Stroud Roadworks This Week: Cowcombe Hill and A417 Nights

The A419 at Cowcombe Hill is shut day and night until Friday 9 October, and it is the Stroud roadworks most drivers in the district will meet this week. The A417 between Brockworth and Cirencester also closes on five nights this week, then for a full weekend from Friday 9 October. We rechecked every dated closure on this page on Sunday 4 October.

The A419 at Cowcombe Hill is the road out of Chalford towards Sapperton and Cirencester. It closed on Tuesday 29 September and is due to reopen on Friday 9 October. The closure covers about 500 metres running south east from outside Lavender Bakehouse. The alternative route is signed on site.

Pedestrian and emergency access may not be maintained during major excavations, for safety. Gloucestershire County Council re-made the order on 23 September with the same dates. Chalford Parish Council published the dates on 3 September, and they were unchanged when we checked on 4 October. It calls the work geotechnical testing rather than the repair itself, and says the main closure is not expected until November 2027. We covered that in full here.

The A417 Missing Link has new closures, posted by National Highways on 2 October. The road shuts in both directions overnight, 9pm to 6am:

• between Brockworth and Shab Hill junction on Monday 5 October
• between Shab Hill and the A429 Burford Road junction, near Cirencester, on the nights of Tuesday 6, Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 October
• between Shab Hill and Burford Road for the weekend, from 11pm on Friday 9 October to 6am on Monday 12 October
• between Brockworth and Shab Hill again on four nights, from 9pm on Monday 12 October to 6am on Friday 16 October

That is the main road from the Five Valleys towards Cheltenham, Cirencester and Swindon. The detail and the diversions are below.

John Street in Stroud town centre is shut from Monday 5 October to Wednesday 7 October, for 90 metres between London Road and Union Street, for a new electrical connection.

A new speed limit order for the A419 came into force on Wednesday 30 September. It sets 40mph and 50mph limits between Stroud and Cirencester, including Cowcombe Hill. The detail is below.

The A417 weekend closure near Cirencester, between Quarry Road and Spine Road, ends at 6am on Monday 5 October.

Gloucestershire County Council is the highway authority for every road below except the M5 and the A417, which are National Highways’. Stroud District Council only runs the car parks.

Closed today, Sunday 4 October

Six lengths of road in and around Minchinhampton are also covered by a separate gas mains order that can close any of them on any day until December, and two lanes in Cam have been shut since August with no end date. Both are further down this page.

Gloucestershire Highways takes queries on 08000 514 514, and the county’s live roadworks map is the authoritative list for anything not shown here.

New A419 speed limits in force from 30 September

Gloucestershire County Council has made a new speed limit order for the A419 between Stroud and Cirencester. It was published on 23 September and came into effect on Wednesday 30 September. Its county reference is 5227/90.

It sets these limits:

• 40mph on the A419, “known in part as London Road and in part as Cowcombe Hill”, from about 10 metres south east of Gunhouse Lane to about 45 metres north west of the Cirencester Road (C268) junction
• 50mph from that point, over Cowcombe Hill and along Stroud Road, to about 1,130 metres west of the A429 Tetbury Road junction in Cirencester
• 40mph and then 30mph on the final stretch of Stroud Road into Cirencester

The order also re-makes the existing 40mph limit on London Road between Stroud and Chalford, to fix mismatches between the signs and the legal order. The council says the signed 40mph there does not change.

The Stroud district lengths are in Brimscombe & Thrupp, Chalford and Minchinhampton parishes. The sealed order and the statement of reasons can be read at Minchinhampton Library or online at gloucestershire.gov.uk/tros.

The M5 closes for a weekend in October, and the order allows four more

National Highways is demolishing the Uphill Court and Grove Court footbridges, two pedestrian bridges over the M5 between Junctions 11 and 12, north of Junction 13, which is the district’s own junction. The bridges were shut to the public in March 2026 and National Highways says their condition has deteriorated and they need to come down before they become a hazard to the motorway below.

Two closures are published, both on the scheme page updated on 3 September:

• the M5 northbound exit slip road at Junction 11a, closed around the clock from 8pm on Sunday 11 October for about two weeks, to store the demolition machinery. Drivers are told to exit at Junction 11 instead
• the M5 in both directions between Junctions 11 and 12, including Junction 11a, closed from 11pm on Friday 16 October until 6am on Monday 19 October

National Highways asks drivers to use the signed diversion rather than a sat nav, to travel at a different time if they can, and to use the M50 for journeys between the Midlands and South Wales that weekend.

