If you're heading down to the coast through Kent...
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mr wilks said:Should be ok , I go anti clockwise from Beaconsfield so wouldn't pass those junctions
You are goosed - that's the M20 the bridge has collapsed on, not the M25. Have a look on google maps. Best bet would be A2/M2, off at Chatham towards Maidstone and onto the M20 at J6.
Though they'll probably divert traffic off the M20 at Wrotham, down the M20 and back onto the M20 at J4. You might be ok with that route late at night but if it were me I'd do the A2. Used it all the time when I was commuting out of London.
Bing said:mr wilks said:Should be ok , I go anti clockwise from Beaconsfield so wouldn't pass those junctions
You are goosed - that's the M20 the bridge has collapsed on, not the M25. Have a look on google maps. Best bet would be A2/M2, off at Chatham towards Maidstone and onto the M20 at J6.
Though they'll probably divert traffic off the M20 at Wrotham, down the M20 and back onto the M20 at J4. You might be ok with that route late at night but if it were me I'd do the A2. Used it all the time when I was commuting out of London.
Should have read the link properly
ok right , problem if I leave early is M6 from Warrington is a car park 
mr wilks said:Bing said:mr wilks said:Should be ok , I go anti clockwise from Beaconsfield so wouldn't pass those junctions
You are goosed - that's the M20 the bridge has collapsed on, not the M25. Have a look on google maps. Best bet would be A2/M2, off at Chatham towards Maidstone and onto the M20 at J6.
Though they'll probably divert traffic off the M20 at Wrotham, down the M20 and back onto the M20 at J4. You might be ok with that route late at night but if it were me I'd do the A2. Used it all the time when I was commuting out of London.
Just checked that , i'l be heading towards the M20 from Heathrow direction not Dartford so re route me again while I havc a quick shower
I suggest that you do that. Just been on the news that all of the M26 is closed. You may want to have a plan that involves leaving the M25 at Godstone and going cross country to Tunbridge Wells. The road is slow but the M25 could still be chaos. The real problem is that in that part of the country all of the roads radiate out of London.
Good luck!
Bing said:mr wilks said:Should be ok , I go anti clockwise from Beaconsfield so wouldn't pass those junctions
You are goosed - that's the M20 the bridge has collapsed on, not the M25. Have a look on google maps. Best bet would be A2/M2, off at Chatham towards Maidstone and onto the M20 at J6.
Though they'll probably divert traffic off the M20 at Wrotham, down the M20 and back onto the M20 at J4. You might be ok with that route late at night but if it were me I'd do the A2. Used it all the time when I was commuting out of London.
Think this is your best bet as Allan says. Go clockwise round M25 and then take the A2 and cut across to the M20 from junction 3 via the a229.
mr wilks said:Confused nowI wouldn't hit the closed section of the M20at Swanley on my route south but it now seems like they've closed the M26 linking the M25 to the M20 which I would have used
The M20 and M26 are both closed from the M25. If I was you, I'd go round the north of the M25 clockwise to Dartford, then head left down the A2 to M2 J3, head down Bluebell Hill to the M20, wave to me, then head down to Folkestone. I bet it won't take you much longer than your normal route, if at all, and will save you going down A roads that are bound to be really busy. The A2/M2 will be busy but it's three lanes and will be flowing fine. You just have to remember to pay the Dartford Crossing charge :wink:
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