Farnham Roadworks This Week: Park Row and the A31 By-pass

Park Row closes by day for five days from Monday 16 November, 8am to 5pm, to finish the kerbing. That is according to Surrey’s town centre works page, reviewed on 6 November.

Surrey has booked works on the A31 Farnham By-pass from 18 to 24 November. Its permit register lists them only as “highways improvement works”. It does not say whether a lane or the road will close, or at what times.

SGN has booked gas works on Downing Street from 19 to 25 November, in the middle of town. The register gives no more detail than that.

On the A3, slip roads close at night all week, 9pm to 6am. Tonight, Tuesday 10 November, it is the northbound Hogs Back entry slip, the one most Farnham drivers use to join the A3 towards Guildford and London. That is from National Highways’ closure report.

Updated 10 November: last weekend’s fireworks, Remembrance and train closures removed; A31 By-pass, Downing Street, Badshot Lea Road and Crown Lane permits added; Middle Bourne Lane’s SGN permits are back on the register; new National Highways report for 9 to 15 November; permit table rebuilt.

This page was last checked against Surrey County Council’s own pages, its permit register, National Highways’ closure report and South Western Railway’s works pages on 10 November 2026.

This week and next at a glance

• A3, Tuesday 10 November: the northbound Hogs Back entry slip and both northbound Thursley slips close, 9pm to 6am.
• A3, Wednesday 11 November: both northbound slips at Milford close, and the northbound Surrey University entry slip in Guildford, 9pm to 6am.
• A3, Thursday 12 November: the northbound Shackleford entry and exit slips and the Compton exit slip close, 9pm to 6am.
• A3, Friday 13 November: the northbound Compton entry slip closes, 9pm to 6am.
• Saturday 14 November, rugby at Twickenham: fewer trains between Farnham and Guildford for most of the day. Details under Trains below.
• Park Row: closed by day, 8am to 5pm, for five days from Monday 16 November.
• Badshot Lea Road and Crown Lane: Surrey highways permits from 16 to 28 November.
• A31 Farnham By-pass: a Surrey highways permit from 18 to 24 November.
• Downing Street: SGN gas works from 19 to 25 November.
• Saturday 21 November, rugby again: the same gaps in the Guildford to Farnham service, earlier in the day.

Castle Street: the last of the paving

Surrey’s town centre works page, reviewed on 6 November, says:

• The two-way temporary lights stay on Castle Street while the pavement work continues. Surrey expects to remove them “in the coming weeks”.
• The last of the paving, from the Giggling Squid to the Nelson pub, needs no traffic management.
• Park Row closes for five days from 16 November, 8am to 5pm, to finish the kerbing.

Surrey’s bus changes page, reviewed on 9 November, says all Farnham bus services are running as normal. The Castle Street stops stay temporarily further up the hill, outside and opposite Guildford House.

Castle Street residents: Waverley’s temporary permit for Upper Hart car park stays valid “for the duration of the works which are anticipated to continue until November”. The permit has to be in place before you park there free. To arrange one, email farnham.infrastructureprogramme@surreycc.gov.uk.

Also in the town centre

From the same Surrey page:

• South Street and Downing Street: white line painting at night. No date is given.
• Benches, bike racks, bins and snagging: Surrey says these will not restrict pedestrians or traffic.

On the permit register, Upper Church Lane runs to 11 November, West Street to 29 November, and Bear Lane and Castle Street to 30 November. Victoria Road’s permit has gone from the register. Surrey’s project page lists the Victoria Road resurfacing as a new year job, at night.

The A3 at night: slip roads, not the main road

This is for anyone driving late towards Guildford, Milford, Haslemere or Portsmouth.

