113-400: [REDACTED] A6 [REDACTED] M1 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] A4146 [REDACTED] A5 The A421 is an important road for east/west journeys across south central England . Together with the A428 , the A43 and A34 , it forms the route from Cambridge through Milton Keynes to Oxford . The section between the A1 (near St Neots ) and the A5 (in Milton Keynes )
226-450: A 1.9-mile (3 km) section from Spott Wood to Oswald Dean in 1999, 1.2-mile (2 km) sections from Bowerhouse to Spott Road and from Howburn to Houndwood in 2002–2003 and the 8.5-mile (13.7 km) "A1 Expressway", from Haddington and Dunbar in 2004. The total cost of these works was £50 million. Plans to dual the single carriageway section of road north of Newcastle upon Tyne were shelved in 2006 as they were not considered
339-630: A central route through Penrith , entering the town as Bridge Lane then Victoria Road and leaving as 'Stricklandgate then Scotland Road. North of Penrith, it meets the B5305 (which heads to Wigton ) at the Stoneybeck roundabout situated on a new section of the A6 built for junction 41 of the M6. The next section of the A6 is one of the most dangerous roads in the county and follows a former Roman road , having seen several deaths in
452-483: A compulsory re-test). Blind Martine Brooks drove along the newly constructed A421 Great Barford Bypass (From the A1 Black Cat roundabout to Bedford ) and back to raise money for charity. The drive took place two days before the official road opening, and she was accompanied by Frank Branston (mayor of Bedford), Steve Clarke (teacher and navigator), and Denise Hubbard (driving instructor and car owner). She reached
565-665: A continuous motorway-standard road between Darrington (south of M62 junction) and Washington , and given the North East and North Yorkshire full motorway access to London (via the M1 at Darrington and Hook Moor). Councils in the north east have called for the section from Hook Moor in Yorkshire (where the M1 link road joins the A1(M)) to Washington to be renumbered as the M1. They maintain that this would raise
678-505: A cost of £67 million. However, the Highways Agency was unwilling to confirm the information as the study was preliminary and intended for future publication. In 2008 the proposal was submitted for consideration in the pre-2013/14 Regional Funding Advice 2 Programme of the East of England Development Agency . It was also announced in 2014 that new technology would be implemented to bring
791-458: A decision about a Development Consent Order signing off on National Highways' plans until December 2022. Measures were also announced to enhance the performance and safety of the A1 north of Ellingham to include three sections of climbing lanes, five junctions with improved right turn refuges, and better crossing facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. Start of construction is scheduled for 2018. It
904-479: A hump-backed bridge it passes St Osmund's Church . There is a roundabout with Ascot Drive near the Derby Conference Centre , and the road exits as Pride Parkway, which is connected to the adjacent Pride Park Business Park and Pride Park Stadium , home of Derby County F.C. It reaches Litchurch near Derby College's Roundhouse site; the land on which it was built was a former gas works. This section from
1017-409: A new corridor to the North East, and reducing congestion on the M1 around Sheffield and Leeds . This is the only missing link of motorway on the strategic M1 / M18 / A1(M) route London to Washington. The same announcement said that the road from Scotswood to North Brunton would be widened to three lanes each way, with four lanes each way between some junctions. The announcement then said that
1130-530: A number of incarnations, following routes through, to the east and to the west of both Gateshead and Newcastle. See A1 (Newcastle upon Tyne) for more information. The A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton scheme, also known as the Huntingdon Bypass required a redesigned interchange at Brampton . As a result the A1 was widened to a D3 standard from the current end of the A1(M) to the slip roads connecting directly onto
1243-457: A regional priority by central government. The intention was to dual the road between Morpeth and Felton and between Adderstone and Belford . In 1999 a section of A1(M) between Bramham and Hook Moor opened to traffic along with the extension of the M1 from Leeds . Under a DBFO contract, sections from Wetherby to Walshford and Darrington to Hook Moor were opened in 2005 and 2006. Between September 2006 and October 2009 six roundabouts on
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#17328375813101356-720: A roundabout with Quantock Rise. A roundabout at Streatley , where the road becomes the dual-carriageway Luton Road, passing through the Bartonhill Cutting, the road becomes single carriageway at the roundabout with the B655 at the other end of the Barton-le-Clay bypass. It meets the A507 at a roundabout at Clophill , crossing the River Flit . It passes by Maulden Wood as the dual-carriage up Deadman's Hill then passes Haynes West End. It enters
1469-767: A roundabout with the A623. The four-mile (6.4 km) part-dual-carriageway Chapel-en-le-Frith and Whaley Bridge bypass passes a roundabout with the A624 to Glossop on the left and ends with a roundabout with the A5004 for Whaley Bridge and Macclesfield (via the B5470 ). It crosses the Peak Forest Canal and the B6062 leads to Chinley , then goes under the Buxton Line . At Furness Vale it passes
1582-588: A roundabout, then passes Bedford College and crosses the River Great Ouse as King Street. It takes two one-way routes (Tavistock Street–High Street and Horne Lane–Union Street) through the town centre, which meet at a roundabout, then continues for around 700 yards. It meets the A5141 again at a roundabout near Bedford Modern School and a large Sainsbury's supermarket and becomes the dual-carriageway Paula Radcliffe Way; it formerly passed through Clapham itself before
