Several roads in Watford and nearby villages are due to be temporarily closed when hundreds of runners take to the streets and lanes in the Watford Half-Marathon next month.

A notice from Hertfordshire County Council in this week’s edition of the Watford Observer details the extent of the road closures in Watford, Langleybury, Chandlers Cross, Sarratt and Abbots Langley when the popular event takes place on Sunday, February 6.

The following lengths of road are due to be closed, except for access, when signs are in place:

  • Parkside Drive, Watford from its junction with Cassiobury Drive north-westwards to its junction with Langley Way, a distance of approximately 1100m.
  • Cassiobury Drive, Watford, from its junction with Parkside Drive north-westwards and northwards for its entire length.
  • Cassiobury Drive/Langley Way roundabout, Watford, from its southernmost junction with Cassiobury Drive clockwise for its entire length.
  • Langley Way, Watford, from its junction with Parkside Drive north-eastwards to its junction with Bellmount Wood Avenue, a distance of approximately 220m.
  • Bellmount Wood Avenue, Watford, from its junction with Langley Way north-westwards, northwards and north-eastwards to its junction with Cassiobury Drive, a distance of approximately 440m.
  • Glen Way, Watford, from its junction with Stanbury Avenue southwards for its entire length.
  • Stanbury Avenue, Watford, from its junction with Glen Way north-westwards to its junction with Beechpark Way, a distance of approximately 250m.
  • Beechpark Way, Watford, from its junction with Stanbury Avenue north-westwards to its junction with Grove Mill Lane, a distance of approximately 145m.
  • Grove Mill Lane, Watford, from its junction with Beechpark Way south-westwards, westwards and northwards to its junction with Fir Tree Hill, a distance of approximately 1900m.
  • Langleybury Lane, Langleybury, from its junction with Fir Tree Hill north-eastwards and north-westwards to its junction with Old House Lane, a distance of approximately 1130m.
  • Fir Tree Hill, Chandlers Cross, from its junction with Langleybury Lane south-westwards, southwards and south-westwards to its junction with Redhall Lane, a distance of approximately 1192m.
  • Redhall Lane, Chandlers Cross, from its junction with Fir Tree Hill westwards to its junction with Chandlers Lane, a distance of approximately 55m.
  • Chandlers Lane, Chandlers Cross, from its junction with Redhall Lane north-westwards to its junction with Bucks Hill, a distance of approximately 330m.
  • Deadmans Ash Lane, Sarratt, from its junction with Bottom Lane south-westwards for a distance of approximately 280m.
  • Bottom Lane, Sarratt, from its junction with Deadmans Ash Lane north-westwards and westwards to its easternmost junction with Commonwood, a distance of approximately 310m.
  • Commonwood, Sarratt, from its easternmost junction with Bottom Lane northwards to its junction with Quickmoor Lane, a distance of approximately 720m.
  • Quickmoor Lane, Sarratt, from its junction with Commonwood eastwards to its junction with Bucks Hill, a distance of approximately 484m.
  • Bucks Hill, Sarratt, from its junction with Quickmoor Lane southwards and south-eastwards to its junction with Old House Lane, a distance of approximately 1380m.
  • Old House Lane, Abbots Langley, from its junction with Bucks Hill north-eastwards and eastwards to its junction with Langleybury Lane, a distance of approximately 1700m.

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