That is what has been announced. The legal order behind it, published on the Public Notice Portal on 17 September, goes much further. It authorises weekend closures of the M5 in both directions between Junctions 11 and 12, 9pm Friday to 6am Monday, for works “expected to take place on or after 4 October 2026 and be completed by 9 November 2026”. It comes into force on 2 October and can stay in force for up to eighteen months.

Five weekends fall inside that period: 9 to 12 October, 16 to 19 October, 23 to 26 October, 30 October to 2 November, and 6 to 9 November. National Highways has named one of them. It has not said whether it needs the other four, and the order does not oblige it to use them.

The order also allows closure of the entry and exit slip roads at Junction 11a and at Gloucester Services, the closure of individual slips at Junctions 11 and 12, and a mandatory 50mph limit on the approaches: northbound from 200 metres south of Standish Lane overbridge, and southbound from 1,000 metres north of Old Gloucester Road overbridge.

There is one difference worth noting between the two documents. The order permits closures to start at 9pm on a Friday. The published October weekend starts at 11pm. So the order gives National Highways two extra hours it has chosen not to use on that occasion.

Three other things on that scheme page affect drivers from this district. The A40 at Over Bridge near Gloucester is down to one lane each way with a 30mph limit. The A417 between Gloucester and Cirencester has continuing works and may close overnight at weekends. And at the Almondsbury Interchange, where the M4 meets the M5, the link from the M4 westbound to the M5 northbound is closed, with traffic sent round via the M5 southbound to Junction 16.

More is coming at Almondsbury. A National Highways order published on 24 September covers bridge refurbishment at M4 Junction 20, with works starting on or after 11 October and due to finish by 20 February 2027. It sets a 50mph limit through the works, and allows the M4 Junction 20 exit slips and the links between the M4 and the M5 at Junction 15 to be closed. That matters for anyone in the south of the district driving between the M5 and the M4 towards South Wales.

National Highways’ closure report for the week from 2 October lists no closures between Junctions 11 and 12. It does list two nearby that affect drivers from this district:

• the M4 eastbound exit slip road at Junction 18, the Bath turn, shut 9pm to 6am on Monday 5 October for resurfacing. The diversion is on to Junction 17 and back
• the M5 northbound between Junctions 16 and 15, at Almondsbury, shut 9pm to 6am on Thursday 8 October for electrical works. The diversion runs via the A38, A4174 and M32 to M4 Junction 19

The A417: nine nights and a weekend on the Missing Link

The A417 Missing Link scheme moved to its permanent layout at 6am on Friday 18 September, as National Highways said it would, and the Air Balloon roundabout has gone. Northbound traffic from Cirencester now stays on the new A417 towards Gloucester instead of leaving it at Shab Hill junction. National Highways says single lanes remain in places until more work is finished.

The scheme page was updated on 2 October with a new set of closures. The A417 is shut in both directions:

• Brockworth junction to Shab Hill junction, 9pm on Monday 5 October to 6am on Tuesday
• Shab Hill junction to the A429 Burford Road junction, overnight from 9pm on Tuesday 6 October to 6am on Friday 9 October
• Shab Hill to Burford Road for the weekend, from 11pm on Friday 9 October to 6am on Monday 12 October
• Brockworth to Shab Hill overnight again, from 9pm on Monday 12 October to 6am on Friday 16 October

National Highways’ closure report gives the reason for this week’s nights as earthworks for the Missing Link. It gives the diversion for the Brockworth closure as the A46, A435 and A436. For the Burford Road closures it is the A429, A40 and A436. The report still uses the old Air Balloon roundabout’s name for the location.

Near Cirencester, the A417 between Quarry Road and Spine Road has been shut in both directions since 8pm on Friday 2 October, for reconstruction and renewal works. It reopens at 6am on Monday 5 October. That is about twelve miles east of Stroud.

For Stroud drivers, the Brockworth nights matter for anyone heading from the M5 or Gloucester up to Cirencester. The Burford Road closures shut the road between Cirencester and Cheltenham. Shab Hill is about ten miles north east of Stroud, in the Cotswold district.

The new B4070 to Birdlip and the northbound slip road at Cowley junction open later this year. Until then, access to Birdlip is the existing route through Cowley junction.

