Longest Motorway Journey in the UK?

Longest Motorway Journey in the UK?

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The Mad Monk

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10,474 posts

116 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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What is the longest journey that one can make on UK motorways? A 'sensible' trip. No going round the M25 for the heck of it. Keep going in the same general direction.

I suggest from near Folkestone on the M20 to near Dunblane on the M9. I think it's about 508 miles

Mammasaid

3,777 posts

96 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Folkestone to Perth - 536 miles

https://goo.gl/maps/T2wBTkZGZFy

Truckosaurus

11,183 posts

283 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Exeter (start of M5), upto Bristol and the M4, across to London, around the M25 to the M1 upto Rugby and the start of the M6 all the way to Glasgow and then across to Edinburgh.

I'd have to look at a map to see what motorways spur off from Edinburgh, is there any A1(M) back towards Newcastle?

Greg_D

6,542 posts

245 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Mammasaid said:
Folkestone to Perth - 536 miles

https://goo.gl/maps/T2wBTkZGZFy
exeter to the same place is 538, haha

The Mad Monk

Original Poster:

10,474 posts

116 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Mammasaid said:
Folkestone to Perth - 536 miles

https://goo.gl/maps/T2wBTkZGZFy
Sorry.

The first mile and the last 26 miles are not on motorway.

Kenny6868

335 posts

144 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Sorry, but the M9 ends at junction 11 at Stirling/Dunblane. Its the A9 from there on to Perth.

eltax91

9,842 posts

205 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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The Mad Monk said:
Mammasaid said:
Folkestone to Perth - 536 miles

https://goo.gl/maps/T2wBTkZGZFy
Sorry.

The first mile and the last 26 miles are not on motorway.
Surely huge chunks of that route are also A1 and A66? And therefore not motorway at all.

The Mad Monk

Original Poster:

10,474 posts

116 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Truckosaurus said:
Exeter (start of M5), upto Bristol and the M4, across to London, around the M25 to the M1 upto Rugby and the start of the M6 all the way to Glasgow and then across to Edinburgh.

I'd have to look at a map to see what motorways spur off from Edinburgh, is there any A1(M) back towards Newcastle?
That isn't a 'sensible' route. Plus you leave motorway at a number of points.

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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eltax91 said:
The Mad Monk said:
Mammasaid said:
Folkestone to Perth - 536 miles

https://goo.gl/maps/T2wBTkZGZFy
Sorry.

The first mile and the last 26 miles are not on motorway.
Surely huge chunks of that route are also A1 and A66? And therefore not motorway at all.
Nice work looking at the route before posting... rolleyes

Mammasaid

3,777 posts

96 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Krikkit said:
eltax91 said:
The Mad Monk said:
Mammasaid said:
Folkestone to Perth - 536 miles

https://goo.gl/maps/T2wBTkZGZFy
Sorry.

The first mile and the last 26 miles are not on motorway.
Surely huge chunks of that route are also A1 and A66? And therefore not motorway at all.
Nice work looking at the route before posting... rolleyes
Apologies, not bweing a haggis muncher, now corrected all motorway....

https://goo.gl/maps/ZbJMuMLd3Pm












(apart from a short stretch over the forth..)

jamei303

2,996 posts

155 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Mammasaid said:
Krikkit said:
eltax91 said:
The Mad Monk said:
Mammasaid said:
Folkestone to Perth - 536 miles

https://goo.gl/maps/T2wBTkZGZFy
Sorry.

The first mile and the last 26 miles are not on motorway.
Surely huge chunks of that route are also A1 and A66? And therefore not motorway at all.
Nice work looking at the route before posting... rolleyes
Apologies, not bweing a haggis muncher, now corrected all motorway....

https://goo.gl/maps/ZbJMuMLd3Pm












(apart from a short stretch over the forth..)
That's 4.2 miles on the A90, not sure that's allowed nono

Amateurish

7,697 posts

221 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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The Mad Monk said:
What is the longest journey that one can make on UK motorways? A 'sensible' trip. No going round the M25 for the heck of it. Keep going in the same general direction.

I suggest from near Folkestone on the M20 to near Dunblane on the M9. I think it's about 508 miles
Other way round the M42 for 510 miles?

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/56.1696567,-3.97...

The Mad Monk

Original Poster:

10,474 posts

116 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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jamei303 said:
That's 4.2 miles on the A90, not sure that's allowed nono
It will have to go before the committee, that's for sure.

357RS

275 posts

156 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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One of the longest I've done is Newquay to Perth which includes 462 miles of motorway between Exeter and Dunblane.

Yipper

5,964 posts

89 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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The M6 is the longest motorway (232 miles). The A1 is the longest main road (410 miles).

Dover to Dundee is around ~550 miles.

Riley Blue

20,915 posts

225 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Yipper said:
The M6 is the longest motorway (232 miles). The A1 is the longest main road (410 miles).

Dover to Dundee is around ~550 miles.
Reassuring to know Google is working today. wink

williamp

19,215 posts

272 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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How about: M20, M26, M25. Leave and go along the M4 towards Bristol. then NORTH on M5 to Birmingham, back south on M40 towards M25. Once back on M25 head clockwise to J21, take the M1 NORTH, join the M6 at the very start (J18??) to continue rest of the way.

Not a single piece of road used twice.

scubadude

2,618 posts

196 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Yipper said:
The M6 is the longest motorway (232 miles). The A1 is the longest main road (410 miles).
Very large parts are now A1M, certainly most of it south of Newcastle... I can't see them widening it though Northumbria though.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

99 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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williamp said:
How about: M20, M26, M25. Leave and go along the M4 towards Bristol. then NORTH on M5 to Birmingham, back south on M40 towards M25. Once back on M25 head clockwise to J21, take the M1 NORTH, join the M6 at the very start (J18??) to continue rest of the way.

Not a single piece of road used twice.
Slightly against the OP's rules though of "heading in the same general direction" - going North then South then North again just to eat miles isn't so good.

Fore Left

1,411 posts

181 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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williamp said:
How about: M20, M26, M25. Leave and go along the M4 towards Bristol. then NORTH on M5 to Birmingham, back south on M40 towards M25. Once back on M25 head clockwise to J21, take the M1 NORTH, join the M6 at the very start (J18??) to continue rest of the way.

Not a single piece of road used twice.
Falls foul of the OP's " Keep going in the same general direction" smile