A roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain numbering scheme


List of A roads in zone 1 in Great Britain beginning north of the River Thames, east of the A1.

Single- and double-digit roads

RoadFromToNotes
Central London
EdinburghOften called the "Great North Road". London sections of road covered by separate A1 road article
Central London
King's LynnSection round Cambridge overlaps M11 and A14
Central London
NorwichSection between Bow and Stump Cross superseded by A12 and M11. Section round Newmarket overlaps A14
Central London
LowestoftSection round Ipswich overlaps A14. Section between Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth redesignated as A47 in 2017.
Central London
Shoeburyness, Essex
M6 motorwayFelixstowe PortOriginally the A14 was the Old North Road, which forms part of the Roman Road known as Ermine Street. It ran from Royston in Hertfordshire through Huntingdon to meet with the A1 south of Alconbury. The Royston-Huntingdon section was renumbered the A1198 to discourage through traffic; the section north of Huntingdon remained longer, but became a spur of the A604, and is now a spur of the current A14 although no number appears on signs.
Norman Cross near Peterborough Hessle
GrimsbyPeterborough*New stretch between Spalding and Peterborough now open, the previous road from Spalding to Stamford becoming the A1175.
Newark-on-TrentKing's Lynn
DoncasterLudborough
DoncasterSeaton Burn

