55-794: B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads . See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme for the rationale behind the numbers allocated. Originally ran along the Thames Embankment between the A3217 and the Houses of Parliament (now A3212 and A3220). Originally ran from A3214 Buckingham Palace Road to the A3214 at Sloane Square (now part of the A3217). Originally ran from Sheerwater to Horsell (now
110-714: A former portion of the A377 (was the A377 before the M5 was built); this was upgraded again in the 1990s to a portion of the A3015. Originally ran from the A38 south of Broadclyst to the A30 in Clyst Honiton; this became an extension of the nearby B3185 but is now unclassified. Previously the number for the direct route between Cullompton and Tiverton . The road was intended to be designated
165-730: A portion of Church Street, from the A306 to the B3106. The section along Hill Street became part of a rerouted B3106 and the remainder declassified in 1936. Originally ran from the B3105 in Staverton (near the bridge over the River Avon) to the-then B3104 (later A3053, now B3107) on the western edge of Holt. Renumbered as a northern extension of the B3106 in 1935. Original 1922 route described as 'Link at Norton Malreward (Northern Branch)', although
220-628: A spur of the A3122 sometime after the 1970s, although signage on the ground has traffic routed away from the road. Originally a short loop off the B3212 near Dunsford. The western part became part of an extended B3193 by 1928, and this also took over the remaining eastern section in 1935, though as a spur of the B3193. The western section was declassified in 1991. Originally ran from the A396 south of Tiverton to
275-574: Is "not advised". Exceptions to this are known in the forms of numbers on signs and past use of prefixes H and V on signs in Milton Keynes where main roads have a regular grid system . These designations are used when planning officers deal with certain planning applications , including the creation of a new vehicular access onto a highway. The letter Q is used for many important unclassified roads in Fife . In London, Cycleways are using
330-599: Is a village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England and the larger, northern settlement of the civil parish of Ash . It is 7 miles (11 km) from Guildford but is closer to the Hampshire towns of Aldershot and Farnborough , the centres of which are each about two miles (4 km) away, immediately across the two crossings of the River Blackwater , to the southwest and northwest. Ash Vale's extent
385-659: Is between Zones 1 and 2, where the River Thames defines the boundary so that all of Kent is in Zone 2. The first digit in the number of any road should be the number of the furthest-anticlockwise zone entered by that road. For example, the A38 road , a trunk road running from Bodmin to Mansfield starts in Zone 3, and is therefore numbered with an A3x number, even though it passes through Zones 4 and 5 to end in Zone 6. Additionally,
440-550: Is denoted by the colour of the sign border and direction arrow, and can be summarised as follows: Roads and lanes with yet lower traffic densities are designated as unclassified roads commonly using C , D and U prefixes but, while these are numbered, in general this is done for use by the local authorities who are responsible for maintaining them and the non-unique numbering is in a local series which usually does not appear on road signs; use of local numbers on signs in England
495-452: Is given a single letter (representing a category) and a subsequent number (between one and four digits). Though this scheme was introduced merely to simplify funding allocations, it soon became used on maps and as a method of navigation. There are two sub-schemes in use: one for motorways , and another for non-motorway roads. While some of Great Britain's major roads form part of the international E-road network , no E-routes are signposted in
550-505: Is on two sides clearly demarcated, by the river to the west and at a few locks' higher elevation by the parallel Basingstoke Canal to the east – across these boundaries are, respectively, Aldershot Garrison (Military Town) and the large Surrey Heath MoD, mostly UK Army , ranges and training areas. The latter is a co-managed County Wildlife Site , for instance Ash Ranges at 2,439 acres (987 ha) and Pirbright Ranges at 2,765 acres (1,119 ha), with various access days and parts (see
605-592: The A13 (London to Shoeburyness); the next radial is the A2 , followed by the A20 (London to Dover), and so on. These roads have been numbered either outwards from or clockwise around their respective hubs, depending on their alignment. The system continues to three and four digit numbers which further split and criss-cross the radials. Lower numbers originate closer to London than higher numbered ones. As roads have been improved since
