Roads in and around Shepton Mallet will have more than their fair share of roadworks in 2021.

Somerset County Council maintains a rolling list of all roadworks taking place in the county on its dedicated Travel Somerset portal.

Some roadworks will involve only minor incursion on the carriageway, or will entail temporary traffic lights.

Others, however, will involve lengthy diversions for both large and small vehicles, meaning motorists will have to plan more times for their regular journeys.

Here are all the new roadworks planned in the Shepton Mallet area in the next 12 months which will involve some form of diversion for motorists.

PLEASE NOTE: all of the information below is sourced from the council's Travel Somerset website. It is correct as of December 15, 2020, and all details are subject to change.

Please note this list does not include ongoing roadworks which began in 2020.

January 18-22: Quarry Lane and Somers Hill in Leigh-upon-Mendip will be closed to enable BT to install new cabling. Traffic will be diverted along Limekiln Lane, Knap Hill and Leigh Street.

January 19: Tellis Lane in Binegar will be closed to allow Centurion Site Services to examine a disused structure. Traffic will be diverted along Station Road, Turner's Court Lane and King's Lane.

January 19-26: Westcombe Road in Stoney Stratton will be closed to allow Bristol Water to repair the existing mains sewer. Traffic will be diverted along Spargrove Lane.

January 25-February 2: the B3114 Chapel Hill and Dudwell Hill in Bathway will be closed in two phases to allow Truespeed Communications to install new fibreoptic cabling. Traffic will be diverted along the A39 Bristol Hill, the B3135 Roemead Road and the B3139 Bath Road.

January 27-29: Old Frome Road in Masbury will will be closed to all BT to replace existing telegraph poles. Traffic will be diverted along the A37, the B3135 Roemead Road and the B3139 Bath Road.

January 28: Cockpit Lane near Wanstrow will be closed to all BT to replace existing telegraph poles. Traffic will be diverted along Withy Wood Lane and Back Lane.

January 28-29: Pecking Mill Road in Evercreech will be closed to all BT to install new cabling. Traffic will be diverted along Weymouth Road, the B3081, Leighton Lane and the A371.

February 10: Winterwell Lane in Chesterblade will be closed to allow Somerset County Council to carry out essential resurfacing. A diversion route for these roadworks has not yet been published.

February 15-19: Top Street in Pilton will be closed to allow Bristol Water to install a new mains supply. A diversion route for these roadworks has not yet been published.

February 22-24: Gaol Lane and Leg Square in Shepton Mallet will be closed to allow BT to install new fibreoptic cables. Traffic will be diverted along Cornhill and Frithfield Lane.

February 22-25: Brewery Lane in Holcombe will be closed to enable Bristol Water to replace lead pipes. Traffic will be dlverted along Charlton Road, the B3139 Kilmersdon Hill, Hatchet Hill, Vobster Hill, Highbury Street and Anchor Road.

February 22-26: Old Wells Road near Shepton Mallet will be closed to allow Bristol Water to replace lead pipes. Traffic will be dlverted along Worminster Batch, Lower Westholme Road, the A361 and the B3136.

February 22-26: Veal Lane in East Horrington will be closed to allow Truespeed Communications to install new fibreoptic cabling. Traffic will be diverted along the B3139 Bath Road and Old Frome Road.

March 15-19: High Street in Shepton Mallet will be closed to allow Somerset County Council to carry out essential resurfacing. A diversion route for these roadworks has not yet been published.

March 15-29: Piers Road in Cranmore will be closed at nights to allow Network Rail to inspect the railway bridge near the East Somerset Railway. Traffic will be diverted along the A361, Farm Road, Measdown Road and Brottens Road.

June 7-18: Balls Lane in Chelynch will be closed to allow Somerset County Council to carry out essential drainage improvements. A diversion route for these roadworks has not yet been published.

July 19-23: the A359 Station Road in Wanstrow will be closed to allow Somerset County Council to carry out essential resurfacing. A diversion route for these roadworks has not yet been published.