Hereford Roadworks: Belmont Rd Nights, College Rd One-Way

The A465 Belmont Road is closed at night this week. The council’s resurfacing order shut it for 10 nights from Monday 14 September. On the expected duration, the last night is 23 September.

The College Road bridge is now one-way. The temporary traffic lights have gone. Traffic runs from College Road towards Widemarsh Street only, and the council says some drivers have already gone the wrong way and moved barriers.

The council has also advertised its October resurfacing order: 21 closures from 1 October, two of them in the city.

Last checked 15 September 2026.

In the city: what is happening now

• A465 Belmont Road, nights only, 14 to 23 September. Resurfacing under an order the council has made. The daytime commute should be unaffected.
• College Road bridge: one-way from College Road towards Widemarsh Street. The council’s page for the bridge says the system is now in place and that extra barriers have been fitted along the road bridge.
• The footbridge next to it stays shut. It has been closed since July, after an inspection found extensive corrosion and loss of structural material in the 1963 structure. People walking and cycling use part of the road bridge instead.
• Bonington Drive and Hillary Drive, off Kings Acre Road, are closed for five days each from 14 September.
• Gaol Street, two days from 24 September.
• Daws Road, parking suspended for nine days from 26 September, along the bays on the north side, for electrical substation supply works. The order has been made.

The council’s bridge page is blunt about behaviour at the one-way system. It says it has seen drivers “ignored traffic management measures, moved safety barriers or attempted to travel the wrong way”. Its advice is to follow the signs and use another route where you can.

The council has bid to the Department for Transport’s Structures Fund to replace the footbridge, and is working with Network Rail on the options. There is no replacement date.

On the trunk roads, National Highways’ seven-day closure report for 14 to 20 September lists no closures on the A49, A40 or A465 in Herefordshire. The nearest is the A417 Missing Link work in Gloucestershire.

Closed now, or starting before the end of September

“Made” means the council has decided the order. “Intention” means it has only advertised that it plans to.

Four of those matter more than their length suggests.

• The A44 Mill Street closure takes out the main road through Leominster, about 13 miles north of Hereford, for one night on 19 September. Traffic goes the long way round via the A4112, A438 and A49.
• Green Lane, Leominster, is six weeks. It started on 1 September, so on the expected duration it runs to about the middle of October. The alternative route is via the A44 and Pierrepont Road.
• Eye Lane, north of Leominster, is shut in stages at Moreton Eye, Eye and Luston through to about 24 September, under the water mains order.
• Jubilee Drive at Upper Colwall is three weeks from 24 September, the longest resurfacing closure left in the September order.

Fourth Avenue in Greytree has no alternative route, though the notice says access will be maintained.

The dates in the September resurfacing and water mains orders are expectations. The council says definitive dates and times are given by advance warning signs on site.

Gaol Street: what the two days mean

Gaol Street is a car park street. Herefordshire Council’s own Gaol Street car park, 130 spaces, sits on it. The order covers the road, not the car park, and the council has not said whether access is maintained during the two days. If you use it, check the advance signs before 24 September rather than assuming.

The council’s resurfacing programme lists Gaol Street under structural patching, not full resurfacing.

October: 21 closures advertised from 1 October

On 10 September the council advertised its Resurfacing and Patching Oct 26 (26-756) order. It is a notice of intention, so these dates are proposed, not decided. The order would come into force on 1 October and the programme is expected to take about a month.

The two city roads on it:

• Church Road, Hereford, two days from 6 October
• Home Lane, Hereford, two days from 13 October

The longest closures are elsewhere in the county:

• A456 from the C1054 to the Shropshire boundary, Little Hereford, two weeks from 1 October, then another three days from 31 October
• B4204 from the B4203 to the county boundary, Upper Sapey, two weeks from 12 October
• B4230 from High Street to the A480, Weobley, two weeks from 19 October
• B4348 from Poston Mill Park to Stone Street, Vowchurch, five nights from 12 October

Consultations with a deadline

Noon on Friday 18 September: two traffic orders. Both were advertised on 27 August, and objections go in writing to ADL Traffic and Highways Engineering, which handles traffic orders for the council.

• Waiting and loading restrictions on seven Hereford streets. The draft order would add no waiting and no loading at any time on Friars Street, Cross Street, Springfield Avenue, Belmont Avenue, Belmont Court and Hunderton Avenue, and new double yellow lines on Barton Yard, also known as Grimmer Road. The Barton Yard permit and 15-minute bays would move to make room for a new zebra crossing.
• An overtaking ban on the A438 at Bartestree and Lugwardine, between a point 163 metres southwest of Tidnor Lane and a point 19 metres southeast of Weston Beggard Lane.