1695-651: A roundabout. At Ashford-in-the-Water , there is a junction with the A6020 (for Baslow ). The road passes through Taddington Dale . Taddington has a dual-carriageway bypass. There are junctions with the B6049 (for Blackwell ) and A5270, and it enters the district of High Peak and passes under four railway bridges. It enters Buxton as Bakewell Road and meets the B5059 at a roundabout. It leaves Buxton as Fairfield Road, and heads towards Stockport slightly north-east to Dove Holes and to
1808-643: A scheme was announced to dual the A428 from the A1/ A421 Black Cat roundabout to Cambourne. This would include significant works to the A1/A421 Black Cat roundabout. The existing traffic signal controlled roundabout would be replaced with a grade-separated junction. The new Grade Separated Junction would allow the A1 and A421 traffic to pass over each other, with a middle level roundabout connecting them together including links to local roads. Many direct accesses on
1921-683: A single carriageway, meeting the A59 (for Blackburn ), B6243 (for Ribbleton ), and A6063. It passes through the centre of Preston, becoming North Road, meeting the A5071 (Moor Lane), then becoming Garstang Road. The A6 passes Moor Park and crosses the A5085 Blackpool Road. At Fulwood , it meets the B6242 at crossroads, then passes Sharoe Green . North of junctions with the B6241 Preston ring road, junction 1 of
2034-619: A speed of 65 mph (105 km/h) before doing a flawless three point turn, and returning to the A1 . 52°00′36″N 0°45′17″W / 52.00993°N 0.7548°W / 52.00993; -0.7548 A6 road (Great Britain) [REDACTED] A45 [REDACTED] A14 [REDACTED] A46 [REDACTED] A50 [REDACTED] A38 [REDACTED] A53 [REDACTED] A57 [REDACTED] A58 [REDACTED] A49 [REDACTED] A59 [REDACTED] A65 [REDACTED] A66 [REDACTED] A69 The A6
2147-515: Is a national primary route . The road begins at the A1 , just south of St Neots (and the junction with the A428 from Cambridge), at the Black Cat roundabout . The road bypasses both Great Barford and Bedford to the south to reach the M1 at junction 13. From there, it swings up through the southern part of Milton Keynes , doubling as the local grid road H8 Standing Way . During this time it crosses
2260-654: Is a roundabout with the M6 at junction 29, which is now shared with the M65 where it becomes a trunk road. The roundabout was formerly the southern end of the Preston Bypass , Britain's first motorway. The road becomes dual-carriageway as it passes Bamber Bridge . There are crossroads with the northern terminus of the A49 then a roundabout with the A582 – where the road heads north as London Way, built in
2373-541: Is a trunk road with alternating sections of dual and single carriageway. The table below summarises the road as motorway and non-motorway sections. Most of the non-motorway sections do not have junction numbers, with the exception of the Newcastle Western Bypass which continues the junction numbering of the A1(M). A 13-mile (21 km) section of the road in North Yorkshire , from Walshford to Dishforth ,
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#17328375813102486-477: Is called London Road, the previous name of the station, before becoming Piccadilly at Ducie Street. It continues north-west towards Piccadilly Gardens , a major public square and bus station. To the immediate right of this point is the Northern Quarter , an eclectic and bohemian neighbourhood containing cafes, bars and alternative stores. Here, Piccadilly becomes Market Street, a pedestrian commercial avenue, and
2599-721: Is known as the London to Carlisle trunk road. The A6 begins as a short stretch of Crawley Green Road at an elongated roundabout with the A505 road – part of the Luton inner ring road . The A6 follows Crescent Road past Luton railway station into New Bedford Road. It meets the A5228 outer ring road at a roundabout. On the outskirts of Luton, now Barton Road, it meets the Icknield Way Path . Leaving Luton, it enters Central Bedfordshire after
2712-625: Is one of the main north–south roads in England . It runs from Luton in Bedfordshire to Carlisle in Cumbria , although it formerly started at a junction with the A1 at Barnet in north London, and is described as running from London to Carlisle. Running north-west from Luton, the road passes through Bedford , bypasses Rushden , Kettering and Market Harborough , continues through Leicester , Loughborough , Derby and Matlock before passing through
2825-684: Is the B5231 for Morecambe, and a road for Halton . It crosses the Lancaster Canal and meets the A683 Heysham to M6 Link Road , and then heads through Hest Bank as Lancaster Road passing Bolton-le-Sands . It crosses the Lancaster Canal and meets the A5105 Coastal Road (from Morecambe) to the left at Bolton-le-Sands . Here the road is at its closest point to Morecambe Bay . It follows the Lancaster Canal and enters Carnforth as Lancaster Road and meets
2938-696: Is the Southern Quadrant Link Road (SQLR), which will complete the relief road and is expected to be completed in 2025. The A1 between Junctions 65 (Birtley) & 67 (Coal House) on the Newcastle Bypass is currently being widened to a D4 cross section from the existing D2 cross section, this includes replacing the existing bridge over the East Coast Main Line. Works started in December 2021 and are due to be completed in 2025 In December 2014
3051-411: Is the oldest stretch of two-lane motorway still in service, would be upgraded to dual three lanes. This will relieve local congestion and provide the capacity needed to make the A1 an alternative (and better) strategic route to the north east. In 2003 a proposal for a bypass of Sandy and Beeston , Bedfordshire , was put forward as a green-lighted scheme as part of a government multi-modal study, with
3164-618: The A1081 for most of its length. In the initial road numbering scheme, the A6 started in Barnet where it joined what was then the A1 Great North Road . From Barnet the road went to London Colney , St Albans , Harpenden to join the current start of the road at Luton . At St Albans , the road met the then A5 at a crossroads: going north on both roads, the A5 arriving from the south-west, and leaving
3277-559: The A14 at Barton Seagrave . Kettering was bypassed when sections of the east–west corridor A14 were built. The A6 reappears at junction 3 of the A14, from there it continues north bypassing Rothwell and Desborough until it meets a roundabout with the B576 (the pre-bypass former A6 route through Desborough and Rothwell). The road enters Leicestershire and the district of Harborough as Harborough Road at
