Shropshire roads and travel news
Shropshire roads and travel news, newest first: closures, roadworks, rail changes, buses and parking, from the authorities' own notices.
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Oswestry Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Oswestry
Oswestry roadworks: Park Street (from 12 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
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Parking
Shrewsbury Parking Report: Hours Down 9.7% After 2025 Rise
Shrewsbury BID says hours parked fell 9.7% and town centre spend 5.8% after the November 2025 rise. It also says council staff park free at Frankwell.
Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth roadworks: A458 Bridgnorth to Stourbridge Road (from 20 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's...
West Mercia Police
Shrewsbury E-Scooters: Police Seize 14 in Town Centre Patrols
West Mercia Police has seized 14 e-scooters and an e-bike in Shrewsbury town centre after reports of dangerous riding. Patrols continue through half-term.
Roads
Ellesmere Road Shrewsbury Crash: Three Hurt, Driver, 19, Bailed
Three men aged 19, 21 and 22 are in hospital after a Ford KA hit a lamppost and a wall on Ellesmere Road, Shrewsbury. A 19-year-old was arrested and bailed.
Transport
Shropshire Bus Survey: 9 Subsidised Services Up for Retender
Nine council-funded bus services, from Oswestry's town routes to the Knighton-Ludlow 738/740, face retender in 2027. The survey on them closes 11 December.
Ludlow
Ludlow Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Ludlow
Ludlow roadworks: Bridgend Lane, Onibury (from 18 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury roadworks: Calcott Lane (now, until 7 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Whitchurch
Whitchurch Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Whitchurch
Whitchurch roadworks: A41 From Heath Roundabout To Tilstock Roundabout (from 15 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with...
Health
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Parking Now £4.50 for Two Hours
Two hours at Royal Shrewsbury or Princess Royal now costs £4.50 and a full day £10.45, from 2 November. The 10-visit pass goes from £8.50 to £15 on 1 December.
Transport
Shrewsbury Bus Gates Proposed: Have Your Say by 16 Nov
Bus gates in Shrewsbury, traffic enforcement cameras and a Gobowen to Oswestry line study are in Shropshire's draft transport plan. Comment by 16 November.
Parking
Shrewsbury Parking Charges: £4.80 Plan Open to 26 November
The council is consulting to 26 November on £4.80-an-hour street parking in Shrewsbury, charged to 8pm. An officer, not councillors, takes the final decision.
Roads
London Road Shrewsbury Crash: Man in His 60s Dies
A man in his sixties died in a four-car crash on London Road, Shrewsbury, on 7 October. Police want witnesses; a Battlefield Road crash victim has also died.
Roads
Shropshire Pothole Repairs: 9 Roads and Dates in October
Two Multihog crews fix potholes on nine Shropshire roads in October, from Pulverbatch and Alveley on the 5th to Bridgnorth on the 27th. Every road and date.
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Bridge Works: Castle Foregate Shut 8 Sundays
Castle Foregate, Cross Street and Howard Street shut on eight more Sundays and on overnight closures to 8 November, after extra steelwork was found.
Shrewsbury
Hills Ford Rally Road Closures: 07:15 to 19:00, 20 Sep
Five rally stages around Cressage, Clee Hill, the Lawley, Dorrington and Linley shut from 07:15 on Sunday 20 September, reopening 16:45 to 19:00.
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Half Marathon: 2026 Race Was Sunday 27 Sep
The 2026 Shrewsbury Half ran on Sunday 27 September, starting 8.30am, with nearly 40 town centre roads shut from 8am to noon. The closure list and route.
Roads
Shropshire Pothole Repairs: Every Road and Date in September
Three Multihog crews plane out potholes on nine Shropshire roads in September, starting Station Road, Shrewsbury on the 1st. All the dates, roads and times.
Trains
Shropshire Christmas Trains: Birmingham Shut 24 to 28 Dec
No trains will run to or through Birmingham New Street from 24 to 28 December 2026. What that means for Shropshire, plus buses and park and ride at Christmas.