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#1732787107650660-585: The C prefix and marked using pale green signs. There are also some CS prefixes for Cycle Superhighways, marked using magenta signs, but these are being phased out. Despite numerous large roads in Great Britain being part of the International E-road network , no road that forms part of this network is signposted as such and only the road's national designation is shown. The same is true in Northern Ireland. Ash Vale Ash Vale
715-511: The M1 the zones were defined for Zones 1 to 4 based on the proposed M2 , M3 and M4 motorways . The M5 and M6 numbers were reserved for the other two planned long distance motorways. The Preston Bypass , the UK's first motorway section, should have been numbered A6(M) under the scheme decided upon, but it was decided to keep the number M6 as had already been applied. The first full-length motorway in
770-400: The A road designation, for example A3(M) , A329(M) , A38(M) , A48(M) and A627(M) . B roads are numbered distributor roads , which have lower traffic densities than the main trunk roads, or A roads. This classification has nothing to do with the width or quality of the physical road, and B roads can range from dual carriageways to single track roads with passing places. B roads follow
825-712: The A1 in Newcastle upon Tyne has moved twice. Originally along the Great North Road, it then moved to the Tyne Tunnel , causing some of the roads in Zone 1 to lie in Zone 6. The designated A1 later moved to the western bypass around the city, and roads between the two found themselves back in Zone 1. For the most part the roads affected retained their original numbers throughout. Elsewhere when single-digit roads were bypassed, roads were often re-numbered in keeping with
880-749: The A245). Originally ran from the A325 west of Aldershot, paralleling the Basingstoke Canal, to the A287 north of Crondall. In 1935, the eastern section (along the canal) became a portion of a rerouted B3011 and the remainder declassified. The eastern section is now the A323 after the B3011 was upgraded to Class I status in the 1960s. First used from north of Wokingham to Henley-on-Thames; this became an extension of
935-780: The A3036 in the late 1920s and is now part of the A303. Some sections have been bypassed and downgraded to Class II status or declassified altogether, such as the section just east of Ilchester that is now the B3151. Next used in Poole, linking the A35 to the A348 (now B3068) north of the town. Declassified by the 1980s. Originally ran from the A357 (now A371) at Prestleigh to the A30 at Shaftesbury. Combined with
990-521: The A3066 in the early 1930s. Also used in Surrey along Stratford Road from North Camp to Ash Vale (former A3012). Originally ran from Horton Cross to Stopgate. Upgraded to Class I status as the A3079 in the early 1930s and is now part of the A303. Originally ran from Seaton to Hangman's Stone. The section west of Beer became a portion of an extended B3174 and the section to the east became an extension of
1045-616: The A321 by 1928. Next used from Bracknell to Hawthorn Hill; this was upgraded to the A3095 in 1935. Originally ran along Castle Lane in Bournemouth from the A35 to the A347, acting as a northern bypass of Bournemouth. Due to its importance (Bournemouth was growing and the road served newly built suburbs), it was upgraded to an A-road with the same number around 1960. Originally a short loop off
1100-827: The A35 west of Bournemouth. Upgraded to Class I status as a portion of the A35 one-way system; now unclassified due to completion of the A338 Wessex Way. Originally ran from the A31 at Almer to the A350 at Spetisbury. Became a portion of an extended B3075 in 1935. Originally ran in Blandford Forum from the B3082 East Street to the A350 Miltdown Road. Became a portion of the B3082, probably in 1935 as
1155-638: The A371 or A39 in the late 1950s or early 1960s, and is now unclassified. Originally ran along Princes Road in Wells. Renumbered as a spur of an extended B3139 in 1935, then upgraded to Class I status as the A371 or A39 in the late 1950s or early 1960s, and is now unclassified. Originally ran in Sherbourne along Long Street and Oborne Road. Became a spur of the B3145 in 1935. Originally ran west of Wincanton; this
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#17327871076501210-641: The A373 but due to little use, became a class II instead. However it was declassified in the late 1920s due to low usage. Via Little Haldon. Prior to improvements to the A380 in Haldon Forrest carried out in the 1990s, the B3192 continued along what is now the southbound A380 to a junction at Thorns Cross Farm. Originally ran from Newton Abbot to Shaldon. Declassified after the 1980s probably due to downgrading of
