WikiProject United Kingdom A and B Roads
OpenStreetMap has fast-growing coverage of the major roads in Britain - so now's the time to finish the job. When we have a complete A and B road network, people will be able to use OSM data for routing, to make road atlases, and so on.
The aim of this project is to complete all A and B roads in Britain and to tag them consistently. The list on this page is far from complete (especially in relation to B roads), so if you know of a missing road, add it.
How to tag
In the UK, the OSM rule goes like this:
- green signed A roads: highway=trunk
- black-and-white signed A roads: highway=primary
- B roads: highway=secondary
(It might sound confusing if you're used to hearing A roads described differently. Sorry, it's just how we do things round here.)
Hall of fame
Complete - A and B roads
Derbyshire (User:bojo)
Rutland!
(others to be checked)
Complete - A roads only
Cambridgeshire, Herefordshire, the Isle of Wight, Leicestershire, Pembrokeshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
Missing A and B roads - England
Buckinghamshire
- Classifications may need checking on existing roads - especially Stoke Hammond bypass area
Cheshire
Depending on what you mean by Cheshire...
- around Warrington (plenty of GPS tracks exist)
- around Widnes
Cornwall
I think there are a lot of missing A roads in Cornwall. These are some that have been spotted.
- Redruth to Cambourne
- A30 past Penzance is marked as trunk, this seems unlikely
- A3075 south from Newquay is incomplete.
- A roads in Newquay
- Gap in the A39 southeast of Padstow
- A3082 to Fowey incomplete
- A387 Crumplehorn to A374 via Looe incomplete
- A39 from Truro to the A30 missing.
- Some A roads in Plymouth/Devonport may not be marked as primary.
- A388 through Launceston looks very mixed up - there is one section running through the town north to south and two segments floating around unconnected!
Cumbria
- Carlisle city centre
- A66 Workington to Bridgefoot (junction with A595) [added - but the re-routed two local roads which bridge/are bridged by the A66 have not been corrected]
- A593 through broughton in furnace. (Roads mapped but not designated. NPE probably out of date here due to new road)
- Designation of A595 between Greenodd and Ulverston needs checking. I think the northern part at Greenodd is green-signed (trunk.)
- A5086 through Cockermouth. NPE likely to be out of date.
Devon
- A358 in Axminster needs checking on the ground (route into Axminster from Chard completed from NPE and connected roughly by TomH 16:50, 30 December 2007 (UTC))
- A383 through Newton Abbot (NPE could be out of date due to changes in road layout in town centre, pedestrianisation etc.)
Dorset
- A352 between Sherborne and Dorchester (Sherborne end missing, connection to Dorchester confused/missing)
- A354 bits missing through Weymouth
East Yorkshire
- Believed to be complete
East Sussex
- A275 from Sheffield Park to Wych Cross (A22), and from A277 (Brighton Road, Lewes) to A2029 (Offham Road, Lewes)
- A269 Ninfield to Bexhill
- A23/A273 junction slip roads North of Brighton are incomplete.
Essex
Gwent
- A4042 to southern end in Newport (adjacent cycle route mapped though ;) )
Hampshire
- A27 is mostly complete from Romsey to Brighton but is missing chunks and decent traces through Cosham
Kent
- A2 one way system in Sittingbourne - needs GPS survey
Lancashire
- A5085 Preston
- A59 Clitheroe - Needs dual-carriageway section sorting between Whalley and Clitheroe.
Lincolnshire
Click Here for the A Road section of the Lincolnshire development page
Merseyside
Monmouthshire
Norfolk
- A148 from Fakenham to Holt, and south of Cromer
- Main Roads out from Norwich to North East Norfolk (Yet to have name/ref)
- A143 between Bungay and Beccles
North Yorkshire
- A167 Northallerton to county boundary
- A167 south end
- A168 Thirsk to Northallerton
- A172 south end
- A684 Bedale to Northallerton
Northamptonshire
Complete between towns.
Kettering and Wellingborough need attention.
