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A30
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From:Hounslow, Middlesex
To:Land's End, Cornwall
Length:284 miles (457 km)
Meets:M3, M5, M25, A4, A34, A38, A39, A303
Primary Destinations
BasingstokeBodminExeterHeathrow AirportHonitonHounslowLauncestonLondonNewquayOkehamptonPenzanceRedruthSalisburyStainesYeovil
Grid References
Start : TQ114764 End: SW347250
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 - Shaftsbury
A30 Shaftsbury
A30 Shaftsbury - 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

Main Article: A30 history

Much of the A30 has been in use for hundreds of years, as the main coaching route from London to Exeter.



A30
JunctionsBullington CrossDummer InterchangePearce's HillPopham InterchangeSowton Interchange
CrossingsRunnymede Viaducts
ProjectsA30 Bodmin - Indian Queens Dualling
RoadsFosse Way
MiscellaneousA30 route
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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

Defunct Itineraries

A14·A42·A88