Basingstoke Roadworks This Week: M3 Shut Nights to 8 October

This week’s Basingstoke roadworks still start on the motorway. National Highways has the M3 northbound between junction 10 at Winchester and junction 7 closed every night to Wednesday 7 October, 21:00 to 06:00. The last closure lifts at 6am on Thursday 8 October. On the same nights the A303 eastbound is shut from the crematorium to the M3. If you come home from the south late at night, you need another way in until Thursday.

Three other things are worth knowing before you travel:

• Thursday 8 October, overnight: the M3 northbound entry slip at junction 7, the town’s own junction, closes from 21:00 to 06:00 for planting work.
• Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October: the Salisbury line closes. Waterloo to Salisbury stopping trains terminate at Basingstoke, and buses run from here to Gillingham.
• From Monday 19 October: the B3400 through Whitchurch town centre, about 12 miles west, closes northbound for up to six weeks of gas main work.

Everything below was checked on 5 October 2026 against Hampshire County Council’s public notices, where the borough’s temporary traffic orders are published, and the National Highways closure report for the nights of 2 to 8 October. We also checked South Western Railway’s September/October works page and the borough council’s road closures page. Hampshire County Council is the highways authority here, not the borough. The borough only handles closures for events.

The motorway and trunk roads this week

National Highways’ current report covers the nights to Thursday 8 October. For Basingstoke drivers, what is left of it says:

• Monday 5, Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 October, 21:00 to 06:00: M3 northbound, junction 10 to junction 7. The whole northbound carriageway closes for the scheme National Highways lists as “M3 both directions Jct 7 to Jct 13”, a carriageway reconstruction. The report publishes no diversion route.
• The same three nights: A303 eastbound, crematorium to the M3. This is the A303’s approach to the M3 at junction 8.
• Thursday 8 October, 21:00 to 06:00: M3 northbound entry slip at junction 7. A separate job, listed as “slip road and lane closure for horticulture (cutting and planting)”. If you join the M3 at junction 7 heading for London that night, use junction 6 at Black Dam instead.
• Nothing is closed at junction 6 on any night this week.
• The M3 northbound entry slip at junction 9 near Winchester stays shut. It has been closed since 3 August 2026 and is listed as closed until 1 November 2027 for the M3 and A34 improvement scheme.

Also listed, all at night:

Night	What closes
Monday 5 October	A34 northbound Whitchurch exit slip
Monday 5 October	A303 eastbound Picket Twenty entry and exit slips, near Andover
Tuesday 6 October	A303 westbound Picket Twenty entry and exit slips
Wednesday 7 October	A34 northbound Chieveley exit slip and services entry slip

National Highways usually publishes the next week’s report on a Thursday, so the nights from Friday 9 October are not yet listed.

What is closed now

Lancaster Road and the Kingsclere Road service road: due to finish about now. Closed since 17 August 2026, 24 hours a day, for Connect It Utility Services to upgrade the electricity network. Hampshire expected the work to need no longer than seven weeks, which points to today, 5 October (notice 22551). The notice is still on the county’s list, but every order stays listed for its full six months, so that does not tell us the road is still shut. Hampshire publishes no reopening notices.

• Lancaster Road is shut between the Kingsclere Road service road and Merton Road.
• The service road is shut between Kingfisher Court and Kingsclere Road.
• The signed alternatives are Merton Road and Kingsclere Road.

A30 Winchester Road, Kempshott: a 30mph limit until Christmas. Hampshire has imposed a temporary 30mph restriction between the Greenkeepers Avenue junction and a point 300 metres south of Hounsome Drive. It runs 24 hours a day from 17 August 2026 until 25 December 2026. Separately, one lane of the dual carriageway is closed in both directions between Hounsome Drive and Greenkeepers Avenue, 20:00 to 06:00. The contractor is Hope & Clay. The order lasts six months but the county expects the work to need no more than four.

One caution on that overnight lane closure, unchanged since we first reported it. The notice as published gives its window as “between Monday 12th October 2026 until Monday 26th August 2026”, which cannot be read as written. The 30mph dates are unambiguous. The lane-closure dates in notice 22727 are not, so treat the overnight work as possible on any night while the order stands. The signed alternative route is A30 Winchester Road, Winchester Bypass, Spitfire Link, A31, A339, Hackwood Road, Ringway South, Winchester Road.

Mortimer West End: the long one, up to 11 weeks. The Clancy Group is installing extra-high-voltage cable in the far north of the borough, on the Berkshire boundary about nine miles north-east of the town. The order started on 14 September and Hampshire expects the work to need no longer than 11 weeks, in operation 24 hours a day (notice 22928).