Send objections, or support, to the Traffic Management Team at info@adltraffic.co.uk or ADL House, Oaklands Business Park, Armstrong Way, Yate, Bristol BS37 5NA. The draft orders and statements of reasons are on the council’s website under Proposed Traffic Regulation Orders.

Noon on Friday 2 October: the Transport Hub bus-only order. The council wants no entry except buses on the station approach road. We set out what the order does and how to object.

25 September: a footpath diversion in Leominster. The council made an order on 18 August diverting part of footpath ZC89. Objections go to the Public Rights of Way Manager at PROW@herefordshire.gov.uk, quoting PROW/D575.

Footpaths shut, and where there is no way round

Two bypass footpaths closed on 14 September. The council has made orders closing HA3 at Haywood and GF3 at Grafton for up to six months, “to enable construction of the Hereford Bypass”. Both notices say there is no alternative route. Our bypass story covers every path advertised for the scheme.

The other closures running now:

• AM2 Almeley, continued from 9 September for up to 12 months, damaged footbridge. No alternative route.
• WH16 Wellington Heath and part of LR17 Ledbury Rural, from 24 August, up to six months, damaged footbridge. No alternative route.
• PG4 Pencombe, continued from 3 September for up to 12 months, damaged bridge. No alternative route. This closure dates from 2019 and has been rolled forward again.
• ZK9 Ross-on-Wye, from 20 August, up to six months, damaged footbridge. The alternative route is via Trenchard Street, Horns Road and the rest of ZK9.
• RR9 Ross Rural, continued from 11 September for up to six months, construction. There is a permissive alternative route.
• LZ3 Lyonshall, from 3 September, up to six months, building works. There is a permissive alternative route.

Parking in Hereford, and the £11.50 difference

Herefordshire Council runs around 4,374 off-street parking spaces across the county and about 1,600 controlled on-street spaces. 2,632 of the off-street spaces are in Hereford, banded into three zones: Zone 1 central, Zone 2 visit, Zone 3 work and stay.

The zones are a polite way of saying the price varies by a factor of three.

If you are in town for the day, Merton Meadow (HR4 9HE) is the answer: £1.10 an hour, £4.40 for four hours and £5.50 for up to 24 hours, Monday to Saturday. The Garrick Multi Storey (HR4 9HG) is next at £8.40 for anything over four hours, with 399 spaces, 12 disabled bays, 18 parent and child bays and a 2.2 metre height limit.

Gaol Street (HR1 2HU, 130 spaces) and the underground Maylord Orchards (HR1 2DT, 208 spaces) are the central ones, and they are the ones to avoid for a long stay: £1.90 an hour rising to £17 for over eight hours. Maylord Orchards has a 1.98 metre height limit and closes behind a shutter outside its hours, with a £15 fee to release a vehicle left inside.

Three rules that apply everywhere:

• The first 30 minutes is free, in every council car park and every on-street pay-and-display bay in the county, under the Pop and Shop scheme introduced on 23 April 2026. You still have to get a ticket from the machine, and you cannot claim it through the JustPark app.
• Blue Badge holders get three hours free in council pay-and-display car parks, with a valid badge and clock displayed.
• Season tickets run to £1,373 a year at the Garrick and £858 at Merton Meadow. There is also an off-peak season ticket at £99 a year, valid 5pm to 9am, available across the Hereford car parks.

Since 9 May 2026, private vehicles have had to use the station car park to pick up or drop off at Hereford railway station, because the old kerbside arrangement has gone while the Transport Hub is built.

None of those prices have changed, and the framework behind them has not moved either. On 31 July 2026 the council’s Cabinet adopted a Herefordshire Parking Strategy running to 2041, shaped by more than 470 consultation responses. It sets no new tariffs, so read it as the framework for future decisions rather than a price change.

The £37 million road programme: 28 sites now done

On 23 March 2026 the council set out a £37 million investment in roads, footpaths and public spaces for 2026/27: £23.697 million of Government highways maintenance funding, £6.385 million of highways infrastructure investment, £5 million specifically to resurface roads, £1 million for public rights of way, £945,000 for town and parish council environmental improvements and £600,000 to deal with ash dieback in roadside trees.

That buys 142 road schemes: 32 on A roads, 31 on B roads, 37 on C roads and 41 on unclassified roads. Around 20 miles will be fully resurfaced and a further 64 miles will get surface dressing.

The council’s own programme page is the running scoreboard. On 15 September it read:

• 19 of the 45 resurfacing sites listed for 2026/27 are marked Completed
• 9 of the 17 structural patching sites are marked Completed
• the remaining 26 resurfacing sites and 8 patching sites carry a live link to the one.network map

Those counts have not moved since 5 September. In that time the September order scheduled more than a dozen roads, including Welsh Court Road at Yatton and the A417 at Felton, both still shown with a live link rather than as Completed. Read the page as a slow-moving record, not a live one.

The council states that the map links only go live about ten days before work is due to start. The city entries, A465 Belmont Road, Gaol Street and Hillary Drive and Bonington Drive, all have live links.

The council does not publish start dates on the scheme pages themselves, and it flips entries to Completed without any announcement. The statutory notices are where the dates live.

The bypass, and the Holme Lacy Road scheme

On 4 August 2026 the council published the Full Business Case for Phase One of the Hereford Bypass. The document describes Phase One as a new 3.6km link between the A49 and the A465, serving the Rotherwas Industrial Estate and Hereford Enterprise Zone. Modelling in it suggests journeys between the A465 and the Enterprise Zone could be about six and a half minutes quicker by the design year.

The council names the residential roads it expects to carry less traffic as a result: Belmont Road, Walnut Tree Avenue and Holme Lacy Road. Belmont Road is the same road losing 10 nights to resurfacing this month.

The council’s bypass page still says construction of Phase One is scheduled to begin in December 2026, with planning permission secured. But no construction contract has been awarded. The Cabinet meeting that was due to decide it on 10 September was cancelled, and the item on 24 September is now a “bypass update and next actions”. The agenda had not been published on 15 September. Phase Two, which would complete the route and bring a second Wye crossing, has no construction date.

On 26 August the council said the first two phases of the Holme Lacy Road scheme were expected to be complete during August, subject to final checks, and that work on the full scheme continues to winter 2027. In May the council had put the scheme at around 30% complete with a winter or spring 2026/27 finish, so the completion date has moved back by roughly a year on the council’s own statements. The work includes:

• full resurfacing between Oak Crescent and Thorn Business Park
• new high-friction surfacing
• raised crossings and junction changes to slow traffic
• a new traffic light junction at Holme Lacy Road, Chestnut Drive and Hoarwithy Road
• drainage work near the railway bridge, where flooding has been a recurring problem, and traffic lights letting one direction through at a time

The council says the aim is not to reduce the number of vehicles using Holme Lacy Road but to improve flow at key points. It has published a fly-through video of the finished route.

Walking, cycling and the city centre schemes

In May 2026 the council gave this position on the five main city schemes. The Holme Lacy Road line has since moved, as above.

If you would rather not drive at all, Beryl hire bikes have bays across the city including the railway station, Old Market and the Cathedral, on more than twenty miles of traffic-free path. A pedal bike is £1 to unlock and 5p a minute, an e-bike £1.50 and 12p a minute, and a day pass on a pedal bike is £12.

Bus changes that started on 30 August

The council flagged a set of timetable changes taking effect from the end of August, which is worth knowing if a closure pushes you onto a bus:

• extra evening journeys and better Sunday services on service 23, Newport to Hereford
• more journeys serving Hereford railway station on service 66, Monmouth to Hereford
• extra Saturday morning journeys on service 417, Worcester to Ledbury
• new early morning and evening journeys on service 675, Ledbury to Great Malvern
• retimed journeys on 32/33 (Gloucester to Ross-on-Wye) and 447/449 (Hereford to Kingstone and Madley)
• service 844 now serves Brampton Abbots in both directions

Several routes have changed operator without changing timetable. Newport Transport now runs the 413/812, 436 and 448 into Hereford, and D Belfitt Commercials runs the 31, 54, 436 (Breinton), 456/457, 459, 478 and 479 across south and east Herefordshire.

Common questions

What roads are closed in Hereford right now?

A465 Belmont Road is closed at night for 10 nights from 14 September, and Bonington Drive and Hillary Drive for five days from the same date. The College Road footbridge is shut, and the road bridge beside it is one-way from College Road towards Widemarsh Street. Gaol Street closes for two days from 24 September.

Where is the cheapest place to park in Hereford?

Merton Meadow car park, HR4 9HE, at £5.50 for up to 24 hours Monday to Saturday and £3.30 all day on Sunday. Gaol Street and Maylord Orchards, both more central, charge £17 for the same length of stay.

Is there free parking in Hereford?

The first 30 minutes is free in every Herefordshire Council car park and on-street pay-and-display bay, one session a day, under the Pop and Shop scheme. You must still take a ticket from the machine. Blue Badge holders get three hours free.

When does the Hereford bypass start?

Herefordshire Council’s bypass page says construction of Phase One is scheduled to begin in December 2026, but no construction contract has been awarded. Cabinet takes a “bypass update and next actions” item on 24 September. Phase One is a 3.6km link between the A49 and A465 serving Rotherwas. Phase Two has no date.

How do I object to the new Hereford parking restrictions?

