24-598: A120 , A.120 or A-120 may refer to: A120 road (England) , a road connecting Puckeridge and Harwich A120 road (Malaysia) , a road in Perak Ansaldo A.120 , a 1925 Italian reconnaissance aircraft HMAS Launceston (J179/B246/A120) , a 1941 Royal Australian Navy Bathurst class corvette One A120 , a 4 GB of flash memory, webcam and Windows XP netbook computer A-120, an entity from Roblox games called DOORS and Rooms [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
48-574: A non-metropolitan county , which determined the division of responsibilities between the county council and the ten district councils which were created in Hertfordshire. The council provides county-level services. District-level services are provided by the county's ten district councils. Much of the county is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government for their areas. The council has been under Conservative majority control since 1999. Political control of
72-517: A vicus ." Of Braintree, a similar report reads: "The site of a Roman settlement at Braintree. Material found here suggests an extensive pre-Roman settlement, which continued as a small Roman urban centre at the intersection of Roman roads through the 1st century and perhaps diminishing in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th centuries." The A120 bypasses several towns and villages. These include: The A120 passes UK "international gateways" at London Stansted Airport and Harwich International Port. Connecting roads link
96-578: A shopping area, and Braintree Freeport railway station is via the B1018. The A120 runs north–south along the eastern edge of Braintree town before reaching Marks Farm Roundabout. The north–south route continues as the A131 towards Halstead , Haverhill and Sudbury . Westbound from Marks Farm, the B1256 Coggeshall Road carries traffic into Braintree. The A120 resumes its east–west route along
120-594: A single carriageway – which bypasses Coggeshall to the north – to Marks Tey . At Marks Tey, the A12 meets the A120 at junction 25. The A12 runs southbound towards Kelvedon , Witham, Chelmsford and London, and northbound towards Colchester, Ipswich and Felixstowe . Marks Tey railway station , on the Great Eastern Main Line between London and Norwich , lies directly north-west of the junction. A gap in
144-573: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages A120 road (England) The A120 is an A-road in England, which runs between Puckeridge in Hertfordshire and Harwich in Essex . Along its route, the A120 bypasses the towns of Bishop's Stortford , Great Dunmow , Braintree , Coggeshall , Colchester and Dovercourt . The route meets
168-599: Is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire , in England. The council was created in 1889. It is responsible for a wide range of public services in the county, including social care, transport, education, and the Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service . The Conservatives have held a majority of the seats on the council since 1999. The council is based at County Hall in Hertford . Elected county councils were created under
192-657: The A10 , A131 , A12 and A133 primary routes and the M11 motorway . London Stansted Airport sits directly north of the route on the Essex and Hertfordshire border. Harwich International Port , a North Sea seaport at the mouth of the River Stour , lies north of the A120 near Harwich. Part of the route constitutes Euroroute E32 , between the A12 ( E30 ) at Colchester and Harwich International Port. At its western terminus,
216-585: The A1184 and A1250 to the west of Bishop's Stortford. The town is bypassed to the north by the A120, crossing the River Stort and entering the county of Essex . The route is managed by Hertfordshire County Council . Entering Essex to the north of Bishop's Stortford and south of Stansted Mountfitchet , the A120 meets the B1383 Stansted Road at a roundabout. The route continues to bypass
240-576: The Dovercourt and Harwich Town railway stations which lie directly south-east of the route. The eastern terminus of the A120 is a roundabout with the B1352 West Street and The Quay. Navyard lies east of the A120's eastern terminus. Within Essex, Essex County Council manages the A120 west of the M11 motorway, near Bishop's Stortford. National Highways is responsible for the remainder of
264-458: The East of England . Of Great Dunmow, a Heritage Gateway report notes: "Excavations between 1968 and 1972 uncovered the remains of a minor Roman linear settlement located along Stane Street, extending over 2 to 3 acres occupied from the 1st century AD to the 4th century AD; a Roman cremation cemetery and possible shrine were discovered along with timber buildings. The settlement is considered to be
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#1732776272279288-531: The Local Government Act 1888 , taking over many administrative functions that had previously been performed by unelected magistrates at the quarter sessions . The first elections were held in January 1889, and the council formally came into being on 1 April 1889, on which day it held its first meeting at Shire Hall, Hertford , the courthouse (built 1771) which had served as the meeting place of
