M25 on a saturday evening?

[S41NT]

Taking the nippers to Legoland a week on sunday and we're staying in a Pikeylodge in Bracknell the night before. Tw@nav wants to take me round the M25 from the A1 junction. It will be around 19:00 or will it be best avoiding the M25 all together?

[Lazy Daisy]

Junction A1 Dartford or A1M1 junction South Mimms ??, if from Dartford clockwise no problems, if from Mimms anti loads of 50 mph limit roadworks, but on a Saturday evening either way traffic will be lightest.

[cheezemonkhai]

M25 on a saturday evening isn't great, but isn't too bad that late IMHO.

Just plan to take a bit longer.

[Auric Goldfinger]

Just plan to take a bit longer.

Set off Friday

[S41NT]

Sorry, yeah from south mimms, might go Leicester m1, m40 then if there's loads of road works. Thanks guys

[cheezemonkhai]

Set off Friday

No not that much longer. :p

FWIW the M40 isn't exactly pretty last I looked, so I'd be tempted to go M25

Edited 19 June, 2012 by cheezemonkhai

[gadgetman]

+1 I'd do M1 > M25 over the M40.

[Sippo]

The problem is that at anytime if there is an accident the m25 just comes to a stand still no matter what time of day.

[Lazy Daisy]

But the M1 is the same, at least on a Saturday evening the traffic volume wont be quite so bad, about an hour ish on the M25.