M20 westbound exit at Junction 6 shut overnight for planned works

The westbound exit slip road at Junction 6 of the M20 is closed as part of planned works, active now and due to reopen at 06:00 tomorrow, according to the estate's traffic-monitoring trigger that flagged the closure. Listings compiled by londontraffic.org show the M20 westbound exit slip at Junction 6 scheduled for closure for "horticultural works" from 20:00 on 3 July 2026 to 06:00 on 4 July 2026, according to [2]. The same source lists a separate, later closure at the same location — this time attributed to "roadworks" rather than horticultural works — running nightly from 20:00 from 15 July, according to [2]. It is not clear from the material whether the currently active closure referred to in the estate's trigger corresponds to the horticultural-works entry, the roadworks entry, or another unlisted overnight closure at J6; the source text is fragmentary and several entries are truncated. The wider picture, per [2], is that the M20 corridor has a heavy schedule of overnight and multi-day closures in the period covered, both eastbound and westbound, spanning junctions from J1 through to J11, with reasons ranging from road repairs to lane closures for ongoing roadworks schemes. Two of these are listed as "Currently Active": a roadworks scheme on the M20 eastbound between J5 and J8, running from 20:04 on 23 June to 06:00 on 8 July 2026, and one on the M20 westbound between J10 and J8, running from 20:10 on 22 June to 06:00 on 10 July 2026, according to [2]. Neither of these active schemes is at Junction 6, so they appear to be separate from the closure flagged in the trigger. National Highways' own closure report, which covers planned full closures on England's strategic road network, returned no results for the relevant search at the time of fetching, according to [1]. National Highways notes that closures generally run 8pm to 6am unless longer than 12 hours, and that its published schedule "is subject to change at short notice", particularly the further ahead one looks, according to [1]. For drivers, the practical upshot is straightforward: the J6 westbound exit slip is not usable overnight, and anyone planning to leave the M20 westbound at that junction before 06:00 should use an alternative junction or expect to be diverted. Given the volume of concurrent works on this stretch of motorway, according to [2], drivers travelling the M20 westbound overnight more broadly should check for lane closures beyond just the J6 exit itself. What the source material does not establish is any detail on signed diversion routes, the specific contractor, or confirmation from National Highways directly matching this exact closure — the two sources given here do not fully reconcile on dates or reason for the J6 closure, and that gap is unconfirmed rather than resolved. What to watch: confirmation from National Highways' own closure report once it updates, and whether the J6 westbound exit reopens on schedule at 06:00.