Destinations by furthest RCS distance

[Rillington]

Thank you for the reply.

Now I think about it, iirc the highest milage distance is 121 miles.

[ikcdab]

I've always liked this one....
A303
https://maps.app.goo.gl/77jeB3crUv8f3rvH8

[Rillington]

Thank you for the reply.

Now I think about it, iirc the highest milage distance is 121 miles.

This compares with 117 being the furthest distance to London on the M1 although London is stated at the start of the M1 east of Leeds, but with no distance which is a shame as it would have given the highest milage distances.

[Osthagen]

This compares with 117 being the furthest distance to London on the M1 although London is stated at the start of the M1 east of Leeds, but with no distance which is a shame as it would have given the highest milage distances.

Close, but that's not the largest distance to London on the M1.

The largest distance to London on the M1 is London 121 at M1 J25 South, between Derby and Nottingham.

As for London appearing as a FD on the M1 from Leeds on the 1999 section, that was presumably a carryover from the 1960s and 1970s signage, when the entire M1 was signed to 'The South, London' (plus whatever the next major PD was), sometimes just 'London', on directional signs. If you are wondering why the 1999 section and the Aberford turnoff features London on the RCSs without a distance, my guess is that they were using 'London' as a quasi-regional destination, since 'The SOUTH' would be inappropriate in that area since the A1(M) is already signed to that, it would explain why it appears at the top of the RCSs.
I don't know if London was shown on the RCSs throughout the M1 South when it first reached Yorks in the 1960s, but I have a feeling it may have been, since the M4 used to have 'London 194' near its western terminus.

[Rillington]

That must be a very recently added RCS.

[wallmeerkat]

NI - Dublin 104

https://www.google.com/maps/@54.6071089 ... ?entry=ttu

followed by 101 on the M1 https://www.google.com/maps/@54.5698081 ... ?entry=ttu

[Arran]

Longest distance on a primary route to London?

[multiraider2]

Longest distance on a primary route to London?

no