3390-572: The A14 near Cambridge , via (or near) Milton Keynes. The proposal aimed to establish this route by linking existing roads and building new ones. The case for its creation was examined in a Strategic Study for the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford corridor , published by National Infrastructure Commission in November 2016. The NIC saw the road as being of national strategic importance by providing an outer orbital route around London , linking Southampton ,
3503-402: The A14 . South of the new Interchange the A1 was realigned but kept as a 2 lane dual carriageway. This scheme was meant to result in the A1 becoming the A1(M) along the upgraded sections, however the legal proceedings for this didn't take place, and instead features a large amount of restrictions, similar to a motorway. This scheme was opened in December 2019. The new junction is now complete on
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3616-721: The A5 (and connects to it via a short spur which is part of the V6 Grafton Street ). Continuing westwards, as the route approaches Buckingham the road passes close by to the 14th century Thornborough Bridge , the only surviving mediaeval bridge in Buckinghamshire which was bypassed by the new bridge in 1974. Close to here, it then forms the Buckingham by-pass before joining the A43 ( Northampton — M40 junction 10) near Brackley . (On crossing
3729-753: The A590 and overlaps the A591 becoming a trunk road, the dual-carriageway Kendal bypass. It passes Sizergh Castle before leaving at a GSJ becoming the single carriageway Milnthorpe Road. It passes through Kendal , splitting in two, where it meets the northern end of the A65 . In Kendal, it passes Kendal College and the Queen Katherine School . It crosses the River Kent on the Nether Bridge and Miller Bridge. It passes under
3842-827: The A594 . The A6 crosses the Grand Union Canal and the River Soar as St Margarets Way. It becomes dual-carriageway on the northern outskirts of Leicester and passes the National Space Centre in Belgrave as Abbey Lane. Later, it meets a roundabout with the A563 outer ring-road entering the borough of Charnwood . North of Leicester, as Loughborough Road, it meets the A46 Leicester Western Bypass just south of Rothley and
3955-620: The Forton service station on the M6. At Potters Brook , it meets a crossroads and enters the City of Lancaster . It meets the M6 at junction 33 and goes through Galgate as Main Road, passing under the West Coast Main Line, which it then runs adjacent to. The University of Lancaster lies in the 0.6-mile (1 km) separation between the A6 and the M6, where there is a short section of dual-carriageway on
4068-655: The Great Britain road numbering scheme . The earliest documented northern routes are the roads created by the Romans during the period from AD 43 to AD 410, which consisted of several itinera (plural of iter ) recorded in the Antonine Itinerary . A combination of these were used by the Anglo-Saxons as the route from London to York, and together became known as Ermine Street . Ermine Street later became known as
4181-429: The Great North Road , is the longest numbered road in the United Kingdom , at 410 miles (660 km). It connects London , the capital of England, with Edinburgh , the capital of Scotland. The numbering system for A-roads, devised in the early 1920s, was based around patterns of roads radiating from two hubs at London and Edinburgh. The first number in the system, A1, was given to the most important part of that system:
4294-403: The M3 , M4 , M40 , M1 , A1 , A14 / M11 and Felixstowe . Had this plan been realised, it would have replaced the current congested single carriageway road between West Bletchley and the A43 . In March 2021, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps cancelled the plan, citing analysis that showed that its costs would exceed its benefits. The A421 Tingewick bypass has a minor claim to fame as
4407-402: The M55 is a roundabout on the A6 connected by slip roads with the motorway above. This was formerly the northern end of the Preston bypass. After the motorway, a 1.2-mile (2 km) bypass opened in 2017 takes the A6 east of Broughton , where it formerly met the B5269 at crossroads; the bypass, James Towers Way, is dual carriageway as far as the roundabout where the roads now cross and meets
4520-445: The Peak District to Bakewell , Buxton , Stockport , Manchester , Salford , Chorley , Preston , Lancaster , Kendal and Penrith before reaching Carlisle . South of Derby, the road runs approximately parallel to the M1 motorway ; between Manchester and Preston, it is close to the M6 and M61 motorways; and from Preston to its northern terminus in Carlisle, it is close to the M6. The A6, which runs from Luton to Carlisle
4633-404: The River Petteril (near a large radio mast) then the Tyne Valley railway line . The A6 travels through south-eastern Carlisle as London Road, before finishing at Botchergate in the centre of Carlisle where it transforms into the A7 which runs out of Carlisle and across the Anglo-Scottish border terminating at Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh . The route of the old A6 south of Luton is now
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4746-427: The River Sence and there is a roundabout. The bypass ends with a roundabout, just before the road enters the district of Oadby and Wigston . On the outskirts of Leicester the road becomes London Road. There is a roundabout with Florence Wragg Way, where the road becomes Glen Road. It then becomes Leicester Road before reaching the outer ring-road ( A563 ), next to Leicester Racecourse . It becomes London Road, where
4859-462: The Windermere Branch Line near Kendal railway station then meets the A685 (to Kirkby Stephen ), passes over the River Mint as Shap Road and is crossed by the Dales Way . It briefly passes through the Lake District National Park . It crosses Borrowdale Beck (a tributary of the River Lune) and Huck's Bridge at Borrowdale, Westmorland , it enters the Eden district . The road climbs to over 1,350 feet (410 m) at Shap Summit , and heads over
