Roadworks report for #Maldon, Fri 2 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Downs Road, Pump Lane, The Glebe, Top Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Colchester Road, Fambridge Road, Maypole Road, London Road, Southfield Way
WORKS IN THE ROAD: St Giles Crescent

Roadworks report for #Maldon, Fri 2 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Downs Road, Pump Lane, The Glebe, Top Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Colchester Road, Fambridge Road, Maypole Road, London Road, Southfield Way
WORKS IN THE ROAD: St Giles Crescent
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Steve Butterworth becomes the new manager of @maldontiptreefc.bsky.social
Roadworks report for #Maldon, Thu 1 Oct, 2026:
CLOSED: Downs Road, Pump Lane, The Glebe, Top Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Colchester Road, Fambridge Road, London Road, Southfield Way
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Imperial Avenue
Roadworks report for #Maldon, Wed 30 Sep, 2026:
CLOSED: Downs Road, Pump Lane, Top Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Lower Burnham Road, Colchester Road, Barnhall Road, London Road, Southfield Way, Woodrolfe Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Imperial Avenue
Update reported Sep. 24th, 2026: Cheapest petrol in #Maldon has risen from 171.9p to 172.9p a litre.
See all prices in #Maldon: https://CheapFuelNearMe.uk/fuel-prices/maldon/
Roadworks report for #Maldon, Tue 29 Sep, 2026:
CLOSED: Downs Road, Lodge Lane, Pump Lane, Top Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Colchester Road, Witham Road, Barnhall Road, Green Lane, Woodrolfe Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: West Avenue
WORKS IN THE ROAD: Oxley Hill
Agyakwa and Fares debut for the Jammers
Marlon Agyakwa and Yassin Fares start for @maldontiptreefc.bsky.social
Roadworks report for #Maldon, Mon 28 Sep, 2026:
CLOSED: Pump Lane
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Colchester Road, Witham Road, Barnhall Road, Green Lane, Woodrolfe Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: West Avenue
Roadworks report for #Maldon, Sun 27 Sep, 2026:
CLOSED: Pump Lane
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Cold Norton Road, Colchester Road, Witham Road, Barnhall Road, Green Lane, Woodrolfe Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Pantile Hill, West Avenue
Roadworks report for #Maldon, Sat 26 Sep, 2026:
CLOSED: Pump Lane
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Cold Norton Road, Colchester Road, Witham Road, Barnhall Road, Green Lane, Woodrolfe Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Pantile Hill, Heaton Way, West Avenue
Roadworks report for #Maldon, Fri 25 Sep, 2026:
CLOSED: Pump Lane
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Cold Norton Road, Colchester Road, Witham Road, Drake Avenue, Green Lane
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Pantile Hill, Anchor Road, Beeleigh Road, West Avenue
Update reported Sep. 19th, 2026: Cheapest petrol in #Maldon has risen from 170.9p to 171.9p a litre.
See all prices in #Maldon: https://CheapFuelNearMe.uk/fuel-prices/maldon/
Roadworks report for #Maldon, Thu 24 Sep, 2026:
CLOSED: Church Road, Southminster Road, Steeple Road
TEMPORARY LIGHTS: Fullbridge, Witham Road, Beckingham Street, Green Lane, Mill Lane, Old London Road
SINGLE-FILE TRAFFIC: Pantile Hill
Update reported Sep. 19th, 2026: Cheapest petrol in #Maldon has risen from 169.9p to 170.9p a litre.
See all prices in #Maldon: https://CheapFuelNearMe.uk/fuel-prices/maldon/
@essexbirdnews.bsky.social @birdtrack.bsky.social a bit of serendipity as a Merlin flew west across the fields south of limebrook way #Maldon. It did land in the stubble but was chased off by the rooks, giving a great size comparison, it was half ad big. Also 3 kestrels, 2 buzzards & 2 yellowhammers
BBC #EssexSeniorCup Third Round Draw Ball Numbers (Friday, 6:45pm): 12 #Grays Athletic, 13 Hashtag United, 14 #Hornchurch, 15 #Maldon & #Tiptree, 16 #Redbridge, 17 #Southend United, 18 #Stanway Rovers, 19 #Takeley, 20 #Tilbury, 21 #WalthamAbbey, 22 #Walthamstow (2/3)
Update reported Sep. 17th, 2026: Cheapest petrol in #Maldon has risen from 168.9p to 169.9p a litre.
See all prices in #Maldon: https://CheapFuelNearMe.uk/fuel-prices/maldon/
This book, edited by Grybauskas, includes Tolkien’s alliterative poetic drama, _The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth_, the leader of the defeated Anglo-Saxon defenders. There is a statue of him, at age 68 (so I should have a few more good years!), at the end of the #Maldon Promenade.
#Maldon is perhaps best known for Maldon Salt Co., but long before that company was formed, it was the site of the defeat of the Anglo-Saxons by the Vikings in August 991, described in _The Battle of Maldon_. I found this translation by Tolkien in a bookstore there on High Street.
Ebbing tide in the River Chelmer estuary, from the #Maldon Promenade: