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Map of the M4 Motorway

1Accidentsreported on the M4 — and the overhead signs show M4 CLOSED J21-J23 M5 CLOSED J25-J26 — see the signs6Roadworks activelive on the M4 right now — see details15Plannedscheduled on the M4 — see details

Live M4 traffic data from National Highways · updated 01:42 (1:42am) Wed 11 Nov 2026

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Map of M4 Motorway Junctions

Map of the M4 motorway junctions.

Showing live speeds westbound. The map shows one direction at a time; tap the other button to switch. For both directions side by side, with every sign and incident, see the live M4 speed flow map.

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Map of the M4 in England, from junction 1 to junction 23, with the towns along it Barnes Usk Hurst Upper Lambourn Wick Wisteria (attraction) Hammersmith bridge (attraction) The Children's Garden (attraction) Stop 6 - The Orangery (attraction) Krāsainās mājas (attraction) Log trail & Giant badger sett (attraction) Royal Kitchens (attraction) The Cosmic House (attraction) Otters (attraction) Stag Beetle Loggery (attraction) Cape Barren Goose (attraction) Goose's Foot (attraction) Stop 1 - Victoria Gate (attraction) Sarm West Studios (attraction) Stop 3 - The Great Pagoda (attraction) Stop 2 - Temperate House (attraction) Exedra (attraction) Stop 5 - Brentford Gate (attraction) The Food Market Chiswick (attraction) Stop 4 - Natural Area (attraction) Big dining table with chairs (attraction) Rose Column (attraction) Marquee (attraction) Deer House (attraction) Inigo Jones Gateway (attraction) Southall Railway Centre (attraction) Kyoto Garden (attraction) Garden Lodge - Freddie Mercury's last home (attraction) Ionic Temple (attraction) Pagoda (attraction) Ham House (attraction) Police Box (attraction) Conservatory (attraction) Pembroke Lodge Gardens (attraction) Eye Catcher (attraction) Amphitheatre (attraction) Millennium Maze (attraction) Kew Palace (attraction) Chiswick House (museum) William Morris Society (museum) Pitzhanger Manor House and Gallery (museum) World Rugby Museum (museum) Twickenham Museum (museum) Museum of Richmond (museum) The Mosaic Rooms (museum) Elephant West (museum) Chelsea FC Museum and Stadium Tours (museum) Leighton House Museum (museum) Toll House (museum) Design Museum (museum) The Musical Museum (museum) Eel Pie Island Museum (museum) Boston Manor (museum) Transport Museum Depot (museum) Museum of Brands (museum) Hogarth's House (museum) The Ealing Doll House (museum) Sambourne House (museum) London Museum of Water and Steam (museum) Marble Hill House (museum) Gunnersbury Park Museum (museum) Snail Reserve (nature reserve) Ecology Centre (nature reserve) Crane Park Island Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Paradise Fields (nature reserve) Pevensey Road Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Blondin Park Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Perivale Wood Local Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Birds area (nature reserve) Gunnersbury Triangle Local Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Play Service Nature Area (nature reserve) Isleworth Ait (nature reserve) Hounslow Heath (nature reserve) WISE Project (nature reserve) Montpelier Park Woodland (nature reserve) Litten Local Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Lost River Park (nature reserve) Warren Farm Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Hanwell Zoo (zoo) California Country Park (attraction) Wellington Country Park (attraction) Abbey Ruins (attraction) Abbey Ruins (attraction) Cole Museum of Zoology (museum) The Royal Berkshire Medical Museum (museum) The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology (museum) Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock (museum) Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock (museum) The Museum Of Berkshire Aviation (museum) British Museum Archaeological Research Collection (museum) Longmoor Bog Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Larks Hill (nature reserve) Loddon Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Maiden Erlegh Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Millenium Arboretum (nature reserve) Shepperlands Farm (nature reserve) Dingley Dell (nature reserve) View Island (nature reserve) Highwood Local Nature Reserve (nature reserve) TeamSport Indoor Karting (attraction) Mapledurham House (attraction) Reading Museum (museum) Moor Copse (nature reserve) Hosehill Lake Local Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Kennett Island wildlife conservation area (nature reserve) Fobney Island Wetland Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Hartslock (nature reserve) Beale Park (zoo) Guinea Pig Village (attraction) Newbury Show Ground (attraction) West Berkshire Museum (museum) Snelsmore Common Country Park (SSSI) (nature reserve) Sole Common Pond (nature reserve) Rack Marsh (nature reserve) The Living Rain Forest (zoo) Bucklebury Farm Park (zoo) Kintbury Newt Ponds (nature reserve) Watts Bank (nature reserve) Ditcheat Manor 7821 (attraction) Museum & Art Swindon (museum) Museum of Computing (museum) Aldbourne Heritage Centre (museum) Richard Jefferies Museum (museum) Chiseldon Museum (museum) STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway (museum) Clouts