The Brent Cross flyover stays one lane each way to 21 November and Hadley Highstone is shut until about 5 December, plus the Tube strike on 26 November.

This page lists the Barnet roadworks, closures and rail disruption running this week and starting before the end of November 2026, checked against TfL, Barnet Council’s orders, National Highways and National Rail on Saturday 14 November.

The A41 Hendon Way flyover at Brent Cross is still a contraflow, one lane each way. TfL’s live feed, updated at 7.11am on 14 November, says: “Until 05:00 Saturday 21 November, there is a contraflow on A41 Hendon Way flyover.” TfL reports traffic “flowing well”.

New today: Hadley Highstone, north of High Barnet, is closed between Kitts End Road and Dury Road for water main renewal. The council’s made order starts it on Saturday 14 November and expects it to last 21 days, to about 5 December.

From Monday 16 November the council plans four more short closures: Temple Fortune Lane and Woodside in NW11, Wycherley Crescent in Barnet and a lane of Highwood Hill in Mill Hill (details below).

Tube drivers plan to strike from noon on Thursday 26 November to 11.59am on Friday 27 November. TfL says there is “likely to be some disruption across all Underground lines, but trains are expected to run on most lines.” Piccadilly line service control staff plan a separate strike from 11.59am on Friday 20 November to 8.30pm on Saturday 21 November.

On the weekend of 28 to 30 November there are no trains between King’s Cross and Peterborough, and buses call at New Southgate, Oakleigh Park, New Barnet and Hadley Wood (details below).

What has finished since our last update: the westbound A406 lane closure at Golders Green Road and the overnight A406 closures of 12 and 13 November have passed their listed dates; the Cadent gas works on Hendon Way at Cricklewood Lane and the Glebe Lane closure in Arkley are no longer on TfL’s feed; and the council orders for Mayfield Avenue, Oakleigh Gardens, Lanacre Avenue, Claremont Road, Sebright Road and Heronsgate have run their course. Burnt Oak station no longer appears in TfL’s planned closures.

Updated 14 November 2026: Brent Cross contraflow end date re-read; Hadley Highstone, Temple Fortune Lane, Woodside, Wycherley Crescent, Highwood Hill, Hendon Lane signals, the Tube strikes and the King’s Cross closure added; finished works removed.

Last checked 14 November 2026.

Brent Cross roadworks: what is shut and when

When What is happening at Brent Cross
Now, to 5am Saturday 21 November Contraflow on the A41 Hendon Way flyover, one lane each way
Late November to early January Works pause for Christmas (TfL project page, read in October)
January 2027 Further overnight closures of Hendon Way and of the A406 beneath the interchange (TfL travel advice, read on 31 October)

TfL’s live record for the works gives two end times: the text says 5am on Saturday 21 November, and the record’s own end field says 6pm on Friday 20 November. We print the later one so nobody is caught out.

The overnight closures of 19 and 20 November could not be re-confirmed today. When we read TfL’s travel advice on 31 October it listed A41 Hendon Way closed in both directions between Vivian Avenue and The Vale on those two nights, 10pm to 5am. Today that page loaded without its detail, and the live feed does not mention the closures. Check TfL’s travel advice before driving through on those nights.

The A406 North Circular approaching Brent Cross, with 'Brent Cross' painted on the carriageway and traffic in the far lanes
The A406 North Circular approaching Brent Cross. Photo: Stacey Harris (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Brent Cross flyover: why and for how long

The Brent Cross flyover carrying Hendon Way over the North Circular, with a curving slip road below it
Hendon Way crossing the North Circular on the Brent Cross flyover. Photo: David Howard (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons

TfL’s project page said in October that work would pause “from late November 2026 to early January 2027” and continue for up to two years in all. The job is to strengthen the flyover, replace its safety barriers and waterproof it, so that the 7.5-tonne weight restriction in place since October 2022 can come off at the end. The Department for Transport has put in £10.8 million. We set out the full story in our report on the flyover works.

TfL’s travel advice, as read on 31 October, also listed overnight closures in January 2027, each 10pm to 5am: A41 Hendon Way between Vivian Avenue and The Vale on 4 and 5 January, and the A406 North Circular in both directions beneath the interchange on 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 January, for concrete repairs. TfL said some bus routes would divert during the Hendon Way closures and that more overnight closures might be needed. The Brent Cross footbridge was closed for repairs. We will re-check these when TfL’s page loads its detail again.

