Driving Roads near London

Driving Roads near London

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actonktm

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47 posts

108 months

Friday 13th March 2015
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Any recommendations for good driving roads near London?

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Friday 13th March 2015
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actonktm said:
Any recommendations for good driving roads near London?
Head NW towards the Chilterns.

rallycross

12,747 posts

236 months

Friday 13th March 2015
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Deepcut down towards Fleet

goneape

2,839 posts

161 months

Friday 13th March 2015
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Pretty much anything west of Salisbury. Or, go over the Severn bridge and turn right.

hygt2

419 posts

178 months

Monday 16th March 2015
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NE from Abridge, exit the first junction on M11 from North circular inside M25. Give me a shout if you want to head out together as it is very easy to get there from the City / Tower Bridge.

Singh911

956 posts

240 months

Sunday 22nd March 2015
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The A355 running north from slough is fun when you dont have time to go too far away

Daniel T

69 posts

107 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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B660 out of Bedford- awesome Road.

bobtail4x4

3,701 posts

108 months

Saturday 4th April 2015
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The A1 northbiggrin

JJ55

649 posts

114 months

Saturday 4th April 2015
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hygt2 said:
NE from Abridge, exit the first junction on M11 from North circular inside M25. Give me a shout if you want to head out together as it is very easy to get there from the City / Tower Bridge.
+1

Borghetto

3,274 posts

182 months

Saturday 4th April 2015
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TooMany2cvs said:
Head NW towards the Chilterns.
Don't believe him - the roads are much better in Wales - phew! I think we dodged that bullet.

sham83

16 posts

191 months

Friday 12th June 2015
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hygt2 said:
NE from Abridge, exit the first junction on M11 from North circular inside M25. Give me a shout if you want to head out together as it is very easy to get there from the City / Tower Bridge.
do you have a Google maps recommended route for this by any chance? i live near Tower Bridge and want to take my new motor out this weekend for a blast so this could be ideal if you say it's easy to get to. I don't know Essex very well at all...

OzHighOctane

12 posts

106 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Heading out from London on Sunday 28th June if anyone is keen to join, thinking of doing the road out of Bedford, open to suggestions.

https://goo.gl/maps/SPd21

rallycross

12,747 posts

236 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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rallycross said:
Deepcut down towards Fleet
Cancel my suggestion having not been for a while was through there last week and lo and behold its now all 40 mph speed limit - it used to be open countryside national speed limit.

LeoSayer

7,299 posts

243 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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sham83 said:
hygt2 said:
NE from Abridge, exit the first junction on M11 from North circular inside M25. Give me a shout if you want to head out together as it is very easy to get there from the City / Tower Bridge.
do you have a Google maps recommended route for this by any chance? i live near Tower Bridge and want to take my new motor out this weekend for a blast so this could be ideal if you say it's easy to get to. I don't know Essex very well at all...
No map but....

Take the Loughton exit off the M11 Northbound then turn right
At the roundabout, take 1st exit onto A113
Stay on the A113 through Abridge and Ongar. The bit between Abridge and Ongar is great.
At the A414 roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the B184 through Dunmow, Thaxted to Saffron Waldon
After that you can keep going north (Cambridge), east (deepest Essex) or west (B660 etc).
Or you can go back the way you came or head back on the M11


MattHall91

1,268 posts

123 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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The one that leads away from London is a belter

Swanny87

1,265 posts

118 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Take the A1 north to Welwyn, then follow the B656 through Codicote and onto Hitchin. Take the first exit at the rbout onto the A602 then the same at the next rbout onto the A505 then immediately bear right at the next rbout onto the B655 towards Barton-le-Clay. Go through Barton and head on the A6 north, then right at the rbout onto the A507 follow that all the way across the A1, through Baldock and onto Buntingford. (This is the best bit biggrin). Then do that road again back towards the A1. Turn around at the rbout just before Buntingford.

croyde

22,702 posts

229 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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My 5am Sunday commute from SW18 to W2 is a hoot. My own personal racetrack.

It is littered with those idiot cab drivers in Priuses tho.

Treat them as back markers about to get lapped.

PowerMalc

222 posts

143 months

Saturday 20th June 2015
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OzHighOctane said:
Heading out from London on Sunday 28th June if anyone is keen to join, thinking of doing the road out of Bedford, open to suggestions.

https://goo.gl/maps/SPd21
When you get to the A14 carry on north up the B660 to Weston, Great Gidding and Glaston. Do a u-turn and come back!!
This has been used by 'Evo' for testing and pictures.
One of my favourite local roads, open, fast and with good gradient changes

OzHighOctane

12 posts

106 months

Sunday 21st June 2015
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Thanks for the suggestions, definitely going to give the route to buntingford a go, I'll let you know how it goes.

It's always more fun with a few cars so if anyone wants to join let me know.

hygt2

419 posts

178 months

Friday 26th June 2015
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LeoSayer said:
sham83 said:
hygt2 said:
NE from Abridge, exit the first junction on M11 from North circular inside M25. Give me a shout if you want to head out together as it is very easy to get there from the City / Tower Bridge.
do you have a Google maps recommended route for this by any chance? i live near Tower Bridge and want to take my new motor out this weekend for a blast so this could be ideal if you say it's easy to get to. I don't know Essex very well at all...
No map but....

Take the Loughton exit off the M11 Northbound then turn right
At the roundabout, take 1st exit onto A113
Stay on the A113 through Abridge and Ongar. The bit between Abridge and Ongar is great.
At the A414 roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the B184 through Dunmow, Thaxted to Saffron Waldon
After that you can keep going north (Cambridge), east (deepest Essex) or west (B660 etc).
Or you can go back the way you came or head back on the M11
+1

Apologies for the late reply - been away on honeymoon.

When you get to Great Dunmow, you can also head NE towards Finchingfield too. Also a great road.