Cowcombe Hill: why it shuts now, and why the repair waits until November 2027

The A419 climbs Cowcombe Hill out of Chalford on its way to Sapperton and Cirencester. The hillside beneath it is moving, and the county has been designing a repair for years.

The closure from 29 September to 9 October is for more ground investigation, not the repair. Gloucestershire County Council explained why on 17 September. It wants ground movement data from before and during the winter, after this summer’s extreme weather and with a wet winter predicted. The results will help it finalise the design.

The same release confirms the date Chalford Parish Council gave on 3 September. The main construction phase is now proposed to begin in November 2027, subject to detailed design and approvals. The county says the programme was pushed back after commoners raised concerns about major works disturbing cattle grazing in spring and summer.

Two county sources still disagree. Its Cowcombe Hill scheme page, rechecked on 30 September, still says:

No construction start date has been confirmed.

And a Word document on Brimscombe & Thrupp Parish Council’s roadworks page, updated on 25 September, still carries an “A419 closure (Cowcombe Hill) 02/11/2026 to 30/04/2027” heading. Neither reflects the revised programme. Treat November 2027 as the county’s current plan.

The closures that run into the autumn

Station Road, Berkeley: shut for ten weeks

The C358 Station Road at Berkeley closed on Monday 28 September and is not due to reopen until 4 December, for bridge repair work. The order covers about 50 metres, from outside the Rigestate industrial estate to a point 50 metres over the bridge, and neither pedestrian nor emergency access is maintained.

Bussage Hill: eight weeks for a retaining wall

Bussage Hill has been closed since 24 September, until 20 November for repairs to a retaining wall, for 30 metres northwards from the property known as Lynchgate. Pedestrian and emergency access are not maintained here either.

B4058 at Horsley: two orders, 745 metres

The gas mains work on the B4058 runs under two separate closure orders, both starting from the Downend junction:

• Horsley Hill, from Downend to Narrowcut Lane, 545 metres, until 29 October
• Hillcrest to Archdale, from Downend to the Horsley Hill junction, 200 metres, until 30 October

Neither order maintains emergency access, because both involve excavations in the carriageway.

Lightwood Lane, Whiteshill and Ruscombe: four weeks from October

A new order made on 16 September closes Lightwood Lane from 5 October to 30 October, for 198 metres between the properties known as Lightwood House and Inglewood, for gas pipe installation. Pedestrian and emergency access are both maintained.

Minchinhampton: six roads, in any order, until 4 December

A gas mains programme covers six lengths of road in and around Minchinhampton. The order took effect on 17 August and the works are anticipated to finish by 4 December 2026. The notice allows the closures to happen in any order, or all at once, so signs on site are the only way to know which are live on a given day.

The six lengths are:

• New Road to Longford Lane, from Longfords Mills to Forwood, 420m
• Longfords Mill, from The Old Dairy to New Road to Longford Lane, 150m
• Forwood, from New Road to Well Hill, 600m
• Well Hill, from Forwood to King Street, 210m
• Friday Street, from Market Square to Tetbury Street, 250m
• Tetbury Street, from Friday Street to Tobacconist Road, 150m

Friday Street and Tetbury Street run off Market Square, so this one reaches the middle of the town.

Two roads in Cam with no end date

Yew Tree Close and The Quarry in Cam were closed on 20 August under a five-day notice, for urgent Severn Trent Water works. The works were not finished in five days.

The county therefore made full orders for both, published on 26 August. Each order can keep the road closed for up to eighteen months from the date of the original notice, or until the works are done. No completion date is given for either.

• Yew Tree Close, from The Quarry to No.8 Yew Tree Close, 100 metres
• The Quarry, from Woodfield Road to Yew Tree Close, 70 metres

Footpaths: three shut in Cam from October, and the canal route to 2028

Three public footpaths in Cam close from Thursday 1 October and are not due to reopen until 1 April 2027, to protect the public while construction works are completed. An order published on 17 September covers CCA 23, for 700 metres from Draycott Crescent, CCA 24, for 700 metres, and CCA 25, for 400 metres. Emergency and pedestrian access to adjoining premises is maintained.

Public footpaths EGO 15 and EGO 17 at Great Oldbury, the large new development west of Stonehouse, closed on 2 September and are expected to stay shut until 3 March 2027. EGO 17 is closed for 260 metres and EGO 15 for 140 metres.

