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M25 J11 Exit Slip Closed Anti-clockwise Until Monday Morning

A planned closure of the anti-clockwise exit slip at junction 11 is already causing queueing back past J12, with the carriageway shut for construction work until 05:00 on Monday 5 October.

The anti-clockwise exit slip road at M25 junction 11 is closed for construction work, with the closure active now and due to run until 05:00 on Monday 5 October, according to the estate's own traffic monitoring trigger. Live data from M25 Roadworks Today confirms the closure is in effect, listing "M25 J11 anti-clockwise exit — Carriageway closed" as a live item reported at 08:31 on Saturday 3 October, alongside a second live entry for lane closures on the anti-clockwise carriageway between junctions 12 and 11, according to [2]. The same source's overhead signage log shows a 40mph limit set on the anti-clockwise carriageway between J12 and J11, plus queue warning messages — "QUEUE AHEAD" and "QUEUE AFTER JCT" — set from 07:55, covering the stretch between J11 and J10, according to [2]. The practical effect for anyone travelling anti-clockwise towards J11 is a shut exit slip and a lane closure immediately before it, with queueing already flagged on the overhead signs as of this morning, according to [2]. The site lists four planned items alongside the two live roadworks, though the detail of those is not given in the material, so Wayne's exposure beyond this specific closure is unconfirmed, according to [2]. It is worth noting what the earlier National Highways bulletin in the material actually covers: that document, dated 16 November 2020, logs a run of separate incidents — congestion, broken-down vehicles and police operations — at various M25 locations including the J12–J11 anti-clockwise stretch, but it predates the current closure by nearly six years and does not reference the J11 exit slip construction works at all, according to [1]. It is included here only because it was part of the reporting material; it should not be read as live information and establishes nothing about the present closure. There is no indication in either source of why the exit slip work is happening, what construction is involved, or whether it is linked to any wider scheme — those details are simply not present in the material and are unconfirmed. Nor is there any sign of an incident or hazard driving this; it reads as straightforward, pre-planned carriageway work with a fixed end time, which is consistent with the original trigger describing it as a planned closure. What to watch: whether the queueing building back toward J10 worsens over the weekend, and whether the closure actually lifts on schedule at 05:00 Monday — worth a check of live National Highways data nearer the time rather than relying on this snapshot.
Filed: 3 Oct 2026, 08:39

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