Nottinghamshire
-
A6097, A612 from Southwell, etc... see here
Shropshire
- Roads in Telford area
Somerset
- A359 north east from the A303 across the A371 to the A361 - I've just drawn this in using NPE --Graham C 16:05, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
- A371 appears to stop short of the A37/A361/A371 junction south of Shepton Mallett (this area looks very confused)
- Around Weston-super-Mare (North Somerset)
- Around Langport
- A37 at Ilchester
Staffordshire
-
A5148/M6 Toll southbound slip-roadThere isn't one blackadder 18:01, 4 January 2011 (UTC) - Stoke/Newcastle are a mess and need sorting
Suffolk
- A143: Pretty sure this should be trunk between Bury St Edmunds and Great Yarmouth? It's currently marked as primary.
- A143: Seems to have a random spur to Hundon that only connects it to unclassified roads. Another one that is likely wrong?
- A146 seems to end or change status in the middle of nowhere just south of Lowestoft. I seriously doubt this is accurate.
Surrey
- A3 Hindhead will need editing once the tunnels open
West Sussex
Believed to be complete.
- note: A272 confirmed by WSCC to be designated as a primary route (despite mixed signage) for the entirity of it's length through West Sussex. Map yet to be updated to reflect. Daveemtb 12:06, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Wiltshire
- Westbury/Frome area needs work
Missing A and B roads - Scotland
Argyll and Bute
Missing roads
- Road along north of Holy Loch (north of Dunoon) to Blairmore. (A880?)
- Most of road from Dunoon, along Loch Eck to Strachur. (A815?)
- Road from north of the Kyles of Bute to Newton on Loch Fyne. (A886?)
Misclassified roads
- Road from St Catherines to Newton along south of Loch Fyne. Is marked unclassified; should be primary?
Mislabelled roads
- Road heading north from Dunoon on the Cowal Peninsula is labelled A816. (Should be A815?)
Unlabelled roads
- Road along west of Bute. (A866?)
Believed to be a complete list of missing, possibly misclassified, and unlabelled roads in the Argyll and Bute council area.
Highland
Possible misclassifications
- A99 from Wick to John O'Groats. Is marked trunk; should it be primary?
- Road from Lybster to Thurso. Is marked primary; should it be trunk?
- A882 from Wick to Thurso. Is marked primary; should it be trunk?
- A837 north of Lochinver. Is marked primary; should it be secondary? Also should primary road continue along Main Street, Lochinver? (IIRC, the primary road goes to the pier; NPE shows classification ends about where the new(ish) pier link starts --tms13 16:47, 18 January 2010 (UTC))
- A837 in Rosehall. Primary classification does not continue as far as A839.
- Road from A839 in Strath Oykel up Glen Cassley, west of Loch Shin. Is marked primary; should it be unclassified?
- A839 in Lairg. Primary classification does not continue as far as A836 at base of Loch Shin.
- Road from Dingwall south to A835. Is marked secondary; should it be primary?
- A864 in Dunvegan, Skye. Does this really exist as anything other than an unclassified road? (Yes, it does, and it's signposted as such; I've driven it. Probably the least major A road in Britain! --Richard 16:51, 20 January 2009 (UTC))
Unlabelled roads
- Road from Helmsdale to Portskerra on north coast. (A897?)
- Road fom Lybster to Thurso. (A9?)
- Road from A839 in Strath Oykel down to A836 in Invershin. (A837?)
- Road betweeb A95 at Dulnain Bridge and A9 at Carrbridge. (A938?)
Believed to be a complete list of missing, possibly misclassified, and unlabelled roads in the Highland council area.
Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)
Missing roads
- Road along Eye Peninsula on Lewis. (A866?)
- Road from Barabhas (Barvas) to Nis (Ness). (A857?)
Possibly misclassified roads
- Road from Luirbost to Achmore. Is marked primary; should be tertiary? (no A-road signage found)
Unlabelled roads
- All fixed
Believed to be a complete list of missing, possibly misclassified, and unlabelled roads in the Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) council area.
Missing A and B roads - Wales
Ynys Môn / Isle of Anglesey
- A5, not complete, NPE tracing but gets fuzzy where it touches the new A55.