Star.pngStar.pngStar.pngStar grey.pngStar grey.png

Fictional Road Numbers

From Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Fictional Road Numbers
Archers.png
"The Archers" uses consistent fictional road numbers
Cameraicon.png Pictures related to Fictional Road Numbers
View gallery (4)

Roads often feature in drama series, either in television, on radio or in books. Sometimes to add to the "authenticity" of the fiction, road numbers are used. Usually these numbers are dreamt up by the relevant author or production team, but occasionally the Department for Transport are aware of their usage and may suggest numbers to be used. Where the DfT are aware, those numbers are blacklisted from use for a period of time, usually three years.

Motorways

  • M14 - in the third installment of the BBC's House of Cards trilogy[1], The Final Cut (1995), the British Prime Minister Francis Urquhart survives an assassination attempt on the M14. There is no footage of the actual road; the in-car sequences were most likely filmed in a studio.
  • M91 - used for BBC Drama The Day Britain Stopped. Filmed on M96 in Gloucestershire.
  • M101 - used in the book of Blott on the Landscape. Not knowingly blacklisted and suggested for the Leeds Southeastern radial if the M1 was to go West of Leeds.
  • M399 - used in the TV series Blott on the Landscape. This number, whilst unlikely to be ever used in reality, is permanently blacklisted by the DfT.

A roads

  • A648 - forms part of the Hotten Bypass in Emmerdale, meeting the B6523; Image.
  • A1328 - featured in the film Johnny English Reborn, where the titular character follows the road in a helicopter to the fictional town of Dingham. Video of the scene
  • A1702, A1793, A1823, A1829, A1835, A1992, A9110 - local roads in and around Ambridge, setting for The Archers. This places Ambridge in north Yorkshire (sector 17xx), Lincolnshire (sector 18xx) and Fife (sector 91xx).
  • A7665 - featured in The Sarah Jane Adventures episode "The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith" - the fictional village of Foxgrove was demolished to make way for this road.

B roads

  • B402 - not to be confused with the real B402, the fictional one was featured in Episode 1 of the BBC drama Paradox, as the road to the fictional settlement of Marlingham (supposedly near Manchester and Northwich)
  • B432 - used in a 2007 episode of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries where a suspect was followed on this road.
  • B42551 - a green sign bearing this number appeared in an episode of the 2018 BBC1 serial Requiem, set in Wales.
  • B1900, B1985, B3700, B4879 - local roads in and around Ambridge, setting for The Archers. This places Ambridge in Northumberland (sector 19xx), Somerset (sector 37xx) and Herefordshire (sector 48xx).
  • B6523 - road to Hotten in Emmerdale.

References



Fictional Road Numbers
Roads
Related Pictures
View gallery (4)
Borsetshire 1024.jpgArchers.pngN2 and a half.pngE9A3149D-61F2-4ACA-818C-F517A6A934DE.png
Road Basics
Physical layoutSingle track • Single carriageway • Dual carriageway • High Quality Dual Carriageway • Road Widths • Urban Streets • Abandoned Road
Legal typesAll-purpose Road • Special Road • Motorway • Trunk road • Principal road • Classified Numbered road • Classified Unnumbered Road • Unclassified road • Primary Route • Non Primary Route • Right of Way • Unadopted road
Road numbers1922 Road Lists • Classification • Defunct road • Euroroutes • MoT Maps • National Cycle Network • Numbering principles • Numbering anomalies • Disputed Numbers • Recycled number • Unallocated numbers • Fictional Road Numbers • Junction numbers • Essential Traffic Routes
Road FeaturesArterial Road • Automatic Bollard • Balancing Pond • Belisha Beacon • Bott's Dots • Bypass • Cannon • Cats' Eyes • Cattle Grid • CD Lanes • Central Reservation • Chopsticks • Crash Barrier • Cuttings and Embankments • Cycle Lane • Emergency Phone • Escape lane • Expressway • Fingerpost • Flare • Ford • Gore • Green Bridge • Green Wave • Hairpin bend • Hard shoulder • Island • Junction • Layby • Level Crossing • Local Access Road • Managed Motorways • Milestone • Multi Lane Drop • Multiplex • No-Car Lane • Nose • Oxbow Road • Parapet • Petrol station • Play Street • Raised Pavement Markers • Ramp Metering • Retaining Wall • Road Studs • Roadside Art • Roadside Quarry • Roadworks • Secret motorway • Signage • Smart Motorway • Snow pole • Speed Limit • Spur • Street Lighting • Surface Dressing • Temporary terminus • Throughpass • Tidal Flow • Tiger tail • Toll booth • Traffic cone • Traffic Signals • Tunnel • Vehicle Recovery • Walking and Cycling Friendly Road • Weaving • Wig-Wag Signals • Winter Maintenance • Zip merge
Traffic CalmingBuild-Outs • Chicane • Dragon's Teeth • Home Zone • Low Traffic Neighbourhood • Pinch Point • Quiet Lane • Rumble strips • Safety Cameras • Sleeping Policeman • Speed bump
Public Transport FeaturesBus Lane • Bus stop • Guided Busway • Park and Ride • Tramway • Trolleybus System
Other termsAnderson report • Guildford Rules • Highway Authority • Highway Code • Model Traffic Area • Motorway alphabet • Pre-Worboys • Primary Destinations • Roads by 10 • Transport alphabet • Worboys report
AcronymsAADT • ADS • ANPR • ATM • DfT • GSJ • HA • HATO • HE • HETO • HQDC • LAR • LILO • LTN • MOVA • NCN • NMU • NRA • PBU • POPE • PTS • PFI • RCS • SABRE • SCOOT • SSD • SON • SOX • SRN • TEN-T • TERN • TfL • TII • TOTSO • TRO • TSM • TSRGD • UTC • VAS • VMS • VSL
Roads Miscellanea
FactsFacts and Figures • Myths & Fallacies
NumberingAnomalies • Cannons • David Craig Numbers • Duplicate Numbers • Fictional Numbers • Misplaced Roads • Out of Zone roads • Recycled numbers • Roads which start and finish on the same road • Useless Multiplexes
MiscLongest Lane • Roads in Film & TV • Trivia


SABRE - The Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts
Discuss - Digest - Discover - Help