4972-422: The railway station and the primary school. It meets the A6015 at New Mills (Newtown) for the town centre, near the railway station and primary school, where the road enters Cheshire . At Disley on Market Street, the road passes the police station then crosses the Buxton Line near the railway station . At High Lane , the road enters the Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester . Towards Stockport ,
5085-455: The 1980s to bypass Bamber Bridge and later widened. The start of the M65 is accessible only from this roundabout at junction 1a. It crosses the East Lancashire Line and meets the B5257 at a roundabout. It meets the B6230 at a roundabout at Dog Kennel Wood, crosses the River Darwen and meets the A675 at Walton-le-Dale , where the bypass ends. The A6 crosses the River Ribble and the Ribble Way , entering Preston district. It enters Preston as
5198-413: The A1 and the A1(M) to Alconbury were replaced with grade-separated junctions. These provide a fully grade-separated route between the Buckden roundabout (just north of St Neots and approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of the Black Cat roundabout ) and just north of Morpeth . This project cost £96 million. Upgrading the 6.2 miles (10 km) of road to dual three-lane motorway standard between
5311-552: The A1 runs on modern bypasses around Stamford , Grantham , Newark-on-Trent , Retford , Bawtry , Doncaster , Knottingley , Garforth , Wetherby , Knaresborough , Boroughbridge , Scotch Corner , Darlington , Newton Aycliffe , Durham and Chester-le-Street , past the Angel of the North sculpture and the Metrocentre in Gateshead , through the western suburbs of Newcastle upon Tyne , Morpeth , Alnwick , Berwick-upon-Tweed , into Scotland at Marshall Meadows , past Haddington and Musselburgh before arriving in Edinburgh at
5424-406: The A1 south of Grantham, Highways England constructed 4 new slip roads to connect the A1 Trunk Road to the new Grantham Southern Relief Road (A52) being constructed by Lincolnshire County Council. This will create a southern entry to Grantham and also to the site known as the 'King 31 Development'. The Grade Separated Junction on the A1 was opened to traffic in December 2022. The on-going phase three
5537-459: The A1 would be stopped up and diverted onto new local access roads. The scheme started construction in late 2023, the works currently underway along the A1. When completed this will remove one of the last 5 roundabouts on the A1 from Sterling corner to the Berwick bypass. In the "Road investment strategy" announced to Parliament by the Department for Transport and Secretary of State for Transport on 1 December 2014, planning will begin to upgrade
5650-407: The A43, the route due westward becomes the B4031 through Croughton , Aynho and Deddington to join the A361 to Chipping Norton ). The section from the A1 to the M1 is dual carriageway and fully grade-separated, with the section between Bedford and the M1 completed in December 2010, winning the British Construction Industry Award in 2011. As of October 2020, the section from junction 13 of
5763-578: The A6 alongside the West Coast Main Line. The road enters Lancaster as Scotforth Road then Greaves Road. It meets the A588 Ashton Road for Preesall at a roundabout, continues past the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on the left, then crosses the Lancaster Canal. It splits in two as it passes through the centre of Lancaster. It rejoins and splits again to cross the River Lune on the Greyhound Bridge and older Skerton Bridge . The A589 crosses for Morecambe and Caton and M6 junction 34. The road rejoins as Owen Road near Skerton Community High School and there
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#17328375813105876-420: The A6 designation is discontinued. It then resumes at Chapel Street after crossing the River Irwell . The road crosses the River Irwell at the A56, besides the medieval quarter of Manchester, containing Manchester Cathedral , Chetham's Library , the oldest free public library in the world, and Victoria station . Here the road is called Chapel Street as it leaves Manchester City Centre and enters Salford . Where
5989-428: The A6 enters Westhoughton . Then it crosses the Manchester to Southport railway line and meets the B5236 at Wingates near St John's Primary School and the St. John the Evangelist Church. On leaving Westhoughton, the road becomes Chorley Road. At Four Gates, there is the B5239 for Aspull . It meets the A6027 roundabout close to the M61 junction 6 for Horwich . It passes through Hilton House, at Scot Lane End, it meets
6102-416: The A615 at a roundabout. The road then continues on Bakewell Road into Darley Dale , where the road, as Dale Road, passes the hospital, and crossroads with the B5057. From Matlock the road enters the Peak District National Park . From Rowsley , it follows the River Wye , meeting the B5056 near the endpoint of the River Lathkill . It passes Haddon Hall and enters Bakewell , meeting the B5055 and A619 at
6215-449: The B5408 for Blackrod , becoming the Blackrod By-Pass Road. It meets the B5238, for Horwich, at crossroads near Blackrod railway station . Close by on the M61 is the Rivington services (formerly Bolton West services). It rejoins the old route where it meets the B5408. Leaving Greater Manchester, it enters Adlington, Lancashire , and the district of Chorley where it crosses the River Douglas as Chorley Road, becoming Market Street. In
6328-400: The B6228 at a roundabout, passes the railway station , then meets the A581 and B6229. It passes a hospital and meets the B5252 at a roundabout where it crosses the railway . The dual-carriageway A674 goes to Blackburn via the nearby junction 8 of the M61 and the Preston England Temple , a Mormon temple. From Chorley, it meets the B6229 and B5248 at Whittle-le-Woods , passing the St John
6441-428: The B6254 which leads to M6 junction 35. Leaving Carnforth , the A6 follows Scotland Road across the River Keer . It meets the former A601(M) at junction 35a of the M6 near Warton . There is a roundabout with the A6070, and the road, which has a short section of dual-carriageway, crosses the West Coast Main Line near Yealand Conyers . It enters Cumbria and the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area near
