A ROAD closure that came into force in a Herefordshire town today (November 4) is causing slow traffic and delays.

Herefordshire Council has said that Church Street in Ledbury will remain closed for three days, reopening at midnight on November 7.

The council has said delays are likely in Ledbury town centre, with Google Maps showing slow traffic in the areas around Church Street as of 4pm today.

The road has been closed by Welsh Water to install a new stop tap.

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This is just one of a number of roadworks in Herefordshire this month.

National Highways revealed that today, works will start on the A49 in Herefordshire over several months.

Lengths of the road between its junction with the A40, Wilton Road, and the Pippins at Wilton, Ross-on-Wye, and the A456 at Woofferton on the Shropshire border, will be closed over this time.

Different stretches of the road will be closed at different times, and will be overnight.