1265-829: The A377 on the eastern side of Crediton. Renumbered as an extension of the A3072 in the 1960s. Originally ran from the A373 (later A361, now bypassed) in South Molton to the A377; renumbered as a southern extension of the B3226 in 1935. Number also appeared on maps along a road in Dartford, but this is a typo for the B2228. B roads in Great Britain In Great Britain , there is a numbering scheme used to classify and identify all roads. Each road
1320-607: The A379 at its eastern end (although this has been reversed) . First used from Totnes to Buckfastleigh; this was upgraded to an extension of the A384 by the end of the 1920s (one section is now part of the A385). Next used from Dartmouth to Stoke Fleming; became a spur of the B3207 in 1935 and then part of the A379 mainline after World War II. Originally connected Halwell to the B3207. Became
1375-813: The B3081 and absorbed into it in 1935. Originally ran from the B3093 (now B3081) at Sidney Stoke to Wincanton. Became a spur of the B3081 in 1935. Originally ran along Lock's Hill in Frome, from the A362 Portway to the B3092 at Keyford. Was proposed to have been renumbered as an extension of the B3098 (now A3098), but this never happened and the route is now unclassified. Originally used in Trowbridge along Hill Street and
1430-792: The B3156. Originally ran from Wyke Regis to Weymouth. Renumbered to the B3153 in the 2000s, despite it being a duplicate number. Originally ran along King Street in Weymouth, linking the A37 to Weymouth and Melcombe Regis railway stations. Became a portion of the A354 when traffic was rerouted away from the centre of Weymouth and is now part of the B3155. Originally ran from Bridport to Haselbury Plucknett (near Crewkerne). Upgraded to Class I status early on, becoming
1485-662: The B3172 in 1935. The entire route is now part of the B3174. While some maps show the B3175 runs its entire original length, others show it as being along only High Street and Fore Street. (For a time in the 1990s, the A375 was extended along the entire length of the B3175 but it has since been cut back.) Originally ran from Topsham to Clyst St Mary; extended over the A378 to Pinhoe in 1935 after
1540-460: The Board's senior engineers, to devise a classification system and then assign numbers to the highways for identification purposes. The work was interrupted by the First World War . It did not resume until the Ministry of Transport was formed in 1919 and given authority to classify highways and to allocate funding for road maintenance, authority for which was granted by section 17 (2) of the Ministry of Transport Act 1919 . A classification system
1595-481: The Ministry direct control of major routes and a new classification system was created to identify these routes. Originally, those numbers beginning in T were to be made public, but that was eventually deemed unnecessary. With the introduction of motorways in the late 1950s, a new classification of "M" was introduced. In many cases the motorways duplicated existing stretches of A road, which therefore lost much of their significance and were in some cases renumbered. There
1650-438: The UK was the M1 motorway . Shorter motorways typically take their numbers from a parent motorway in contravention of the zone system, explaining the apparently anomalous numbers of the M48 and M49 motorways as spurs of the M4, and M271 and M275 motorways as those of the M27 . This numbering system was devised in 1958–59 by the then Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation , and applied only in England and Wales. It
1705-509: The United Kingdom in the Isle of Man , Jersey and British Overseas Territories . Work on classification began in 1913. The Road Board had been established in 1909 to administer Vehicle Excise Duty - money raised by taxation to pay for new road construction and for repair of damage done to existing roads by the growing number of motorists. As the Board needed to work out which roads should be funded, upgraded or replaced, its secretary, William Rees Jeffreys , appointed Henry Maybury , one of
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1760-447: The United Kingdom. Due to changes in local road designation, in some cases roads are numbered out of zone. There are also instances where two unrelated roads have been given exactly the same number; for example, the Leicester Ring Road and a road in Cumbria are both designated A594. This scheme applies only to England , Scotland and Wales ; a separate system using similar conventions is used in Northern Ireland , as well as outside
1815-399: The Wildlife's Trust website). The type of soil of the east, the heath is very acidic, sandy and loamy which makes up just 1.9% of English soil and 0.2% of Welsh soil, which gives rise to pines and coniferous landscapes, such as pioneered at Wentworth and Foxhills estate and is good for biodiversity. Two branch railway lines cross in the middle of the village without forming a junction. In
