Lambeth Roadworks This Week: Brixton Hill and Northern Line

This page lists the roadworks and rail closures live in Lambeth on Tuesday 10 November 2026 and those starting before Tuesday 24 November, from TfL, the council register and the train operators.

Brixton Hill has temporary signals at the A205 Christchurch Road junction, logged to 6pm on Thursday 12 November, with lane restrictions, for junction improvement works (TfL road disruptions). The northbound bus lane at Somers Road is also shut for SGN gas works to the end of Wednesday 11 November, and TfL logs two overnight jobs on the hill: a lane closure at Baytree Road from 7:45pm on Wednesday 11 November, and roadworks at Holmewood Road from 8:30pm on Friday 13 November, where TfL says use an alternative route.

The Northern line is shut between Euston (Bank branch) or Charing Cross and Morden or Battersea Power Station from 1:30am on Saturday 14 November, all weekend, with no Friday Night Tube between Charing Cross and Morden. That takes out Clapham South, Clapham Common, Clapham North, Stockwell, Oval and Kennington. Replacement bus NL7 runs Elephant and Castle, Kennington, Oval, Stockwell, Clapham North, Clapham Common, Clapham South and Balham, in the day only.

Lambeth Palace Road has a Thames Water contraflow in both directions between the A3036 and Albert Embankment, from 9 November to 11pm on Saturday 14 November.

Clapham Road: we cannot confirm the contraflow has gone. The Thames Water contraflow at Stockwell Park Road was logged to 9 November. TfL’s entry has since been redated to Thursday 5 November only, but on the morning of 10 November it was still marked active. Treat it as possibly still in place until TfL drops it.

What is live on the main roads

TfL’s road disruption feed covers the red routes through the borough and is the only source that updates daily. These are the entries touching Lambeth that are running now, read on the morning of Tuesday 10 November.

Just over the border on the A24, Balham High Road has a contraflow in both directions between Caistor Road and Rinaldo Road to 5pm on Friday 13 November (Wandsworth), which matters if you drive south from Clapham Common.

What starts in the next fortnight

These are the TfL entries in Lambeth booked to start between Tuesday 10 November and Tuesday 24 November.

TfL logs the Stockwell Road crane signals as one block from Monday night to Saturday morning and does not say whether they are lifted during the day.

What has changed since our last check on 1 November:

• Brixton Hill has a new SGN job. The northbound bus lane at Somers Road has been shut since 2 November, logged to 11 November.
• Lambeth Palace Road is new. The Thames Water contraflow went in on 9 November and is logged to 14 November.
• Clapham Road’s contraflow entry was redated from 27 October to 9 November, to 5 November only, and is still marked active. TfL has published no clearance.
• Stockwell Road’s lights at Rumsey Road have gone from TfL’s feed. They were last logged to 2 November.
• Both South Lambeth Road lane closures at Wyvil Road have gone from TfL’s feed, as logged, after 9 November.
• Streatham High Road’s signals at Prentis Road have gone, as logged, after 6 November.
• Stockwell Road at Sidney Road and Clapham Road at Lansdowne Way are new, both starting on 16 November.
• Lambeth’s streetworks register has not moved. The edition online on 10 November is still headed week commencing 26 October.

What it means for you: this week’s problem road is the A23 Brixton Hill, with junction signals to Thursday and overnight jobs on Wednesday and Friday nights. If you are heading north from Brixton or Streatham, allow extra time or use the Victoria line, which has no planned closures in TfL’s feed to 24 November. On the weekend of 14 and 15 November the Northern line is not an option at all south of Charing Cross.

The A23 through Streatham Hill and Brixton Hill, to spring 2027

The largest scheme in the borough is TfL’s rebuild of the A23. It adds protected cycle lanes, new pedestrian crossings and continuous bus lanes, the last of which means removing parking and loading bays along the corridor. Work started in summer 2025 and TfL is due to finish in spring 2027 (TfL), which the scheme page still said on 10 November. TfL’s road feed logs the Streatham Hill lane restrictions to 15 January 2027.