6554-413: The Bramham/ A64 junction to north of Wetherby to meet the section of motorway at a cost of £70 million began in 2006, including a road alongside for non-motorway traffic. The scheme's public inquiry began on 18 October 2006 and the project was designed by James Poyner. Work began in May 2007, the motorway section opened in July 2009 and remaining work on side roads was still ongoing in late August and
6667-413: The Derwent Valley, entering the district of Amber Valley through Duffield and Belper . At Whatstandwell it meets the B5035 (for Crich and Wirksworth ), then enters the district of Derbyshire Dales . At Cromford , it meets the A5012 ( Via Gellia ) before passing Matlock Bath . Entering Matlock , the road passes under the railway and along a new bypass and then over the River Derwent, meeting
6780-434: The East End of Princes Street near Waverley Station , at the junction of the A7 , A8 and A900 roads. Scotch Corner , in North Yorkshire, marks the point where before the M6 was built, the traffic for Glasgow and the west of Scotland diverged from that for Edinburgh. As well as a hotel there have been a variety of sites for the transport café, now subsumed as a motorway services. There are five roundabouts north of
6893-405: The Evangelist Church and crossing the River Lostock . It enters Clayton-le-Woods and meets the B5256 (for Leyland ) at a roundabout near Cuerden Hall . It passes through Clayton Brook and crosses the M65 , entering the South Ribble district, near its western terminus. There are two roundabouts for the Walton Summit Industrial Estate, either of which lead to the Walton Summit Motorway. Next
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#17328375813107006-509: The Great North Road at Highbury Corner. While the route of the A1 outside London mainly follows the Great North Road route used by mail coaches between London and Edinburgh, within London the coaching route is only followed through Islington. The Ferryhill Cut was opened in 1923. A number of bypasses were built from 1926 onwards, including around Barnet and Hatfield in 1927, but it was not until c. 1954 that they were renumbered A1. The Chester-le-Street bypass, opened in 1931,
7119-420: The Kingston roundabout in Milton Keynes. Exhibitions were held in June 2005 which rejected proposals to re-route the road in favour of widening the current road. In 2005 the project was given an estimated total cost of £33 million. Funding of £23.5 million was confirmed by the government for these works, as part of the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership "Local Growth Deal". As part of
7232-419: The Lakeland Wildlife Oasis Centre and Hale Moss. Nearby on the M6 is the Burton-in-Kendal services . It passes through Hale . At Beetham , it crosses the River Bela then passes through Milnthorpe as Beetham Road and Church Street, meeting the B5282 and B6385. It by-passes Heversham as Princes Way (built in 1927), passing by Levens Hall , crosses the River Kent at the old Levens Bridge. The A6 then meets
7345-417: The Linnyshaw Industrial Estate on the right. The A6 meets the A575 (for Worsley and Farnworth ) and B5232 (for Boothstown ) at crossroads where the road is dual-carriageway as High Street. It becomes Manchester Road East and continues towards Little Hulton . It meets the A5082 (for Tyldesley and Farnworth) at crossroads near St Paul's Church, Peel, becoming Manchester Road West. On leaving Little Hulton,
7458-539: The Lobley Hill and Gateshead Quay junctions. The same Road investment strategy announcement said that the remaining section of road between Birtley and Coal House will also be widened to three lanes each way, alongside the replacement of the Allerdene Bridge. A modified scheme commenced in August 2014 and was open to traffic in June 2016. The road is now three lanes each way with lane 3 narrower than lanes 1 and 2 so that all existing bridges remained as originally built. The A1 around Durham, Gateshead and Newcastle has seen
7571-412: The Lowther Castle Inn. It passes over the M6 near Lowther , which is near the Lakeland Bird of Prey Centre. It passes over the railway at Clifton near Penrith . There is a turn for Brougham and it crosses the River Lowther at Eamont Bridge where it meets the B6262 and crosses the River Eamont over a narrow bridge. It meets the A66 at Kemplay roundabout next to Penrith Hospital . The A6 takes
7684-429: The M1 to the south-western flank of Milton Keynes is a dual carriageway. Upon leaving Milton Keynes, the section of road to the A43 is a single carriageway, with the exception of the bypass around Tingewick . In conjunction with the M1 widening schemes and dualling of the A421 between M1 Junction 13 and the A1 near St Neots (see above), proposals were made to widen the A421 between the M1 junction 13 in Bedfordshire and
7797-418: The Old North Road. Part of this route in London is followed by the current A10 . By the 12th century, because of flooding and damage by traffic, an alternative route out of London was found through Muswell Hill , and became part of the Great North Road . A turnpike road, New North Road and Canonbury Road ( A1200 road ), was constructed in 1812 linking the start of the Old North Road around Shoreditch with
7910-410: The Queen's Head pub and the exit for Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre . It then continues for around three miles, passing the Falcon pub near Bletsoe then passes Sharnbrook at a roundabout. Around a mile later it crosses into Northamptonshire and enters the district of North Northamptonshire . It passes through the village of Wymington, and passes the exit to the Santa Pod Raceway , bypasses
8023-428: The Shap Fells into Wasdale where it leaves the National Park and passes the RMC granite works. A spur of the A6 meets the B6261 and joins the M6 at junction 39. The road is no longer a trunk road and passes the Corus lime kilns on Hardendale Fell and enters Shap where it is crossed by the Coast to Coast Walk , and over the West Coast Line. It passes under then over the M6, then passes close to Hackthorpe Hall and
8136-602: The Sterling corner junction: Biggleswade south, Biggleswade north, Sandy A603, Black Cat A428/A4211, lastly Buckden, after which there are no more roundabouts for 276 mi (444 km) until the Berwick A1167. The Black Cat roundabout is due to be removed in 2025. Most of the English section of the A1 is a series of alternating sections of primary route, dual carriageway and motorway. From Newcastle upon Tyne to Edinburgh it
