The westbound lane shuts 24/7 from 12 to 17 October with no right turn at Broughton Lane, then Tring Road closes 7pm to 7am on weeknights to 3 November.
Three months of roadworks on the A41 into Aylesbury begin on Monday 12 October. The first week is the hardest. The westbound lane of Tring Road, the side heading into town, is shut 24 hours a day until Saturday 17 October, and traffic runs on a contraflow.
Buckinghamshire Council set out the programme on a new A41 corridor page this week. It covers Tring Road, Aston Clinton Road and parts of the Aston Clinton bypass, and it runs to Wednesday 13 January 2027.
The council says the works support the new A41 Woodlands roundabout, which Taylor Wimpey is building for the Hampden Fields housing. It is using the same closures to resurface the road and to replace the crash barriers along the bypass, so that the stretch is not dug up twice.
The five phases
| When | Where | What |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 12 to Saturday 17 October | A41 Tring Road and Aston Clinton Road, between New Road and Bedgrove | Westbound lane (towards Aylesbury) closed 24 hours a day, including the Saturday. Traffic runs under a contraflow. No right turn from Tring Road into Broughton Lane, and no right turn out of it. Deep excavation in the footway and the carriageway |
| Saturday 17 October to Wednesday 13 January 2027 | A41 Aston Clinton Road, heading towards the Aston Clinton bypass | Eastbound lane closed 24 hours a day. Traffic in single file past the works while the northern side of the new roundabout is built |
| Monday 19 to Friday 23 October | A41 Aston Clinton Road, Aston Clinton side of Woodlands roundabout | Lane closure 24 hours a day with 24-hour two-way traffic lights, for a utility trench dug across the carriageway one side at a time |
| Monday 19 October to Tuesday 3 November | A41 Tring Road and Aston Clinton Road, between New Road and Bedgrove | Road closed overnight, 7pm to 7am, Monday to Friday nights only, for resurfacing. Manhole and drain covers reinforced and road markings repainted |
| Monday 26 October to Friday 6 November | A41 Aston Clinton Road, Aylesbury side of Woodlands roundabout | Lane closure 24 hours a day with two-way traffic lights, for a second utility trench across the road |
The working hours on the trench and civils phases are 7am to 7pm. The council keeps the lane closures in place round the clock anyway, because the excavations are deep and it wants a fenced working area at night.
What a contraflow means on Tring Road
The council explains the term on its page: vehicles “will be directed to travel in the opposite direction to the normal or expected flow of traffic”. In practice the westbound side between New Road and Bedgrove is coned off, and both directions share the other side.
The knock-on is at Broughton Lane. While the 24-hour closure is in place there is no right turn from Tring Road into Broughton Lane, and no right turn out of Broughton Lane onto Tring Road. Left turns are not mentioned as restricted. The council has not published a diversion for drivers who would normally turn right there.
Each phase has its own entry on One.Network, the roadworks map the council uses, and the council’s page links to them. It asks drivers to plan on One.Network, allow extra time, and follow the signed diversions rather than a sat-nav.
Why now: the roundabout
The works are the first dated, on-the-ground programme for the biggest change to driving in Aylesbury in years. Taylor Wimpey is rebuilding the Woodlands roundabout, where Aston Clinton Road and Aylesbury Road meet the A41 dual carriageway, as part of the Hampden Fields development. (Buckinghamshire Council, new A41 roundabout)
The council’s project page lists what is being built:
- the current Woodlands roundabout is demolished
- a hamburger-style roundabout is built in its place, around three times larger
- Aston Clinton Road is widened
- the new Southern Link Road into Hampden Fields is created
- the overhead electricity cables to the south of the road go underground
That page still gives mid-September 2026 as the start of main construction and summer 2027 as completion. It has not been updated to match the corridor page. The council refers all enquiries about the roundabout itself to Taylor Wimpey, and handles the traffic management on the corridor.
Two council pages, two sets of dates
The council’s weekly roadworks list, updated on Friday 9 October, carries the same Tring Road works with two small differences:
- it gives the first phase as Monday 12 to Friday 17 October, where the corridor page says Saturday 17 October and spells out that the closure stays in place on the Saturday. 17 October is a Saturday
- it describes the overnight closures as 7pm to 7am “daily”, where the corridor page says Monday to Friday only, excluding weekends
We have used the corridor page, which is the more detailed of the two and was written for this scheme. If you need Tring Road on a weekend evening between 19 October and 3 November, check One.Network that day rather than relying on either page.
What it means for you
- Driving in from Tring, Aston Clinton or Hemel Hempstead. From Monday the inbound side of Tring Road is a single shared lane, all day and all night, until Saturday 17 October. The council says to allow extra time.
- Broughton Lane. No right turns in or out until 17 October. Approach from the other direction, or turn left and find somewhere to turn.
- Evenings from 19 October. Tring Road between New Road and Bedgrove is closed from 7pm to 7am on weeknights until 3 November. No diversion route has been published yet.
- Aston Clinton Road to January. Single-file traffic past the roundabout works on the eastbound side from 17 October to 13 January, with two-way lights added on the Aston Clinton side from 19 to 23 October and on the Aylesbury side from 26 October to 6 November.
- Everything else on the roads this fortnight is on our Aylesbury roadworks and travel page, including the M40 night closures and the railway closure between Princes Risborough and Aylesbury on 24 and 25 October.
The corridor page says it will be updated as the works progress, and the council posts updates as @BucksHighways on Facebook. We will keep the roadworks page current as each phase starts and ends.
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