• Reading Road, between Silver Lane and Camp Road. The notice gives its own window as 14 to 23 October.
• Ramptons Lane, between Chapel Lane and Reading Road, 19 October to 27 November.

The Reading Road diversion leaves the county: Reading Road, Burghfield Road, the A340 through Aldermaston, Baughurst, Paices Hill and Station Road, the A4 Bath Road, the M4 junction 12 roundabout, then back down Burghfield Road, Reading Road, The Hatch and Hermits Hill. Ramptons Lane is signed via Welshmans Road and Baughurst Road.

Spiers Lane, Candovers is shut between Bugmore Hill and Godsfield House for up to 18 days of building work by AMG Wombell, 24 hours a day, from 21 September. That points to around Thursday 8 October. Signed via the B3046 (notice 22981).

The one that should have reopened

B3400 Worting Road, eastbound. Closed from 20 July between West Ham Lane and the Worting Road roundabout for I&G Contractors to work on the gas main. The county expected this to need no longer than six weeks. It is now in its twelfth week.

We still cannot confirm either way, and we want to be straight about that. The order itself runs to 20 January and is still on the register, which tells us nothing, because every one of these orders is advertised for the full six months whatever the works actually take (notice 22317). It is still on the county’s list on 5 October, but that is not evidence either way. The live roadworks map at one.network, which the council links to, asks for a sign-in. Hampshire publishes no reopening notices. So check before you set out. The signed diversion while the closure stands is B3400, A340, A339, B3051, B3400.

Also coming in the next fortnight

• Fletcher Close footpaths, between Hardy Lane and Fletcher Close, from today, Monday 5 October, for up to 12 days, 24 hours a day, while Clancy replaces gas mains. Walkers are signed along the Stukeley Road footpaths (notice 23110).
• Ivy Down Lane, Oakley, between the B3400 Andover Road and Harrow Way, from Thursday 8 October, one night, 22:00 to 06:00, for a Network Rail bridge inspection by Xeiad. Signed via the B3400, Roman Way, the A339, Hook Lane, Ibworth Road and Summer Down Lane (notice 23096).
• Reading Road, Mortimer West End, from Wednesday 14 October, as part of the Clancy cabling order above. The diversion runs out through Aldermaston and the M4 junction 12 roundabout.
• Upper Wyke Lane, St Mary Bourne, between Stoke Road and Egbury Castle Lane, on Tuesday 20 October, one day, 08:00 to 18:00, for Circet to replace a pole. Signed via Finkley Road, Smannell Road and Stoke Road (notice 23239).
• Goddards Lane, Sherfield on Loddon, from Goddards Close to the end of the lane, on Thursday 22 October, one day, 08:00 to 18:00, also Circet pole work. There is no through route (notice 23243).

The big one: Whitchurch town centre, from Monday 19 October. Whitchurch is in this borough, about 12 miles west of Basingstoke. SGN is replacing gas mains, and Hampshire has advertised a northbound closure of the B3400 Market Place and Newbury Street, between Bell Street and Laundry Yard. The county expects it to need no longer than six weeks, 24 hours a day, which points to around the end of November (notice 23255). Two signed routes are given:

• B3400, B3048, A303, A30, A340, B3400
• Winchester Street, A34, A30, A34, the bridge over the Whitchurch bypass, Newbury Road, Larks Barrow Hill, Newbury Road, Newbury Street

The notice names only the northbound direction, so southbound traffic through the centre should still flow. SGN says it will keep access to premises along the road.

Trains: three weekends to plan for

South Western Railway’s September/October works page names these at this station or on lines through it.

Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October: the Salisbury area closes. This is the big one for Basingstoke.

• Waterloo to Salisbury stopping services terminate at Basingstoke on the Saturday.
• A revised service runs between Basingstoke and Andover on both days.
• Buses run non-stop from Basingstoke to Gillingham, and from Andover to Gillingham via Salisbury.
• On the Sunday, extra trains run between Waterloo and Basingstoke, and the afternoon and evening Waterloo to Salisbury trains do not run.
• Reading to Salisbury services do not run on the Sunday.
• The Staines area also closes, so Saturday’s Waterloo to Basingstoke stopping trains and the Alton trains run combined to Woking and divide there, calling additionally at West Byfleet.

Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October: the line between Salisbury and Southampton Central closes. That does not touch Basingstoke’s own trains, but it does stop the Salisbury to Romsey service.

Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October: the Staines and Southampton Central areas close. On the Saturday the Waterloo to Basingstoke stopping trains again run combined with the Alton trains to Woking. Further south, Waterloo to Weymouth trains end at Southampton Airport Parkway, with buses beyond.

These pages can change, so confirm before you buy.

