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Quiz Monkey |
Travel |
Roads and Paths |
London to Land's End |
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A30 | |
Manchester to Winchester |
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A34 | |
Leeds to Scarborough |
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A64 | |
Basingstoke (Hampshire) to Honiton (Devon); passes within about 1 kilometre of Stonehenge
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A303 | |
Northern Ireland M2: Belfast to |
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Ballymena | |
110 miles, from Helmsley to the Brigg (a peninsula just north of Filey, on the North Yorkshire coast) – skirting the North York Moors |
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Cleveland Way | |
National Trail from Chipping Camden (Gloucestershire) to Bath (Somerset) |
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Cotswold Way | |
Northern Ireland M1: Belfast to |
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Dungannon | |
Will be the world's longest managed and waymarked coastal path, when complete
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England Coast Path | |
High level road from Nice to Menton, along the French Riviera, famous for its views |
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Grand Corniche | |
Official name of Spaghetti Junction (Junction 6 on the M6, where it intersects with the A38 – in Birmingham) |
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Gravelly Hill Interchange | |
125 km (78 mile) long–distance footpath from Fort William to Inverness, opened in 2002 |
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Great Glen Way | |
Long-distance footpath running for 35 miles through the Peak District, from Disley (on the outskirts of Stockport, Greater Manchester) to Kidsgrove (near Stoke–on–Trent) |
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Gritstone Trail | |
Popular name for the North–South supply route in support of the Viet Cong, during the Vietnam war |
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Ho Chi Minh Trail | |
USA: Federal highways are prefixed by |
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I (Interstate) | |
55–mile path from Ollantaytambo, in the valley of the Urubamba River, to Machu Picchu (all in Peru): ends at Inti Punku (the Sun Gate – the ancient entrance to Machu Picchu) |
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Inca Trail | |
Official name of the M25 |
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London Orbital (Motorway) | |
40–mile 'challenge walk' across the North York Moors, from Osmotherley to Ravenscar
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Lyke Wake Walk | |
London to Southampton – via Fanrborough, Basingstoke and Winchester |
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M3 | |
Britain's longest motorway (232.2 miles, 373.7 km) |
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M6 | |
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M8 | |
From the M8 (near Edinburgh Airport) to Stirling |
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M9 | |
London to Cambridge; serves Stansted Airport |
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M11 | |
Runs from the M1 near Sheffield / Rotherham to the M62 near Goole |
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M18 | |
Motorway that serves Gatwick airport (ends approx. 6 miles further south at Pease Pottage, south of Crawley and east of Horsham |
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M23 | |
Cadnam (near Southampton) to Portsmouth |
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M27 | |
Runs from the M25 near Denham, Buckinghamshire, to the M42 near Earlswood, Warwickshire |
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M40 | |
Current designation of the motorway that crosses the original Severn Bridge (previously the M4) |
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M48 |
Links the Second Severn Crossing (which is part of the M4) to the M5 at Avonmouth |
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M49 | |
Runs from the M5 near Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire), merging with the A40 near Ross–on–Wye (Herefordshire); a.k.a. the Ross Spur |
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M50 | |
Runs from the A55 at Chester, to provide a route to the Kingsway tunnel, under the Mersey from Wallasey; opened in 1972 |
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M53 | |
Runs from the M6 near Preston, to Blackpool |
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M55 | |
Completely replaced in 1999, becoming part of the M60 |
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M63 | |
Links Leicester and Coventry |
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M69 | |
From the Northern end of the M6, to Glasgow
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M74 | |
Runs from the M62 into the outskirts of Bradford |
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M606 | |
Runs from the M62 into the centre of Leeds |
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M621 | |
Britain's most northerly motorway: runs from the M9 (West of Edinburgh Airport) to Perth (via the Forth Road Bridge, which is an A road with the same number) |
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M90 | |
230–mile path for walkers, cyclists and horse riders, from Bledlow, Buckinghamshire to Stockport, Greater Manchester – opened in 1994 |
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Midshires Way | |
A406 (London) |
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North Circular Road | |
National Trail, opened in 1978: runs from Farnham (Surrey) to Dover (Kent), through the Surrey Hills and Kent Downs AONBs |
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North Downs Way | |
Runs from Sedbury Cliffs, on the Severn Estuary near Chepstow, to Prestatyn |
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Offa's Dyke Path | |
Pioneer route across the USA, 1841–60, running 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri through the Rockies to the Columbia River |
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Oregon Trail | |
Runs down the Florida Keys to Key West |
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Overseas Highway | |
Runs approximately 15,000 miles from Chile to Alaska |
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Pan–American Highway | |
Runs from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders |
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Pennine Way | |
Followed (with slight deviations) by the Spine Race 'ultramarathon', held annually since 2012 – competitors are allowed seven days to complete | |||
Town by–passed by Britain's first motorway (now part of the M6), 1958 |
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Preston | |
Said to be Britain's oldest road: adapted and extended as a National Trail, opened in 1972 and running for 87 miles from Overton Hill (near Avebury, Wiltshire) to Ivinghoe Beacon in the Chilterns (Buckinghamshire) |
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The Ridgeway | |
Runs up the east coast of the USA, from Key West, Florida to Fort Kent, Maine |
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Route 1 | |
Santa Monica (Los Angeles) to Chicago; unofficially known as the Will Rogers Highway |
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Route 66 | |
34 miles from Frodsham (Chesire) to Whitchurch (Shropshire) |
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Sandstone Trail | |
Interconnected series of trade routes from India to Asia Minor and the Mediterranean; goes from Aleppo to Samarkand |
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Silk Road (or Route) | |
Trans–Pennine road from Glossop to Ladybower Reservoir – part of the A57 |
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Snake Pass | |
Long distance footpath from Winchester to Eastbourne (via Beachy Head); highlights include Wilmington Long Man and Chanctonbury Ring |
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South Downs Way | |
Britain's longest waymarked footpath (630 miles, Minehead to Poole) – but see England Coast Path |
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South West Coast Path | |
Unofficial and largely unsignposted long distance footpath from St. Bees Head (in the west) to Robin Hood's Bay (in the east) |
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(Wainwright's) Coast to Coast Walk | |
Opened in 2012: an 870–mile (1,400 km) walking route from Chepstow (Monmouthshire) to Queensferry (Flintshire) |
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Wales Coast Path | |
96 miles, from Milngavie (on the outskirts of Glasgow) to Fort William |
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West Highland Way | |
35 miles, from Norwich to Great Yarmouth, following the River Yare wherever possible; name refers to the traditional trading boats that operated in Norfolk and Suffolk from the early 17th century |
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Wherryman's Way | |
31 miles, from Bewdley to Great Malvern |
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Worcestershire Way |
The 'Triple Crown' of long–distance hiking in the USA:
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