For information:
A Christmas shopping event is to take place and to facilitate this there will be a full closure of Regent Street on Saturday 6 December from 07:00 to 23:59.
Regent Street southbound will be closed from the junction with Mortimer Street. Regent Street northbound will be closed from Piccadilly Circus to Oxford Circus. Event timings are 14.00 to 21.00.
Contractors on behalf of TfL will be carrying out structural repairs of the Blackwall Tunnel Southbound Bore.
As part of the traffic management, there will be Weekend Only Southbound Closures between 22:00 & 05:00 on the following dates.
From Monday 17 November, lane restrictions affecting both directions of the A23 between the junction with Holmewood Road on Brixton Hill and the junction with B221 Sternhold Avenue on Streatham Hill will be updated and may lead to more significant delays in the area.
For short journeys in the local area, consider walking or cycling where possible. Cycle diversions will be available throughout these works, and will be safer and quieter than cycling through the works area on the A23.
If you need to drive in the Streatham area, allow more time for your journey and check before you travel as delays are expected throughout these works. If you’re using the A23 for long distance journeys, use the A24 or A3 instead.
The A23 will also be closed between the junction with the A205 Christchurch Road and the junction with the B221 Sternhold Avenue from 22:00 until 05:00 each night on Sunday 16 and Monday 17 November, so traffic management can be updated safely. Signed diversions will be in place during this closure.
This is due to ongoing work to deliver a new permanent road layout on the A23 Streatham Hill. For more information, visit our website.
The Winter Wonderland will be open from Friday 14th November 2025
During this time, nearby Tube stations such as Hyde Park Corner, Green Park and Knightsbridge are expected to be extremely busy with customers arriving at and leaving the event. These stations may be closed or exit-only during busy times to prevent overcrowding.
If you plan to go to Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, consider walking from Paddington, Victoria or Bond Street.
If you’re travelling to the event then plan ahead, leave more time for your journey and check before you travel.
Please be advised there will be an eastbound overnight (22:00 to 06:00) closure of Knightsbridge eastbound (Knightsbridge Green to Brompton Road – near the Barracks) on the night of 6 January 2026.
From Monday 17 November, lane restrictions affecting both directions of the A23 between the junction with Holmewood Road on Brixton Hill and the junction with B221 Sternhold Avenue on Streatham Hill will be updated and further delays expected.
For short journeys in the local area, consider walking or cycling where possible. Cycle diversions will be available throughout these works, and will be safer and quieter than cycling through the works area on the A23.
If you need to drive in the Streatham Area, allow more time for your journey and check before you travel as delays are expected throughout these works. If you’re using the A23 for long distance journeys, use the A24 or A3 instead.
The A23 will also be closed between the junction with the A205 Christchurch Road and the junction with the B221 Sternhold Avenue from 22:00 until 05:00 each night on Sunday 16 and Monday 17 November, so traffic management can be updated safely. Signed diversions will be in place during this closure.
This is due to ongoing work to deliver a new permanent road layout on the A23 Streatham Hill. For more information, visit our website.
Until Saturday 29 November, lane closures will be in place between Boston Manor Road and Ealing Road.
Bus route E2 will be diverted along the A4 due to vehicle restrictions at the Windmill Road junction. Journeys along this route may take longer than usual.
This to allow National Highways to carry out refurbishment work to the elevated section of the M4.
(taken from the TfL Website)
During this time there will be no access for vehicles or cyclists over the bridge. Below is detailed information about the closure and traffic arrangements from July – December 2025.
Next stage of works : 28th July– 15th December
Vehicles
Vehicles will continue to travel northbound/westbound only from Lambeth to Westminster. Those travelling from Westminster towards Lambeth should follow the diversions via Vauxhall and Westminster Bridges.
On either side of the bridge the following traffic movements have been in place since February to ensure the junction can operate safely:
Cyclists
Westminster to Lambeth (southbound): Cyclists will be able to travel in the new dedicated cycle lane from 5:00am Monday 28th July.
Lambeth to Westminster (northbound): Cyclists travelling northbound will be in the traffic lane across the bridge. ‘Narrow Lanes do not overtake cyclists’ signs will be in place.
Buses
Routes 3, C10 and N3 bus services are affected by these diversions.
The most up to date information is available at https://tfl.gov.uk/status-updates/major-works-and-events/lambeth-bridge-works
After the next stage: Completion of the bridge and ongoing works
We are aiming to complete the bridge works by 15 December 2025. Further closures will be required to fully reopen the bridge to traffic and works to complete the new road layout and traffic signalling either side of the bridge will continue until early summer 2026.
(taken from the TfL website)
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