Triple-digit roads

Four-digit roads

1000s

1100s

RoadFromToNotes
UnusedRan from Copdock to Great Blakenham.
Bury St. EdmundsLong Sutton
UnusedWas the original Lincoln northern bypass, which became the B1273 and a southeastward extension of the B1182 when the newer A46 and A158 Lincoln bypass opened.
West RasenOsgodby Moor
Ulceby CrossMablethorpe
Kingston upon HullNear Hessle
UnusedRan from Pinchbeck Road to Commercial Road in Spalding via Elloe Avenue.
CockburnspathNear Burnmouth
ChirtonBilly Mill
UnusedRan from Lincoln Road in New England, Peterborough to Eastfield Road in Newark, Peterborough via St. Pauls Road, Dogsthorpe Road, Elmfield Road, and Newark Avenue. Previously allocated to a road from the A175 in South Bank to the A1085 in Grangetown. This became the B1446 and is now Middlesbrough Road, Eston Road, A66 and A1053.
New SouthgateA406The western section of Bowes Road that passes through Arnos Grove.
AlfordSutton-on-SeaSubject of the song 'the A1111' by John Shuttleworth, the stage persona of Graham Fellows. Previously allocated to another road elsewhere, but it is unknown where the previous route was.
AbridgeDagenhamSouthern section used to follow what is now A1240, and formerly, north of the A12 it was B196 as far as Hainault Forest and north of there part of a much longer B174, while south of the A124 it was part of a much longer B178.
UnusedRan from A1099 to A138 in Chelmsford.
Duplicated, one in Gateshead, one in ChelmsfordSee Anomalously numbered roads in Great Britain. Previously allocated to a road from A12 in Ipswich to A45 as the Ipswich north bypass. The section from west A1071 junction to east A1071 junction became part of the A12, leaving the section from the A12 to the A45. The remaining section became part of the A45 later.
UnusedRan from Winceby to Scremby.
UnusedRan from downtown Beccles to the A144 in Bungay.
Carlton ColvilleCorton
UnusedWas a loop around the A12 in Lowestoft via Marine Parade.
UnusedRan from Lincoln Road in Peterborough via Burghley Road and Crawthorne Road to Eastfield Road. Previously allocated to another road elsewhere, but it is unknown where the previous route was.
Combs FordYoxfordPreviously allocated to a road in Cambridge from Newnham Road
BostonSwineshead BridgePreviously allocated to another road elsewhere, but it is unknown where the previous route was.
OutwellSwaffham
HuntingdonSoham
Sible HedinghamColchesterOriginal section on East Street and Greenstead Road was declassified when the A134 was rerouted.
UnusedRan from Thorpe Road in Peterborough via Thorpe Park Road, Grange Road, and Westfield Road to the A15.
UnusedRan from A14, later A604 spur in Huntingdon to A141 east of Huntingdon.
UnusedRan from downtown Peterborough to Eastfield Road via Broadway.
UnusedRan from A1126 to A141 in Huntingdon via Cromwell Walk and Brookside.
FlettonWoodston, Cambridgeshire
Stockton-on-TeesAcklam
UnusedRan from Milton Road to Parker Road in Cambridge via Victoria Avenue, Emmanuel Road, and Parker Street.
UnusedRan from Cambridge to Chesterton via Chesterton Road.
WinthorpeTorksey
CambridgeCambridgeAlso the Cambridge Ring Road
UnusedRan on the old alignment of the A47 through Wisbech.
HealingGrimsby
BostonBoston
BostonBoston Docks
EyeOrton, PeterboroughDoubles as Fletton Parkway, part of Peterborough's Parkway system and a major part of the city's road network.
EdinburghEdinburghThis road runs from the A1 at Piershill to A199 at Portobello. The whole length of the road is called Portobello Road.
Hoggard's GreenHadleigh
UnusedRan from St. John's Street/Cornhill east via Brentgovel Street and Looms Lane to Northgate Street in Bury St Edmunds.
UnusedRan on St. Mary's Road in Beccles from Ballygate east to Blyburgate .
OultonLowestoft
Carlton ColvilleLowestoft
HatfieldThorne
BedlingtonStakeford
MonkseatonWhitley Bay
North ShieldsChirton
Harrowgate VillageGreat Burdon
A147 NorwichA149 near StalhamPasses through Wroxham, the 'capital' of the Norfolk Broads
A12 North of WoodbridgeRendlesham
BarkingBecontree
StevenageStevenage
IpswichIpswichFormer A45
UnusedRan on the Darlington ring road; became part of the A68 and A167 when the A68 was extended and the A167 was rerouted out of the city centre.
Westcliff-on-SeaPrittlewell
Southend on SeaSouthend Airport
Southend on SeaSeafrontShort link road from A13
UnusedRan on the old alignment of the A122 from Epping to North Weald Bassett
UnusedRan from A1102 to A15 in Lincoln.
UnusedRan from A1164 to A165 in Kingston upon Hull via Jameson Street, George Street, and Witham.
UnusedRan from A63 to A1079 in Kingston upon Hull via Carr Lane/Anlaby Road and Ferensway.
A63 in Kingston upon HullA1079 in Kingston upon Hull
Anlaby ParkKingston upon Hull
BerwickScremerstonPreviously allocated to a road from Boroughbridge to Green Hammerton
Chigwell Rolls ParkLoughton HomebaseFormerly B171
HarlowHarlow
WareTurnford
AnnitsfordCramlington
CramlingtonCramlington
CaistorImmingham
Kingston upon HullBeverleyThis road includes the notorious Grovehill junction, which has 42 traffic lights.
SpaldingStamfordPrevious route of A16 road between Spalding and Stamford, before completion of the A1073 upgrade.
A59 in YorkA19 in YorkFollows Water End.
UnusedRan from A1105 in Hessle to A164 in Anlaby.
UnusedTemporary designation for what is now the M25 between junctions 23 and 24. Would have been part of the planned M16.
PeterboroughLongthorpe
UnusedRan from High Street to Newark Road in Lincoln and A1192 ).
Bishops StortfordHarlowMost of this formed the old A11 route between the two towns
WolvistonSeal Sands
UnusedWas once reserved for a road with a description of "A406 Woodford Avenue". The A1400 number was used instead.
Rushmere St. AndrewNacton Heath
UnusedRan from High Street to Canwick Road in Lincoln
ProposedWas a proposed road from A1052 in Houghton-le-Spring to B1284 in Rye Hill, and would have probably taken over the B1284 to the A690. It has since been subsumed into a more extensive long-term plan to bypass and reroute the A182 on new construction from Shiney Row to A19 east of Murton via the Central Route, Hetton Bypass and the partially complete East Durham Link Road.
LincolnNorth HykehamNew route created in 2017; replaced part of the B1003.
A1042 east of NorwichA1270Broadland Gate Link
Royston, HertfordshireGodmanchester, HuntingdonshireOriginal route of the A14
Duplicated, one in Islington, London, and one in Woodford, LondonSee Anomalously numbered roads in Great Britain