In writing, by 12 noon on Friday 18 September 2026, to the Traffic Management Team at ADL Traffic and Highways Engineering, by email to info@adltraffic.co.uk or by post to ADL House, Oaklands Business Park, Armstrong Way, Yate, Bristol BS37 5NA. Say what you object to and why. Representations of support are accepted on the same terms.

How do I check Hereford roadworks?

Through the council’s roadworks map, which is the national one.network map. Individual scheme links on the council’s resurfacing pages usually only go live about ten days before work begins. The statutory closure notices, which carry the actual dates, are published in the Public Notice Portal.

Can I be dropped off outside Hereford station?

No. Since 9 May 2026 private vehicles have had to use the station car park for pick-up and drop-off while the new Transport Hub is under construction. The hub was around 65% complete in May, with an October 2026 finish expected.

Related

• Hereford to London trains: journey times, season ticket prices and the Transport Hub works.
• Hereford planning: the housing target behind the bypass argument.
• Hereford house prices: what homes cost across the county.
• Parking in Hereford: every council car park, tariff and permit.
• Things to do in Hereford: including where parking is free.

Sources

• Herefordshire Council statutory notices in the Public Notice Portal, published 27 August 2026 (Resurfacing and Patching Scheme Sept 26 order, notice of making, Schedule 1) and 27 August 2026 (Water Mains Renewal Prep 26-947 order, notice of making, Schedule 1), for every road, start date and duration in the September tables. The earlier notices of intention for the same resurfacing order and same water mains order, both 13 August 2026, are the comparison for what changed.
• Individual Herefordshire Council closure notices for Green Lane, Leominster, the B4216 at Ledbury, A44 Mill Street, Leominster, C1196 Madley, the A4111 at Kington, Alton Street, Ross-on-Wye, Fourth Avenue, Greytree, Ryelands Road, Leominster, Ashe Ingen Court Road, Bridstow and The Common, Wellington Heath.
• Herefordshire Council’s proposed Resurfacing and Patching Oct 26 (26-756) order, notice of intention, 10 September 2026, for the October schedule.
• Herefordshire Council notices published 10 September 2026 for Alton Street, Ross-on-Wye and Fourth Avenue, Greytree (both now made) and Daws Road parking; and 3 September 2026 for Frome Manor, Acton Beauchamp and Whyle Lane, Pudleston.
• Public footpath notices for HA3 at Haywood and GF3 at Grafton (notices of making, 10 September 2026), AM2 at Almeley, RR9 at Ross Rural and the ZC89 Leominster diversion.
• Public footpath closure notices for ZK9 at Ross-on-Wye, WH16 and LR17 at Wellington Heath and Ledbury Rural, PG4 at Pencombe and LZ3 at Lyonshall.
• Draft traffic regulation orders advertised 27 August 2026 with an 18 September deadline: waiting and loading restrictions on various Hereford roads and prohibition of overtaking on the A438 at Bartestree and Lugwardine.
• Herefordshire Council, road resurfacing programme and road surface dressing programme, counted on 5 and 15 September 2026, for the completed and live-link totals and the ten-day rule on the map links.
• Herefordshire Council, Burcott/College Road Bridge, read 15 September 2026, for the one-way system now in place, its direction, the barriers and the wrong-way driving.
• National Highways, road closure report, seven-day spreadsheet for 14 to 20 September 2026.
• Herefordshire Council Cabinet, 24 September 2026 and the forthcoming decision on the bypass.
• Herefordshire Council, new traffic arrangements and safety measures as Council develops bid to replace College Road footbridge, 26 August 2026.
• Herefordshire Council, Holme Lacy Road improvement scheme reaches major milestone, 26 August 2026, and bus service improvements and timetable changes, 28 August 2026.
• Herefordshire Council, major road improvement programme planned across Herefordshire, 23 March 2026, for the £37 million, the funding breakdown and the 142 schemes.
• Herefordshire Council, council car parks general information and Pop and Shop, plus the car park pages for Merton Meadow, Garrick Multi Storey, Gaol Street and Maylord Orchards, all tariffs re-checked 5 September 2026.
• Herefordshire Council, Cabinet adopts new 15-year parking strategy, 31 July 2026.
• Herefordshire Council, Full Business Case published for Hereford Bypass Phase One, 4 August 2026, and the Hereford Bypass page for the December 2026 construction date.
• Herefordshire Council, strong progress on the transport programme for the stage and completion dates of the five city schemes, and train travel for the station pick-up change.
• Beryl for the bike hire prices.

Durations in the orders are what the council expects, not guarantees, and the council says definitive dates and times will be given by advance warning signs on site. Where a notice is marked as an intention above, the order had not been made when we checked.