Three footpaths on the canal route at Eastington and Whitminster have been shut since 13 April 2026 and were due to reopen on 13 October this year. They will not. The Secretary of State for Transport has extended the closure of EEA 46, EEA 41 and EWH 17 to 13 April 2028, or until the canal construction works are finished, whichever comes first. The longest of the three, EEA 46, runs 1,500 metres from the A38.

Correction, 20 September 2026. From 13 September this page said that extension ran to 13 October 2028. It does not. The notice published on 9 September, which we used, was replaced by a corrected notice published on 16 September giving the date as 13 April 2028. The replacement notice says so in its own opening line. We are sorry for the error.

Booked for the next three weeks

The four closures marked proposed were published on 30 September and 1 October as orders the county intends to make, so they are not yet sealed.

The resurfacing order for Dudbridge Hill and the Chalford lanes was published on 23 September as one the county intends to make, so it is not yet sealed. It covers a window of eleven weeks. The council will not close all of it at once, and signs on site will show which length is shut on a given day.

Further out, Brimscombe Hill is booked for resurfacing from Monday 26 October to Friday 20 November, closed from 9am to 3pm on weekdays for about 20 working days. The county’s letter to businesses, dated 7 September and published by Brimscombe & Thrupp Parish Council, calls those dates proposed and says they can change at short notice.

Berkeley and Cam have the busiest autumn of anywhere in the district. Berkeley has Clapton Farm Lane and Alkington Farm running into October, Stambourne Lane in mid-October, and Station Road into December. Cam has two lanes shut with no end date, three footpaths closing for six months, and Cam Green being resurfaced across seventeen days including a Saturday.

What it means for you

• Travelling between Chalford and Cirencester, until 9 October. Cowcombe Hill is shut day and night, and emergency access may not be maintained through the closure.
• Driving the A419 between Stroud and Cirencester. New 40mph and 50mph limits are in force from 30 September. Watch the signs rather than relying on what you remember.
• Driving the A417 towards Cheltenham or Cirencester at night. It is shut both ways in sections on Monday 5 October and from Tuesday to Thursday night, 9pm to 6am, then again from 12 to 16 October. Between Shab Hill and Burford Road it is shut for the weekend from 11pm on Friday 9 October to 6am on Monday 12 October.
• Driving into Stroud on John Street from 5 to 7 October. The stretch between London Road and Union Street is shut. Use the signed alternative route.
• Living in Berkeley near Station Road. It is shut until 4 December, with no pedestrian or emergency access past the bridge.
• Living on Bussage Hill. It is shut until 20 November, with no pedestrian or emergency access past the retaining wall works.
• Leaving the M5 northbound at Junction 11a after 11 October. The exit slip road is shut around the clock for about two weeks. Exit at Junction 11.
• Driving Dudbridge Hill in the evening from 14 October. It can be closed from 7pm to 7am at any point until the end of the year.
• Going north on the M5 on the weekend of 16 to 19 October. The motorway is shut in both directions between Junctions 11 and 12 from 11pm Friday to 6am Monday. For the Midlands or South Wales, National Highways suggests the M50.
• Living in Cam near Yew Tree Close or The Quarry. Neither order carries a completion date, and both can legally run for up to eighteen months.
• Walking in Cam or on the canal route. Three Cam footpaths close on 1 October until April 2027, and three on the canal route at Eastington and Whitminster are shut until April 2028.
• Taking the train from Stroud. There is no planned engineering work on the line through Stroud until the weekend of 31 October.

The routes that matter, and where they bottleneck

• A419 west is the Stroud to Stonehouse to M5 Junction 13 run, and the district’s main link to the motorway. It carries the Stonehouse and Great Oldbury growth as well as the town. It is the road being resurfaced.
• A419 east climbs Cowcombe Hill through Chalford to Sapperton and Cirencester. It is the road shut until 9 October for ground investigation.
• A46 north runs from Stroud through Painswick to Cheltenham. A46 south runs through Nailsworth towards Bath. Both are steep, narrow in places and heavily used by through traffic.
• B4058 links Nailsworth to Horsley and Tetbury, and is the road with two gas mains closures running to late October.
• A4135 links Dursley and Cam east to the A38 and M5 Junction 13.
• M5 Junctions 12 and 14 are a structural problem rather than a temporary one. Stroud District Council’s April 2026 report on starting a new Local Plan named “longstanding issues at M5 Junctions 12 and 14” as a constraint on where new housing can go at all. The inspectors examining its submitted plan have been corresponding with the council, National Highways and the county about capacity on those corridors since February 2026. More on that on our Stroud planning page.

