European route E5 in the United Kingdom

The European route E5 in the United Kingdom is a series of roads, part of the International E-road network, running from western Scotland to southern England. It crosses afterwards the English Channel to France and ends in Spain eventually. The route is not signposted in the United Kingdom.[1]

The start of E5 at Greenock Municipal Buildings

Route edit

The E5 starts in the town of Greenock in western Scotland where it follows the A8 road until Bishopton. There it transforms into the M8 motorway, the busiest motorway in Scotland,[2] and later the M74 motorway, where it passes the largest Scottish city Glasgow. The M74 motorway goes southeast through Scotland and changes into an A-class road at Abington. At the border with England, the M6 motorway starts and continues south passing major cities like Carlisle, Preston, Liverpool, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and ends in Birmingham.[3] Around Birmingham, the E5 shortly uses the M42 before connecting on the M40 towards London. After passing Warwick the E5 ends at exit 9 just north of Oxford. Here the E5 leaves the highway and follows the A34 road passing Oxford and Newbury, ending in Winchester.[4] Here it connects on the last part: the M3 motorway, ending in Southampton. Afterwards it uses a non-existing ferry to cross the English Channel to Le Havre, France. The E5 covers a distance of 721 km (448 mi) in the United Kingdom.[5]

Detailed route edit

Region[6] National

road

number

Section Junction Northbound destinations Southbound destinations
   Scotland

Inverclyde

  A8 road Greenock - Langbank   Greenock

  Port Glasgow

Gourock

Greenock

Paisley

Glasgow

Renfrewshire   M8 motorway Langbank - Paisley   31 A8 Bishopton

  30 M898 Erskine, Dumbarton, Fort William

  Bishopton (only northbound)

  29 A726, A737 Glasgow Airport, Irvine, Paisley, Johnstone

Paisley - Glasgow   28 Glasgow Airport (only northbound)

  27 A741 Renfrew, Paisley

  26 A736 Hillington, Braehead

  25A A736, A8 Renfrew, Hillington, Braehead

Greenock

Paisley

Glasgow
Glasgow City Glasgow   25 A739 Clyde Tunnel, QEUH & RHC Hospitals

  24 Govan

  23 B768 Ibrox (only northbound)

  22 M74, M77, A8, E16 Glasgow-Center, Edinburgh, Carlisle, Kilmarnock, Tradeston

  21 M8 W, M77 Kinning Park, Newton Mearns, Kilmarnock, Prestwick, Ayr (only soutbound)

Carlisle
  M74 motorway   1 A8 Glasgow-Center, Tradeston

  1A A728, A730 Polmadie, Rutherglen

Glasgow
South Lanarkshire Rutherglen   2 A724 Rutherglen, Cambuslang
Glasgow City Glasgow   2A A74 Tollcross, Cambuslang

  3 A763, B765 Shettleston, Cambuslang (only northbound)

  3A A721 Tannochside, Uddingston

  4 M73, M8, M80 Edinburgh, Stirling, Coatbridge, Dunfermline, Cumbernauld

South Lanarkshire Glasgow - Abington   Bothwell services (only southbound)

  5 A725 East Kilbride, Coatbridge, Bellshill, Blantyre, Newton Mearns

  Hamilton services (only northbound)

  6 A723 Hamilton, Wishaw, Motherwell

  7 Larkhall, Lanark, Carluke (only southbound)

  8 A71 Edinburgh, Kilmarnock, Wishaw, Stonehouse

  9 B7078 Kirkmuirhill, Blackwood, Lesmahagow, Coalburn (only southbound)

  10 B7078 Kirkmuirhill, Blackwood, Lesmahagow, Coalburn (only northbound)

  11 B7078, A70 Edinburgh, Ayr, Douglas, Rigside (only southbound)

  12 B7078, A70 Edinburgh, Ayr, Douglas, Rigside (only northbound)

  13 A702 Edinburgh, Lanark, Biggar, Abington

  A74(M) motorway Abington - Beattock   14 A702, A76 Crawford, Thornhill
Dumfries and Galloway Beattock - Gretna   15 A701, A708 Beattock, Moffat, Dumfries, Selkirk

    16 B7076 Johnstonebridge, Annandale Water services

  17 B7068, A709 Lockerbie, Dumfries, Langholm, Lochmaben

  18 B723, A709 Lockerbie, Dumfries, Langholm, Lochmaben (only northbound)

  19 B7076 Ecclefechan, Langholm

  20 B722, B7076 Eaglesfield, Annan, Kirtlebridge, Langholm

  21 B6357, B7076 Canonbie, Kirkpatrick-Fleming

  Gretna Green services

  22 A75, A6071, B7076, E18 Gretna Green, Gretna, Longtown, Dumfries, Annan, Stranraer

   England

Cumbria

  M6 motorway Gretna - Carlisle   45 B7076, A6071 Gretna, Longtown (only northbound)

  Todhills Rest Area

  44 A7, A689 Carlisle North, Edinburgh, Workington, Whitehaven, Newcastle upon Tyne

  43 A69, E18 Carlisle, Hexham, Newcastle upon Tyne

Carlisle - Burton-in-Kendal   42 A6 Carlisle South, Wetheral, Dalston

  Southwaite Services

  41 B5305 Wigton, Lazonby

  40 A66 Penrith, Keswick, Brough, Workington, Lake District National Park

  39 A6 Shap, Kendal

  Tebay Services

  38 A685 Kendal, Brough, Kirkby Stephen

  37 A684 Kendal, Sedbergh, Barrow-in-Furness, Keswick, Lake District National Park, Yorkshire Dales National Park

  Killington Lake Services (only soutbound)

  36 A65, A590 Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, Skipton, Leeds, Barrow-in-Furness

  Burton-in-Kendal Services (only northbound)

Glasgow

Carlisle

Manchester

Liverpool

Lancaster

Lancashire Burton-in-Kendal - Lancaster   35 A6, A601(M) Carnforth, Bolton-le-Sands, Warton, Over Kellet

  34 A683 Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham, Halton, Caton

Lancaster - Preston   33 A6 Garstang, Fleetwood, Galgate, University of Lancaster

  Lancaster Service Area

  32 M55 Preston North, Blackpool, Fulwood, Fleetwood, Lytham St Annes, Kirkham

  31 A59 Preston Center, Clitheroe, Blackburn, Burnley

  30 M61, M62, M65 Manchester, Leeds, Blackburn, Burnley, Bolton

Glasgow

Lancaster

Manchester

Liverpool

Preston

Preston - Standish   29 M65 Blackburn, Burnley, Bamber Bridge, Southport

  28 B5256 Leyland

  Charnock Richard Services

  27 A5209 Wigan, Parbold, Burscough, Ormskirk, Standish

Glasgow

Preston

Birmingham

Liverpool

Warrington

Greater Manchester Standish - Ashton-in-Makerfield   26 M58 Wigan, Liverpool North, Bolton, Southport, Skelmersdale

  25 A49 Wigan (only northbound)

  24 A58 St Helens, Ashton-in-Makerfield (only soutbound)

Merseyside Ashton-in-Makerfield - Warrington   23 A580 Liverpool, Manchester, Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Golborne, Haydock

  22 A49 Warrington North, Golborne

Warrington Warrington   21A M62 Manchester, Leeds, Bolton, Liverpool

  21 A57 Warrington Center, Irlam, Manchester

  20 A50, B5158 Warrington South, Macclesfield, Lymm (only northbound)

Manchester

Liverpool

Birmingham

Stoke-on-Trent

Cheshire East Warrington - Knutsford   20(a) M56 Manchester S, Stockport, Sheffield, Runcorn, Chester, Colwyn Bay, Manchester Airport, North Wales

  19 A556 Northwich, Macclesfield, Knutsford

  Knutsford Services

Cheshire West and Chester Knutsford - Holmes Chapel /
Cheshire East Holmes Chapel - Stoke-on-Trent   18 A54 Chester, Northwich, Middlewich, Holmes Chapel, Winsford, Congleton

  17 A534 Sandbach, Congleton, Crewe North

  Sandbach services

  16 A500 Crewe South, Nantwich, Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent - Cannock   Keele services

  15 A500, A50 Stoke-on-Trent South, Derby, Nottingham, Shrewsbury, Stone

  Stafford services

  14 A34 Stafford North, Eccleshall, Newport, Telford

  13 A449 Stafford South, Penkridge, Rugeley

  12 A5 M54 Cannock, Telford, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, North Wales

  M6 Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Bristol, Coventry, Nottingham, Leicester, London (only southbound)

Manchester

Liverpool

Stoke-on-Trent

Birmingham
West Midlands Birmingham   11 A460, M6, M54 Wolverhampton, Cannock

  Hilton Park services

  M54, A5 Wolverhampton, Telford, Shrewsbury, North and Mid Wales (only northbound)

  10 A454 Wolverhampton Central & East, Walsall, Willenhall

  9 A461 Walsall, Wednesbury, Darlaston, Dudley

  8 M5 Birmingham West & South, West Bromwich, Worcester, Bristol

  7 A34 Birmingham North, Walsall

  6 A38(M), A38 Birmingham Center, East & Northeast, Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield

  5 A452 Birmingham East, Sutton Coldfield (only northbound)

  4A M42, M6 Toll, M1, M5, M40, E24 Tamworth, Nottingham, Birmingham South, London (only southbound)

  4/7 M42, A446 Birmingham East, Coventry South & West, London, Bristol

London

Oxford

  M42 motorway   6 A45 Birmingham East, Birmingham Airport, Coventry

  5 A41 Birmingham Southeast, Solihull

  4 A34 Birmingham Southeast, Solihull, Shirley

Warwickshire   M40 Birmingham South, London, Oxford, Worcester, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon
  M40 motorway Birmingham - Banbury   16 A3400 Henley-in-Arden (only soutbound)

  15 A46, A429 Warwick, Coventry, Stratford-upon-Avon, Worcester, Wellesbourne

  14 A452 Leamington Spa (only soutbound)

  13 A452 Leamington Spa (only northbound)

  Warwick services

  12 B4451 Gaydon, Kineton, Bishop's Itchington

Birmingham
Oxfordshire Banbury - Bicester   11 A422, A361 Banbury, Brackley

  10 A43, B430 Northampton, Milton Keynes, Middleton Stoney, Brackley, Buckingham

  9 A34, A41 Oxford, Newbury, Bicester, Aylesbury, Kidlington

  A34 road Bicester - Oxford   Weston-on-the-Green, Wendlebury

  B4072 Bletchingdon, Islip

  Kidlington (only southbound)

  A44, A40 Oxford, Evesham, London, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Witney

  A420 Oxford, Swindon, Bristol

Newbury

Oxford

Oxford - East Ilsley   A423 Oxford South

  A4183 Abingdon-on-Thames North (only southbound)

  Abingdon-on-Thames, Marcham, Kingston Bagpuize

  A4130, A417 Didcot, Wantage, Steventon

  A4185 Chilton

  West Isley, The Ridgeway

Birmingham

Oxford

Southampton

Newbury

West Berkshire East Ilsley - Newbury   East Ilsley, Compton, West Ilsley

  Chieveley, Beedon (only southbound)

  M4, E30 London, Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Cardiff, South Wales

  Chieveley services

  A339 Newbury, Thatcham, Basingstoke

  A4 Newbury, Hungerford, Marlborough

Hampshire Newbury - Winchester   A343 Newbury, Highclere, Andover

  B4640 Burghclere, Newbury

  Burghclere, Kingsclere, Highclere, Whitway (only northbound)

  Whitchurch, Litchfield, Dunley, Woodcott

  B3400 Whitchurch, Tufton, Overton (only northbound)

  A303, A30, A343 Basingstoke, Andover, Salisbury, Stockbridge

  Sutton Scotney services

  Worthy Down, South Wonston, Littleton, Winchester

  Winchester, Kings Worthy, Micheldever, Popham

  9 M3, A272 Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Basingstoke, London

Oxford

Newbury

Southampton

Winchester

 
M3 motorway
Winchester - Southampton   10 A31, B3330 Winchester, Alton (only northbound)

  11 A3090 Winchester

  12 A335 Eastleigh North, Chandler's Ford

  13 A335 Eastleigh Center

  14 M27 Southampton Center, Portsmouth, Worthing, Brighton, Bournemouth, Poole, Weymouth

  Southampton

London

Winchester

Southampton
    Sea route Southampton - Le Havre   France towards Le Havre, Rouen and Paris

References edit

  1. ^ "The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  2. ^ "Department for Transport". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  3. ^ Highway Agency (2004). M6 Route Management Strategy: Warrington to the Scottish Borders : Final Strategy Summary Brochure, January 2004. Highways Agency.
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