312-775: The A120 at a junction between Elmstead and Wix, which carries traffic towards Great Bentley , Weeley and Clacton-on-Sea . Through the Dovercourt and Harwich towns, the B1352 runs roughly parallel to the A120. The B1352 meets the A120 at a roundabout near Ramsey and at the route's eastern terminus near Harwich Quay. The A120 runs along the northern edge of both towns, meeting the A136 Parkeston Bypass for access to Harwich International Port and Harwich International railway station . The route then continues eastbound towards Harwich town centre and Harwich Navyard , past
336-485: The A120 is plugged by the A12 junctions 25–29, which runs to the north-west of Colchester. The remainder of the A120 sits to the east of the A12 between Colchester and Harwich, meeting the London to Ipswich road at junction 29. At the junction, the A120 also meets A1232 Ipswich Road (southbound into Colchester). Along this section of the route, the A120 bypasses Elmstead , Wix , Ramsey and Dovercourt. The A133 meets
360-457: The A120 meets the A10 at a roundabout south-west of Puckeridge. The A10 runs southbound towards Hertford and London , and northbound towards Royston and Cambridge . Carried by Standon Hill, the A120 passes along the southern perimeter of Puckeridge and into the village of Standon . The route then continues towards Little Hadham , which it bypasses to the north, before reaching a roundabout with
384-515: The A120 with other UK gateways, such as the A12 towards Felixstowe and the M11 towards London. Since 2010, organisations including National Highways, A120 Driving Economic Growth and Transport East have identified the "A120 corridor" as one which supports UK government's economic ambitions such as growth and " levelling up ". 51°52′35″N 0°40′26″E / 51.87626°N 0.67381°E / 51.87626; 0.67381 Hertfordshire County Council Hertfordshire County Council
408-415: The M11 motorway, the A120 carries traffic to Priory Wood Roundabout. The roundabout provides direct access to the M11 motorway southbound, which joins the main carriageway at junction 8A, and to Round Coppice Road (northbound to Stansted Business Park, Stansted Mountfitchet and Elsenham ). Direct access to the A120 eastbound is provided from the M11 northbound at junction 8A, on a carriageway which passes over
432-457: The county council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 1995 have been: After the 2021 election and by-elections up to December 2023, the composition of the council was: The independent and Green councillors sit together as a group. The next election is due in 2025. The council is based at County Hall on Pegs Lane in Hertford, lying to the south-west of
456-424: The east, Stane Street's terminus was at Camulodunum ( Colchester ). Archaeologists have uncovered Roman artefacts at several A120 towns. In 2022, archaeologists unearthed Roman graves and evidence of a Roman settlement at Bishop's Stortford. Oxford Archaeologists, leading the project, described as a "once-in-a-lifetime discovery" and said evidence suggests the site was a major transport and trading post in
480-530: The north-eastern portion of Bishop's Stortford before meeting the A1250 Dunmow Road, then the M11 motorway at junction 8. The motorway runs southbound towards Harlow and London, and northbound towards Newmarket and Cambridge. Birchanger Green service station is accessed from the junction 8 roundabout. The roundabout also provides access to the B1256 towards Takeley and Little Canfield . East of
504-468: The quarter sessions which preceded the county council. The first chairman of the council was Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper , who was also a Liberal member of the House of Lords . Local government across England and Wales was reformed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , establishing a system of upper-tier county councils and lower-tier district councils . The 1972 Act classed Hertfordshire as
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#1732776272279528-713: The route. According to the Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts (SABRE), the Ministry of Transport's 1922 List of Class I and Class II Roads and Numbers listed the A120 as being the route Puckeridge – Bishop's Stortford – Great Dunmow – Braintree – Marks Tey. The A120 roughly follows the path of the Stane Street Roman Road . At its western end, Stane Street met Ermine Street , which ran north–south between Londinium ( London ), Lindum Colonia ( Lincoln ) and Eboracum ( York ). In
552-449: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A120&oldid=1158279949 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
576-472: The top of Priory Wood Roundabout (and vice-versa for A120 westbound/M11 southbound traffic). A dual carriageway carries the A120 to Braintree, past Great Dunmow, with grade-separated junctions : The dual carriageway is broken at Galleys Corner, a roundabout with the B1018 (southbound to Witham ), Cressing Road and Long Green. The roundabout sits to the south-east of Braintree. Access to Braintree Village,
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