1870-407: The aim of better targeting road funding. Some A roads are designated trunk roads , which implies that central government rather than local government has responsibility for them. A more recent classification is that of primary routes , the category of recommended routes for long-distance traffic. Primary routes include both trunk and non-trunk roads. Some sections of A roads have been improved to
1925-416: The basis for the numbering of the A road network, they are no longer necessarily major roads, having been bypassed by motorways or other changes to the road network. These radials are supplemented by two-digit codes which are routes that may be slightly less important, but may still be classified as trunk routes, although many of these routes have lost a lot of their significance due to motorway bypasses, or
1980-432: The draft proposals stated that the B3083 would become a "split end" of the B3082. Originally ran from St Thomas's Bridge in Salisbury to the-then A344 (now A303) at Parkhouse Corner. Upgraded to Class I status as the A3052 in 1924 and is now part of a rerouted A338. Originally ran from Pewsey to Marlborough. Became a portion of a rerouted A345 in 1935. First used from Ilchester to Stonehenge; upgraded to Class I status as
2035-450: The latter. Shortly after this, the numbers started to appear in road atlases and on signs on the roads themselves, making them a tool for motorists in addition to their use for determining funding. The numbers of the roads changed quite frequently during the early years of the system, because it was a period of rapid expansion of the network and some numbered routes did not follow the most usual routes taken. The Trunk Roads Act 1936 gave
2090-428: The new motorway would take the name of the old A road rather than having its own number. The most notable example of that is the A1(M) . In England and Wales the road numbering system for all-purpose (i.e. non-motorway) roads is based on a radial pattern centred on London . In Scotland the same scheme is centred on Edinburgh . In both cases the main single-digit roads normally define the zone boundaries. The exception
2145-420: The north of the village are Ash Vale railway station and North Camp railway station , on the London-Aldershot-Alton Line and the Reading-Guildford-Gatwick Line respectively. In addition, trains run through Ash Vale from Guildford to Ascot via Aldershot. The village owes its development to the Garrison and to the railways; see the description of the often heath soil under the Ash article, explaining how to
2200-437: The northern section of the Exeter bypass was built. Downgraded in 1977 after the M5 was built along with general downgrading and renumbering in the Exeter area. First used between Countess Wear and Sandy Park when the previously downgraded A378 was upgraded back to Class II status between 1935 and 1948. This B3182 is now unclassified as traffic takes the A379 spur to the M5 instead. Next used between Exeter and Countess Weir along
2255-428: The original zone boundaries. A few roads are anomalously numbered . Motorways first came to Britain over three decades after the advent of the A-road numbering event, and as a result required a new numbering system. They were given an M prefix, and in England and Wales a numbering system of their own not coterminous with that of the A-road network, though based on the same principle of zones. Running clockwise from
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2310-434: The remaining 1306 commuted, of whom 682 responded they commuted less than 5 kilometres (3.1 mi). Holly Lodge (Primary) School is next to Carrington Park, which has playground facilities and a route between nearby North Camp Station and Mytchett lake and Basingstoke Canal Visitor Centre on the Basingstoke Canal. The canal's towpath runs through the village. South of the village are: The Normandy Youth Centre serves
2365-408: The road was actually in Belluton. In the 1935 renumberings, it was proposed to be renumbered as a 'split end' of the B3130, and this went through as planned. Originally ran along Winterstoke Road in Bedminster, Bristol. Became a portion of an extended B3122 in 1935 and is now part of the A3029. Originally ran west of Brandon Hill Park in Bristol, linking the B3122 (later A36, now A4) to the A4018. It
2420-496: The same numbering scheme as A roads, but almost always have 3- and 4-digit designations. Many 3-digit B roads outside the London area are former A roads which have been downgraded owing to new road construction; others may link smaller settlements to A roads. B roads in the county of Devon have further sub-classifications according to their accessibility. This is due to the rural nature of Devon's topology making some roads unsuitable for certain types of vehicle. The classification
