The 10 Worst Roads in Britain Right Now

RYE LANE

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

39 active permits · 2 high-impact closures · 37 medium.

230

Score

OXFORD STREET

TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TFL)

36 active permits · 6 high-impact closures · 30 medium.

186.2

Score

HAMPSTEAD ROAD

TRANSPORT FOR LONDON (TFL)

29 active permits · 2 high-impact closures · 22 medium.

144.3

Score

4 WOODSTOCK ROAD OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 21 permits 126
5 THORNTON ROAD CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL 19 permits 114
6 LONDON ROAD HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 19 permits 112.4
7 ST EDITHS MARSH WILTSHIRE COUNCIL 12 permits 108
8 LOUGHBOROUGH PARK LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH 13 permits 105
9 BROMSGROVE EASTERN BYPASS WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 15 permits 99
10 PORTWAY BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL 11 permits 99

Methodology

How we score

Each active permit scores its impact multiplied by how long it runs. Impact: full closure or emergency ×3, multi-way signals, lane closure or major works ×2, minor and give-and-take ×1. Duration runs from ×1 (a day or less) to ×3 (eight weeks or more).

What counts as one road

Permits are clustered by proximity within a road name and authority. A county council has dozens of High Streets; without clustering they rank as a single road, which they are not. Stretches more than 2km apart are treated as separate roads.

Data freshness

Recomputed every 6 hours from the live Street Manager feed. The ticker at the top of the page is amber when we have fresh data.

What gets in

Only roads currently inside an active permit window, with at least 3 concurrent permits. No authority may take more than 2 of the ten places, so the table shows the worst roads rather than the busiest council. JSON feed.

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The 10 worst roadsin Britain this week.

RYE LANE

OXFORD STREET

HAMPSTEAD ROAD

The 10 worst roads
in Britain this week.