Parking in Stroud town

Stroud District Council publishes a tariff for seven car parks, all of them in Stroud town. Its other car parks, in Nailsworth, Painswick, Minchinhampton, Stonehouse, Dursley, Cam, Wotton-under-Edge, Berkeley and elsewhere, are listed with maximum stays and bay counts but no charges. We rechecked every tariff below on 13 September 2026.

Cheapside is the one to know. At 193 bays it is the second largest in town, and it is the only council car park in Stroud with a genuine long-stay tariff: £3.00 for seven hours and £3.60 for 24. Charges apply Monday to Saturday 8am to 5pm, it is free on Sundays and bank holidays, and season tickets are available.

London Road, both the 141-bay surface car park and the 335-bay multi-storey behind Brunel Mall, charge only between 8am and 2pm Monday to Saturday, so an afternoon there is free. The multi-storey closes 9pm to 6.30am and all day Sunday.

Ebley Wharf is the exception on evenings and Sundays. Charges apply all week, all hours, with a flat £1.00 from 5pm to 8am Monday to Thursday and £3.00 from 5pm Friday to 8am Monday. It is the one town car park with no free Sunday. It is still free on bank holidays.

Blue badge holders park free in all of them, and motorcycles free at Church Street.

Getting around without the car

There is no park and ride in Stroud district. The nearest equivalents are in Gloucester and Cheltenham.

Stroud station has 150 parking spaces, four of them accessible, and direct trains to London Paddington in about an hour and a half. Great Western Railway’s planned engineering page, checked on 28 September, lists no engineering work on the line through Stroud before the end of October.

The next weekend that affects the line is 31 October and 1 November. GWR plans replacement buses between Gloucester and Stroud on the Saturday, with trains still running between Stroud, Kemble and Swindon that day. On the Sunday those Stroud to Swindon services do not run at all. Times, fares and the other two stations in the district are on Stroud trains to London.

Before that, GWR lists track renewal on the weekends of 3 and 4, 10 and 11, and 17 and 18 October affecting all services through Cheltenham Spa, with replacement buses between Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa. Trains between Gloucester and London Paddington still run, so a Stroud to London journey is unaffected on those weekends.

The Stroudwater Navigation towpath is the most useful traffic-free route in the valley. The restored Phase 1A between Stonehouse and Brimscombe is largely complete and walkable. The Cotswold Canals Trust is working westwards on Phase 1B, a 3.7-mile stretch from Stonehouse to Saul Junction that the partnership aims to reopen to boats by 2029. Three footpaths on that route are closed until April 2028, as above.

Reporting a pothole or a problem

Roads, pavements, potholes, flooding and street lighting in Stroud district are all Gloucestershire County Council’s responsibility, not Stroud District Council’s. Report a fault at fixmystreet.gloucestershire.gov.uk or call Gloucestershire Highways on 08000 514 514. Car parks, and anything inside one, go to Stroud District Council.

Frequently asked questions

Is the M5 closed near Gloucester this week?

No. National Highways’ closure report for the week from 2 October lists no closures between Junctions 11 and 12. The next closures on that stretch start on 11 October.

Is the M5 closing near Gloucester in October?

Yes. National Highways is demolishing the Uphill Court and Grove Court footbridges over the M5 between Junctions 11 and 12. The northbound exit slip road at Junction 11a closes around the clock from 8pm on Sunday 11 October for about two weeks, and the motorway closes in both directions between Junctions 11 and 12 from 11pm on Friday 16 October until 6am on Monday 19 October. The legal order behind the works runs from 2 October and permits weekend closures between 4 October and 9 November, so more weekends are possible. Junction 13, the Stroud district junction, is not itself affected.

Is the A419 at Cowcombe Hill closing?

Yes, it is closed now. The A419 at Cowcombe Hill is shut from Tuesday 29 September to Friday 9 October 2026, for 500 metres south east from outside Lavender Bakehouse, for geotechnical works. Pedestrian and emergency access may not be maintained. Chalford Parish Council describes this as testing and investigation. Gloucestershire County Council said on 17 September that the main construction phase is now proposed to begin in November 2027, after concerns about cattle grazing on the common, although its scheme page still says no start date has been confirmed.

Is the A417 still closing overnight after the new layout opened?