TfL’s live works page loaded without its detail on 10 November, so we could not recheck it today. When we last read it in full, on 1 November, it gave the arrangements as:

• Lane restrictions in both directions on the A23, between Holmewood Road on Brixton Hill and Tierney Road on Streatham Hill.
• Temporary traffic signals on Brixton Hill from Monday 28 September until late 2026. Separate signals at the A205 Christchurch Road junction are logged on TfL’s feed, read on 10 November, to 6pm on Thursday 12 November.
• Parking suspended along the works section throughout, and some loading bays unavailable.
• Changes to how some roads joining the A23 operate. TfL’s page does not name them.
• No overnight closures for the A23 scheme on the diary. TfL’s works page says only that there may be a need for some, and that it will share dates as they are confirmed. The last published ones ran on 26 and 27 August. TfL’s road feed on 10 November does list overnight jobs on Brixton Hill, at Baytree Road on the night of 11 November and at Holmewood Road on the night of 13 November, without saying whether they belong to the scheme.

TfL says journeys will take longer on the corridor, and tells drivers who do not need to stop in the area to use the A24 or A3, or to travel by rail and Tube.

What it means for you: the easy window on the A23 has closed. Since 28 September the signals have been back on Brixton Hill, on top of the lane restrictions, and TfL had them there into late 2026 when we last read its works page. For a Brixton to Streatham drive, allow extra time at the peaks or take the Victoria line.

Why the work is happening, in TfL’s own numbers

TfL’s case for the scheme is a safety record. The A23 “has seen 72 collisions in the three years to October 2024, with 75 people injured”, which is why the authority lists safety improvements on this corridor as a priority (TfL, PN-205).

The same notice explains why gas work and road work keep landing together. Southern Gas Networks has a gas main “in poor condition” inside Brixton Hill. TfL says doing both at once means “the wider area will be disrupted over a shorter period of time”. Neither body has published a full scope or a finish date for the gas element, so we are not going to guess at one.

The last big stage is on Brixton Hill, not Streatham Hill

The scheme is named after Streatham Hill, but the work left to do is at the Brixton end. TfL’s construction programme, published in March 2026, sets out the remaining stages (TfL, Streatham Hill programme):

• Stage 5, summer 2026 to spring 2027. All works between the A205 junction and Holmewood Road on the A23 Brixton Hill: the final section of protected cycle lanes, sustainable drainage, traffic islands and pavement improvements.
• Stage 6, spring 2027. Carriageway resurfacing, with overnight closures for roughly two weeks. TfL has not set the dates.

For Stage 5, TfL lists the effects as temporary three-way traffic lights on Brixton Hill, temporary side road closures, bus stop suspensions and relocations, parking suspensions, and temporary crossings with pedestrian diversions. The council register now logs one of those side road closures, at Holmewood Road where it meets Brixton Hill, from 1 September to 24 December.

Bus passengers should expect the longest peak-hour delays on routes 2, 50, 60, 147, 249, 250, 255, 319, 432 and 468, which is TfL’s own list for this corridor.

What the council register lists

Lambeth publishes a weekly streetworks register, but it has not moved since our last check: the edition online on 10 November is still headed Major works, week commencing 26 October 2026 (Lambeth). It is two weeks old, so jobs booked since then are missing, and we cannot confirm from the council that any of the entries below are still running.

These are its entries logged to run to 10 November or later. Dates are as logged by the company doing the work.

Two things are worth naming.

Brixton’s water closures are into their last week. Trelawn Road is logged to end on Thursday 12 November, Moorland Road on Saturday 14 November, and Somerleyton Road and Loughborough Park on Monday 16 November, after running since April or September.

Four roads dropped off the register in late October without a reopening notice and have not come back: Jonathan Street in Vauxhall, Brailsford Road and Arlingford Road in Brixton, and the Thames Water repair at 146 Clapham Park Road. The council gives no reason, so we cannot confirm they have reopened; check before you rely on it.

Rail closures in the next fortnight

The Northern line closes south of Euston and Charing Cross on the weekend of 14 and 15 November (TfL line status):

• From 1:30am Saturday 14 to 1:30am Sunday 15 November: no service between Euston (Bank branch) or Charing Cross and Morden or Battersea Power Station, and no Friday Night Tube between Charing Cross and Morden.
• 1:30am to 5:30am Sunday 15 November: no Saturday Night Tube between East Finchley or Golders Green and Morden. Use night buses.
• From 5:30am Sunday 15 November: the same Euston and Charing Cross to Morden and Battersea Power Station closure, with replacement buses.

