Gritter tracker UK: live gritter maps and gritting routes by council

Are the roads gritted tonight? Councils grit their own roads, and many publish a live map of their gritters or the routes they treat. This page links the official one for 106 councils, 11 of them with a live gritter map, and the national bodies that grit motorways and trunk roads.

Snow or ice on the way? Ice and snow warnings in force now, by area, are on UK weather warnings by region. Councils plan gritting from road-weather forecasts each afternoon and evening.

Links checked on 18 October 2026. Most live gritter maps only show gritters during the winter season, roughly October to April.

Motorways and trunk roads

Councils do not grit motorways or trunk roads. These national bodies do; in Northern Ireland, where councils do not look after roads, the Department for Infrastructure (DfI Roads) grits the whole salted network.

WhoRoadsOfficial link
National Highways Motorways and major A roads in England Winter roads page
Traffic Scotland Trunk roads and motorways in Scotland Live gritter map
Traffic Wales Motorways and trunk roads in Wales Winter roads page
DfI Roads (nidirect) The salted road network in Northern Ireland Winter roads page

Council gritter maps and gritting routes

"Live gritter map" means the council shows where its gritters are or have been; "gritting routes" means it publishes the roads it treats. Council names link to that council's page with its school closures link and Met Office warning area.

England (66)

Council Gritting Met Office warning area
Barnsley Gritting routes on barnsley.gov.uk Yorkshire & Humber
Birmingham Gritting routes on birmingham.gov.uk West Midlands
Bolton Gritting routes on bolton.gov.uk North West England
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Gritting routes on bcpcouncil.gov.uk South West England
Bradford Gritting routes on bradford.gov.uk Yorkshire & Humber
Bristol Gritting routes on bristol.gov.uk South West England
Buckinghamshire Gritting routes on buckinghamshire.gov.uk London & South East England
Calderdale Gritting routes on new.calderdale.gov.uk Yorkshire & Humber
Cambridgeshire Gritting routes on cambridgeshire.gov.uk East of England
Central Bedfordshire Gritting routes on centralbedfordshire.gov.uk East of England
Cheshire East Live gritter map on cheshireeast.gov.uk North West England
Cheshire West and Chester Gritting routes on cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk North West England
County Durham Live gritter map on durham.gov.uk North East England
Coventry Gritting routes on coventry.gov.uk West Midlands
Cumberland Gritting routes on cumberland.gov.uk North West England
Derby Gritting routes on derby.gov.uk East Midlands
Derbyshire Live gritter map on apps.derbyshire.gov.uk East Midlands
Devon Gritting routes on devon.gov.uk South West England
Dudley Gritting routes on dudley.gov.uk West Midlands
East Riding of Yorkshire Gritting routes on eastriding.gov.uk Yorkshire & Humber
East Sussex Gritting routes on eastsussex.gov.uk London & South East England
Essex Live gritter map on essexhighways.org East of England
Gloucestershire Gritting routes on gloucestershire.gov.uk South West England
Herefordshire Gritting routes on herefordshire.gov.uk West Midlands
Hertfordshire Gritting routes on hertfordshire.gov.uk East of England
Hull Gritting routes on hull.gov.uk Yorkshire & Humber
Kent Gritting routes on kent.gov.uk London & South East England
Kirklees Gritting routes on kirklees.gov.uk Yorkshire & Humber
Leeds Live gritter map on leeds.gov.uk Yorkshire & Humber
Leicester Gritting routes on leicester.gov.uk East Midlands
Leicestershire Gritting routes on leicestershire.gov.uk East Midlands
Lincolnshire Gritting routes on lincolnshire.gov.uk East Midlands
Liverpool Gritting routes on liverpool.gov.uk North West England
Manchester Gritting routes on manchester.gov.uk North West England
Medway Gritting routes on medway.gov.uk London & South East England
Milton Keynes Gritting routes on milton-keynes.gov.uk London & South East England
Newcastle upon Tyne Gritting routes on new.newcastle.gov.uk North East England
North Northamptonshire Gritting routes on northnorthants.gov.uk East Midlands
North Yorkshire Live gritter map on northyorks.gov.uk Yorkshire & Humber
Northumberland Gritting routes on northumberland.gov.uk North East England
Nottinghamshire Gritting routes on nottinghamshire.gov.uk East Midlands
Oxfordshire Live gritter map on oxfordshire.gov.uk London & South East England
Peterborough Gritting routes on peterborough.gov.uk East of England
Plymouth Gritting routes on plymouth.gov.uk South West England
Portsmouth Gritting routes on portsmouth.gov.uk London & South East England
Rotherham Gritting routes on rotherham.gov.uk Yorkshire & Humber
Sandwell Gritting routes on sandwell.gov.uk West Midlands
Sheffield Gritting routes on sheffield.gov.uk Yorkshire & Humber
Shropshire Gritting routes on next.shropshire.gov.uk West Midlands
Somerset Gritting routes on somerset.gov.uk South West England
Southampton Gritting routes on southampton.gov.uk London & South East England
Staffordshire Gritting routes on staffordshire.gov.uk West Midlands
Stockport Gritting routes on stockport.gov.uk North West England
Stoke-on-Trent Gritting routes on stoke.gov.uk West Midlands
Suffolk Gritting routes on suffolk.gov.uk East of England
Surrey Gritting routes on surreycc.gov.uk London & South East England
Wakefield Gritting routes on wakefield.gov.uk Yorkshire & Humber
Walsall Gritting routes on go.walsall.gov.uk West Midlands
Warwickshire Gritting routes on warwickshire.gov.uk West Midlands
West Northamptonshire Gritting routes on westnorthants.gov.uk East Midlands
West Sussex Gritting routes on westsussex.gov.uk London & South East England
Westmorland and Furness Gritting routes on westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk North West England
Wigan Gritting routes on wigan.gov.uk North West England
Wirral Gritting routes on wirral.gov.uk North West England
Wolverhampton Gritting routes on wolverhampton.gov.uk West Midlands
Worcestershire Gritting routes on worcestershire.gov.uk West Midlands