National Highways’ seven-day closure report covers Monday 9 to Sunday 15 November. It has no full A3 closure between Guildford and Hindhead. It does close a run of northbound slip roads, each from 9pm to 6am:

• Tuesday 10 November: the Hogs Back entry slip, for surveys, and the Thursley entry and exit slips, for drainage work
• Wednesday 11 November: the Milford entry and exit slips, for drainage work, and the Surrey University entry slip, for surveys
• Thursday 12 November: the Shackleford entry and exit slips and the Compton exit slip, for drainage work
• Friday 13 November: the Compton entry slip, for drainage work

Further south, on the night of Friday 13 November, the A3 southbound Knock Hundred Lane entry and exit slips and the Hazel Grove entry slip close, between Hindhead and Liphook, for maintenance.

The A31 at Farnham has no closures in National Highways’ report. The Farnham By-pass is a Surrey road, so its works appear on the county’s register instead. National Highways updates its report twice a day on weekdays, so check it before a late drive.

Buses

• 4 and 404: on their normal route; Castle Street stops temporarily further up the hill, outside and opposite Guildford House.
• 5, 18 and 65: Surrey’s page, reviewed 9 November, says all Farnham services are running as normal.
• 42 in Godalming and 71 in Haslemere: the diversions for the Tuesley Lane and Critchmere Lane closures have gone from Surrey’s page.

Check the Surrey temporary changes to bus services page or Stagecoach before travelling.

Every live job in Farnham, from the county’s permit register

Surrey’s “roadworks in your area” register listed 135 permits for Waverley on 10 November. The newest booked start date is 20 November. The 45 in Farnham’s wards are below, and 17 have not yet started.

What the table tells you that no closure notice does:

• Middle Bourne Lane’s two SGN permits are back, booked from 16 November to 5 February 2027. They vanished from the register on 7 November.
• SGN’s longest jobs run on Trafalgar Court to 15 January, and on Compton Way and Lynch Road to 4 February 2027.
• UK Power Distribution has Abbots Ride, Moor Park, from 16 November to 30 December.
• BT has Crooksbury Road twice: to 13 November, then again from 16 to 20 November alongside Sands Road.
• Crondall Lane’s Surrey permit, live since May 2025, is booked to end on 20 November.
• Farnham Park Townpath has a Surrey highways permit from 16 to 18 November.

Utility companies can notify Surrey up to two hours after emergency works start, so a quiet list is not a promise of a quiet week.

Elsewhere in the district

Godalming: a private highways permit on Ockford Ridge runs to 18 December. St Johns Street has SSE electricity works to 20 November, and Wolseley Road Thames Water works from 13 to 17 November. Meadrow carries Surrey’s permit to 14 November. BT is on Bridge Road from 17 to 19 November.

Haslemere: SSE has a permit on the High Street to 17 November, and SGN is on Bell Road to 17 November and Old Haslemere Road to 16 November. Network Rail has Sturt Road on 18 and 19 November.

Milford and Witley: SSE on Church Lane to 13 November; BT on Church Road and Ockfields from 12 to 16 November.

Cranleigh and Ewhurst: BT on Cranleigh High Street from 11 to 13 November; Thames Water on Ockley Road and Downhurst Road to 31 May 2027.

Bramley: SGN on Nursery Hill to 19 February, and on The Drive from 16 November to 22 January; BT on the High Street from 11 to 13 November.

Trains: the next three weekends

Farnham sits on the Alton branch, which leaves the main line between Brookwood and Aldershot. From South Western Railway’s own works pages:

• Saturday 14 November: rugby at Twickenham thins the Guildford to Farnham service. Between 11.23am and 9.23pm the xx23 Guildford to Farnham trains do not run, and between 10.34am and 8.34pm nor do the xx34 Farnham to Guildford trains. The xx53 from Guildford ends at Aldershot and the xx04 from Farnham starts there.
• Sunday 15 November: Waterloo to Alton trains start from Woking, hourly, because of work in the Wimbledon area.
• Saturday 21 November: rugby again, earlier in the day. Between 8.23am and 7.23pm the xx23 Guildford to Farnham trains do not run, and between 7.34am and 6.34pm nor do the xx34 Farnham to Guildford trains. The xx53 from Guildford ends at Aldershot and the xx04 from Farnham starts there.
• Sunday 22 November, and Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November: buses replace trains between Ascot and Aldershot. That does not touch the Farnham line itself.

