Live: Harrogate district traffic and travel
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Last updated Nov 18, 2021

Good morning and happy Thursday. It’s Suzannah back with you this morning with frequent travel alerts to try and make your journey as smooth as possible.

I’ll let you know about roadworks, delayed buses and any traffic hotspots that could cause you delays.

If you spot anything, and it is safe to do so, give me a call on 01423 276197 and we can help other commuters too.

These blogs are brought to you by The HACS Group.


9am – Full Update

Roads

Traffic hotspots:

  • Knaresborough Road, both ways, through Starbeck – six minute delay
  • Wetherby Road from Kestrel roundabout to Woodlands junction – seven minute delay
  • Leeds Road coming up the hill to M&S Food Hall – due to roadworks – five minute delay

Traffic is building here:

  • Skipton Road heading towards Empress roundabout
  • Leeds Road near M&S Food Hall
  • Otley Road near Pannal Ash
  • New Park roundabout coming into Harrogate town centre
  • A61 through Pannal near Costa Coffee
  • Boroughbridge Road, near the Kia Garage – due to roadworks
  • Otley Road heading south to the junction with the A59 at Oaker Bank
  • Ripon city centre
  • Harewood

Road closures:

  • Leadhall Lane, Harrogate – road closure
  • Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure
  • Wayside Avenue near Wetherby Road – road closure for resurfacing
  • Harlow Moor Road at the junction with Otley Road – temporary one way system 
  • Savage Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure
  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure
  • Pool Lane, Nun Monkton – road closure
  • Arthurs Avenue between Otley Road and Pannal Ash Road – road closure

Temporary lights:

  • Drury Lane, Pannal
  • Wetherby Road, Harrogate
  • Ripon Road just south of Ripley
  • Otley Road near Pharmall Ltd
  • York Road, Knaresborough, near chain Lane
  • Cold Bath Road in Harrogate
  • Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green
  • Green Lane near Ashville College
  • Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road
  • Boroughbridge Road, near the Kia Garage
  • Dallamires Lane, Ripon

Trains

  • 9.05 Harrogate to York – five minute delay – 9.10
  • There are no problems on any other train the Harrogate to York, Leeds or Knaresborough lines

Buses

  • Buses look to be running on time with no reported delays or cancellations
  • Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds


8.30am – Full Update

Roads

Traffic hotspots:

  • Knaresborough Road, both ways, through Starbeck – seven minute delay
  • Wetherby Road from Kestrel roundabout to Woodlands junction – five minute delay
  • Ripley roundabout, north of the castle – reports of a crash 

Traffic is building here:

  • Knaresborough Road, both ways, through Starbeck
  • Leeds Road near M&S Food Hall
  • Otley Road near Pannal Ash
  • New Park roundabout coming into Harrogate town centre
  • A61 through Pannal near Costa Coffee
  • Coming off the A1 (M) at J47 for Knaresborough
  • Boroughbridge Road, near the Kia Garage – due to roadworks
  • Otley Road heading south to the junction with the A59 at Oaker Bank
  • Ripon city centre
  • Harewood

Traffic is building here:

  • Knaresborough Road, both ways, through Starbeck
  • Skipton Road heading down to Empress roundabout
  • Coming off the A1 (M) at J47 for Knaresborough
  • Boroughbridge Road, near the Kia Garage – due to roadworks
  • Otley Road heading south to the junction with the A59 at Oaker Bank
  • Ripon city centre

Road closures:

  • Leadhall Lane, Harrogate – road closure
  • Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure
  • Wayside Avenue near Wetherby Road – road closure for resurfacing
  • Harlow Moor Road at the junction with Otley Road – temporary one way system 
  • Savage Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure
  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure
  • Pool Lane, Nun Monkton – road closure
  • Arthurs Avenue between Otley Road and Pannal Ash Road – road closure

Temporary lights:

  • Drury Lane, Pannal
  • Wetherby Road, Harrogate
  • Ripon Road just south of Ripley
  • Otley Road near Pharmall Ltd
  • York Road, Knaresborough, near chain Lane
  • Cold Bath Road in Harrogate
  • Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green
  • Green Lane near Ashville College
  • Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road
  • Boroughbridge Road, near the Kia Garage
  • Dallamires Lane, Ripon

Trains

  • 8.30 Harrogate to Leeds – four minute delay – 8.39
  • There are no problems on any other train the Harrogate to York, Leeds or Knaresborough lines

Buses

  • The number 7 8.20 from Leeds to Harrogate has been cancelled
  • Buses look to be running on time with no reported delays or cancellations
  • Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds

8am – Full Update 

Roads

Traffic hotspots:

  • Wetherby Road from Kestrel roundabout to Woodlands junction – seven minute delay
  • Ripley roundabout, north of the castle – reports of a crash 

Traffic is building here:

  • Knaresborough Road, both ways, through Starbeck
  • Skipton Road heading down to Empress roundabout
  • Coming off the A1 (M) at J47 for Knaresborough
  • Boroughbridge Road, near the Kia Garage – due to roadworks
  • Otley Road heading south to the junction with the A59 at Oaker Bank
  • Ripon city centre

