip, 10:00pm-5:30am
- M25 Anti-clockwise: Jct 27 to Jct 25 carriageway, 10:00pm-5:30am
- M25 Clockwise: Jct 30 entry slip, 10:00pm-5:30am
- M25 Anti-clockwise: Jct 10 to A3 Wisley link, 10:00pm-5:30am
- M27 Eastbound: Jct 3 exit slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M27 Westbound: Jct 1 to Stoney Cross carriageway, 10:00pm-6:00am
- M275 Both directions: Rudmore to M27, 9:00pm-5:00am
Motorway Zone 3 (West Country)
- M3 Northbound: Jct 9 entry slip, 6:00am-6:00am
- M3 Northbound: Jct 10 to Jct 8 carriageway, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M3 Southbound: Jct 6 to Jct 7 carriageway, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M3 Northbound: entry slip, 8:00pm-5:00am
- M32 Southbound: Jct 2 closed between exit and entry slip, 8:30pm-6:00am
Motorway Zone 4 (West Midlands)
- M4 Eastbound: Jct 5 exit slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M4 Both directions: Jct 8/9 roundabout partial, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M4 Westbound: Jct 19 carriageway (between slips), 9:00pm-6:00am
- M4 Westbound: Jct 22 between exit and entry slips, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M40 Northbound: Jct 13 to Jct 15 carriageway, 10:15pm-6:00am
- M40 Northbound: Jct 14 entry slip, 10:15pm-6:00am
- M40 Northbound: Jct 15 exit slip, 10:15pm-6:00am
- M40 Southbound: Jct 10 to Jct 9 carriageway, 10:15pm-6:00am
- M40 Southbound: Jct 10 entry slip, 10:15pm-6:00am
- M40 Southbound: Jct 9 carriageway between exit and entry slips, 10:15pm-6:00am
- M40 Southbound: Jct 4 entry slip, 10:15pm-6:00am
- M40 Southbound: Jct 4 to Jct 3 carriageway, 10:15pm-6:00am
- M40 Westbound: Jct 1a to M25 link, 10:00pm-5:30am
- M42 Southbound: Jct 5 to Jct 4 carriageway, 9:00pm-6:00am
Motorway Zone 5 (North West)
- M5 Northbound: Jct 30 between exit and entry slips, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M5 Southbound: Jct 21 between exit and entry slip, 10:00pm-6:00am
- M5 Southbound: Jct 14 to Jct 15 carriageway, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M5 Southbound: Jct 14 entry slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M5 Northbound: Jct 19 between slips, 10:00pm-6:00am
- M5 Northbound: Jct 18 between slips, 10:00pm-6:00am
- M5 Southbound: Jct 23 to 24 carriageway, 10:00pm-6:00am
- M50 Eastbound: Jct 2 between exit and entry slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M50 Westbound: Jct 2 to Jct 4 carriageway, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M53 Southbound: Jct 7 to 10 carriageway, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M53 Southbound: Jct 7 entry slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M53 Southbound: Jct 8 exit slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M53 Southbound: Jct 8 entry slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M53 Southbound: Jct 9 exit slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M53 Southbound: Jct 9 entry slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M53 Southbound: Jct 10 exit slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M53 Northbound: Jct 5 to 4 carriageway, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M53 Northbound: Jct 5 entry slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M53 Northbound: Jct 4 exit slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M54 Westbound: Jct 1 exit slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M56 Westbound: Jct 14 to A494 Park Gate carriageway, 9:00pm-5:00am
- M56 Westbound: Jct 14 entry slip, 9:00pm-5:00am
- M56 Westbound: link to M53 Southbound, 9:00pm-5:00am
- M56 Westbound: link to M53 Northbound, 9:00pm-5:00am
- M56 Westbound: Jct 7 between exit and entry slips, 10:00pm-6:00am
- M56 Eastbound: Jct 4 entry slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M57 Southbound: Jct 1 exit slip, 5:00am-5:00am
- M57 Northbound: link to A5036, 8:00pm-5:00am
Motorway Zone 6 (West Midlands and North West)
- M6 Southbound: link to M1 southbound, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M6 Southbound: Jct 20 entry to M56 links, 9:00pm-5:00am
- M6 Southbound: Jct 20 link to M56 westbound, 9:00pm-5:00am
- M6 Northbound: Jct 21 exit slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M6 Northbound: Jct 31 to 32 carriageway, 10:00pm-6:00am
- M6 Northbound: Jct 31 entry slip, 10:00pm-6:00am
- M6 Northbound: A38 entry link to Jct 6, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M6 Southbound: Jct 6 to Jct 5 carriageway, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M6 Northbound: Jct 10 to Jct 11 carriageway, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M60 Clockwise: Jct 23 entry slip from A6140, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M60 Clockwise: Jct 11 exit slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M60 Anti-clockwise: Jct 11 exit slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M60 Clockwise: Jct 11 entry slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M60 Anti-clockwise: Jct 11 entry slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M60 Anti-clockwise: Jct 6 exit slip, 9:00pm-5:00am
- M60 Clockwise: Jct 18 exit slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M606 Northbound: Jct 3 carriageway, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M606 Southbound: Jct 3 carriageway, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M61 Northbound: Jct 4 exit slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M62 Eastbound: Jct 35 to M18 Southbound Jct 7, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M62 Eastbound: Jct 31 exit slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M62 Eastbound: Jct 31 entry slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M62 Eastbound: Jct 32 exit slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M62 Eastbound: Jct 32 entry slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M62 Westbound: Jct 27 entry slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M62 Eastbound: Jct 11 exit slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M62 Westbound: Jct 11 exit slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M621 Anti-clockwise: Jct 27 between exit and entry slips, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M65 Westbound: Jct 5 entry slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M65 Westbound: Jct 5 exit slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M66 Southbound: Jct 2 entry slip, 9:00pm-6:00am
- M66 Northbound: Jct 1 to A56 Edenfield, 11:00pm-6:00am
- M67 Eastbound: Jct 3 to Jct 4 carriageway, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M67 Eastbound: Jct 3 entry slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M67 Westbound: Jct 4 to Jct 3 carriageway, 8:00pm-6:00am
- M67 Westbound: Jct 3 exit slip, 8:00pm-6:00am
Drivers are advised to allow extra time for journeys and follow diversion signs where applicable.
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