South Western Railway usually runs an amended timetable around these closures, so check a journey planner rather than the usual departure time.

Where the whole scheme is going

Roadworks began in Farnham town centre in February 2025. Surrey County Council’s page, read on 10 November, splits the finish in two. The opening section still says the works are “expected to be completed as planned by the end of the 2026”. Further down it says: “While the main works will be complete in November, there will still be some final works in the new year.”

Still to come, in Surrey’s own list:

• the last of the Castle Street paving, and the Park Row kerbing from 16 November
• white line painting in South Street and Downing Street, at night
• street furniture: benches, bike racks and bins
• north-side pavement works in West Street, from January, with three-way temporary lights at the top of Downing Street
• resurfacing of Victoria Road, in the new year, at night

So the West Street pavement and the Victoria Road resurfacing are officially 2027 jobs, whatever the Victoria Road permit from 2 November turns out to cover.

What the money buys, in the council’s own list: wider pavements, new planting, paving and seating, dedicated loading bays, pedestrian-controlled crossings and raised tables, two-way traffic at the bottom of Downing Street and on The Borough west of Castle Street, two new bus shelters with real-time information and level boarding, advanced stop lines and more cycle parking, and sustainable drainage.

Already delivered: the right turn out of Castle Street and the Waggon Yard car park, so drivers no longer have to loop the gyratory; the Longbridge junction upgrade; Downing Street pavements and resurfacing; and the Borelli Walk and Riverside Walk shared route from the Riverside car parks to South Street via Brightwells.

The A31, which is the real problem

The town centre works do not touch Farnham’s structural issue. Surrey County Council’s own description is blunt: the A31 “cuts Farnham into two parts”, separating the south of the town from the station, the centre and the north.

The Farnham A31 Corridor project would have upgraded the Coxbridge Roundabout and the Shepherd and Flock Roundabout with layout changes, signals on some approaches, lane widening and better pedestrian and cycle facilities. The government has dropped it. The Department for Transport’s list of schemes removed from its Major Road Network programme, published on 23 October 2026, includes the A31 Farnham Corridor. Its Strategic Outline Business Case had been approved in late 2023; the Outline Business Case and public consultation never followed. The full story: A31 Farnham Corridor scrapped.

The wider Farnham Infrastructure Programme behind all of this was formed in 2019 by Surrey County Council, Waverley Borough Council, Farnham Town Council and the then MP, to tackle the town’s congestion and air quality. Its earlier deliveries were the HGV restrictions on Castle Hill, Castle Street, Folly Hill and Upper Hale Road in October 2021, and the 20mph zones in the town centre and Weydon Lane in summer 2023, extended to Upper Hale Road in autumn 2024.

Parking: the number most people get wrong

Farnham’s car parks are not priced alike. All-day parking ranges from £6.80 to £24.40 depending on which one you pick, and the two most expensive are the two closest to the middle of town. Every council car park in Farnham is free on Sundays and Christmas Day. Blue Badge holders park free everywhere.

Riverside 1, Central and Upper Hart were re-checked against their own Waverley pages on 19 September 2026 and are unchanged. The rest of the table was checked on 5 September 2026.

Where the table shows a dash under Blue Badge bays, the council’s page for that car park confirms free Blue Badge parking but does not publish a number of marked bays. Riverside 1, 2 and 3 together hold 351 spaces.

The £24.40 is not a mistake and it is not really a price. Central and Lower Hart charge £5.60 for four hours, £8.90 for six and £14.70 for eight, then £24.40 for the day. They are priced to turn over shoppers, not to host commuters. If you are staying all day, the Riverside car parks cost £17.60 less.