Two parking proposals, now awaiting a decision

Hampshire has advertised two traffic order proposals for the town centre. Both are consultations, not decisions. Both took written objections until Friday 25 September 2026, so that window has closed and they now await a decision.

• Haymarket Yard: two permit-holder-only bays with a 30-minute maximum stay, each 2.4 metres wide and 5.5 metres long, behind 14 to 16 Wote Street. Reference A2182/MEB (notice 22911).
• Flaxfield Road: a rearrangement of the restrictions near the Mortimer Lane junction and at Harrison Place. Four existing restrictions go and four replace them, shifting the resident permit bay and switching the limited-waiting bays from Monday to Saturday to Monday to Friday. Reference A2166/KK (notice 22910).

The draft orders and plans were available to inspect at Basingstoke Discovery Centre in Festival Place and at the Civic Offices on London Road.

School parking restrictions: one in force, three now closed to comment

A permanent traffic order around Kempshott Infant School came into force on Saturday 29 August 2026, so it applied from the first week of term. Hampshire made the order on 18 August (notice 22833). It brings in:

• No Waiting at Any Time on parts of Gershwin Road, Ellington Drive and Buckingham Parade.
• No Loading, Monday to Friday, 8am to 9am and 3.15pm to 4.15pm on Old Down Close, on both sides outside number 25.
• No Stopping except Buses, Monday to Friday, 9am to 3.30pm on two stretches of the western side of Homesteads Road.

The three further permanent parking orders advertised on 4 August reached the end of their notice period on Monday 15 September, so the window to object has now closed and they await a decision. They cover Winklebury Way and Shetland Road, where the school entrance markings outside Castle Hill Primary and Marnel Community Junior are being extended; Stephenson Road, where No Waiting Monday to Saturday becomes No Waiting at Any Time; and The Green, Tadley, which gains a No Waiting at Any Time restriction.

The 40mph limits that are now 30

This one has not been signed as roadworks and it is easy to miss. Hampshire revoked the 40mph orders on Roman Way and Roman Road, which restores Restricted Road status and means a 30mph limit between the B3400 Worting Road junction and the A339 Kingsclere Road junction. The order was made on 7 July and came into force on Saturday 18 July 2026 (notice 22325, reference C889/MJB). It replaces orders dating back to 1972 and 2002.

What it means for you

If you drive home up the M3 from Winchester or Southampton late at night, the northbound carriageway between junctions 10 and 7 is shut from 21:00 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, reopening at 6am each morning. National Highways’ report gives no diversion, so check the closure report before you set off, and allow extra time.

If you join the M3 at junction 7 towards London on Thursday night, the slip is shut. Junction 6 at Black Dam is open.

If you use Lancaster Road or the Kingsclere Road service road, it should be finishing now. Nobody publishes the reopening, so look before you rely on it.

If you drive the A30 through Kempshott, budget for a slower run every day until Christmas. It is a speed limit, not a closure, so the road stays open and there is no diversion to follow during the day.

If you drive Worting Road, do not assume it has reopened and do not assume it has not. It is in its twelfth week against a six-week estimate, and nobody publishes the answer.

If you travel to or through Whitchurch, plan now for six weeks from 19 October with Market Place and Newbury Street closed northbound.

If you use the trains, the weekend to watch is 10 and 11 October. Basingstoke becomes the end of the line for the Salisbury stopping trains, buses run from here to Gillingham, and there are no Reading to Salisbury trains on the Sunday.

And if you drive Roman Way or Roman Road, the limit is now 30, not 40.

Gone since our last check on 2 October:

• the sixteen half marathon closures on Sunday 4 October, including Hackwood Road
• the emergency closure of Bagmore Lane at Herriard, whose 21-day window ended on 2 October and which has now dropped off the county’s list
• the weekend’s M3 and A303 nights, and the A34 Litchfield and A303 Barton Stacey slip closures on 2 October
• SWR’s Staines and Brockenhurst weekend closures on 3 and 4 October

Town centre closures already booked for the autumn

The borough council, not the county, handles event closures. Four are already sealed on the council’s page, checked on 5 October:

• Friday 23 October: Cross Street, part of Church Street, Winchester Street and Wote Street, 4pm to 7pm, for the Diwali Parade. The southern stretch of Church Street from Church Square closes from 5.15pm to 6.15pm only.
• 28, 29 and 30 October, 9am to 4pm: Winchester Street, Market Place, Church Street, Cross Street, London Street and Wote Street, for the Love Basingstoke half-term activities.
• Sunday 8 November, 10.30am to midday: Heath End Road, Wellington Crescent, Bishopswood Lane and Brimpton Road, for Baughurst’s Remembrance Sunday.
• Friday 20 November, 8am to midnight: the same six town-centre streets as October, for the Christmas light switch-on.

Access is maintained for residents of those roads in each case. The notices and sealed orders are on the council’s roadworks and road closures page.

Out in the villages

The borough has a long tail of rural closures running at any one time. On top of the ones listed above, orders were on the register this week at Ecchinswell, Silchester, Axford, Mapledurwell and Up Nately, Tunworth Road, Stoke Hill and Stoke Lane at St Mary Bourne, Baptist Hill, Harts Lane at Newtown, Duxford Lane at Nutley, Farleigh Road at Cliddesden, Tadley Common Road, Ball Hill Road at East Woodhay, Odd Lane at Silchester, Ashe Park Lane at Steventon, Wolverton Townsend and Baughurst Road at Baughurst, Goddards Lane at Sherfield on Loddon, Abbey Wells Road at East Woodhay and Berrywood Lane at Wield and Bradley.

If you live in one of the villages, the honest advice is to search the county’s notices for your own road rather than rely on a page like this one, because the rural orders turn over every fortnight. Filter the list to Basingstoke and Deane and read the “duration of order” paragraph, not the start and end dates in the header, which are the notice’s advertising window rather than the works window.

The routes that carry the town

Basingstoke traffic is shaped by one thing: the Ringway, the ring road that surrounds the centre in four named sections. Ringway North and Ringway East are the A339, Ringway South is the A30 and Ringway West is the A340. Almost every cross-town journey uses part of it, which is why a single overnight closure on one section reroutes the whole town rather than one street.

Off the ring, six radial roads do the work:

• M3 junction 6 at Black Dam, the town’s main motorway access, on the south-east corner.
• M3 junction 7 to the south-west, reached along the A30.
• A33 north-east towards Chineham, Sherfield on Loddon and Reading.
• A340 north towards Sherborne St John, Tadley and Aldermaston.
• A339 north-west towards Kingsclere and Newbury, and south-east towards Alton.
• B3400 west through Worting towards Oakley, Overton and Whitchurch.

There is no park and ride in Basingstoke. The council’s own car park list has no such site, so every drive into the centre ends in a town-centre car park.

Parking in the centre

Charges apply 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in all the council’s long-stay town-centre car parks. The short-stay ones are free overnight from 7pm to 8am. Bank holidays are free in council car parks, with the exception of Good Friday.

Short stay (Albert Yard, Castons Yard, Feathers Yard, Jacobs Yard): the first hour is free if you take a ticket from the machine, which you cannot do through RingGo. After that it is £2.50 to two hours, £3.50 to three, £4.70 to four and £14.20 over four. Central car park and Joices Yard charge £1.40 for the first hour and then follow the same scale.

Long stay (Brinkletts, Castons, Churchill Way, Churchill Way East, Sarum Hill, Southern Road): £1.40 for an hour, £2.50 for two, £4.70 for four, £7.30 for six, £9.70 for eight and £11.80 over eight, with a flat £2.40 overnight.

The Malls (Alencon Link) is pay on foot with barriers, 510 public spaces, and it is the one being resurfaced. £1.90 for an hour rising to £11.30 all day, or £10.00 all day on the council’s decremental Park Card. After 6pm it is a flat £2.50, and you can validate your ticket on arrival to avoid the queue after a show at The Anvil or the Haymarket. Blue Badge holders who register in advance park free.

Festival Place has 3,000 spaces and 118 disabled bays, and is not run by the council.

The Malls car park resurfacing

From 20 July until the end of October 2026 the council is resurfacing The Malls car park in two phases, and its find a car park page carried those dates when we checked it on 5 October. The car park stays open throughout, but capacity drops by roughly 50% during each phase. Anvil Arts is telling its audiences to use Festival Place instead. The council has published a colour-coded plan showing which sections close when.

One car park to watch beyond this autumn is Vyne Meadow on Vyne Road, which has 349 spaces at weekends and 25 pay-and-display bays on weekdays. The council agreed in July to look at redeveloping it for affordable housing, which is covered on the planning news page.

Getting out without the car

The station car parks hold 1,207 cars and charge £11.00 for a peak day, so for anyone commuting the arithmetic is worth doing properly. The tariff, the fastest London trains and the annual costs are on the trains to London page.

Where to check before you set off

• Hampshire County Council public notices for the legal closure notices, including the exact extent and the signed diversion.
• National Highways closure report for the M3, A34 and A303, updated weekly and searchable by day.
• SWR planned improvements for weekend rail work.
• one.network for the live map of who is digging where, which the borough council links to as the roadworks map for the area.
• The borough council’s own notices for event closures.

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