Winchester roads and travel news
Winchester roads and travel news, newest first: closures, roadworks, rail changes, buses and parking, from the authorities' own notices.
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M3 Closed Junctions 9 to 8 Two Weekends: 23 Oct and 6 Nov
The M3 shuts both ways between junctions 9 and 8 from 9pm on 23 October and 6 November to demolish old bridges. The second covers Winchester's bonfire night.
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Parking
Winchester Parking Charges Rise 1 Nov: Park and Ride £4.50
Park and ride goes from £3.50 to £4.50 a day and all-day Park and Walk from £7.30 to £10 on 1 November. Every new Winchester car park price, old and new.
Travel
Winchester Half Marathon Road Closures: 21 Roads, 6am to 3pm
Twenty-one roads shut for the Winchester Half Marathon, from 6am to 3pm on the High Street and in short windows elsewhere. The full list, road by road, with times.
Roads
Cart and Horses Junction: £3.9m Plan Still Has No Funding
Hampshire has two finished designs for the Kings Worthy junction and no money for either. The M3 junction 9 ruling left it unfunded, three years on.
Parking
Parking in Winchester: where the first hour is still free
Five Park and Walk car parks give the first hour free and stop charging at 6pm and on Sundays; the centre charges 24 hours. Every tariff and the 1 Nov rise.
Travel
Winchester EV charging switches to Be.EV: what you pay
Council car park chargers move to Be.EV: the Mer app stops working, and rates become 39p/kWh off peak, 54p daytime and 64p contactless. Full site list.
Trains
Winchester Christmas trains: no service 25 and 26 December
No trains on Christmas Day and almost none on Boxing Day. Last year the final Christmas Eve train to Weymouth left Waterloo at 7.35pm. What is known for 2026.