Central, Lower Hart and South Street also charge in the evening, 5.30pm to 10pm: £1.40 for the whole evening Monday to Thursday, and £1.40 an hour or £2.40 all evening on Friday and Saturday.

Christmas offer, 1 to 24 December: on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, any Waverley car park costs £2 after 2pm for as long as you stay, the council says. A one-hour stay still costs the one-hour charge. More in our story on the Christmas parking offer.

Three other details worth knowing:

• Brightwells Yard has 18 EV charging bays and a 1.9 metre height barrier, and no permits are available there. Its machines are on levels 2, 4, 6 and 8.
• Riverside 3 has three EV chargers, run by GeniePoint. No other Farnham car park has any.
• Upper Hart and St James both have a 2.1 metre height barrier. Memorial Hall and Upper Hart take coins and RingGo only, not cards.

The routes that matter between phases

Whatever is closed this month, four things stay true about driving in Farnham.

1. The gyratory is the bottleneck, not the roadworks. The council’s standing advice is to pick a car park you can reach without going round it, and walk the last few minutes.
2. The A31 splits the town. Anything that crosses it, including the station, is a different journey from anything that does not.
3. The level crossing at the station can hold you at the barriers, which is why the A31 project lists reducing its impact as an aim.
4. Castle Street, Castle Hill, Folly Hill and Upper Hale Road are the loop the diversions use, in one direction or the other depending on the phase. They also carry an HGV restriction, so lorries cannot follow you round.

Where to check before you set off

• Surrey County Council roadworks map for live county roadworks and closures.
• Farnham town centre improvement works, which Surrey updates as phases change and which carries the night closure plans.
• Surrey’s roadworks in your area register, whose forward view on 10 November ran to 20 November.
• National Highways’ seven-day closure report, the only place the overnight A3 and A31 closures are published.
• Farnham Town Council’s traffic and roadworks page, and the town’s live traffic cameras.
• Surrey Highways runs a weekly roadworks bulletin by email, which is the single easiest way to stay ahead of this.

What it means for you

Joining the A3 at the Hogs Back late tonight, Tuesday 10 November? The northbound entry slip is shut from 9pm to 6am. Allow time to join elsewhere.

Driving through the east of the centre from 16 November? Park Row is shut by day for five days, and SGN starts on Downing Street on 19 November.

Using the A31 By-pass from 18 to 24 November? Surrey has a permit booked. It has not said whether lanes will close, so allow extra time.

Catching a train to Guildford on Saturday 14 or 21 November? Half the direct trains do not run for most of the day. Check the journey planner.

If you catch the 4 or 404, the Castle Street stops are temporarily further up the hill while the works continue.

Frequently asked questions

Is Castle Street in Farnham closed?

No. It is open both ways on temporary traffic lights, which Surrey expects to remove “in the coming weeks”, according to its town centre works page reviewed on 6 November 2026. The last of the paving, from the Giggling Squid to the Nelson pub, needs no traffic management.

Is Park Row in Farnham closed?

Yes, in the daytime, from 8am to 5pm, for five days from Monday 16 November 2026, for kerbing works, according to Surrey County Council’s town centre works page.

Is the A31 Farnham By-pass closed?

Surrey’s permit register has highways works booked on the Farnham By-pass from 18 to 24 November 2026. It does not say whether any lane or the road will close. National Highways’ closure report has no A31 closures near Farnham.

Is the A3 closed at night this week?

Not the main road between Guildford and Hindhead. National Highways’ report for 9 to 15 November 2026 closes northbound slip roads instead, from 9pm to 6am: the Hogs Back entry and both Thursley slips on 10 November, both Milford slips on 11 November, the Shackleford slips and Compton exit on 12 November, and the Compton entry on 13 November.

Are trains running from Farnham to Guildford on 14 November?