8249-681: The centre of Adlington it meets the B6227 near Adlington railway station , and the police station, becoming Church Street then Westhoughton Road. It crosses the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and meets the A673 from Bolton and A5106 from Standish . It crosses the River Yarrow and passes the Albany Science College as Bolton Road. In Chorley, the central section is dual-carriageway with many roundabouts. It meets
8362-795: The coach routes, providing accommodation, stabling for the horses and replacement mounts. Few of the surviving coaching inns can be seen while driving on the A1, because the modern route now bypasses the towns with the inns. The A1 runs from New Change in the City of London at St. Paul's Cathedral to the centre of Edinburgh. It shares its London terminus with the A40 , in the City area of Central London . It runs out of London via St. Martin's Le Grand and Aldersgate Street , through Islington (where Goswell Road and Upper Street form part of its route), up Holloway Road , through Highgate , and Barnet . The road enters Hertfordshire just before Potters Bar , near
8475-575: The construction of the Paula Radcliffe Way Bypass in 2001. The A6 crosses the River Great Ouse twice more, and is crossed by the John Bunyan Trail, near a GSJ for Clapham and Oakley . There is another GSJ for Highfield Parc Industrial Estate. At the end of the bypass, the road loses the broad expanse of tarmac and looks like a minor B road and becomes Bedford Road where there are speed cameras. It passes through Milton Ernest, passing
8588-478: The crossroads north-west, and the A6 arriving from the south-east and leaving to the north-east. A1 road (Great Britain) [REDACTED] M25 [REDACTED] A14 [REDACTED] A47 [REDACTED] M18 [REDACTED] M62 [REDACTED] M1 [REDACTED] A64 [REDACTED] A168 [REDACTED] A66 [REDACTED] A66(M) [REDACTED] A194(M) [REDACTED] A69 [REDACTED] A19 The A1 , also known as
8701-730: The district of Bedford and bypasses Wilstead . It meets the A421 at the Elstow Interchange grade-separated junction (GSJ). The A6 meets the A5134 at a large signal-controlled junction. The road crosses the Marston Vale Line and enters Bedford as Ampthill Road. There is a roundabout with the A5141 , then it crosses the railway again near Bedford St Johns railway station . It meets the A600 and A5140 at
8814-598: The district of North West Leicestershire . To the south of Kegworth the road heads west along a bypass avoiding the village. It joins the A453 at the East Midlands Gateway industrial park. The A453 then joins the M1 at the roundabout at junction 24, which is where the A50 Derby to Stoke-on-Trent Link begins. The road follows one of the former A6 dual-carriageway sections, passing Lockington , before meeting traffic from
8927-561: The dual-carriageway ends, and it enters the city of Leicester, passing Leicester High School for Girls. There is a crossroads, for Stoughton Road ( A6030 ) at Stoneygate , and a roundabout with the Victoria Park Road (B568). It passes close to Leicester University and many take-away shops. It crosses the Midland Main Line near Leicester railway station . In the centre of Leicester, it is subsumed into Leicester's inner ring-road,
9040-744: The first roundabout to Station Approach (B6000) includes a 900-foot (270 m) viaduct with 180-foot (55 m) spans over the Midland Main Line. The A6 meets a former route beside the Derbion shopping centre, a former roundabout that was replaced with traffic lights with a multi-storey car park in the centre. The road overlaps the A601, Derby's inner ring-road and the A52 , crossing the River Derwent , then leaving as King Street at an intersection on St Alkmund's Way near
9153-642: The former A6 at another roundabout. Through Barton , still as Garstang Road, it runs along the Preston and Wyre district boundary, converging with the West Coast Main Line and crossing the railway on a bridge. The district boundary crosses to the other side of the road and it enters the Borough of Wyre . It passes through Bilsborrow before leaving the district boundary, crosses the River Brock at Brock , and passes
9266-612: The former site of St Alkmund 's Church. This section to the A38 has a weight limit. As Garden Street, it splits in two at an elongated roundabout surrounding a service station and a pub. At a roundabout known locally as the Five Lamps, it becomes Duffield Road. North of Derby, there is the Palm Court roundabout (named after the former Palm Court café which closed in 2005), a junction with the A38 . It follows
9379-721: The government's pinch point reduction programme, in 2014 work commenced on the A421 in Milton Keynes to improve the Kingston roundabout, and dual the section from it to (near) the Bedfordshire border, with the construction of two new roundabouts on the route. The road corridor includes a separate cycleway . The upgrade work for this final phase of the plan, the section running from junction 13 to Eagle Farm roundabout, started in September 2018 and
9492-684: The junction with Barton Road. Along Chorley Road the road passes Swinton Post Office and Salford Civic Centre , at the town centre's crossroads with the B5231. The road heads north-west towards Linnyshaw and Walkden . The road passes under the M60 near the junction with the M61 , near the Worsley Braided Interchange and Wardley Hall (home of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salford ) and enters Whittle Brook and Walkden as Manchester Road, passing
9605-479: The junction with Langworthy Road (A5186). At Irlams o' th' Height it departs from the dual carriageway, at the terminus of the A580 East Lancashire Road , at the border of Pendlebury . It becomes Manchester Road through Pendlebury for a short distance passing both the site of the former Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Hospital Road. The road enters Swinton and passes Victoria Park opposite
