Traffic in Chester, Cheshire
Chester is one of about 300 cities and towns UK Live Traffic can take the live map to. The busiest main roads within 25 km are M56, M62, M53, A494 and A550; the table shows how busy each usually is, by the hour of the week.
Usual is not live: the live map for the area has the current disruptions, traffic cameras, buses, trains, ships and aircraft, and directions from here.
- County
- Cheshire
- Plus Code
- 9C5V54R5+9J
- Busiest road nearby
- M56 (127,632 vehicles a day)
How busy the main roads near here usually are
| Road | Distance | Weekdays 03:00 | Weekdays 08:00 | Weekdays 12:00 | Weekdays 17:00 | Weekdays 21:00 | Saturday 12:00 | Sunday 12:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M56 | 16 km | Quiet | Busy | Steady | Busy | Quiet | Busy | Busy |
| M62 | 25 km | Quiet | Busy | Busy | Very busy | Quiet | Busy | Busy |
| M53 | 7.4 km | Quiet | Busy | Busy | Very busy | Quiet | Busy | Busy |
| A494 | 8.2 km | Quiet | Very busy | Busy | Very busy | Quiet | Very busy | Busy |
| A550 | 8.2 km | Quiet | Very busy | Busy | Very busy | Quiet | Very busy | Busy |
Typical for the hour of the week, from traffic counts: not live. The live map has what is happening now.
Airports nearby
Ports nearby
Other places in Cheshire
Where the figures come from
- Road traffic: Department for Transport road traffic counts (Open Government Licence v3.0), spread over the week with DfT's national hourly pattern.