M25 Closures Tonight
Which parts of the M25 are closed tonight? This page lists the overnight closures on the M25: full carriageway closures, slip roads and junctions shut for roadworks, usually between about 8pm and 6am.
Most M25 overnight closures come with a signed diversion, often off at one junction and back on at the next. Allow extra time, and check the live M25 traffic flow map and the overhead signs before you set off.
The Dartford Crossing has its own regular overnight closures of the bridge or one of the tunnels; you can read more on our Dartford Crossing page.
M25 Overnight Closures
Closures that are scheduled for tonight are listed below, newest first. For everything else happening on the M25, see all the latest M25 traffic news.
13 matching items - showing 1-10 of 13 total available news items
A282 Northbound Dartford Crossing West Tunnel closure
02:36 (2:36am)14 Oct 2026reported 11 min ago
- Location
- A282 northbound Dartford Crossing
- Direction
- Northbound
- Lanes closed
- Carriageway closed
- Reason
- Maintenance work
- Schedule
- 21:00 (9pm) Tue 13 Oct 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 14 Oct 2026
M25 Jct 5 link road lane 1 closure
02:36 (2:36am)14 Oct 2026reported 11 min ago
- Location
- M25 clockwise within J5
- Direction
- Clockwise
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Maintenance work
- Schedule
- 22:00 (10pm) Tue 13 Oct 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 14 Oct 2026
M25 Clockwise Jct 4 to Jct 5 lane 1 closure
02:36 (2:36am)14 Oct 2026reported 11 min ago
- Location
- M25 clockwise within J5
- Direction
- Clockwise
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Maintenance work
- Schedule
- 22:00 (10pm) Tue 13 Oct 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 14 Oct 2026
M25 Clockwise Jct 28 to Jct 29 lane 1,2 closure
02:36 (2:36am)14 Oct 2026reported 11 min ago
- Location
- M25 clockwise between J28 and J29
- Direction
- Clockwise
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Roadworks
- Schedule
- 22:00 (10pm) Tue 13 Oct 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 14 Oct 2026
M25 anticlockwise Jct 13 exit slip road lane 1 closure
02:36 (2:36am)14 Oct 2026reported 11 min ago
- Location
- M25 J13 anti-clockwise exit
- Direction
- Anticlockwise
- Lanes closed
- Slip road closed
- Reason
- Other
- Schedule
- 22:00 (10pm) Tue 13 Oct 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 14 Oct 2026
M25 Anti-clockwise Jct 15 to M4 Eastbound and Westbound Jct 4B link road closure
02:36 (2:36am)14 Oct 2026reported 11 min ago
- Location
- M25 anti-clockwise between J16 and J15
- Direction
- Anticlockwise
- Lanes closed
- Carriageway closed
- Reason
- Roadworks
- Schedule
- 22:00 (10pm) Tue 13 Oct 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 14 Oct 2026
M25 Anti-clockwise Jct 16 to Jct 15 Lane 1,2 closure
02:36 (2:36am)14 Oct 2026reported 11 min ago
- Location
- M25 anti-clockwise within J15
- Direction
- Anticlockwise
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Roadworks
- Schedule
- 22:00 (10pm) Tue 13 Oct 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 14 Oct 2026
M25 Anti-clockwise Jct 10 to Jct 9 carriageway closure
02:36 (2:36am)14 Oct 2026reported 11 min ago
- Location
- M25 anti-clockwise at the Cobham services between J10 and J9
- Direction
- Anticlockwise
- Lanes closed
- Carriageway closed
- Reason
- Roadworks
- Schedule
- 22:00 (10pm) Tue 13 Oct 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 14 Oct 2026
M25 Anti-clockwise Jct 10 entry slip road closure
02:36 (2:36am)14 Oct 2026reported 11 min ago
- Location
- M25 J10 anti-clockwise access
- Direction
- Anticlockwise
- Lanes closed
- Carriageway closed
- Reason
- Roadworks
- Schedule
- 22:00 (10pm) Tue 13 Oct 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 14 Oct 2026
M25 Anti-clockwise Cobham services link road closure
02:36 (2:36am)14 Oct 2026reported 11 min ago
- Location
- M25 anti-clockwise between J10 and J9
- Direction
- Anticlockwise
- Lanes closed
- Carriageway closed
- Reason
- Roadworks
- Schedule
- 22:00 (10pm) Tue 13 Oct 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 14 Oct 2026
This page shows closures or roadworks affecting tonight only. For everything on the M25 see all the latest M25 traffic news, the overhead signs and the speed limits in force now.
Updated 02:47 (2:47am) Wed 14 Oct 2026
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Roadworks Info
The main source of our roadworks information is Traffic England, formally the Highways Agency, which is the government department specifically tasked with maintaining England's roads. This is therefore usually one of the most reliable sources of roadworks updates.
Each roadworks report has:
- Report title
- Date Released or updated
- Category or Source
- Location
- Schedule
- Summary
The roadworks update title is a brief summary of main facts.
The remainder of the report is the detail of when the report was released or updated and details of what the roadworks are, where they are, and how long they are expected to last.
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On any single day you can find information about both current and planned roadworks so that you are aware of possible delays and holdups on your journey.
As a major motorway, and a very busy one, we often feature dozens of up to date reports and updates and you can find all of them in our central search news page.
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Why M25 roadworks and lane closures happen at night
It is a fair question — why is so much M25 motorway work done in the small hours, and why do the same roadworks take so many nights? The Department for Transport’s own hourly traffic counts answer it, and it is worth knowing before judging today’s M25 roadworks too harshly.
12,808
M25 traffic, quietest hour
counted on a normal weekday between 7am and 6pm — and it falls at midday. There is no daytime window quiet enough to close an M25 lane in.
14,457
in the busiest hour
at 7am. Only 12.9% separates that from the quietest hour, so daytime M25 roadworks cause delays at any hour you choose to start them.
241
vehicles a minute
through the busiest hour on the M25 motorway, both directions. Closing one lane of four removes capacity the traffic simply cannot make up — which is how a short closure becomes long delays.
28,211
lorries a day
at the eastern end of the M25. Overnight roadworks keep that freight moving through the day, which is when most of it has to be somewhere.
So the M25 roadworks you see coned off at two in the morning with nobody in them are usually the safest and least disruptive way to do the job. The alternative is not fewer roadworks — it is the same roadworks at four in the afternoon. Either way, the latest M25 roadworks and lane closure updates for today are on this page, refreshed through the day — alongside the rest of the M25 motorway traffic news.
Hourly figures are from the Department for Transport’s own count point beside junction 14, counted on 23 April 2025 and published on 20 May 2026.