9718-834: The junction with the B5093 is Levenshulme railway station . It goes under the railway and meets the A5079 (Slade Lane) from the south. There are crossroads with the A6010, and the A5184 leaves. In Longsight , it meets the A665 Manchester inner ring road and the A57 at a roundabout, which it overlaps until it goes under the A57(M) / A635(M) , passing the University of Manchester . As it passes Manchester Piccadilly station it
9831-625: The junction with the M25 at the South Mimms Services. The route here becomes the A1(M) and subsequently passes through Hatfield , Welwyn , Stevenage , Baldock . But it once again becomes a dual carriageway from Baldock Junction 10 through Biggleswade , Sandy, several small villages to Buckden then on to Alconbury Junction 14. Junctions 11, 12 and 13 are still to be planned/built. Several groups along this non motorway stretch are actively campaigning for an upgrade to modern standards. Continuing north,
9944-500: The location of the then fastest speeding incident ever recorded by British police, in March 2003. Andrew Osborne, 31, of Leamington Spa , was filmed by a mobile speed camera while travelling at 157 miles per hour (253 km/h) on a motorcycle. His friend Neil Bolger, 30, of Gaydon , was clocked at 148 miles per hour (238 km/h). Both were convicted of dangerous driving, imprisoned for 28 days and banned from driving for two years (with
10057-559: The original Salford Royal Hospital stands (now flats) at its junction with Adelphi Street, its name changes to the Crescent. Along this stretch the road passes the University of Salford , and Salford Museum and Art Gallery , and the Working Class Movement Library , as well as Salford Crescent railway station near the junction with Albion Way. It then continues as the dual carriageway Broad Street through Pendleton and past
10170-630: The past few years. This section through Inglewood Forest in Hesket civil parish follows a parallel path to the M6, and passes through Plumpton where it meets the B6413; an old Roman fort, Voreda, at Castlesteads Farm; High Hesket which it bypasses; Low Hesket; enters the City of Carlisle near Cotehill ; and meets the M6 (and the B6263) at junction 42: the start of the Carlisle bypass. Entering Carlisle , it crosses
10283-614: The profile of the north-east and be good for business. In his Autumn Statement on 5 December 2012, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the Government would upgrade a section of road from two to three lanes in each direction within the highway boundary at Lobley Hill (between Coal House and the Metro Centre ), Gateshead at a cost of £64 m and create parallel link roads between
10396-632: The road becomes Buxton Road. In Stepping Hill, it goes near the hospital . At Mersey Square, Stockport just before the road crosses the M60 , the road becomes Wellington Road North and crosses the Stockport to Stalybridge Line . At Heaton Chapel , there are crossroads with the B5169 (for Reddish ), and the A626 joins to the right. It enters the city of Manchester just before it meets the B6178 and becomes Stockport Road. Near
10509-624: The road enters the Borough of Bolton near the Chloride Battery Works. Near Farnworth, the road meets the M61 , at junction 4, which closely follows parallel with the A6 up to Preston. The road is now the primary route Salford Road and meets the A579 at crossroads at Hulton Lane Ends becoming Manchester Road. It meets the A58 at a roundabout at Chequerbent and is no longer a trunk road. Close to M61 junction 5,
10622-536: The road from Morpeth to Ellingham would be upgraded to dual carriageway. The selection of the preferred route was scheduled for the year 2017, with construction due to begin in 2019. In response to questions regarding transport in the north, Highways England stated that a new dual carriageway section between Morpeth and Felton and also that of Alnwick to Ellingham would start in 2021 with full opening in 2023. However in June 2022 UK government minister Grant Shapps delayed
10735-573: The road from London to Edinburgh, joining the two central points of the system and linking the UK's (then) two mainland capital cities. It passes through or near north London , Hatfield , Stevenage , Baldock , Biggleswade , Peterborough , Stamford , Grantham , Newark-on-Trent , Retford , Doncaster , Pontefract , York , Wetherby , Ripon , Darlington , Durham , Gateshead , Newcastle upon Tyne , Morpeth , Alnwick , Berwick-upon-Tweed , Dunbar , Haddington , Musselburgh , and east Edinburgh . It
10848-490: The road in South Yorkshire to raise the last non-motorway section from Red House to Darrington to motorway standard. Once completed, it will provide a continuous motorway-standard road between Blyth, Nottinghamshire and Washington, Tyne and Wear and will provide the North East and Yorkshire with full motorway access to London via the M1 , M62 and M18 . It will also improve safety along this route, as well as creating
10961-562: The road is a dual carriageway , several sections of which have been upgraded to motorway standard and designated A1(M) . Between the M25 (near London) and the A720 (near Edinburgh) the road is part of the unsigned Euroroute E15 from Inverness to Algeciras . The A1 is the latest in a series of routes north from London to York and beyond. It was designated in 1921 by the Ministry of Transport under
11074-489: The road to motorway standards, including detection loops, CCTV cameras and variable message signs to provide better information for drivers and active traffic management across Tyne and Wear , while Junction 6 (Welwyn North) to Junction 8 (Hitchin) would be upgraded to smart motorway, including widening of a two-lane section to dual three lanes and hard shoulder running. This plan to upgrade to smart motorway has now been cancelled. A strategic study will examine how to improve
11187-613: The safety and performance of the A1 between Peterborough and the M25 , including whether to upgrade the old dual carriageway section to motorway standard. Some sections of the A1 have been upgraded to motorway standard. These are known as the A1(M) and include: The M25 to Stotfold section is 23 miles (37 km), and was constructed between 1962 and 1986. The main destinations are Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Stevenage, and Letchworth. It opened in five stages: junctions 1 to 2 in 1979; 2 to 4 in 1986; 4 to 6 in 1973; 6 to 8 in 1962; and 8 to 10 in 1967. The Alconbury to Peterborough section