The other works on TfL’s feed

TfL’s live feed, read in full on the morning of 14 November, has two other Barnet entries:

  • A504 Hendon Lane at Waverley Grove (N3, NW4): temporary traffic signals in both directions for Cadent gas works, listed from 4.09pm on Thursday 12 November to the end of Thursday 19 November. TfL reports traffic “flowing well”.
  • A1 Lyttelton Road westbound at Gurney Drive (N2): lane one of two blocked by an abandoned vehicle, logged on the evening of 13 November. TfL reports no delays.

There are no TfL entries today for Apex Corner, the A1 Watford Way, Barnet Way, Great North Way, the A5 through Edgware and Colindale, Cricklewood Lane or the A411 at Arkley.

Hendon M1 night closures

Barnet Council made five closure orders on 29 October “to facilitate access for urgent investigation works to be carried out on the M1”. Each closes the road at its junction with Great North Way, 10pm to 5.30am, starting on Monday 2 November. The three-night closures have run; the 13-night ones may still be running into this weekend, as the orders do not list the individual nights.

Road Nights from 2 Nov Diversion Contingency dates
Sunny Gardens NW4 13 Watford Way, Greyhound Hill and Church Road 23 to 25 November
Chatsworth Avenue NW4 13 Watford Way, Greyhound Hill and Church Road 23 to 26 November
Ashley Lane NW4 3 B552 Parson Street, A504 Finchley Lane, A1, A406 eastbound, A1000, A406 westbound 1 to 3 December
Downage NW4 3 The same route 1 to 3 December
Westside NW4 3 The south-western side of Westside 1 to 3 December

The contingency dates only apply if the works are not finished on schedule (Sunny Gardens, Chatsworth Avenue, Ashley Lane, Downage, Westside).

The next fortnight

These come from Barnet Council’s notices on the Public Notice Portal, read on 14 November. “Order made” means the council has decided; “intention” means it has only said it intends to. None of these notices gives working hours.

Starts Road What happens Diversion
Now, since Mon 9 Nov, 10 days Queens Parade Close N11, Friern Barnet Closed for substation roof replacement, to about 19 November. Order made Colney Hatch Lane, Friern Barnet Road and Hollyfield Avenue
Now, since Mon 9 Nov, 85 days Clayton Field NW9, Colindale Closed between Linklea Close and Highlea Close for water upgrade works, to about 2 February 2027. Order made Lanacre Avenue, Grahame Park Way and Field Mead
Sat 14 Nov, 21 days Hadley Highstone EN5 Closed between Kitts End Road and Dury Road for water main renewal, to about 5 December. Order made Kitts End Road, Great North Road, Barnet Road and Dancers Hill Road
Mon 16 Nov, 19 days Temple Fortune Lane NW11 Closed for 15 metres south-east from its junction with “Finchley Lane” (the notice’s wording) for gas mains replacement, to about 5 December. Intention Finchley Road, Hoop Lane and Meadway Gate; or Finchley Road, Hampstead Way, Meadway and Temple Fortune Lane
Mon 16 Nov, 3 days Woodside NW11 (NW11 6HH) Closed for BT duct installation. The notice gives no length. Intention Not given
Mon 16 Nov, 9 days Wycherley Crescent EN5 Closed between Nos. 21 and 23 and between Nos. 13 and 15 for UKPN electrical connection works, to about 25 November. Intention Within Wycherley Crescent and Ivere Drive
Mon 16 Nov, 9.30am to 3.30pm Highwood Hill NW7, Mill Hill The south-west bound filter lane and a 50-metre section closed for tree felling, one day. Intention A long signed route via Holcombe Hill, The Ridgeway, the A1 and Apex Corner

The Queens Parade Close order spells the diversion road “Coney Hatch Lane”; the road is Colney Hatch Lane. A further intention for Burns Lane NW7, under the railway bridge (overnight vegetation work, diversion via Flower Lane and The Broadway) gives a start date of 11 July 2026, which is before the notice was published, so we cannot tell when it will happen.

Notices: Hadley Highstone, Clayton Field, Queens Parade Close, Temple Fortune Lane, Woodside, Wycherley Crescent, Highwood Hill, Burns Lane.

