Smallest place signed from a motorway?
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Smallest place signed from a motorway?
I wondered about this because some places have a small population but are either well-known or strategically important.
For example West Malling is signed from M20 Junction 4 and has around 2,600 people.
For example West Malling is signed from M20 Junction 4 and has around 2,600 people.
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Pretty sure Dishforth (905 people) is signed from A1(M) northbound J48
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Re: Smallest place signed from a motorway?
Crianlarich, signed from the M9, M8 and M898, possibly M80 too. Looks like population shade under 200 from quick search!
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Re: Smallest place signed from a motorway?
Ignoring places with zero residents such as bridges and airports, then maybe Scotch Corner?
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Re: Smallest place signed from a motorway?
Has to be a toss-up between Crianlarich and Scotch Corner doesn't it?
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"Weston" is signed off the M54 westbound at J3. I'm not sure if its for the parish or the actual Weston Park, either way it is probably in with contention
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Is Scotch Corner strictly a habitable place'? I thought it described a junction rather than a settlement. You wouldn't refer to the population of Broxden Roundabout for example. (Please ignore Carstairs Junction!)
I'm surprised by how low the population of Crianlarich is. Without sources, Wikipedia says that Crawford, signed of the A74(M) at the other A702 junction, has 300 people.
I have an idea that Abington is signed on the A74(M) somewhere in a non-services context; if so, it has a population of 200.
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Re: Smallest place signed from a motorway?
My first thought was Johnstonebridge and Kirtlebridge, both signposted from the A74(M). I can’t see a population listed for either but they can’t have many people living in them.
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I'd bet the winner will be found on the A74(M) somewhere - it's surely a goldmine for this stuff.Potholes ate my car wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 14:57 My first thought was Johnstonebridge and Kirtlebridge, both signposted from the A74(M). I can’t see a population listed for either but they can’t have many people living in them.
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There are some very small villages along the M74/A74(M) route, including Kirtlebridge which is signed at J20. I can't find a reliable population figure, but have just counted about 42-45 houses, (excluding some outlying farms) which even at an unlikely average of 4 people per house is less than 180 people. I suspect the real figure is nearer 120.
Of course, a junction is a place (more so than a bridge) so even if no one lives at Scotch Corner, the presence of the hotel and services makes it a place as per the original post...
Of course, a junction is a place (more so than a bridge) so even if no one lives at Scotch Corner, the presence of the hotel and services makes it a place as per the original post...
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Fair enough, although South Bridge's population possibly exceeds many of the contenders here
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Re: Smallest place signed from a motorway?
Northern Ireland will be like shooting fish in a barrel
Loughgall for example - population (2011 census via wikipedia) - 282, signed from the M1 (NI)
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.4810552 ... ?entry=ttu
Sprucefield is a retail park area around the junction for the M1/A1 (NI), probably differentiates where they want to move Dublin traffic onto the next junction nearby (when it is probably quicker to go via Sprucefield)
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.4948914 ... ?entry=ttu
Carn and Seagoe (small areas around Portadown) from M12 (NI)
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.4516187 ... ?entry=ttu
Greencastle on the M2 (NI) is a fairly large junction before the motorway heads uphill, but it's an old village in North Belfast that was decimated by said junction
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.6453868 ... ?entry=ttu
Cushendall on M2 (NI) Ballymena bypass population (2011 census via wikipedia) - 1280
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.8699515 ... ?entry=ttu
Loughgall for example - population (2011 census via wikipedia) - 282, signed from the M1 (NI)
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.4810552 ... ?entry=ttu
Sprucefield is a retail park area around the junction for the M1/A1 (NI), probably differentiates where they want to move Dublin traffic onto the next junction nearby (when it is probably quicker to go via Sprucefield)
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.4948914 ... ?entry=ttu
Carn and Seagoe (small areas around Portadown) from M12 (NI)
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.4516187 ... ?entry=ttu
Greencastle on the M2 (NI) is a fairly large junction before the motorway heads uphill, but it's an old village in North Belfast that was decimated by said junction
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.6453868 ... ?entry=ttu
Cushendall on M2 (NI) Ballymena bypass population (2011 census via wikipedia) - 1280
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.8699515 ... ?entry=ttu
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If the Huntingdon bypass had been A14(M) instead of A14, Boxworth (pop 218) would have been up there.
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Re: Smallest place signed from a motorway?
Weston-under-Lizard has a population of less than 500 - it's not listed on the Built-up Areas on the 2021 census, but it's an actual village.
There are some hotels at Scotch Corner and a caravan park, so it will have a non-zero population at any given time, up to a maximum of not very much when the hotels and caravan park are full.
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Re: Smallest place signed from a motorway?
High Cross signed off one of the Newport M4 junctions (28?) must be in the mix
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In the Post Office address finder “Scotch Corner” seems to be considered as a street in the village of Middleton Tyas. Perhaps it isn’t a place after all…
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Had a thought that Shap was in contention, but Google suggests it looks like a megalopolis compared to Crianlarich with a population of between 900 and 1000!
Can’t find any definitive population figure for Kirtlebridge, but a statement on a local website says ‘about 500’. Johnstonbridge supposedly had a population of 683 in 2016.
Can’t find any definitive population figure for Kirtlebridge, but a statement on a local website says ‘about 500’. Johnstonbridge supposedly had a population of 683 in 2016.