Wood Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Coate Water Local Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Seven Fields (nature reserve) Rushey Platt Nature Reserve (nature reserve) The Coombes (nature reserve) Swindon Lagoons (nature reserve) High Clear Down (nature reserve) Studley Grange Butterfly Gardens and Craft Centre (attraction) Broad Town White Horse (attraction) Purton Museum (museum) Royal Wottoon Bassett Museum (museum) Lydiard House (museum) Stoke Common Meadows (nature reserve) Echo Lodge Meadows (nature reserve) Hagbourne Copse (nature reserve) Wootton Bassett Mud Springs (nature reserve) Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre (museum) Vincients Wood (nature reserve) Sutton Lane Meadows (nature reserve) Corston Quarry and Pond Local Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Birds Marsh (nature reserve) Dyrham Park (attraction) Yate Heritage Centre (museum) Wapley Bushes Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Jekka's Herb Farm (attraction) Acton Court (attraction) Concorde 216 (attraction) The George Müller Museum (museum) Glenside Hospital Museum (museum) Frenchay Village Museum (museum) Aerospace Bristol (museum) Kingswood Heritage Museum (museum) Magpie Bottom Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Huckford Quarry LNR (nature reserve) Coombe Brook Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Royate Hill Local Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Warmley Forest Park (nature reserve) Three Brooks Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Monks Pool LNR (nature reserve) The Tumps (nature reserve) Bradley Brook LNR (nature reserve) Troopers Hill Local Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Bristol Zoo Project (zoo) Yeading Brook Meadow (nature reserve) Causeway (nature reserve) Yeading Brook Meadows (nature reserve) Huckerby's Meadows (nature reserve) Cranebank (nature reserve) Old Down Country Park (attraction) The Pump (attraction) Thornbury and District Museum (museum) Pilning Wetland Farm & Reserve (nature reserve) Littleton Brick Pits Nature Reserve (nature reserve) St. Tewdric's Well (attraction) Dewstow Hidden Garden and Grotto (attraction) Caldicot Castle Museum (museum) Coombe Valley Woods National Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Magor Marsh SSSI (nature reserve) Stay Balanced Alpaca Experiences (attraction) In the Nick of Time (Festival Clock) (attraction) Newport Medieval Ship museum (museum) Great Traston Meadows (nature reserve) 19 Hills (nature reserve) The Courtyard Of Windows (attraction) Concorde G-BOAB (attraction) Bedfont Lakes country park visitors area. (attraction) Bedfont Lake's Country Park rangers hut and information centre. (attraction) Harmondsworth Great Barn (attraction) Colnbrook Museum (museum) Battle of Britain Bunker - RAF Uxbridge (museum) Heathrow Biodiversity Site - Peggy Bedford (nature reserve) Colne Valley Biodiversity Site (nature reserve) The Grove Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Cain's Lane Open Space (nature reserve) Two Bridges (nature reserve) Staines Moor (nature reserve) Ten Acres (nature reserve) Heathrow Colne Valley Biodiversity Site (nature reserve) Colne Valley Biodiversity Site (nature reserve) Heathrow Colne Valley Biodiversity Site (nature reserve) Frays Island & Mabey's Meadow Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Hardings Row Millenium Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Bedfont lakes nature reserve. (nature reserve) Alice's Treehouse (attraction) Ankerwycke Yew (attraction) St Mary's Priory (attraction) Runnymede Pleasure Ground (attraction) Magna Carta Monument (attraction) Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Blue Airmail Pillar Box (attraction) Kennedy Memorial (attraction) Ancient Well (attraction) Queen Mary's Dolls' House (attraction) Crooked House of Windsor (attraction) Windsor Castle (attraction) Windsor & Royal Borough Museum (museum) Pug Yard Learning Centre (museum) Deep Sea Adventure (aquarium) The Cage Pollard (attraction) Heartlake City (attraction) LEGO City (attraction) DUPLO Valley (attraction) Kingdom Of The Pharaohs (attraction) Druid's Oak (attraction) Knight's Kingdom (attraction) Enchanted Forest (attraction) The Old Pump (attraction) The Beginning (attraction) Pirate Shores (attraction) Miniland (attraction) Adventure Land (attraction) The Dragon's Apprentice (attraction) Imagination (attraction) Haunted House Monster Party (attraction) Dragon (attraction) The Royal Windsor Maze (attraction) Pirate Falls: Treasure Quest (attraction) Balloon School (attraction) Slough Museum (museum) Berkshire Yeomanry Museum (museum) Museum of Antiquities (museum) Eton Natural History Museum (museum) Cocksherd Wood (nature reserve) Haymill Valley (nature reserve) Legoland Windsor (theme park) The Sounding Arch (attraction) Maidenhead Bridge (attraction) Stanley Spencer Gallery (museum) Maidenhead Heritage Centre (museum) Braywick Park (nature reserve) Littleworth Common (nature reserve) Chawridge Bank (nature reserve) Braywick Park Nature Reserve (nature reserve) Bray Pit (nature reserve) Ivor Novello's House (attraction) Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 J1 J2 J3 J4 J4B J5 J6 J7 J8/9 J10 J11 J12 J13 J14 J15 J16 J17 J18 J19 J20 J21 J22 J23 M5 M25 M48 M32 M49 Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors© Corporate Ace Limited

