Best route from Reading to Hereford?
Discussion
(Realised that the 15 year old thread I resurrected was in a now-gone subforum, so opening a new one).
Planning to do an early morning drive on a Friday, heading from Reading to Hereford (Madley) and back.
OSM routing, Apple Maps and TomTom/Michelin all suggest going via Gloucester on the A419, but the section of A40 after Gloucester (mostly 50) bothers me, and I am actually routed around it via Newent instead (which is also 50 and a B-road) to get a bit of the M50.
So I wondered if I could make more progress by staying on the M4 until M48 and then going up via A449 Rhaglan-A465 Abergavenny; or A466 to Monmouth?
I see A449 is 70 pretty much throughout, dropping to 60 on A465, whilst A466 is not as much of a detour but is 60.
Although I can see how I can get stuck on the A466 or A449 if there is slow moving traffic, maybe they're quiet enough?
OSM shows a few more cameras going via M48, but not sure if all are mapped, and assume there will be some vans as well. This is also a factor, so any feedback appreciated
Planning to do an early morning drive on a Friday, heading from Reading to Hereford (Madley) and back.
OSM routing, Apple Maps and TomTom/Michelin all suggest going via Gloucester on the A419, but the section of A40 after Gloucester (mostly 50) bothers me, and I am actually routed around it via Newent instead (which is also 50 and a B-road) to get a bit of the M50.
So I wondered if I could make more progress by staying on the M4 until M48 and then going up via A449 Rhaglan-A465 Abergavenny; or A466 to Monmouth?
I see A449 is 70 pretty much throughout, dropping to 60 on A465, whilst A466 is not as much of a detour but is 60.
Although I can see how I can get stuck on the A466 or A449 if there is slow moving traffic, maybe they're quiet enough?
OSM shows a few more cameras going via M48, but not sure if all are mapped, and assume there will be some vans as well. This is also a factor, so any feedback appreciated
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Drove today.
Chose the Abergavenny option for the outbound, and I think it's better suited for early departure as by the time I was coming off the wide, lit roads and into Wales, it was getting lighter.
A465 was quite nice. M4 was busier than expected, and I ignored a 50 in a construction zone, so given the yellow HADECS poles that probably was quite stupid. Loads of grime so had to top up the screenwash.
Inbound was via A40/Gloucester. Some construction delays, some fog, more traffic overall, but once on the A417 (that was noisy) and M4 made ok progress.
As expected, two-lane single carriageways were too twisty to rack up overtakes, so do end up sitting behind a lorry quite a bit. But some nice frosted scenery to compensate
Chose the Abergavenny option for the outbound, and I think it's better suited for early departure as by the time I was coming off the wide, lit roads and into Wales, it was getting lighter.
A465 was quite nice. M4 was busier than expected, and I ignored a 50 in a construction zone, so given the yellow HADECS poles that probably was quite stupid. Loads of grime so had to top up the screenwash.
Inbound was via A40/Gloucester. Some construction delays, some fog, more traffic overall, but once on the A417 (that was noisy) and M4 made ok progress.
As expected, two-lane single carriageways were too twisty to rack up overtakes, so do end up sitting behind a lorry quite a bit. But some nice frosted scenery to compensate
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