Yes. National Highways’ update of 2 October closes it both ways overnight, 9pm to 6am, between Brockworth and Shab Hill on 5 October and from 12 to 16 October, and between Shab Hill and the A429 Burford Road from 6 to 9 October. Between Shab Hill and Burford Road it also shuts for the weekend from 11pm on Friday 9 October to 6am on Monday 12 October.

What are the new speed limits on the A419?

Since 30 September 2026, Gloucestershire County Council’s order sets 40mph on the A419 from near Gunhouse Lane to the Cirencester Road (C268) junction, and 50mph from there over Cowcombe Hill and along Stroud Road towards Cirencester, dropping to 40mph and then 30mph on the edge of Cirencester. The signed 40mph on London Road between Stroud and Chalford does not change.

What changed on the A417 on 18 September?

Traffic moved onto the permanent new road at 6am on Friday 18 September and the Air Balloon roundabout was removed. Northbound traffic from Cirencester now continues on the new A417 towards Gloucester instead of leaving at Shab Hill junction. Single lanes remain in places until more work is done. The new B4070 to Birdlip and the northbound slip road at Cowley junction open later this year, and until then Birdlip is reached through Cowley junction.

Which Stroud district roads have no emergency access?

Six, as things stand: Horsley Hill and the B4058 Hillcrest to Archdale at Horsley until late October, the Amberley lane until 6 October, Bussage Hill until 20 November, Station Road at Berkeley until 4 December, and the A419 at Cowcombe Hill until 9 October, where access may not be maintained during major excavations. Each order gives a reason: trenches in the carriageway, a road too narrow, scaffolding, or major excavations.

Is Dudbridge Hill in Stroud closing?

Yes, at night. A resurfacing order published on 23 September, which the county intends to make, allows Dudbridge Hill to be closed from 7pm to 7am between 14 October and 31 December 2026, for 467 metres from the A46 Bath Road to the A46 Dudbridge Road. Emergency access is maintained. Signs on site will show the actual nights.

Which roads are closing in Minchinhampton?

Six lengths under one gas mains order running to 4 December 2026: New Road to Longford Lane, Longfords Mill, Forwood, Well Hill, Friday Street and Tetbury Street. They can be closed in any order or at the same time, so watch for signs on site.

Which footpaths are shut in Stroud district?

Eight. Three in Cam, CCA 23, CCA 24 and CCA 25, from 1 October 2026 to 1 April 2027. Two at Great Oldbury near Stonehouse, EGO 15 and EGO 17, until 3 March 2027. And three on the canal route at Eastington and Whitminster, EEA 46, EEA 41 and EWH 17, now extended to 13 April 2028.

What is the cheapest car park in Stroud?

Cheapside, at £2.00 for three hours, £3.00 for seven and £3.60 for 24, with 193 bays. Church Street and Rowcroft cost £4.80 for three hours and will not let you stay longer than that.

Who do I report a pothole to in Stroud?

Gloucestershire County Council, through fixmystreet.gloucestershire.gov.uk or on 08000 514 514. Stroud District Council does not maintain the roads.

Is there a park and ride in Stroud?

No. Stroud district has no park and ride site. Stratford Park is the largest long-stay council car park in the town at 311 bays, with a 12-hour maximum stay and gates that open at 6.30am and close at 10.30pm. The council lists no tariff for it.

Where can I see current roadworks in Stroud?

On Gloucestershire County Council’s roadworks map, which covers works by the county, utility companies and other contractors across the district.