Scotland (25)

Council Gritting Met Office warning area
Angus Gritting routes on angus.gov.uk Central, Tayside & Fife
Argyll and Bute Gritting routes on argyll-bute.gov.uk Strathclyde
Clackmannanshire Gritting routes on clacks.gov.uk Central, Tayside & Fife
Dundee Gritting routes on dundeecity.gov.uk Central, Tayside & Fife
East Ayrshire Live gritter map on east-ayrshire.gov.uk Strathclyde
East Dunbartonshire Gritting routes on eastdunbarton.gov.uk Strathclyde
East Lothian Gritting routes on eastlothian.gov.uk SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
Edinburgh Gritting routes on edinburgh.gov.uk SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
Falkirk Gritting routes on falkirk.gov.uk Central, Tayside & Fife
Fife Gritting routes on fife.gov.uk Central, Tayside & Fife
Highland Gritting routes on highland.gov.uk Highlands & Eilean Siar
Midlothian Gritting routes on midlothian.gov.uk SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
Moray Gritting routes on moray.gov.uk Grampian
North Ayrshire Gritting routes on north-ayrshire.gov.uk Strathclyde
North Lanarkshire Live gritter map on northlanarkshire.gov.uk Strathclyde
Orkney Gritting routes on orkney.gov.uk Orkney & Shetland
Renfrewshire Gritting routes on renfrewshire.gov.uk Strathclyde
Scottish Borders Gritting routes on scotborders.gov.uk SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
Shetland Gritting routes on shetland.gov.uk Orkney & Shetland
South Ayrshire Live gritter map on ayrshireroadsalliance.org Strathclyde
South Lanarkshire Gritting routes on southlanarkshire.gov.uk Strathclyde
Stirling Gritting routes on stirling.gov.uk Central, Tayside & Fife
West Dunbartonshire Gritting routes on west-dunbarton.gov.uk Strathclyde
West Lothian Live gritter map on westlothian.gov.uk SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
Western Isles (Na h-Eileanan Siar) Gritting routes on cne-siar.gov.uk Highlands & Eilean Siar

Wales (14)

Council Gritting Met Office warning area
Blaenau Gwent Gritting routes on blaenau-gwent.gov.uk Wales
Carmarthenshire Gritting routes on carmarthenshire.gov.wales Wales
Ceredigion Gritting routes on ceredigion.gov.uk Wales
Conwy Gritting routes on conwy.gov.uk Wales
Denbighshire Gritting routes on denbighshire.gov.uk Wales
Flintshire Gritting routes on flintshire.gov.uk Wales
Isle of Anglesey Gritting routes on anglesey.gov.wales Wales
Merthyr Tydfil Gritting routes on merthyr.gov.uk Wales
Monmouthshire Gritting routes on monmouthshire.gov.uk Wales
Neath Port Talbot Gritting routes on npt.gov.uk Wales
Rhondda Cynon Taf Gritting routes on rctcbc.gov.uk Wales
Torfaen Gritting routes on torfaen.gov.uk Wales
Vale of Glamorgan Gritting routes on valeofglamorgan.gov.uk Wales
Wrexham Gritting routes on wrexham.gov.uk Wales

Northern Ireland (1)

Council Gritting Met Office warning area
Northern Ireland Gritting routes on nidirect.gov.uk Northern Ireland

What gets gritted

Each council treats a priority network first: main roads, bus routes and the roads to hospitals, fire and ambulance stations, and often schools. In heavy or lasting snow some councils add a second tier of routes once the first is clear. Quiet residential roads and most pavements are not gritted, though many councils fill grit bins for residents to use on public roads and paths. A gritted road can still be icy: salt needs traffic to work it in, can be washed off by rain, and works less well in very hard frost.

Not listed? This page covers the largest councils in England and every council in Scotland and Wales. Find yours with find your local council on GOV.UK and search its site for "gritting". Whether schools are closing is on school closures by council.

Questions

Are the roads gritted tonight?

Councils decide each afternoon or evening from road-weather forecasts, and grit their priority routes when frost, ice or snow is expected. Councils with a live gritter map show where their gritters are and have been; others publish the routes they treat. This page links each official one.

Which roads get gritted?

Each council treats a priority network first: main roads, bus routes and the roads to hospitals, emergency services and often schools. Quiet residential roads and most pavements are not gritted, so take care even on a night the gritters are out.

Who grits motorways and trunk roads?

Not the council. National Highways grits motorways and major A roads in England, Transport Scotland's operating companies grit Scotland's trunk roads, the Welsh Government's trunk road agents grit Wales's, and the Department for Infrastructure grits the main roads in Northern Ireland.

Does a gritted road mean no ice?

No. Salt needs traffic to work it in, can be washed off by rain, and works less well in very hard frost. A gritted road can still be icy, especially early in the morning.

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Every link on this page goes to a council or government website and was checked on 18 October 2026. This site does not track gritters itself; the councils' own maps do.