Replacement buses run in the day only, so night journeys need the night buses. TfL’s routes are:

• NL7: Elephant and Castle, Kennington, Oval, Stockwell, Clapham North, Clapham Common, Clapham South and Balham. Southbound journeys also serve Tooting Bec.
• NL8: Balham, Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway, Colliers Wood, South Wimbledon, Morden Road and Morden.
• NL9: Elephant and Castle, Kennington, Oval, Vauxhall and Battersea Power Station.

The Windrush line has no planned closure at Clapham High Street or Wandsworth Road before 24 November. Its one Sunday closure, on 15 November, is between New Cross Gate and West Croydon or Crystal Palace, away from Clapham. On the nights of Tuesday 24 to Thursday 26 November, the 2351 from Dalston Junction to Clapham Junction will not run.

The Victoria line has no planned closures in TfL’s feed between 10 and 24 November, and Southern and Thameslink show none either. For the Northern line weekend, the Victoria line from Stockwell or Brixton is the obvious route into town.

What ends in the next fortnight

• Tuesday 10 November, 7pm: the Newington Butts lane closure at Walworth Road.
• Wednesday 11 November, end of the day: the Brixton Hill northbound bus lane closure at Somers Road.
• Thursday 12 November, 6pm: the Christchurch Road junction signals on Brixton Hill.
• Thursday 12 November: the Trelawn Road closure.
• Friday 13 November, 5pm: the Balham High Road contraflow, just over the border.
• Saturday 14 November, 11pm: the Lambeth Palace Road contraflow.
• 14 to 16 November: the Thames Water closures on Moorland Road, Somerleyton Road and Loughborough Park.
• Saturday 21 November, 5am: the Stockwell Road crane signals at Sidney Road.

Dates are as logged. Works overrun: the Brixton Hill junction signals have moved from 23 October to 24 October and then to 12 November, and the Clapham Road contraflow is still listed as active after its logged dates.

Key routes through Lambeth

The borough is crossed by a small number of arterial roads, and almost every problem is on one of them.

• A23 (Brixton Road, Brixton Hill, Streatham Hill, Streatham High Road). The spine, running north to south from Kennington through Brixton and Streatham towards Croydon. It carries the A23 rebuild described above, and the bus corridor that goes with it.
• A3 (Kennington Park Road, Clapham Road, Clapham High Street). The other north-south route, from Elephant and Castle through Oval, Stockwell and Clapham towards Wandsworth.
• A24 (Clapham Common South Side, Balham Hill). Splits off the A3 at Clapham Common and runs south to Balham and Tooting.
• A3036 (Wandsworth Road, Albert Embankment). The riverside route from Vauxhall Cross west towards Wandsworth.
• A202 (Camberwell New Road, Vauxhall Bridge Road approaches). East to west across the top of the borough, joining Vauxhall to Camberwell.
• A205 South Circular (Christchurch Road, Streatham Place, Tulse Hill). Cuts across the south of the borough between Streatham and West Dulwich.

TfL’s own advice for drivers who do not need to stop in the area is blunt: use the A24 or A3 instead of the A23, or make the journey by rail and Tube.

What it means for you: an A23 closure has no good parallel. The A3 is a mile west and the A205 runs the wrong way, so the diversion for a Brixton to Streatham journey is either the back streets or the Victoria line. The same is true in reverse: A3 problems at Clapham push traffic onto the A24 and the common’s edges, which is where the Englewood Road closure sat earlier in October.

Parking permits: £135.96 to £682.63

Lambeth prices resident permits by emissions across 13 bands, A to M, using CO2 in grams per kilometre for vehicles registered after 1 March 2001 and engine size for older ones. The prices below took effect on 14 April 2025 and were still the published rates when we checked again on 18 September 2026 (Lambeth).

Two surcharges sit on top of the band price: £275.00 a year if the vehicle is diesel, and £125.00 a year for an additional permit in the same household, motorcycle permits included. Six-month and three-month permits are available at half and a quarter of the annual price.

What it means for you: the spread from band A to band M is £546.67, and the diesel surcharge alone is worth more than a band A permit twice over. If you are choosing between two second-hand cars, the CO2 figure on the V5C is worth checking before the price.

The charging zones

ULEZ covers the whole borough. The Ultra Low Emission Zone “operates across all London boroughs”, 24 hours a day, every day except Christmas Day, at £12.50 a day for a vehicle that does not meet the standard (TfL). There is no part of Lambeth outside it.

