Motorists may find their journeys disrupted across Epping Forest this weekend when a number of roads are set to be temporarily closed to enable a festival of cycling to take place.

RideLondon 2022 will impact the district across both days as the women’s leading riders contest the three-stage RideLondon Classique, while Sunday will also see cyclists participate in events over 100, 60 and 30 miles on traffic-free roads through London and Essex in a celebration of all things cycling.

A notice from Essex County Council in this week’s edition of the Guardian details the roads that will be closed on both days.

The following roads in Epping Forest will be shut between 5am and 5pm, at those times specified on signs at the relevant locations, on Saturday:

  • Dunmow Road, Beauchamp Roding – from the junction with A1060 Stortford Road to School Lane
  • School Labe, Beauchamp Roding – for its entire length
  • Birds Green, Pickerells – for its entire length
  • Dunmow Road – from the junction with Birds Green to B184 Ongar Road
  • Ongar Road – from B184 Dunmow Road to Moreton Road
  • Moreton Road, Fyfield – for its entire length
  • Fyfield Road, Fyfield – for its entire length
  • Maltings Hill – for its entire length
  • High Road – from the junction of Woodside to B181 The Plain
  • High Road – from the junction of B1393 Epping Road to High Street
  • Epping Road – from the junction of A121 to B1393 High Road

The following roads in Epping Forest will be shut between 12.01am and 11.59pm, at those times specified on signs at the relevant locations, on Sunday:

  • Epping New Road – for its entire length
  • Epping Road – for its entire length
  • High Road, Epping – for its entire length
  • High Street, Epping – for its entire length
  • Palmers Hill – for its entire length
  • The Plain – for its entire length
  • Epping Road, North Weald Bassett – for its entire length
  • High Road, North Weald Bassett – for its entire length
  • Unnamed road (eastbound closures only) – between the junction of Rayley Lane and Weald Bridge Road
  • High Road – for its entire length
  • Epping Road – for its entire length
  • The Four Wantz, Chipping Ongar – for its entire length
  • Fyfield Road, Chipping Ongar – for its entire length
  • Ongar Road, Shelley – for its entire length
  • Dunmow Road, Fyfield – for its entire length
  • Chelmsford Road, Chipping Ongar – from the A414 to A414 The Four Wantz
  • High Street, Chipping Ongar – for its entire length
  • Coopers Hill, Chipping Ongar – for its entire length
  • Stanford Rivers Road, Marden Ash – for its entire length
  • Romford Road – for its entire length
  • London Road – for its entire length
  • Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbots – for its entire length
  • Hook Lane, Stapleford Abbots – for its entire length
  • Manor Road, Lambourne End – for its entire length
  • Lambourne Road, Chigwell Row – for its entire length
  • Manor Road, Chigwell – for its entire length

Visit the public notices section for full details of these and other notices.