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 first construction phase began on the central pedestrian area of the service road opposite Subway, running simultaneously with works on the footway opposite St Johns Court. This has now been completed
• The next phase  has now commenced along the footway outside of the shops moving from South to North towards the Paddocks. Although some of the footway will be barriered off a section of footway will remain open for access  as in the 2 pictures below.
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• We will monitor the progress of this work as it moves up the footway and will let businesses know when to expect work outside of their premises in advance.
• The direction of traffic within the service road will be remain One-Way from North to South, with access from Coventry Road exiting onto St Johns, as per the agreed final road layout.  
• A Christmas Embargo period on construction will be in place from 8 December 2025 until 5 January 2026, after which Phase Two of the works will recommence at the end of Smith Street, Priory Road and the main St Johns crossroads until March 2026.   
•  While there will be disruption during to the works, we will endeavour to keep this to a minimum.  
• Parking spaces and loading/unloading areas will continue to be affected, but the contractor will ensure some parking remains available throughout. Access to frontages will be maintained at all times.   The contractors have been able to maximise the number of spaces available so far and will continue to do this.

Communication and how enquiries will be managed

• 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.