Road closures:

  • Leadhall Lane, Harrogate – road closure
  • Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure
  • Wayside Avenue near Wetherby Road – road closure for resurfacing
  • Harlow Moor Road at the junction with Otley Road – temporary one way system 
  • Savage Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure
  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure
  • Pool Lane, Nun Monkton – road closure
  • Arthurs Avenue between Otley Road and Pannal Ash Road – road closure

Temporary lights:

  • Drury Lane, Pannal
  • Wetherby Road, Harrogate
  • Ripon Road just south of Ripley
  • Otley Road near Pharmall Ltd
  • York Road, Knaresborough, near chain Lane
  • Cold Bath Road in Harrogate
  • Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green
  • Green Lane near Ashville College
  • Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road
  • Boroughbridge Road, near the Kia Garage
  • Dallamires Lane, Ripon

Trains

  • 8.21 Harrogate to York – two minute delay – 8.23
  • 8.30 Harrogate to Leeds – four minute delay – 8.34
  • There are no problems on any other train the Harrogate to York, Leeds or Knaresborough lines

Buses

  • The number 7 8.20 from Leeds to Harrogate has been cancelled
  • Buses look to be running on time with no reported delays or cancellations
  • Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds

7.30am – Full Update 

Roads

The roads are beginning to pick up but no traffic hotspots just yet.

There looks to traffic building due to a crash on the Ripley roundabout, just north of the Castle. Does anyone have any further information?

Road closures:

  • Leadhall Lane, Harrogate – road closure
  • Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure
  • Wayside Avenue near Wetherby Road – road closure for resurfacing
  • Harlow Moor Road at the junction with Otley Road – temporary one way system 
  • Savage Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure
  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure
  • Pool Lane, Nun Monkton – road closure
  • Arthurs Avenue between Otley Road and Pannal Ash Road – road closure

Temporary lights:

  • Drury Lane, Pannal
  • Wetherby Road, Harrogate
  • Ripon Road just south of Ripley
  • Otley Road near Pharmall Ltd
  • York Road, Knaresborough, near chain Lane
  • Cold Bath Road in Harrogate
  • Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green
  • Green Lane near Ashville College
  • Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road
  • Boroughbridge Road, near the Kia Garage
  • Dallamires Lane, Ripon

Trains

  • There are no problems on the Harrogate to York, Leeds or Knaresborough lines

Buses

  • The number 7 8.20 from Leeds to Harrogate has been cancelled
  • Buses look to be running on time with no reported delays or cancellations
  • Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds

7am – Full Update 

Roads

The roads are still looking quiet so far this morning. They’re likely to get busier in the next 30-45 minutes.

Road closures:

  • Leadhall Lane, Harrogate – road closure
  • Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure
  • Wayside Avenue near Wetherby Road – road closure for resurfacing
  • Harlow Moor Road at the junction with Otley Road – temporary one way system 
  • Savage Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure
  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure
  • Pool Lane, Nun Monkton – road closure
  • Arthurs Avenue between Otley Road and Pannal Ash Road – road closure

Temporary lights:

  • Drury Lane, Pannal
  • Wetherby Road, Harrogate
  • Ripon Road just south of Ripley
  • Otley Road near Pharmall Ltd
  • York Road, Knaresborough, near chain Lane
  • Cold Bath Road in Harrogate
  • Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green
  • Green Lane near Ashville College
  • Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road
  • Boroughbridge Road, near the Kia Garage
  • Dallamires Lane, Ripon

Trains

  • 6.55 Harrogate to Leeds – four minute delay – 6.59
  • 7.09 Harrogate to York – seven minute delay – 7.16
  • There are no problems on any other train on the Harrogate to York, Leeds or Knaresborough lines

Buses

  • Buses look to be running on time with no reported delays or cancellations
  • Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds

6.30am – Full Update 

Roads

The roads are looking quiet so far this morning, with no hotspots just yet.

Road closures:

  • Leadhall Lane, Harrogate – road closure
  • Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure
  • Wayside Avenue near Wetherby Road – road closure for resurfacing
  • Harlow Moor Road at the junction with Otley Road – temporary one way system 
  • Savage Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure
  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure
  • Pool Lane, Nun Monkton – road closure
  • Arthurs Avenue between Otley Road and Pannal Ash Road – road closure

Temporary lights:

  • Drury Lane, Pannal
  • Wetherby Road, Harrogate
  • Ripon Road just south of Ripley
  • Otley Road near Pharmall Ltd
  • York Road, Knaresborough, near chain Lane
  • Cold Bath Road in Harrogate
  • Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green
  • Green Lane near Ashville College
  • Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road
  • Boroughbridge Road, near the Kia Garage
  • Dallamires Lane, Ripon

Trains

  • 6.41 Harrogate to York – two minute delay – 6.43
  • There are no problems on the Harrogate to York, Leeds or Knaresborough lines

Buses

  • Buses look to be running on time with no reported delays or cancellations
  • Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds