Longest Straight in Britain?

[Riley Blue]

And people ask, "What did the Romans ever do for us?"

[Steve Kimberley]

Riley Blue said:

And people ask, "What did the Romans ever do for us?"

Mebbe. But they didn't lay down the Straight Mile!

[Mr Tidy]

It's not the longest, but I grew up loving the "Mad Mile" on the A217 between Sutton and Banstead - it got that name for an obvious reason.

[WonkeyDonkey]

How do people find these 14 year old threads?

[bolidemichael]

The A3 through Bramshott Common is a good couple of miles.

[Riley Blue]

[Parbold milkperson]

DennisTheMenace said:

prefer the twisty B3081 at cann common in Dorset

There are some long straights onthe A5 inWarwickshire, the old Watling Street, the old roman road

[MG Ant]

A46, north of Leicester... Fosse Way.

Was at school there... someone brought along The Rover Gas Turbine for demo runs, one afternoon...

[MG Ant]

A515... Parsley Hay car park was the centre of proposed Peak District Le Mans circuit...

[sean ie3]

The A377 in Devon has a long straight, starts at Morchard Bishop and is about 2 miles and quite well paved, I heard of a fella maxing his Fireblade every morning on the way to work and would reach TV long before the end of said straight. Also the A358 Chard to Axminster is straight and long at around 7miles. Also the A358 was originally paved by the Romans. There are good twisty roads all over mid Devon and they are not far from north Devon and Cornish coast so their beaches great views and great dining options, hopefully going to UK to meet family and have a good time and remind me of my youth.

Edited by sean ie3 on Saturday 8th May 22:29

[Anonymous-poster]

miniandy said:

shadytree said:

GetCarter recomended this to me the last time i was in The Highlands. Not quite straight, but it IS possible to top out along here. (I believe)

I'll agree with this Very wide road, with good visibility, excellent potential!

Achnasheen?

[sherman]

Its not perfectly straight. Even has a humpback bridge in the middle but you can get up to some thourghly illegal speeds as you blatt over the moors from Latheron to Thurso on the A9 when your late for the ferry.

[johnpsanderson]

MG Ant said:

A515... Parsley Hay car park was the centre of proposed Peak District Le Mans circuit...

Lost a while doing some Googling, very interesting and something I knew nothing about despite growing up in the Peaks. The A15 seems to have it though!

[DRE7]

A470 Ganllwyd to Trawsfynydd
Very rarely policed
Bonus of a stunning Snowdonia backdrop

[Dave.]

Anonymous-poster said:

Achnasheen?

Bless you!