2475-405: The same standard as motorways, but do not completely replace the existing road; they form a higher standard part of the route for those which are not excluded. These sections retain the same number but are suffixed with (M), for example the A1(M) and A404(M) . There have been occasions where this designation has been used to indicate motorway bypasses of an existing road, but the original retains
2530-406: The scheme commenced, some roads with 3 or 4 digit numbers have increased in significance, for example the A127 , A1079 and A414 . New routes have also been allocated 3 or 4 digit numbers, for example the Edinburgh City Bypass is the A720 . The Major Road Network is a proposed classification of major local-authority controlled A roads that the government committed to implementing in 2017, with
2585-413: The short M85 became part of the M90 . In England and Wales, the six single-digit numbers reflect the traditionally most important radial routes coming out of London. Starting with the A1 which heads due north, numbers were allocated sequentially in a clockwise direction, thus: Similarly, in Scotland, important roads radiating from Edinburgh have single-digit numbers, thus: While these routes remain
2640-399: The south lies a limited area of fertile farming country. Air pollution is very low, with no Air Quality Management Areas in this borough or that immediately adjoining, Rushmoor . Drainage is good, the whole draining westward by the gentle valley of the upper Blackwater . In eastern parts distant ordnance fire can be heard from Ash ranges and occasional light aircraft on various tracks over
2695-420: The upgrading of other A-roads (such as the A38 (M) ). These routes are not all centred on London, but as far as possible follow the general principle that their number locates them radially clockwise from the associated single digit route. For example, the A10 (London to King's Lynn) is the first main route clockwise from the A1, the A11 (London to Norwich) is the next, then the A12 (London to Lowestoft) and
2750-401: The village take off from Farnborough Airport approximately three miles west. See History of Ash, Surrey . Although Ash Vale was a small semi-military community of the post-war era, the village is now largely a commuter settlement, relying on the half-hourly 40-minute railway connection to Waterloo (there are also local services). While 417 employed residents worked at/from home in 2001,
2805-415: Was created in 1922, under which important routes connecting large population centres, or for through traffic, were designated as Class I, and roads of lesser importance were designated as Class II. The definitive list of those roads was published on 1 April 1923, following consultations with local authorities . Government funding towards the repairs of these roads were set at 60% for the former and 50% for
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#17327871076502860-422: Was decided to reserve the numbers 7, 8 & 9 for Scotland. In Scotland, where roads were the responsibility of the Scottish Office (Scottish Government after 1999), the decision was taken to adopt a scheme whereby motorways took the numbers of the all-purpose routes they replaced. As a result, there is no M7 (as no motorway follows the A7 ), and when the A90 was re-routed to replace the A85 south of Perth ,
2915-424: Was declassified when the current A303 was built. Previously used for the continuation of A354 (originally A37) between Fortuneswell and Easton on the Isle of Portland. Renumbered as an extension of the A354 by the mid-1980s. Previously used for a route between Wyke Regis and Westham. Became a spur of the B3157 in 1935 when short routes became spurs of the main route (instead of having their own numbers); now part of
2970-529: Was given a Zone 3 number despite being north of the River Avon, suggesting that the A4018 formed part of the original zone 3/4 boundary. Renumbered to B4466, probably in 1935, due to extension of the A4 along the former A36, which put the route in Zone 4. May have also been used in Wells; route is unknown. Originally ran from Cheddar to Wedmore. Absorbed into an extended B3151 in 1935. Originally ran along Chamberlain Street in Wells. Renumbered as part of an extended B3139 in 1935, then upgraded to Class I status as
3025-436: Was no consistent approach to the renumbering – some A roads retained their existing number as non-primary roads (e.g. the A40 running alongside the M40 ), others were given "less significant" numbers (e.g. the A34 in Warwickshire became the A3400 after the M40 was built), and the remainder were downgraded to B or unclassified roads (e.g. the A38 , which was replaced by the M5 between Tiverton and Exeter ). Occasionally,
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