Fewer than usual. South Western Railway says that because of rugby at Twickenham, the xx23 Guildford to Farnham trains do not run between 11.23am and 9.23pm, and the xx34 Farnham to Guildford trains do not run between 10.34am and 8.34pm. The xx04 from Farnham starts at Aldershot.

When will Farnham’s roadworks finish?

Surrey County Council’s town centre page says the main works will be complete in November, with some final works in the new year. Those include the north-side pavement in West Street, from January, and the night-time resurfacing of Victoria Road. Its opening section still says the works are expected to be completed by the end of 2026. The county’s permit for Castle Street runs to 30 November 2026. Separately, the A31 corridor scheme has no funding and no construction date.

Where is the cheapest all-day parking in Farnham?

The Riverside car parks, St James and Memorial Hall, at £6.80 for the day. The most expensive are Central and Lower Hart at £24.40. All Waverley car parks in Farnham are free on Sundays.

Is parking free in Farnham on Sundays?

Yes. Every Waverley Borough Council car park in Farnham is free on Sundays and on Christmas Day. Blue Badge holders park free at all of them at all times, on display of the badge and, where a bay is marked, a time clock.

Related

• Farnham train times to London, including station car park charges.
• Farnham planning news: the housing target that the A31 and the gyratory are supposed to absorb.
• Things to do in Farnham, with parking notes for the ones you drive to.

Sources

• Surrey County Council, Farnham town centre improvement works for the Castle Street resurfacing, the three crossings, the night closures from 26 October and their diversion, the Victoria Road resurfacing in the new year, the daytime lights coming off in early November, Park Row from 2 November, the Royal Deer gully works, the outstanding works and their timings, the East Street utility works, the Upper Hart permit, and the scheme’s scope and history. Read 3 November 2026 (page reviewed 20 October).
• Surrey County Council, temporary changes to bus services for Farnham services running as normal, the temporary Castle Street stops outside and opposite Guildford House, the absence of any East Street entry, the Tuesley Lane closure from 2 November and the service 42 diversion, the Godalming High Street entry no longer listed, and the Critchmere Lane closures to 4 November and the service 71 diversion. Read 3 November 2026 (page reviewed 2 November).
• Surrey County Council, roadworks in your area for every permit in the Farnham table, the Waverley total, the 6 November newest booked start date, the West Street, Victoria Road, East Street, South Street, Shepherd and Flock, Wrecclesham Hill, Alton Road, Ridgway Road, Wellington Lane, Upper Church Lane and Middle Bourne Lane permits, the Tuesley Lane permit, the absence of a Godalming High Street permit, and the Godalming, Haslemere, Hindhead, Milford, Witley, Bramley, Cranleigh and Ewhurst dates. Read 3 November 2026.
• Surrey County Council, Farnham Infrastructure Programme for the programme’s formation, HGV restrictions and 20mph zone dates.
• Surrey County Council, Farnham A31 Corridor for the roundabout proposals and the business case history.
• Department for Transport, MRN/LLM programme schemes 2026: October 2026 update, for the A31 Farnham Corridor’s removal from the programme. Read 27 October 2026.
• National Highways road closure report, the seven-day report covering 9 to 15 November 2026, for the A3 slip road closures and the absence of any A31 closure at Farnham.
• South Western Railway, November 2026 works for the rugby day changes to Guildford to Farnham trains on 14 and 21 November, the Woking start on 15 November and the Ascot to Aldershot closures.
• Waverley Borough Council, Farnham car parks and each individual car park page for spaces, tariffs, charging hours, Blue Badge bays, EV bays, payment methods and height restrictions.

Farnham Town Council’s roadworks page, last updated on 25 September 2026 when read on 29 October, names no specific closures and points readers to Surrey, so nothing on this page rests on it.

Roadworks change week to week. Confirm closures against Surrey County Council before you travel, and check tariffs on the machine before you pay.