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These links are to other websites which will be of interest to Sabristi. A mixture of roads sites run by our members, sites of British and Irish roads agencies, professional bodies, and other mapping sites.
SABRE is officially neutral on issues relating to transport and road safety policy and the inclusion of a website on this page does not imply any endorsement by SABRE.
SABRE on Facebook
- Official SABRE Facebook page - where we showcase some of the best of our content
- Official SABRE Facebook group - continue the discussions
Members' Roads sites
These are sites run by SABRE members
National sites
- Great North Road
- Pathetic Motorways Tours round the UK and Ireland looking at unsung motorways. Features current, former, lost and unbuilt parts of the motorway network with photos, videos and maps. Also contains features about the motorway network such as the Might Have Been Map.
- roads.org.uk (formerly CBRD) Britain's biggest and most frequently updated roads website. Including strip maps of every UK motorway, histories, new road schemes, photos, and videos.
Regional sites
- Ashford & Shepway Roads database A comprehensive narrative of all the four-figure A and B roads in the Ashford and Folkestone areas of Kent, with quirky local info. Now a blog-based page, there are also more detailed blogs on the A2070, B2067 and the South Coast Trunk Road.
- Scottish Roads Archive
- Irish motorway info
- Northern Ireland Roads Site Concentrates on information on Northern Ireland's existing motorways and dual carriageways, as well as details of future road building schemes of all types.
- Sheffield Roads Portal
Specific subjects
- Follow The Brown Signs
- Motorway Service Area Trivia Site Motorway services then and now.
- Motorway Services Info Catalogues and reviews UK service areas.
- Motorway Services Online An online guide to motorway services, attempting to catalogue useful information for people that use them and occasional serious research into their background.
- Turnpike Roads in England
- Wet Roads An excellent site that lists every ford in the UK.
- Ordnance Survey Leisure Maps Summary Lists Lez Watson's list of OS maps
Other links
UK and Ireland Road Network
- Design Manual for Roads and Bridges - the official guide to building a road... all 15 lever-arch folders' worth!
- Traffic Signs Regs and General Directions 2016 - another official publication, relating to permitted signs
- National Highways - the first stop for any major project in England
- Transport Scotland - the national transport agency for Scotland
- Transport for Wales - the national transport agency for Wales
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland - the national body for Ireland
- N.I. Department for Infrastructure - current Road Improvement Schemes in Northern Ireland
- Insititute of Civil Engineers - a rather technical viewpoint on road construction!
- Roads of Warrington - Facebook page about the roads of Warrington
International Roads
- Forum SARA - Le forum des Sites Amoureux des Routes et Autoroutes (and all other forms of transport): the French equivalent of SABRE (in French, of course)
- WikiSara - SARA's equivalent of the SABRE Wiki (with sections also covering Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Quebec)
- Kurumi - American site with a roadsign simulator and interchange dictionary
- Autobahn Online - a German site with lots of statistics about their network
- Monterie - fantastic website on the world's different road numbering systems
- Motorway Signs - a collection of photos from around the world
- AARoads Forum - USA roads site, a US equivalent of SABRE
- Wegenforum - "The forum for roads and transport": the Dutch equivalent of SABRE (in Dutch, natuurlijk)
- Wegenwiki - Wegenforum's equivalent of the SABRE Wiki (covering the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and further afield)
Street Furniture
- The Milestone Society - aiming to catalogue the UK's remaining milestones
Miscellaneous Road Links
- Tri-ang Minic Motorways - a 1960s toy, preserved forever on the Web
- How Motorways Work - what the Highway Code doesn't tell you
- Roadside Advertisements - with pictures mainly from France and Belgium
- Traffic Jam Theory - ever wondered why the jam disappears before you reach the front of it?
Mapping and Route-Planning Websites
- Digimap - access is limited members of subscribing higher and further education institutions in the UK, but contains amazingly detailed maps of the UK.
- Digimap for Schools - like the main Digimap site, but limited to teachers and pupils in schools.
- Via Michelin - excellent route-planner, even for the UK.
- Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside - with 1:10000 scale maps of most places in England.
- Microsoft Bing Maps - excellent source of maps and route-planning advice.
- Get-a-map - mapping from the Ordnance Survey down to 1:25000 scale
- Streetmap - this site has OS maps at 1:50000 scale.
- Google Maps - innovative use of click-and-drag technology from Google
- OpenStreetMap - open source map project that welcomes user contributions
- Windows Live Local - includes detailed aerial photos of most areas of the UK, with map overlays
- Charles Close Society - established society for enthusiasts of Ordnance Survey maps - includes some online mapping
- Maps of Scotland - going back several hundred years
- Strange Maps - a fascinating blog looking at unusual and fantastic maps from around the world
Keep us up to date!
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