Sources

• Structural maintenance resurfacing programme, Gloucestershire County Council, updated 25 September 2026 and rechecked 28 September, for the A419, Rodborough Common, Stinchcombe, Upton St Leonards and Cam Green resurfacing dates and working hours.
• Gloucestershire County Council resident letter for Bear Hill to Moor Court, Rodborough Common, ref 908055.
• Gloucestershire County Council temporary closure orders published on the Public Notice Portal on 16 September 2026, for the re-made A419 resurfacing order, Amberley, John Street, Lightwood Lane, Oakridge, Back Lane, Cheltenham Road at Bisley and Castle Lane at Moreton Valence.
• Orders published on 17 September 2026, for the B4060 at Kingswood, Millend Lane, the C284 at Wotton-under-Edge, Fop Street to Hydegate at Uley and the three Cam footpath closures.
• The replacement footpath notice published on 16 September 2026, which states that it replaces the notice published on 9 September and gives the extended canal footpath closure date as 13 April 2028.
• Gloucestershire County Council orders and notices published on the Public Notice Portal on 23 September 2026, for the A419 speed limit order (reference 5227/90, in effect 30 September), the re-made Cowcombe Hill, Bussage Hill, A419 Eastington and Middle Road orders, Queens Road at Stonehouse, Slad Road, Water Lane at Minchinhampton, and the Dudbridge Hill and Chalford resurfacing order.
• Orders published on 24 September 2026, for Fiery Lane at Uley, Adey’s Lane and Gloucester Street at Wotton-under-Edge, the Cam footpaths, Clarence Road at Wotton-under-Edge, Everlands at Cam and Stambourne Lane at Berkeley.
• Gloucestershire County Council orders published on the Public Notice Portal on 30 September 2026, re-made for John Street, Oakridge, Back Lane, Lightwood Lane, Cheltenham Road at Bisley and Castle Lane, and new for the Dursley, Frocester and Leonard Stanley patching programme and Tinkley Lane at Nympsfield.
• Orders published on 1 October 2026 and 1 October 2026, for Whiteway Hill to Waterley Bottom at North Nibley and Beacon Lane at Haresfield.
• The National Highways order for the M4 and M5 at Almondsbury, published on 24 September 2026, for the bridge refurbishment dates, the 50mph limit and the slip and link road closures.
• The National Highways order for the M5, published on the Public Notice Portal on 17 September 2026, for the weekend closure powers between Junctions 11 and 12, the 24 hour Junction 11a slip closure, the mandatory 50mph limits and the 4 October to 9 November works period.
• Earlier orders published on the Public Notice Portal on 26 August, 27 August, 2 September, 3 September, 9 September and 10 September 2026, for Bowbridge Lane, The Frith, the B4058 at Horsley, Minchinhampton, Cam, Great Oldbury, Cowcombe Hill, Bussage Hill, Station Road at Berkeley, Alkington Farm, Clapton Farm Lane and the Wotton-under-Edge closures.
• M5 Grove Court and Uphill Court footbridge replacement, National Highways, scheme update of 3 September 2026, rechecked 30 September, for the October closure dates, the diversion advice, the M50 suggestion and the works at Over Bridge and Almondsbury.
• A417 Missing Link, National Highways, scheme update of 2 October 2026, read on 4 October, for the Brockworth to Shab Hill and Shab Hill to Burford Road closures; and the update of 18 September 2026 for the completed traffic switch, the removal of the Air Balloon roundabout, the 21 to 25 September overnight closures, the 25 to 28 September weekend closure and the diversion routes.
• National Highways road closure report, 7-day edition for 2 to 8 October 2026, read on 4 October, for the A417 Quarry Road to Spine Road weekend closure, the reason and diversions for the Missing Link nights, the M4 Junction 18 exit slip and the M5 Junction 16 to 15 closure. The 29 September edition was used for the Brockworth roundabout slip and the A419 at Spine Road. The 28 September edition was used for the M5 Junction 11 to 12 overnight closures.
• A419 Cowcombe Hill road closure update, Gloucestershire County Council, published 17 September 2026, for the reason for the investigation closure, the November 2027 construction start and the cattle grazing change.
• A419 Cowcombe Hill Landslip, Gloucestershire County Council, rechecked 30 September 2026, for the scheme description and the construction programme status.
• A419 Cowcombe Hill, update to road closure, Chalford Parish Council, published 3 September 2026 and rechecked 4 October, for the 29 September to 9 October dates and the November 2027 expectation.
• Road Works, Brimscombe & Thrupp Parish Council, rechecked 30 September 2026, for The Roundabouts at Brimscombe, Middle Road at Thrupp, the Cowcombe Hill document and the Gloucestershire County Council letter of 7 September on Brimscombe Hill resurfacing (ref 817280).
• Car parks and charges in the district, Stroud District Council, page reviewed 13 July 2026 and rechecked by us on 13 September 2026, for every tariff, bay count and stay limit.
• Maps and schedules, Gloucestershire Highways and Roads and roadworks, Stroud District Council for the live map and the split of responsibilities.
• Planned engineering, Great Western Railway, checked 28 September 2026.
• Stroud District Council New Local Plan 2026 report to Council, 30 April 2026 for the M5 Junction 12 and 14 capacity issues.
• Phase 1B, Cotswold Canals Trust for the canal restoration length and target date.