England Getting Around
Getting Around by Road
The main motorways are:
M1: London, Luton, Leicester, Sheffield, Leeds.
M2/A2: London to Dover.
M3: London to Winchester.
M4: London, Reading, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff, Swansea.
M5: Birmingham, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter.
M6: Coventry, Birmingham, Stoke, Warrington (connecting with the M62 for Liverpool and Manchester), Preston (connecting with the M55 for Blackpool), Morecambe, Carlisle.
M11: London to Cambridge.
M20/A20: London to Folkestone.
M25: London orbital.
M40: London to Birmingham.
M62: Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds, Hull.
The main trunk roads are:
A1/A1(M) (motorway in parts): London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Darlington, Newcastle, Edinburgh.
A3: London, Guildford, Portsmouth.
A5: London, St Albans, Nuneaton, Birmingham area, Shrewsbury, across inland north Wales to Holyhead.
A6: London, Bedford, Leicester, Manchester.
A11: London to Norwich.
A12: London, Ipswich, Great Yarmouth.
A23: London to Brighton.
A30: London, Basingstoke, Yeovil, Exeter, Penzance.
A40: London, Oxford (M40), Gloucester, Cheltenham, across inland south Wales to Fishguard.
Getting Around Towns and Cities
London has a comprehensive metro/subway - the Underground (colloquially, the ‘tube') and the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). There is also an extensive network of overground rail services. There is an excellent network of buses. Leisure and commuter boat services on the River Thames are run by a variety of private companies. There are tram routes in south London. Taxis can be hailed in the street or ordered by phone. For further information on public transport in London, contact Transport for London (Tfl) (website: www.tfl.gov.uk).
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