A1 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live incident closures on the A1 right now, but 3 roadworks are currently in force.

Live A1 updates from National Highways and Traffic Wales: incident closures, roadworks in force, planned closures for the week ahead and recently cleared disruption.

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A1 roadworks in force now

A1 Paxton northbound lane 1 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Northumberland A1 · A1 Northbound Between A698 And A6105

Expected to clear in 8 hours 3 minutes

Started 7 Jul 2026, 07:00 Expected clear 7 Jul 2026, 16:00

A1 Paxton northbound lane 1 closure

Category: Authority Operation

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A1 Felton to Swarland Northbound Lane 1 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Northumberland A1 · A1 Northbound Between A697 And A1068

Expected to clear in 7 hours 33 minutes

Started 7 Jul 2026, 07:00 Expected clear 7 Jul 2026, 15:30

A1 Felton to Swarland Northbound Lane 1 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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A1 southbound Stibbington to Water Newton 50mph speed restriction (MP 31/9 to 31/1)

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Peterborough A1 · A1 Southbound Between A47 And A605

Expected to clear in 8 months 3 weeks

Started 17 Dec 2025, 03:25 Expected clear 31 Mar 2027, 04:00

A1 southbound Stibbington to Water Newton 50mph speed restriction (MP 31/9 to 31/1)

Category: Construction Work

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A1 closures planned this week

A1 northbound Alconbury to Jct 10 mobile lane 1 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Bedford A1 · A1 Northbound Between A603 And A421

Starts in 11 hours 3 minutes

Starts 7 Jul 2026, 19:00 Expected clear 8 Jul 2026, 04:00

A1 northbound Alconbury to Jct 10 mobile lane 1 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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A1 southbound Blunham to Sandy lane 1 closure

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Bedford A1 · A1 Southbound Between A421 And A603

Starts in 11 hours 3 minutes

Starts 7 Jul 2026, 19:00 Expected clear 8 Jul 2026, 05:00

A1 southbound Blunham to Sandy lane 1 closure

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the A1

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