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This map shows the M4 in England, junctions 1 to 23. The M4 in Wales, junctions 23 to 49, has its own map.

West M4

To the West the M4 joins the M5 at M4 Junction 20 which heads north to Devon Cornwall and the South West of England.

The Western end of the M4 is in South Wales Junctions 23 to 48. Bridgend is on Junctions 25 to 37, M4 Junctions 44 and 45 for Swansea, Junctions 30 to 33 for Cardiff and Junctions 24 to 28 for Newport. 

 East M4

At the eastern end of the M4 is London, with Junctions for Slough, Reading, Newbury, Swindon and Bristol on the way to Wales in the West.

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Latest accident or incident on the M4

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  • laneClosures

    Active nowUpdateWestbound
    Time now: Wednesday, 11 November 2026, 01:42 (1:42am)

    01:40 (1:40am)11 Nov 2026reported 2 min ago

    Location
    M4 J22 westbound access
    Direction
    Westbound
    Lanes closed
    Lane closures
    Reason
    Road or carriageway or lane management
    Schedule
    01:34 (1:34am) Wed 11 Nov 2026 → 01:49 (1:49am) Wed 11 Nov 2026
    ⏳Expected to clear in ~7m HA planned end: 01:49 (1:49am) Wed 11 Nov 2026

    • Latest active roadworks on the M4

    Roadworks live on the M4 right now.

  • M4 eastbound hard shoulder closure (142/6B to 135/2B)

    Active nowRoadworksEastbound
    Time now: Wednesday, 11 November 2026, 01:42 (1:42am)

    00:33 (12:33am)11 Nov 2026reported 1 hr ago

    Location
    M4 eastbound between J17 and J16
    Direction
    Eastbound
    Lanes closed
    Hard shoulder closed
    Reason
    Maintenance work
    Schedule
    13:15 (1:15pm) Mon 2 Nov 2026 → 20:00 (8pm) Tue 12 Jan 2027
    ⏳Long-term works - HA planned end: 20:00 (8pm) Tue 12 Jan 2027.

    • + 5 more active roadworks - search all M4 traffic news →

    Latest planned roadworks on the M4

    The next planned roadworks scheduled on the M4.

  • M4 Eastbound Jct 3 to Jct 1 Carriageway closure

    PlannedRoadworksEastbound Road closed
    Time now: Wednesday, 11 November 2026, 01:42 (1:42am)

    00:34 (12:34am)11 Nov 2026reported 1 hr ago

    Location
    M4 eastbound within J3
    Direction
    Eastbound
    Lanes closed
    Carriageway closed
    Reason
    Maintenance work
    Schedule
    23:59 (11:59pm) Tue 10 Nov 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 11 Nov 2026

    Forecast - not confirmed

    🚧HA scheduled: 23:59 (11:59pm) Tue 10 Nov 2026 → 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 11 Nov 2026 underway until 05:30 (5:30am) Wed 11 Nov 2026

    • + 14 more planned roadworks - search all M4 traffic news →

    Road closed — on the overhead signs now

    National Highways’ overhead signs are showing a road closure, as at 01:42 (1:42am) Wed 11 Nov 2026. 4 other serious messages are on the signs - see them all below.

    • M4 CLOSED J21-J23 M5 CLOSED J25-J26

      On the signs now Road closed
      Time now: Wednesday, 11 November 2026, 01:42 (1:42am)

      01:08 (1:08am)11 Nov 2026set 33 min ago✓ Checked by us 01:42 (1:42am)

      M4 CLOSED J21-J23
      M5 CLOSED J25-J26

      Overhead Message

      WhereM4 westbound and eastbound, J16 to J19 · on 11 signs
      Also onAlso showing on M5 signs
      SinceOn the signs since at least 19:51 (7:51pm) Tue 10 Nov 2026
      We check these overhead signs at least every five minutes, but we can't guarantee a sign is still current if an incident or issue has been cleared and the sign has not been updated yet. Signs and news can each carry something the other does not - check both before you travel.

    See all the M4 overhead signs

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    Updated 01:42 (1:42am) Wed 11 Nov 2026

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    M4 junctions — west to east

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