Port of Holyhead: approach roads and traffic
Port of Holyhead (HLY) is one of the 28 ports UK Live Traffic watches. It handles ferries. The live map shows the ships arriving, alongside and leaving; this page is about the roads.
Its traffic joins the main roads at A55 J9 (60%) and A55 / North Wales Expressway (40%). On the live map, tapping the port and then its Road forecast estimates the vehicles that ferries and cruise ships which have just berthed should put on those junctions over the next 90 minutes.
Open Port of Holyhead on the live map
- Code
- HLY
- Plus Code
- 9C5Q896C+2C
- Handles
- ferries
- Approach junctions
- A55 J9, A55 / North Wales Expressway
How busy the approach roads usually are
| Road | Weekdays 03:00 | Weekdays 08:00 | Weekdays 12:00 | Weekdays 17:00 | Weekdays 21:00 | Saturday 12:00 | Sunday 12:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A55 J9 (A55) | Quiet | Steady | Quiet | Steady | Quiet | Steady | Steady |
| A55 / North Wales Expressway (A55) | Quiet | Quiet | Quiet | Steady | Quiet | Quiet | Quiet |
Typical for the hour of the week, from traffic counts: not live. The live map has what is happening now.
Other ports nearby
Airports nearby
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.
- Roads and junctions: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with Valhalla.