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08

Dec 2021

Last Updated: 08/12/2021
Transport
Transport

Live: Harrogate district traffic and travel

by Alys Jones

| 08 Dec, 2021
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There are a number of new road closures and temporary lights causing traffic hotspots in the Harrogate district this morning. Check before you travel with our live blog.

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Good morning it’s Al with you today, keeping you updated with the latest traffic and travel news from across the Harrogate district.

If there’s anything I’ve missed, and only if it is safe to do so, give me a call on 01423 276197.

These blogs are brought to you by The HACS Group.




9am – Full Update 


That's all from me today, we'll be back tomorrow morning from 6:30am with all the updates on the roads and trains.

Roads

Traffic is heavy in these areas:

  • Leeds Road, Harrogate - past Oatlands M&S Food

  • Knaresborough Road, Harrogate - around the Wetherby Road/ Skipton Road roundabout

  • Wetherby Road, Harrogate - past the showground, and surrounding Hookstone Chase

  • Leeds Road through Pannal

  • York Place and High Street, Knaresborough

  • A59 past Goldsborough

  • A1(M) Flaxy junctions

  • Harrogate Road, Ripon, around the temporary lights near Quarry Moor Park


Road closures:

  • Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market

  • Pannal Avenue - road closure

  • Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion

  • Woodlands Avenue, Harrogate - road closure

  • Woodlands Grove, Harrogate - road closure 

  • Kingsley Road, Starbeck - road closure 

  • Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures

  • Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic

  • A1(M) junction at Flaxby - road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.

  • Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton - road closure 

  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure

  • Reservoir Road, Thrucross - road closure 

  • Hall Square, Boroughbridge - road closure 

  • Boroughbridge Road, Westwick - road closure 


Temporary lights:

  • Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road

  • Main Street, Pannal - near St Robert’s Church

  • Drury Lane, Pannal

  • Burn Bridge Road and Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge

  • Whinney Lane near Ashville College

  • Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite

  • Forest Moor Road, Calcutt

  • York Road, Goldsborough

  • Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane

  • Main Street, Staveley

  • Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Bar Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Harrogate Road, Ripon - near Quarry Moor Park


Trains

  • All trains from Harrogate and Knaresborough look to be running to time


Buses

  • 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 is heavy in these areas:

  • Otley Road, Harrogate - past the roadworks near Harlow Moor Road

  • Ripon Road, Harrogate - at the Skipton Road roundabout

  • King's Road, Harrogate

  • Skipton Road, Harrogate - around the Dragon Parade junction

  • Knaresborough Road, Harrogate - around the Wetherby Road/ Skipton Road roundabout

  • Wetherby Road, Harrogate - past the showground

  • Forest Moor Road, Calcutt - around the temporary lights

  • The A658 at Follifoot, near the roundabout with Wetherby Road

  • Shaw Lane, Beckwithshaw

  • Leeds Road through Pannal

  • Otley Road and Ripon Road in Killinghall

  • York Place, Knaresborough

  • A1(M) Flaxy junctions

  • Harrogate Road, Ripon, around the temporary lights near Quarry Moor Park

  • Harrogate Road through Harewood also looks busy if you're travelling to or from Leeds


Road closures:

  • Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market

  • Pannal Avenue - road closure

  • Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion

  • Woodlands Avenue, Harrogate - road closure

  • Woodlands Grove, Harrogate - road closure 

  • Kingsley Road, Starbeck - road closure 

  • Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures

  • Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic

  • A1(M) junction at Flaxby - road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.

  • Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton - road closure 

  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure

  • Reservoir Road, Thrucross - road closure 

  • Hall Square, Boroughbridge - road closure 

  • Boroughbridge Road, Westwick - road closure 


Temporary lights:

  • Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road

  • Main Street, Pannal - near St Robert’s Church

  • Drury Lane, Pannal

  • Burn Bridge Road and Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge

  • Whinney Lane near Ashville College

  • Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite

  • Forest Moor Road, Calcutt

  • York Road, Goldsborough

  • Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane

  • Main Street, Staveley

  • Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Bar Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Harrogate Road, Ripon - near Quarry Moor Park


Trains

  • All trains from Harrogate and Knaresborough look to be running to time


Buses

  • 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 is starting to build up in these areas:

  • Otley Road, Harrogate - past the roadworks near Harlow Moor Road

  • Skipton Road, Harrogate - around the Dragon Parade junction

  • Wetherby Road, Harrogate - past the showground

  • The A658 at Follifoot, near the roundabout with Wetherby Road

  • Leeds Road through Pannal

  • York Place, Knaresborough

  • A1(M) Flaxy junctions

  • Harrogate Road, Ripon, around the temporary lights near Quarry Moor Park

  • Harrogate Road through Harewood also looks busy if you're travelling to or from Leeds


Road closures:

  • Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market

  • Pannal Avenue - road closure

  • Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion

  • Woodlands Avenue, Harrogate - road closure

  • Woodlands Grove, Harrogate - road closure 

  • Kingsley Road, Starbeck - road closure 

  • Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures

  • Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic

  • A1(M) junction at Flaxby - road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.

  • Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton - road closure 

  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure

  • Reservoir Road, Thrucross - road closure 

  • Hall Square, Boroughbridge - road closure 

  • Boroughbridge Road, Westwick - road closure 


Temporary lights:

  • Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road

  • Main Street, Pannal - near St Robert’s Church

  • Drury Lane, Pannal

  • Burn Bridge Road and Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge

  • Whinney Lane near Ashville College

  • Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite

  • Forest Moor Road, Calcutt

  • York Road, Goldsborough

  • Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane

  • Main Street, Staveley

  • Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Bar Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Harrogate Road, Ripon - near Quarry Moor Park


Trains

  • All trains from Harrogate and Knaresborough look to be running to time


Buses

  • 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

Traffic is starting to build up in these areas:

  • Skipton Road, Harrogate - around the Dragon Parade junction

  • A1(M) Flaxy junctions


Road closures:

  • Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market

  • Pannal Avenue - road closure

  • Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion

  • Woodlands Avenue, Harrogate - road closure

  • Woodlands Grove, Harrogate - road closure 

  • Kingsley Road, Starbeck - road closure 

  • Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures

  • Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic

  • A1(M) junction at Flaxby - road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.

  • Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton - road closure 

  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure

  • Reservoir Road, Thrucross - road closure 

  • Hall Square, Boroughbridge - road closure 

  • Boroughbridge Road, Westwick - road closure 


Temporary lights:

  • Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road

  • Main Street, Pannal - near St Robert’s Church

  • Drury Lane, Pannal

  • Burn Bridge Road and Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge

  • Whinney Lane near Ashville College

  • Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite

  • Forest Moor Road, Calcutt

  • York Road, Goldsborough

  • Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane

  • Main Street, Staveley

  • Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Bar Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Harrogate Road, Ripon - near Quarry Moor Park


Trains

  • All trains from Harrogate and Knaresborough look to be running to time


Buses

  • 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

Things are still quiet on the roads as you'd expect for this time in the morning, but there are a number of new road closures and temporary lights today which may cause traffic to build as more people get out and about on the roads.

Road closures:

  • Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market

  • Pannal Avenue - road closure

  • Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion

  • Woodlands Avenue, Harrogate - road closure

  • Woodlands Grove, Harrogate - road closure 

  • Kingsley Road, Starbeck - road closure 

  • Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures

  • Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic

  • A1(M) junction at Flaxby - road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.

  • Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton - road closure 

  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure

  • Reservoir Road, Thrucross - road closure 

  • Hall Square, Boroughbridge - road closure 

  • Boroughbridge Road, Westwick - road closure 


Temporary lights:

  • Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road

  • Main Street, Pannal - near St Robert’s Church

  • Drury Lane, Pannal

  • Burn Bridge Road and Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge

  • Whinney Lane near Ashville College

  • Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite

  • Forest Moor Road, Calcutt

  • York Road, Goldsborough

  • Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane

  • Main Street, Staveley

  • Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Bar Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Harrogate Road, Ripon - near Quarry Moor Park


Trains

  • All trains from Harrogate and Knaresborough look to be running to time


Buses

  • 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 clear so far this morning, but keep checking back later to see if any hotspots have appeared.

Road closures:

  • Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market

  • Pannal Avenue - road closure

  • Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion

  • Woodlands Avenue, Harrogate - road closure

  • Woodlands Grove, Harrogate - road closure 

  • Kingsley Road, Starbeck - road closure 

  • Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures

  • Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic

  • A1(M) junction at Flaxby - road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.

  • Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton - road closure 

  • Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure

  • Reservoir Road, Thrucross - road closure 

  • Hall Square, Boroughbridge - road closure 

  • Boroughbridge Road, Westwick - road closure 


Temporary lights:

  • Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road

  • Main Street, Pannal - near St Robert’s Church

  • Drury Lane, Pannal

  • Burn Bridge Road and Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge

  • Whinney Lane near Ashville College

  • Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite

  • Forest Moor Road, Calcutt

  • York Road, Goldsborough

  • Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane

  • Main Street, Staveley

  • Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Bar Lane, Boroughbridge

  • Harrogate Road, Ripon - near Quarry Moor Park


Trains

  • The 06:41 Harrogate to York train is expected at 06:43

  • All other trains from Harrogate and Knaresborough look to be running to time


Buses

  • 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