Longer restrictions on council roads

  • Gainsborough Road and Netherfield Road, Woodside Park (N12): closed to about 21 November. 29 days from 23 October, for a footway build-out and drainage, re-read on 14 November. Diversions via Nether Street, the High Road and Woodside Road (Gainsborough Road, Netherfield Road).
  • Lodge Lane and Gainsborough Road, North Finchley (N12): no-entry rules since 29 October. Drivers cannot enter Lodge Lane from the southern lane of Gainsborough Road, or Gainsborough Road’s northern lane from Lodge Lane, “to reduce cut-through traffic” (the made orders).

The following orders were read in full in October and run for months; they were not re-read today.

  • Meadway, Hampstead Garden Suburb (NW11): no waiting or loading until about 30 November, between Heathgate and Bigwood Road, while a burst water main is repaired (the order).
  • Queenswell School Street, Whetstone (N20): motor vehicles without a permit cannot enter Orchard Avenue, Queens Avenue, Greenside Close and part of Sweets Way from 8.30am to 9.15am and 3pm to 3.45pm on weekdays. The order is experimental; objections go to highwayscorrespondence@barnet.gov.uk quoting TMO 2026_60 (the made order).
  • Deansway and Edmunds Walk, East Finchley (N2): 20mph since 9 October (the made orders).
  • Brampton Lane, Foster Street, Short Street, Cowley Place and New Brent Street, Hendon (NW4): “at any time” waiting restrictions from 15 October, for about 13 months (the made order).
  • Barnfield Road, Burnt Oak (HA8): one-way system suspended for 474 days from 31 August, for the step-free upgrade at Burnt Oak station. The portal’s summary gives an end of 18 December 2026, but 474 days from 31 August reaches December 2027 (the made order; our report).
  • Deansbrook Road, Edgware (HA8): south-eastern footpath closed between Deansbrook Road and Barnfield Road, estimated to 27 November 2027 (the order).
  • Moxon Street, Victors Way and Whitings Road, High Barnet (EN5): parking changed for more than a year, to about January 2028 on Moxon Street and Victors Way (Moxon Street, Victors Way, Whitings Road).

Just over the border, in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire notices on the Public Notice Portal, read on 14 November:

  • Windmill Hill, Bushey Heath: an intention to close it between Clay Lane and the A4140 High Road from Monday 23 November, for works expected to take five days. Diversion via Clay Lane, the A411 Elstree Road, The Rutts and the A4140 High Road (the notice).
  • Potters Bar and North Mymms: Hawkshead Lane is closed under a made order from Wednesday 18 November for two days, the Mimms Hall Road service road on Friday 27 November for one day, and Barr Road, Potters Bar is the subject of an intention from Monday 30 November for five days (the notice).

Lullington Garth: the closures have ended

Barnet Council’s order for Lullington Garth, Sussex Ring and Argyle Road in Woodside Park (N12) allowed daytime closures for resurfacing from 11 September to 12 October (the order). No Barnet notice we read on 14 November mentions Lullington Garth or Sussex Ring. If you find cones there now, it is likely to be a utility dig: search the street on LondonWorks. Lullington Garth in Borehamwood (WD6) is a different road.

Apex Corner

A TfL order made with Barnet Council authorised phased overnight resurfacing at Apex Corner (Northway Circus), where the A1 meets the A41, from 26 January 2026 to 25 July 2027, 10pm to 5am. Its Public Notice Portal entries have rolled off the site, and TfL’s live feed listed nothing at Apex Corner on 14 November. If a closure there affects you, check TfL’s traffic status page.

The motorways: M1, A1(M) and M25 nights

National Highways’ seven-day closure report (updated 3.30pm on 13 November, covering 13 to 19 November) books these near Barnet, all 10pm to 5.30am unless stated:

  • M1 southbound, junction 5: exit and entry slip roads closed on Tuesday 17 November, part of junction 6 to 5 maintenance. Nothing is booked on the M1 between Staples Corner and junction 4.
  • A1(M) southbound, Bignells Corner to Rowley Lane: carriageway and slip roads closed on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 November for “hazardous trees”. This is the stretch from South Mimms towards Barnet.
  • A1(M) junction 4: the westbound overbridge closed on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 November for signage works, and the northbound carriageway between the slips on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 November for electrical works.
  • M25 clockwise, junction 25: “up and over” closure every night from Monday 16 to Thursday 19 November. M25 anticlockwise, junction 27 to 25: closed on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Thursday 19 November.
  • M25 clockwise: junction 21 to 21A from 10.30pm on Sunday 15 November, and the junction 22 exit slip on Tuesday 17 November.

The report does not yet cover 20 November onwards. Source: National Highways closure report.

Trains and the Tube

Tonight, Saturday 14 November: there is no Saturday Night Tube between East Finchley / Golders Green and Morden from 1.30am to 5.30am on Sunday 15 November, so use night buses. On Sunday the Northern line has no service south of Euston (Bank branch) and Charing Cross.

Tube strikes. TfL’s line status says Piccadilly line service control staff plan to strike from 11.59am on Friday 20 November to 8.30pm on Saturday 21 November, with “severe disruption” expected on the Piccadilly line, which serves Cockfosters and Oakwood on Barnet’s eastern edge. Some Tube drivers plan to strike from 12pm on Thursday 26 November to 11.59am on Friday 27 November; TfL expects trains to run on most lines. TfL’s planned closures list (correct at 9 November) has no other closure on Barnet’s Northern line stations to the end of November.

Great Northern, tonight and tomorrow. After about 11.50pm on Saturday 14 November buses replace trains between Potters Bar and Stevenage, Letchworth Garden City and Peterborough, and before about 7.50am on Sunday 15 November buses run non-stop between Finsbury Park and Alexandra Palace (the notice).

King’s Cross, 28 to 30 November. For East Coast digital signalling work there is no service between King’s Cross and Peterborough from Saturday 28 November to 6.40am on Monday 30 November. Replacement buses run between Alexandra Palace and Welwyn Garden City, calling at New Southgate, Oakleigh Park, New Barnet, Cockfosters Tube and Potters Bar, and between Cockfosters and Potters Bar via Hadley Wood. Paper tickets are accepted on the Northern line between Moorgate and High Barnet, and on buses 107, 307 and 384 between New Barnet and High Barnet (the notice).

We found no Thameslink notice for Mill Hill Broadway, Hendon or Cricklewood to the end of November in the part of National Rail’s planned works list we could read.

The three trackers that stay current

Roadworks pages date fast. These do not.

  1. TfL traffic status: live disruption on the red routes (A1, A41, A5, A406), organised by corridor with dates and severity.
  2. LondonWorks: TfL’s register of every proposed and current streetwork in Greater London. Search by postcode, street or the borough of Barnet, up to three months ahead. This is the one that catches the gas board digging up your own street.
  3. Barnet TraffWeb: the council’s own live map of traffic orders, consultations, collision data and parking suspensions. Barely anyone knows it exists, and it is the definitive record of restrictions on council roads.

The council also publishes a street works and road closures page. For the statutory orders themselves, which carry the exact extent, hours and diversion of every closure, search Barnet on the Public Notice Portal. That is where the closures above come from.

What we could not confirm today

  • The Hendon Way overnight closures of 19 and 20 November, the Christmas pause and the January dates. TfL’s travel advice and project pages loaded without their detail on 14 November, so these rest on our reads of 31 October and earlier.
  • Which nights the Sunny Gardens and Chatsworth Avenue closures fall on. The orders give 13 nights from 2 November but do not list them.
  • barnet.gov.uk’s street works page returned an empty page today, so nothing here rests on it.
  • Packhorse Lane at Ridge (Hertsmere): we could not find its notice on the portal today, so we have dropped it rather than repeat October’s dates.
  • Meadway and the other long-running council orders listed as not re-read above.
  • Temple Fortune Lane, Woodside, Wycherley Crescent and Highwood Hill are intentions, so the council could still change the dates.
  • National Highways closures from 20 November: the current report stops at 19 November.

Who runs which road, and where to report a pothole

Two authorities share Barnet’s roads, and a report to the wrong one goes nowhere. TfL manages the red routes, which it says make up 5% of London’s roads but carry up to 30% of its traffic. In Barnet that means the A1 (Watford Way and Barnet Way), the A41, the A5 and the A406. Defects on those go to TfL Streetcare or 0343 222 1234.

Everything else is Barnet Council’s, from the A1000 through Whetstone and High Barnet down to your own street. Report those through barnet.gov.uk or FixMyStreet.

Diagram of who runs which Barnet roads: TfL red routes are the A1 Watford Way and Barnet Way, the A41, the A5 Edgware Road and the A406 North Circular, reported via TfL Streetcare; Barnet Council runs everything else including the A1000, reported via the council or FixMyStreet

The council side is mid-way through a heavy investment cycle. Barnet approved a £15.52 million highways programme for 2026/27 in December 2025, £9 million of it on roads and £3.4 million on pavements. That is part of a £97 million package announced in 2024 for its 723 km of roads and 1,290 km of pavements, and the council says it repaired nearly 4,000 potholes in 2025 (Highways News, March 2026).

Station parking, for the park-and-ride commute

Tariffs below were re-checked on 13 September 2026 and are unchanged.

  • High Barnet station: 173-space surface car park run by Saba for TfL, open 24/7, cashless with ANPR. £11 a weekday, £6.30 at weekends, £54 a week, £216 a month, £648 a quarter, £2,592 a year. Motorcycles £2. Bank holidays are charged at the weekday rate. Six of the 173 spaces are blue badge bays. Blue Badge holders park free in a designated bay, but you have to register the stay at a machine on arrival, and standard rates apply if those bays are full.
  • Mill Hill Broadway station: 42-space car park run by APCOA for Thameslink. £11.10 a weekday, dropping to £8.10 after 10am and £3.60 after 5pm, £4.10 at weekends. Season tickets are £45.10 a week, £169.70 a month, £444.70 a quarter and £1,455.90 a year, with a premier ticket at £1,742. Blue Badge holders park free. A 15p convenience fee applies to every tariff, and daily rates expire at 4am.
  • Edgware station: no operator tariff page was published when we checked. The nearest confirmed TfL car park is Canons Park, one stop away with 161 spaces.

If you are parking on-street instead, the borough’s controlled zones and charges are covered in our parking in Barnet page, and if the roads are against you the trains usually are not.

What it means for you

If you drive through Brent Cross, allow extra time every day until 21 November. The flyover is one lane each way in the contraflow. TfL’s advice, if you do not need to stop at Brent Cross, Staples Corner or Henlys Corner, is to go another way.

If you drive between High Barnet and South Mimms, Hadley Highstone is shut between Kitts End Road and Dury Road until about 5 December, and the A1(M) southbound from Bignells Corner to Rowley Lane closes overnight on 17 and 18 November.

If you live in Temple Fortune or Golders Green, Temple Fortune Lane and Woodside are due to close from Monday 16 November, and the A504 Hendon Lane has temporary lights at Waverley Grove to 19 November.

If you commute by Tube, plan for the drivers’ strike from noon on Thursday 26 November, and for the Piccadilly line on 20 and 21 November.

If you use New Barnet, Oakleigh Park, New Southgate or Hadley Wood, there are no trains into King’s Cross from Saturday 28 November to early Monday 30 November; buses and the Northern line are the alternatives.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Brent Cross flyover closed?

No, but it is down to one lane each way. TfL’s feed on 14 November says the contraflow on the A41 Hendon Way flyover runs until 5am on Saturday 21 November. On 31 October TfL also listed full overnight closures of Hendon Way on 19 and 20 November, which we could not re-confirm today.

How long will the Brent Cross roadworks last?

TfL says the flyover renewal will take up to two years. The autumn contraflow is listed to 21 November, then the works pause from late November 2026 to early January 2027, with overnight closures listed for January.

Is Hadley Highstone closed?

Yes. Barnet Council’s made order closes Hadley Highstone between Kitts End Road and Dury Road from Saturday 14 November for 21 days of water main renewal, to about 5 December. The diversion uses Kitts End Road, Great North Road, Barnet Road and Dancers Hill Road.

Is there a Tube strike in November 2026?

Yes, two are planned. Piccadilly line service control staff plan to strike from 11.59am on Friday 20 November to 8.30pm on Saturday 21 November, and some Tube drivers from 12pm on Thursday 26 November to 11.59am on Friday 27 November. TfL expects trains on most lines during the drivers’ strike.

Is Lullington Garth still closed?

Not under the council’s order. The phased daytime closures of Lullington Garth, Sussex Ring and Argyle Road in Woodside Park ran from 11 September to 12 October, and no new order for the road has been published since. The Lullington Garth in Borehamwood is a separate road.

Are there roadworks at Staples Corner?

National Highways’ report to 19 November has no closures on the M1 between Staples Corner and junction 4. The nearest is the junction 5 southbound slip roads on the night of 17 November.

Sources

TfL, Barnet Council’s statutory orders, National Highways, TfL’s planned closures and National Rail re-checked on 14 November 2026. Individual closures change weekly, so confirm on the linked trackers before you travel. Related: parking in Barnet, Barnet train times to London and Barnet bin collection days.