Bracknell Roadworks This Week: Ringmead and Buckler Ride

Ringmead in Great Hollands closes overnight on Friday 13 November for patching. Buckler Ride in Crowthorne then closes from Monday 16 November to Sunday 6 December for safety works. On Sunday 15 November buses replace trains between Reading and Bracknell.

This page was checked against the council’s road closures notices, the National Highways closure report for 9 to 15 November and National Rail on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Here is what is worth knowing.

• Ringmead closes from 8pm on Friday 13 November to 6am on Saturday 14 November in two sections, for carriageway patching.
• Buckler Ride in Crowthorne closes from Monday 16 November to Sunday 6 December for safety works.
• Buses replace trains between Reading and Bracknell on Sunday 15 November.
• Nothing is booked at M4 junction 10 or M3 junction 3 between 10 and 15 November.
• The Nightingale Crescent footpath subway (subway 48) is shut until Sunday 6 December for urgent drainage work.
• Dipper Lea and Kingfisher Chase in Jennetts Park close from 4pm to 8pm on Saturday 28 November for a Christmas lights switch-on.

Bracknell was laid out as a new town, so its roads are a deliberate network: dual carriageways on the outside, roundabouts instead of junctions, and estates hung off distributor roads. That design is fast when it works and awkward when it does not. Closing one link usually means a diversion of two or three miles rather than a parallel street.

The motorways this week

The National Highways closure report for 9 to 15 November books nothing at M4 junction 10 or M3 junction 3, the two motorway junctions Bracknell drivers use most. Nothing is booked on the A329(M) or the A322 either. These are the closures nearest the borough:

Each night’s closure ends at 6am the next morning (5:30am for the M4 into London). The junction 3 to junction 1 closure is the M4 past Heathrow. The M3 closure between junctions 5 and 6 is the stretch from Hook to Basingstoke. The report is reissued on working days, so a night can be added or moved after this page was checked.

The trains

On Sunday 15 November engineering work between Reading and Wokingham closes all lines. National Rail says South Western Railway buses will replace trains between Reading and Bracknell. Great Western Railway buses replace its trains between Reading and Guildford, and one of those bus routes calls at Crowthorne and Sandhurst. The notice gives no start or finish times.

On Sunday 22 November buses replace trains between Ascot and Guildford. That affects the line through Bagshot and Camberley, not Bracknell itself.

Check the journey planner before you set out.

Every closure now on the council’s books

The road closures notice page carries urgent repairs, utility and developer works, which appear at short notice. It is a live list: entries usually disappear once the work is done. The planned resurfacing round has no dates left this year, and Western Road is still postponed with no new date.

The B3017 Swinley Road repairs between Bracknell and Ascot were booked to end on Monday 9 November, and the road is no longer on the council’s list.

The council also lists one subway closure. The footpath subway at Nightingale Crescent, subway 48, is shut until Sunday 6 December for urgent drainage works. Walkers are sent via subway 49, Primrose Walk, Opladen Way, Harmans Water Road, the A322 Bagshot Road, the subway under Bagshot Road and South Hill Road (council subway closures page).

The council says closure durations may be estimates. Check the council’s road closures page before you set out.

The roads that carry the traffic

Everything funnels onto a handful of routes, and knowing which one a closure pushes you onto is most of the battle.

• A329(M) is the town’s motorway link, running north west from the Coppid Beech end of the borough to Reading and the M4 at junction 10. Anything on the A329 Berkshire Way between Doncastle roundabout and the boundary is the feeder to it, which is why that road is resurfaced overnight rather than in the day.
• A322 runs north to south through the west of the town as Downshire Way and Bagshot Road, and carries on to the M3 at junction 3 near Bagshot. It is the route for Guildford, Woking and the south coast.
• A329 London Road is the old east to west road, through the town centre towards Ascot one way and Wokingham the other.
• A3095 Mill Lane and Crowthorne Road run south from Twin Bridges towards Crowthorne, Sandhurst and Camberley, past the Look Out and Coral Reef.
• B3430 Nine Mile Ride cuts west from Crowthorne towards Wokingham and Finchampstead, and is the access road for Swinley Forest and the Look Out.

The named roundabouts worth knowing, because closure notices assume you do: Twin Bridges, Coppid Beech, Hanworth, Great Hollands, Doncastle, Vigar, Cain Road and Brookers Corner at Crowthorne.

Parking in the town centre

Braccan Walk, at 356 spaces, is the borough’s benchmark tariff. It is open 24 hours, though the lifts close between 9pm and 8am.

Three things the signs do not shout about. Bank holidays are charged at normal rates. There are no free concessions for Blue Badge holders in any council charging car park. And motorcycle parking is free, on the ground floor, 14 bays taking two bikes each. The height restriction is 2 metres.

The other town centre options are The Avenue multi-storey, Albert Road (194 spaces), Behind the Banks (27 spaces) and Wick Hill. Season tickets are available, and residents can apply for one on proof of address.

More local information

• Parking in Bracknell: every council car park, permit zones and Blue Badge rules.
• Bracknell train times to London: the Waterloo and Reading services from Bracknell station.
• Bracknell planning applications: what is being decided in the borough.
• Bracknell bin collection days: rounds, and what changes when a road is closed.