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From:Hounslow, Middlesex (TQ114764)
To:Land's End, Cornwall (SW347250)
Length:284 miles (457 km)
Meets: M3, M5, M25, A4, A34, A38, A39, A303
Primary Destinations
BasingstokeBodminExeterHonitonHounslowLauncestonLondonNewquayOkehamptonPenzanceRedruthSalisburyStainesYeovil
Highways Authorities

Highways AgencyTransport for LondonCornwallDevonDorsetHampshireSomersetSurreyWiltshireWindsor & Maidenhead

Traditional Counties

BerkshireCornwallDevonDorsetHampshireMiddlesexSomersetSurreyWiltshire

Route outline (key)
A30 Hounslow - Egham
A30 Egham - Basingstoke
(A303) Basingstoke - Bullington Cross
A30 Micheldever Station - Sutton Scotney
A30 Bullington Cross - Stockbridge
(A3057) Stockbridge
A30 Stockbridge - St Thomas's Bridge
A30 St Thomas's Bridge - Salisbury
(A36) Salisbury - Wilton
A30 Wilton - Shaftesbury
A30 Shaftesbury
A30 Shaftesbury - Babylon Hill
A30 Babylon Hill - Yeovil
A30 Yeovil - Yarcombe
A30 Yarcombe - Exeter
(M5) Exeter
A30 Exeter - Penzance
A30 Penzance - Lands End

Route

The A30 in Stockbridge
Main Article: A30 route

The A30 is the third longest A-road in Britain, yet for about half its length it's non-primary - playing second fiddle first to the M3 and then to the A303.

History


The A30 originally ran via Andover instead of Stockbridge
Main Article: A30 history

The A30 has been an important route for traffic since the days of coaching in the 18th century, though The modern route deviates significantly from the historic route in several key places.



A30
JunctionsAlphington JunctionBellmans CrossBlack Dam RoundaboutBranwell LaneBrighton Hill RoundaboutBullington CrossBunfield Hollow RoundaboutCarland CrossCarminow CrossChiverton CrossChy-An-MorClockhouse RoundaboutCrooked BilletDaisymount JunctionDevonshire HouseDummer InterchangeEgham Hill RoundaboutHackwood Road RoundaboutHatch Warren RoundaboutHatton CrossHenlys RoundaboutHighgate Hill RoundaboutHorsey RoundaboutHospital Roundabout (Yeovil)Innis Downs JunctionIron Bridge JunctionIvy Cross RoundaboutKempshott RoundaboutKennards House JunctionLoggans MoorMount MiseryNewtown RoundaboutPearce's HillPennygillam JunctionPopham InterchangePound CornerQuicksilver RoundaboutRoyal Chase RoundaboutRunnymede InterchangeRunnymede RoundaboutSourton DownSouthay CrossSowton InterchangeSt Marks RoundaboutThe Bull DogTurks Head JunctionVictoria InterchangeWhiddon Down JunctionWinchester Road Roundabout
ServicesBasingstoke services
CrossingsEasthams BridgeFenny Bridges BypassHaselbury BridgeHigh Bridge (Dorset)Launceston Bypass BridgePalmersbridgeRunnymede ViaductsSticklepath Bypass BridgeStockbridgeYarcombe Bridge
ProjectsA30/Bodmin - Indian Queens Dualling
RoadsE1 (Old System)Fosse WayT13 (Britain)T40 (Britain)T8 (Britain)
MiscellaneousA30/Named JunctionsA30/routeHeathrow Airport
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A30 Goss Moor March 2006 04.jpgA30 late 50's dualling - Coppermine - 21700.jpgBoth A30's - Coppermine - 12034.jpgGateway To Cornwall - Coppermine - 19184.jpgTo Land's End - Geograph - 1430584.jpg
Other nearby roads
HounslowA244A3005A3006A3063A312A314A315A4A4/Great West RoadA4/Slough - LondonB3377B358B361B362B363E1 (Old System)T8 (Britain)
PenzanceA3071A3077A394B3283B3309B3310B3311B3312B3313B3314 (Penzance)B3315B3316B3317B3317 (St Just - Penzance)T8 (Britain)
ExeterA3015A3052A3084 (Exeter)A376A377A378 (Exeter)A379A38A380A396B3123B3181B3181 (Pinhoe - Topsham)B3182 (Countess Wear - Sandy Park)B3182 (Exeter)B3183B3183 (historical)B3184B3184 (Broadclyst)B3212E116 (Old System)Exeter BypassM5T16 (Britain)T40 (Britain)T8 (Britain)
SalisburyA3027 (Salisbury)A3052 (Wiltshire)A3087A3094A338A345A354A36A360B3085 (Salisbury)B3086B3094 (Salisbury)B3389Icknield WayPortway (Roman Road)T39 (Britain)T8 (Britain)
BasingstokeA3010A33A339A340B3046B3052 (Basingstoke)B3400E1 (Old System)HarrowayM3M30T38 (Britain)T7 (Britain)T8 (Britain)
The First 99
A1·A2·A3·A4·A5·A6·A7·A8·A9·A10·A11·A12·A13·A14·A15·A16·A17·A18·A19

A20·A21·A22·A23·A24·A25·A26·A27·A28·A29·A30·A31·A32·A33·A34·A35·A36·A37·A38·A39
A40·A41·A42·A43·A44·A45·A46·A47·A48·A49·A50·A51·A52·A53·A54·A55·A56·A57·A58·A59
A60·A61·A62·A63·A64·A65·A66·A67·A68·A69·A70·A71·A72·A73·A74·A75·A76·A77·A78·A79
A80·A81·A82·A83·A84·A85·A86·A87·A88·A89·A90·A91·A92·A93·A94·A95·A96·A97·A98·A99
Motorways and Defunct Itineraries:
A1(M) (Herts·Hunts·Doncaster·Yorks·Durham·NewcastleA2(M): (London·MedwayA3(M)·A4(M)·A5(M)·A6(M): (West·EastA8(M)
A14(M)·A14·A18(M)·A20(M)·A36(M)·A38(M)·A40(M): (London·BucksA41(M)·A42·A46(M)

A48(M): (Cardiff·Port Talbot·Morriston)·A57(M)·A58(M)·A61(M)·A64(M)·A66(M)·A74(M)·A88·A92(M)·A99