11300-561: The section between the A1198 and the A14/M11 junction will also be renumbered, which would create a single designation for the entire route between the two motorways. In December 2023, work began on the new alignment, which replaces the roundabout with a three-level grade-separated junction . The Oxford to Cambridge Expressway was a proposed grade-separated dual carriageway between the A34 near Oxford and
11413-687: The site of a former railway station; a bridge carries the road over the Lancaster Canal . At Catterall , it meets the B6430 – the original A6 route – and crosses the River Wyre , and as Preston Lancaster New Road meets the A586 (for Churchtown ). It enters Garstang and crosses the Lancaster Canal again. It meets the B5272 and B6430 – the original A6 coming back to meet us – and enters Cabus . At Forton , it passes close to
11526-667: The south-bound M1 at junction 24a. The three-laned A6 overlaps the A50 for a couple of miles, and there is a junction with the B6540 (former A453 ). The road crosses the Trent and Mersey Canal and River Trent , where it enters Derbyshire and the district of South Derbyshire . Elvaston Castle is to the east. The road enters Derby along London Road and at Alvaston it meets the A5111 Derby Ring Road (Raynesway). It enters Crewton and just after
11639-551: The start of the five-mile (8 km) Market Harborough Bypass. It briefly re-enters Northamptonshire where there is a roundabout with the A427 (for Stoke Albany ) and A4304 (former A427), and an exit for Great Bowden . The road is crossed by the Leicestershire Round. There is a turn for Foxton and Foxton Locks . It is crossed by the Midland Main Line. The A6 passes through Kibworth . The road becomes Leicester Road. It crosses
11752-599: The start of the four-mile (6.4 km) dual-carriageway Quorn - Mountsorrel Bypass. The road at this point follows the Soar Valley , and is mostly on embankment or viaduct, crossing the river four times. From here the road passes through Loughborough. North of Hathern is a dual-carriageway section that skirts the Leicestershire– Nottinghamshire border (the River Soar). The road becomes London Road and enters
11865-716: The towns of Rushden and Higham Ferrers , arriving at the Chown's Mill roundabout with the A45 . From here the road bridges the River Nene and the Nene Way before bypassing Irthlingborough . The A6 then passes through the town of Finedon and intersects the A510 at a roundabout. Leaving Finedon, the road passes the Burton Wold Wind Farm and bypasses Burton Latimer and arrives at junction 10 of
11978-585: Was completed in December 2020. In the "Road investment strategy" announced to Parliament by the Department for Transport and Secretary of State for Transport on 1 December 2014, planning would begin to dual the section between the A1 and the A1198 at Caxton Gibbet . The link is to provide an uninterrupted dual carriageway route between the M1 (at Junction 13) and the M11/A14 (at Junction 14 and 31) near Cambridge. In September 2021, National Highways announced that this new section of dual carriageway will be designated A421. The announcement does not say whether
12091-432: Was designated by the Ministry of Transport in 1921, and for much of its route it followed various branches of the historic Great North Road , the main deviation being between Boroughbridge and Darlington . The course of the A1 has changed where towns or villages have been bypassed , and where new alignments have taken a slightly different route. Between the North Circular Road in London and Morpeth in Northumberland,
12204-498: Was expected to be completed by the end of 2009. Upgrading of the existing dual carriageway to dual three-lane motorway standard, with a local road alongside for non-motorway traffic, between Dishforth (A1(M)/ A168 junction) and Leeming Bar , began in March 2009 and opened to traffic on or about the scheduled date of 31 March 2012. It had originally been proposed that the road would be upgraded to motorway from Dishforth to Barton (between Scotch Corner and Darlington ), which
12317-456: Was finally dropped in 1990. The Hatfield cut-and-cover was opened in 1986. A proposal to upgrade the whole of the A1 to motorway status was investigated by the government in 1989 but was dropped in 1995, along with many other schemes, in response to road protests against other road schemes (including the Newbury Bypass and the M3 extension through Twyford Down ). The inns on the road, many of which still survive, were staging posts on
12430-421: Was the first bypass to be built as a dual carriageway. In 1960 Stamford , Biggleswade and Doncaster were bypassed, as was Retford in 1961. Baldock , Eaton Socon and Buckden were bypassed in 1967. During the early 1970s plans to widen the A1 along Archway Road in London were abandoned after considerable opposition and four public inquiries during which road protesters disrupted proceedings. The scheme
12543-433: Was the start of current northernmost section of A1(M). In 2010 the section between Leeming and Barton was cancelled as part of government spending cuts but it was reinstated in December 2012. Work began on 3 April 2014 and was expected to be completed by Spring 2017, but only reached completion in March 2018 due in part to significant Roman-era archaeological finds along the route of the motorway. Completion has provided
12656-411: Was then also announced that planning would begin to upgrade the Newark northern bypass to dual carriageway, and the A46 junction with the A1 will be replaced to support nearby housing growth and improve links from the A1 to Newark and Lincoln . The DCO is due to be submitted in early 2024, with construction likely to start in 2026 if approved. It was also announced that the Doncaster By-pass, which
12769-473: Was upgraded to motorway standard in 1995. Neolithic remains and a Roman fort were discovered. A 13-mile (21 km) section of the road from Alconbury to Peterborough was upgraded to motorway standard at a cost of £128 million (£284 million as of 2024), which opened in 1998 requiring moving the memorial to Napoleonic prisoners buried at Norman Cross . A number of sections between Newcastle and Edinburgh were dualled between 1999 and 2004, including
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