1200s and higher

RoadFromToNotes
Moorfields Eye HospitalHighbury & Islington station
CanonburyAlexandra Palace
Central London Central London to A11 in London via Fenchurch Street.
Threadneedle Street, LondonKing William Street
IpswichMartleshamFormer route of A12, prior to Ipswich Southern/Eastern by-pass
WashingtonCentral SunderlandAlso known as the Sunderland Highway
ColchesterA12/A120Former A12 alignment through northern Colchester. See also A120
BasildonBasildonCranes Farm Road, parallels the A127 and the A1321 between the A176 and A132 roads
Copmanthorpe, North YorkshireA64York Outer Ring Road
Thorpe WilloughbyBarlby
BecontreeDagenhamFormerly part of the A1112, which was rerouted to the east
UnusedRan along the current B198 from A10 to A121 west of Cheshunt; this is now the B198.
NorwichThorpe St AndrewPreviously part of the A47 prior to the construction of the Norwich southern bypass.
Great YarmouthGreat YarmouthShares the same number with Scartho Road and a stretch of Louth Road to the south of Grimsby. See Anomalously numbered roads in Great Britain
Reserved for the Northern Gateway Access Road near Waltham Abbey. It would go from the A1055 to A121 if built.
BenfleetHowe GreenPreviously the A130
Selby ForkBrothertonPreviously part of the A1
Bishops StortfordBishops Stortford
RomfordRomford
PeterboroughPeterborough
LimehouseLeamouthAspen Way, East India Dock Link tunnel, and West India Dock Road in Docklands
UnusedRan on the Aspen Way Tunnel in London Docklands from the A1261 to the A13; this is now part of the A1261.
UnusedRan on Leamouth Road in London Docklands from the A13 to the A1020; this is now part of the A1020.
TaverhamRackheathNorwich Northern Distributor Road
SunderlandMonkwearmouthSections known as Southwick Road, Keir Hardie Way, Queen's Road, Wessington Way
JarrowSouth ShieldsJohn Reid Road, South Shields southern ring road
TrumpingtonStump CrossPreviously allocated to a road from Sadlers Farm to Canvey Island. This became part of the A130 and B1014. The current A1301 was created on a former section of the A130 when sections of the A130 were downgraded when the parallel M11 was built.
Westley, SuffolkSouthgate Bridge
HardwickNewmarketFormer A45
Six Mile Bottom, CambridgeshireWater HallFormer A11
Stockton-on-TeesStockton-on-Tees
DagenhamNorth StiffordFormer A13 alignment, with unclassified Lodge Lane connecting to the A1013. Eastern section was the main route till the 1980s. Western section was the main route until as recently as the late 1990s.
HuntingdonHaverhillFormerly A604 and before that A132. Follows the old route of the A14 over the ECML which will be demolished and replaced with a route that goes through the city centre of Huntingdon in 2021.
StowmarketCombs Ford
Trumpington, CambridgeshireMilton, CambridgeshireFormer A10 alignment
South HornchurchSouth HornchurchMarsh Way, link road between A13 and A1306. Briefly part of A13 during completion of Thames Gateway 1998–9.
BasildonBasildonBroadmayne, parallels the A1235 between the A176 and A132 roads
A12 north of MylandA134 in MylandCreated in 2015 along the Severalls Link Road.
UnusedMapping error for the A1308.
North Circular Charlie Brown's RoundaboutGants HillFormerly A406, but this section was only briefly considered part of the North Circular, the latter historically using the A104/A114/A116/A117 until 1987.
NorwichHellesdonFormer routing of the A140
HaddenhamWitcham
LincolnSouth Hykeham
Scampton, West Lindsey, LincolnshireMarton, West Lindsey, LincolnshireForms the eastern section of the Roman road from Ermine Street to Bawtry, fording the River Trent at Littleborough, then onto the Roman Fort at Doncaster.