Port of Tilbury: approach roads and traffic

Port of Tilbury (TIL) is one of the 28 ports UK Live Traffic watches. It handles ferries and container ships. The live map shows the ships arriving, alongside and leaving; this page is about the roads.

Its traffic joins the main roads at A282 J30 (55%), A1089 / Dock Approach Road (25%) and A12 J17 (20%). 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 Tilbury on the live map

Code
TIL
Plus Code
9F32F944+C2
Handles
ferries and container ships
Approach junctions
A282 J30, A1089 / Dock Approach Road, A12 J17

How busy the approach roads usually are

RoadWeekdays 03:00Weekdays 08:00Weekdays 12:00Weekdays 17:00Weekdays 21:00Saturday 12:00Sunday 12:00
A282 J30 (A13)QuietSteadyQuietSteadyQuietSteadySteady
A1089 / Dock Approach Road (A1089)QuietSteadyQuietSteadyQuietSteadyQuiet
A12 J17 (A12)QuietVery busyBusyVery busyQuietVery busyVery busy

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.