Tuesday 21 February 2017 11:26 am

London is the most congested city in the UK, but which is the road with the heaviest traffic jams?

Yesterday, London was revealed to be the most congested city in the UK – and the data by Inrix has also named the capital’s most congested roads.

The top five most congested roads in the UK are to be found in London, unsurprisingly, and two happen to be in the city centre. So the question is: Do you live in the capital’s most traffic-heavy road?

It seems traffic is at its worst during the evening as commuters make their way home.

You might want to avoid the northbound Chiswick roundabout road towards Hanger Lane as it has won the top spot. Motorists spent a total of 73 hours in hold ups in 2016, mostly accumulated during the evening rush hour.

The A2 Eastbound from New Cross Gate to Prince Charles Road came in second with 62 hours spent in gridlock, and eastbound from Westminster Bridge towards London Bridge was third.

The only road which saw congestion at its heaviest during the morning rush hour was the northbound road from A2/Kidbrooke to the Blackwall Tunnel with a total of 51 hours, coming in at fourth place. And at number five is another central London road: southbound from Russell Square to Aldwych robbed drivers of 50 hours through delays.

The UK's most congested roads

Rank	City / Large Urban Area	Road	From	To	Worst Peak Period	Total Hours of Delay
1	London	A406 Northbound	Chiswick Roundabout	Hanger Lane	PM	73
2	London	A2 Eastbound	New Cross Gate	Prince Charles Rd	PM	62
3	London	A3211 Eastbound	Westminster Bridge	London Bridge	PM	57
4	London	A102 Northbound	A2/Kidbrooke	Blackwall Tunnel	AM	51
5	London	A4200 Southbound	Russell Square	Aldwych	PM	50
6	Belfast	A1 Southbound	College Gardens	Wallace Park	PM	49
7	London	A308 Eastbound	Putney Bridge Approach	Sloane Square	PM	46
8	Bristol	A431 Westbound	Bryants Hill	Lawrence Hill	AM	45
9	Belfast	A24 Northbound	Ormeau Road	Ann Street	AM	45
10	Manchester	A6 Northbound	Macclesfield Road	Heaton Lane	AM	44