Warwick Town Centre

St Johns Junction, Warwick Highway Improvements – construction started 13 October 2025

St Johns Junction overview and plan

The aim of the scheme is to:  

• Improve connectivity and enhance the experience for pedestrians, cyclists and business users accessing the St Johns area and wider town centre, including provision of cycle parking.  
• Improve the attractiveness of the location as a key gateway to the town, material enhancements outside the retail/commercial area while preserving as many parking bays as possible. 
• Upgrade the existing traffic signal junction and provide essential maintenance to the carriageway on all arms, particularly to Coventry Rd and St Johns.

View a copy of the approved plan (PDF, 3.5 MB)

Key programme information

Works commenced on 13 October 2025 and will continue until March 2026.  

 Programme

The footway works directly outside the business frontages have been completed as well as the tarmac up to the Paddocks. We have also added small areas of tarmac on some of the future crossing points to help with mobility and pushchairs which will remain in place until the carriageway is resurfacing and crossing points are completed.

St Johns Junction, Warwick – reminder of permanent removal of limited waiting bays in front of your business from 5 January 2026

As per the Traffic Regulation Order which is in place as part of the current works in and around St Johns, we are continuing the work to permanently remove the limited waiting bays between Coffee Junction and Castle Balti on Monday 5 January 2026. This work is almost finished.

The next phase will commence in week commencing Monday 02 February and will focus on the footway on Priory road from where it meets Cross Street to where it joins St Johns.

This footway will be closed during the work and a pedestrian diversion will take pedestrians down Cross Street and onto Smith Street. The diversion will then use the crossing on Priory road to bring pedestrians back to St Johns shops. The newly paved area in front of the shops between Coffee Junction and Castle Balti will then be open for pedestrians to continue past the shops and to the central St Johns area. Access to all of those shops open for business will be maintained at all times.

• Full details will be available and regularly updated on these pages.      
• The works is being managed by the county council’s principal Highways Contractor Balfour Beatty Living Places. If you have any queries or concerns over the works being carried out at the site, please contact Balfour Beatty Living Places on 03452 415302.    
• For any questions or to share feedback on the scheme please either email the Warwick Town Centre team at warwicktc@warwickshire.gov.uk or contact me by telephone on 01926 742138.