The Congestion Charge is £18 a day if you pay on the day or in advance, and £21 if you pay by midnight on the third day after travel. It operates 07:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday and 12:00 to 18:00 at weekends and on bank holidays, and not at all between Christmas Day and the New Year’s Day bank holiday (TfL). The zone’s southern boundary runs across the north of the borough rather than around it, so whether you are inside depends on the street, not the postcode district. Check your address on TfL’s own postcode tool before assuming either way.

The alternative, and why it usually wins

Lambeth is a poor borough to drive in and an unusually good one to leave a car at home in. Every station in it is in zone 2 or zone 3, three Underground stations sit on Clapham High Street and Clapham Common alone, and Brixton reaches Victoria in eight minutes. Journey times, zones and fares are on our tube and train times page.

If you do need to drive, the practical rules are the same every time: allow extra time on the A23 Brixton Hill and Streatham Hill, where TfL’s feed has lane restrictions to 15 January 2027, check the live sources for your own street before assuming access, and remember that the Thames Water programme books full closures on residential roads for months at a time rather than days.

Frequently asked questions

What is closed on Brixton Hill right now?

Temporary signals at the A205 Christchurch Road junction, logged to 6pm on Thursday 12 November, and the northbound bus lane at Somers Road, shut for SGN gas works to the end of Wednesday 11 November, on top of the A23 scheme’s lane restrictions. TfL also logs an overnight lane closure at Baytree Road (7:45pm on 11 November to 5am on 12 November) and overnight roadworks at Holmewood Road (8:30pm on 13 November to 5:30am on 14 November), and the council register has Holmewood Road itself closed at the junction until 24 December.

Is the Clapham Road contraflow still there?

We cannot confirm either way. The Thames Water contraflow at the Stockwell Park Road junction was logged from 27 October to 9 November. On 10 November TfL’s entry was dated 5 November only but still marked active, and TfL has published no clearance. Separately, Clapham Road loses a northbound lane at Lansdowne Way from midnight to 8am on Monday 16 November for Virgin Media O2 works.

Is the Northern line closed in November?

Yes, on the weekend of 14 and 15 November. From 1:30am on Saturday 14 November there is no service between Euston (Bank branch) or Charing Cross and Morden or Battersea Power Station, so every Clapham and Stockwell Northern line station is shut. Replacement bus NL7 calls at Kennington, Oval, Stockwell and all three Clapham stations, in the day only. The Victoria line has no planned closures in TfL’s feed to 24 November.

Are the A23 Streatham Hill traffic signals back?

Yes. They came out on 1 September and went back in on Brixton Hill on Monday 28 September. When we last read TfL’s works page in full, on 1 November, it said they stay until late 2026. Lane restrictions in both directions stay in place the whole time. The scheme is due to finish in spring 2027.

Is the A23 closing overnight again?

Not on any date TfL’s A23 works page had published when we last read it in full on 1 November. It said only that overnight closures may be needed and that dates will be shared when confirmed. The last published ones ran on 26 and 27 August. TfL’s road feed separately lists overnight roadworks at Holmewood Road from 8:30pm on Friday 13 November, with advice to use an alternative route, but does not tie them to the scheme. The next scheduled batch is Stage 6 resurfacing in spring 2027, about two weeks of it, with dates to be confirmed.

Where is the final phase of the A23 work?

On Brixton Hill, north of the A205 junction, not Streatham Hill. TfL said in June that it would start the final phase there from September 2026, and its construction programme runs that stage to spring 2027.

Where do I check current roadworks in Lambeth?

The council publishes a weekly streetworks register, but on 10 November it was still headed week commencing 26 October, two weeks behind. For anything more recent use one.network or, for the main roads, TfL’s own road disruption data.

How much is a Lambeth resident parking permit?

Between £135.96 and £682.63 a year depending on your vehicle’s CO2 band, plus £275 if it is diesel and £125 for a second permit in the same household.

Is Lambeth in the ULEZ?

Yes, entirely. The ULEZ covers every London borough, so there is no address in Lambeth outside it. The charge is £12.50 a day for non-compliant vehicles, all day, every day except Christmas Day.

Which roads in Lambeth are closed for Thames Water?

On the week commencing 26 October register: Trelawn Road, Moorland Road, Somerleyton Road and Loughborough Park in Brixton, logged to end between 12 and 16 November, and Glasshouse Walk in Vauxhall, to 7 December. All are full road closures. On the main roads, TfL logs a Thames Water contraflow on Lambeth Palace Road between the A3036 and Albert Embankment to 11pm on Saturday 14 November.

What is happening on Stockwell Road?

Four-way temporary signals at the Sidney Road junction for a crane operation, logged from 9pm on Monday 16 November to 5am on Saturday 21 November. The Rumsey Road lights that overran into November have gone from TfL’s feed.

What is happening on Lambeth Palace Road?

A contraflow in both directions between the A3036 and Albert Embankment for Thames Water works, which went in on Monday 9 November and is logged to 11pm on Saturday 14 November.

Related

• Clapham tube and train times: the zones, journey times and fares that make leaving the car worthwhile.
• Clapham planning news: the schemes that will generate the next round of works.
• Things to do in Clapham, Brixton and Streatham: most of it is reachable without driving.

Sources

• TfL road disruptions, TfL’s live feed for the red route network, read on the morning of 10 November 2026, and the A23, A3, A24, A205, A2, Southern River Route and Inner Ring corridor feeds with a 10 to 24 November window, for every entry in both TfL tables: TIMS-235617 Brixton Hill at Christchurch Road, TIMS-237432 Brixton Hill at Somers Road, TIMS-237750 Lambeth Palace Road, TIMS-236720 Newington Butts, TIMS-237087 Clapham Road at Stockwell Park Road, TIMS-213893 Streatham Hill, TIMS-233968, TIMS-223303 and TIMS-209852 Nine Elms Lane, TIMS-231171 Balham High Road, TIMS-237169 Brixton Road at Electric Avenue, TIMS-236514 Poynders Road, TIMS-237171 Brixton Hill at Baytree Road, TIMS-237161 Streatham High Road at Mount Ephraim Road, TIMS-235689 Brixton Hill at Holmewood Road, TIMS-234974 Clapham Road at Lansdowne Way, TIMS-236894 Streatham High Road at Norfolk House Road, TIMS-236646 Stockwell Road at Sidney Road, TIMS-236016 Thurlow Park Road, TIMS-237527 Brixton Road at Beehive Place, TIMS-237563 Stamford Street and TIMS-230528 Albert Embankment; and for the absence of TIMS-236743 Stockwell Road at Rumsey Road, TIMS-236755 and TIMS-237365 South Lambeth Road and TIMS-237012 Streatham High Road at Prentis Road.
• Lambeth weekly streetworks updates for every road, work type, traffic impact and date in the council table, from the register headed “Major works - Week Commencing 26 October 2026”, read again on 10 November 2026, and for the absence of Jonathan Street, Brailsford Road, Arlingford Road and Clapham Park Road from that edition.
• TfL line status for the Windrush, Victoria and Northern lines, read on 10 November 2026, for the Northern line closures on 14 and 15 November and the NL7, NL8 and NL9 replacement routes, the Windrush closure on 15 November and the cancelled 2351 on 24 to 26 November, and the absence of planned closures on the Victoria line. TfL’s Southern and Thameslink status for the same window showed no disruption.
• TfL A23 Streatham Hill works, last read in full on 1 November 2026 (on 10 November it loaded without its detail), for the lane restrictions between Holmewood Road and Tierney Road, the temporary signals on Brixton Hill from 28 September until late 2026, the overnight closure position, the bus routes and the A24 and A3 rerouting advice.
• TfL press notice PN-205, 17 June 2026 for the final phase starting from September 2026 north of the A205 junction on Brixton Hill, the 72 collisions and 75 people injured in the three years to October 2024, and the Southern Gas Networks gas main.
• TfL A23 Streatham Hill scheme page, read again on 10 November 2026, for the scheme extent, what is being built and the spring 2027 finish.
• TfL Streatham Hill programme, published March 2026, for stages 5 and 6.
• Lambeth resident parking charges for the 13 bands, the annual prices and the diesel and second-permit surcharges.
• TfL ULEZ and TfL Congestion Charge for the charges, hours and coverage.

Checked 10 November 2026. Roadworks move. The council dates above are the ones logged when the register was published for week commencing 26 October, and emergency works are added without notice. Check one.network or the live register for your own street before you rely on any of it.