Websites: Member Sites
The following websites are all SABRE Member Sites, meaning they're all focussed on the UK road network. You can see the latest updates on the What's New page.
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National Sites
CBRD Britain's biggest and most frequently updated roads website. Including strip maps of every UK motorway, histories, new road schemes, photos, and videos. ( Last updated : Saturday, 21st January 2012)
Major Roads of Great Britain Reviews of motorways and other major roads in Great Britain, information about the numbering system, discussion of anomalies, and much more.
Pathetic Motorways Tours round the UK and Ireland looking at unsung motorways. Features current, former, lost and unbuilt parts of the motorway network with photos, videos and maps.
Also contains features about the motorway network such as the Might Have Been Map. ( Last updated : Friday, 3rd February 2012)
roadsUK A comprehensive website dedicated to taking a detailed insight into the British road network and the features which encompass it.
Here you can find information on all sorts of aspects that form part of the United Kingdom road system, from small neighbourhood features, to the bigger projects that are established with the aim of helping make the system flow that little smoother. ( Last updated : Saturday, 3rd December 2011)
Rural Roads This site focuses on Britain's rural routes through some stunning landscapes, including the Lake District, Dartmoor, the Peak District, Brecon Beacons, the Gower. ( Last updated : Thursday, 13th September 2007)
SABRE Files The original site including the School of Roads & Roads Policy, top and bottom ten roads, old maps, motorway images, and many other great items.
UK Roads General site on roads in the UK, touching on Fun Junctions, Going Underground, Numbering Quirks, Ring Roads, Road Trips, Strip Maps, and Unfinished Business. ( Last updated : Monday, 13th March 2006)
Regional Sites
Ashford & Shepway Roads database
( Last updated : Sunday, 18th January 2009)
Irish motorway info
( Last updated : Tuesday, 12th April 2011)
Northern Ireland Roads Site Concentrates on information on Northern Ireland's existing motorways and dual carriageways, as well as details of future road building schemes of all types. ( Last updated : Sunday, 17th February 2008)
Route 6 Looking at the A6 and M6,from Carlisle to London, the route, junctions, cities, towns & villages that both roads pass through ( Last updated : Monday, 5th March 2007)
Sheffield Roads Portal
( Last updated : Saturday, 12th August 2006)
Specific Sites
A1 - The Great North Road The Great North Road from London to Edinburgh: its history, geography, and things along the route that take my fancy.
Follow The Brown Signs
( Last updated : Thursday, 24th November 2011)
Forton Services
( Last updated : Saturday, 14th February 2009)
From Watford Gap to Camelot The amazing A361 and its equally amazing website.
Motorway Service Area Trivia Site Motorway services then and now. ( Last updated : Saturday, 3rd January 2009)
Motorway Services Info Catalogues and reviews UK service areas. ( Last updated : Wednesday, 22nd September 2010)
Motorway Services Online An online guide to motorway services: both their history and today, allowing visitors to rate, review and even add photos of each service station. ( Last updated : Tuesday, 13th December 2011)
Pre-Motorway New Roads Listing major trunk road projects implemented before the Motorway Age.
Traffic Signals Online A website devoted to the world of Traffic Control and Technologies, including an inventory of Simon's collection. ( Last updated : Monday, 1st September 2008)
Turnpike Roads in England
( Last updated : Thursday, 27th August 2009)
Urban Country Lanes An on-line database of rural roads that have survived urbanisation - includes photos and guided tours. ( Last updated : Sunday, 12th February 2006)
Wet Roads An excellent site that lists every ford in the UK. ( Last updated : Friday, 26th January 2007)
Map Sites
Old Map Site Provides old map scans taken over a 40 year period from the late 1940s to the late 1980s showing how the road network has developed in key areas. ( Last updated : Friday, 2nd June 2006)
Ordnance Survey Road Map of Great Britain 1932 Ever wondered how the road system looked 70 years ago?
Photo Galleries
A13: Trunk Road to the Sea A13 Improvements East London (Canning Town to Barking); A13 Dagenham to Aveley; A13 Essex; A1261 Aspen Way/East India Dock Link; A1203 Limehouse Link. ( Last updated : Thursday, 20th September 2007)
Ben N's Photos
( Last updated : Tuesday, 21st March 2006)
Chris Hillcoat's Roads IDR, Reading; Assorted Road Pics.
Diversionary Tactics, ie.Roads
( Last updated : Thursday, 4th November 2010)
DRAS Photos mostly based in the north Devon area, plus old map scans and fantasy road plans. ( Last updated : Saturday, 20th March 2010)
Gavin's Utubes
( Last updated : Tuesday, 20th May 2008)
M8 Glasgow This is a photo tour along the M8 through central Glasgow, starting at J22, the M77 junction, and working east through to J14.
Nic's Roads The A47; Southern Roads; Scottish Trip; Roads in the Midlands; Manchester Roads. ( Last updated : Saturday, 8th July 2006)
Notts Roads A6514 - Nottingham Ring Road; Derbyshire; Misc Photos; Nottingham South; Nottingham to Nuthall via the A610; Roads of Nottingham.
Serena's Mr Floppy Collection And Now For Something Completely Different...; Non-Motorway Floppies; Motorway 'Mr Floppy' Signs. ( Last updated : Sunday, 4th June 2006)
South East England Road Photos Shows pictures of places where new roads have been built showing what the place looked like before the road was built and again after its completion.
Steven's Roads Map Scans - Northwest England; Map Scans - Southern England.
Toby's Roads A variety of photos of roads around Britain by Toby ("bealach na ba" on SABRE). Categories include Virtual Tours, Construction, Historical, Structures, Signs and SABRE Events, as well as some miscellaneous pictures. ( Last updated : Wednesday, 26th July 2006)
Tony's Roads Loads of roads - 2003 to the present day, plus a few archive scans ( Last updated : Sunday, 2nd November 2008)
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