A KEY road just outside Winchester will be closed again for a week.

Morestead Road will be blocked in both directions between the junction of Hazeley Road in Twyford and the junction with A31 St Catherines Way by Bar End.

The road will be shut from 9.30am to 4pm each weekday from Thursday, February 29 to Friday, March 8 for pond clearance and drainage remedial works.

The road was closed for five weeks in the autumn for carriageway and drainage repairs. The route is a popular alternative from Winchester to places such as Bishop's Waltham and the southern parishes.