471 street works and licences are live across Camden today, from HS2 at Euston to Thames Water on Tottenham Court Road. Where they are, and how to check yours.
Camden Council publishes its street works register as open data, refreshed every few days, and it is a far better guide to what is dug up than any traffic app. On 14 August 2026 that register held 903 entries, of which 471 are live today: works in progress, temporary traffic restrictions, scaffold and crane licences and skip permits, all of them things that narrow a road or a pavement.
This page is a plain read of that register plus Transport for London’s live disruption feed for the main roads. The specific works will change. The pattern of where Camden’s road disruption sits, and which routes carry the borough, does not, so the sections below are ordered so the durable part comes first.
Where the disruption is concentrated
The south of the borough carries most of it. Holborn and Covent Garden (85), Bloomsbury (61) and St Pancras and Somers Town (56) account for more than two in five of all live entries between them. That is not a coincidence: it is the part of Camden with the oldest buried services, the densest construction and the HS2 works around Euston.
The streets with the most separate live entries are Cleveland Street (11), Granary Street (9) and Great Ormond Street (9), followed by St Pancras Way, Tottenham Court Road, Kilburn High Road and Avenue Road. If you live on one of those, the number is not one big job, it is several overlapping permits.
The long-running works to plan around
Most street works last days. A handful in Camden are effectively permanent features of the road layout, and these are the ones worth knowing about because they will still be there next year:
- Gordon Street, Bloomsbury, until 31 March 2029. HS2 highway works inside the Act limits, with hoarding erected between Euston Road and Gower Place.
- Montague Street, Bloomsbury, until 31 January 2029. A temporary traffic restriction alongside the British Museum.
- Adelaide Road, Haverstock, until 31 December 2028. Solid hoarding extension as part of the Adelaide Road site redevelopment, taking the westbound lane.
- Mornington Street, Regent’s Park, until 24 October 2031. The longest entry on the whole register, between Park Village East and Mornington Terrace.
- Jamestown Road and Chalk Farm Road, Camden Town, into February 2028. Temporary traffic restrictions on both.
Around eighty of the live entries are a mixture of “Insight Legacy Licence” records clustered in Holborn, mostly around Great Ormond Street Hospital and Guilford Street, which run to February 2028.
What Transport for London reports on the main roads
Camden’s own register does not cover the red routes, which TfL manages. On 14 August 2026 TfL’s disruption feed listed four sets of works on Camden’s TLRN roads:
| Road | Where | What |
|---|---|---|
| A400 Hampstead Road | At Robert Street | Temporary signals and various restrictions for HS2 works, both directions. TfL rates this "moderate", the worst on the list. |
| A501 Euston Road | Eastbound at the A400 Hampstead Road junction | One of two lanes closed on the eastbound off slip for utility works |
| A41 Finchley Road | Northbound at Hilgrove Road | Lane restrictions for HS2 gas main replacement |
| A400 Tottenham Court Road | At Howland Street | Temporary signals for Thames Water works, both directions |
Three of the four are HS2 or utility work tied to it. The Euston project is the single biggest cause of sustained road disruption in the borough and will remain so for years.
The key routes through Camden
Four roads carry most of the borough’s traffic, and knowing which is which saves more time than checking any live map:
- A400 runs north to south as Tottenham Court Road, Hampstead Road, Camden High Street and Kentish Town Road. It is the spine of the borough and it is the one most often disrupted.
- A501 Euston Road runs east to west across the middle, linking Marylebone Road to Pentonville Road. It is also the northern boundary of the Congestion Charge zone.
- A41 Finchley Road takes traffic north west through Swiss Cottage and past West Hampstead.
- A5 Kilburn High Road marks the western edge, shared with Brent.
Camden High Street is being pedestrianised, and you can still comment
The most significant change to driving in Camden is not a roadworks entry at all. Since May 2025, Camden High Street has been closed to motor vehicles between the Parkway and Kentish Town Road junction, in front of Camden Town Underground station, and the junction of Jamestown Road and Hawley Crescent. Buses towards Chalk Farm run via Kentish Town Road and Hawley Crescent instead.
The council is now consulting on making the trial permanent, and on extending the traffic-free area across Camden Lock bridge to the Castlehaven Road junction. It says surrounding roads did not see an overall increase in traffic during the trial.
The consultation closes on 23 August 2026. You can respond through Camden’s consultation portal. Councillor James Slater, the Cabinet Member for Planning and a Sustainable Camden, said the trial “has made the area safer and more pleasant for people”. (Camden Council, 13 July 2026)
Driving in and out: what you will pay
- Congestion Charge, £18 a day. It rose from £15 on 2 January 2026. It runs 07:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday and 12:00 to 18:00 at weekends and bank holidays, and it is £21 if you pay after the day of travel. The zone’s northern edge is Euston Road, so Bloomsbury, Holborn and Fitzrovia are inside it while Camden Town, Kentish Town and Hampstead are outside.
- ULEZ covers the whole borough, as it covers all of Greater London.
- Parking across most of Camden is in a controlled parking zone, and the council publishes its live parking bay and suspension data as open data, so a suspension on your street is checkable before you move the car.
How to check your own street
- Camden’s street works register is the authoritative list, updated by the council itself: Street Works Register Camden. Each entry gives the street, the locality, what the works are, and the start and end dates.
- TfL’s road disruption feed covers the red routes the council does not manage: tfl.gov.uk/traffic/status.
- For bus diversions, TfL’s status page is more current than any register, because diversions are put on at short notice.
If you are weighing up whether to drive at all, the tube times and fares from every Camden station are on a separate page here, and most journeys within the borough beat driving comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
How many roadworks are there in Camden right now?
Camden’s own street works register held 903 entries on 14 August 2026, of which 471 were live on that date. That figure includes temporary traffic restrictions, scaffold, crane and skip licences as well as excavation.
Which part of Camden has the most roadworks?
Holborn and Covent Garden, with 85 live entries, followed by Bloomsbury with 61 and St Pancras and Somers Town with 56.
Is Camden High Street closed to traffic?
Yes, between the Parkway and Kentish Town Road junction and the Jamestown Road and Hawley Crescent junction. It has been closed to motor vehicles as a trial since May 2025, and the council is consulting until 23 August 2026 on making it permanent.
Is Camden in the Congestion Charge zone?
Partly. The zone’s northern boundary is Euston Road, so the south of the borough including Bloomsbury and Holborn is inside it and everything north of Euston Road is not. The charge is £18 a day.
How long will the HS2 roadworks at Euston last?
The longest current HS2-related entry on Camden’s register, the highway works on Gordon Street, runs to 31 March 2029.
Sources
- Street Works Register Camden (Camden Council open data), last uploaded 12 August 2026, for every works entry, location and date on this page.
- TfL road disruption API for live disruption on the A400, A501 and A41.
- Camden Council, Have your say on the trial pedestrianisation of Camden High Street, 13 July 2026, for the trial, the consultation dates and the quote.
- TfL Congestion Charge for the charge, hours and zone.
Live works change daily. The council’s register is the source of record and this page is dated so you can see how current it is.
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