Longest Straight in Britain?

[xiphias]

Was having a perusal of the map, and discovered the A15 has a pretty long straight to me. Any longer ones in the country? With or without scameras?

[ahhh moneypenny]

M1 ??

[Davey S2]

Bruntingthorpe.

2 miles of lovely straight camera / police free concrete.

[zoom_jones]

xiphias said:

Was having a perusal of the map, and discovered the A15 has a pretty long straight to me. Any longer ones in the country? With or without scameras?

Only a few parts of the road give good visibilty though which makes you realise how straight it is.

Its not like a long, stretched out US Highway........ In fact I think there's a few roundabouts on it too.

[chrisbr68]

There must be some good ones in Norfolk...

[leosayer]

High Roding, Essex on the B184.

Not the longest, and not as straight as it looks on the map. Shame it's broken up by a village in the middle, but a nice long straight nonetheless:

www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=560500&y=217500&z=5&sv=560500,217500&st=4&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&ax=560500&ay=217500

[GarrettMacD]

chrisbr68 said:

There must be some good ones in Norfolk...

Yep, Revett straight at Snetterton...

[thetruemackie]

Not quite straight but the M10 is allegedly quite good for top speed runs

[aspender]

leosayer said:

High Roding, Essex on the B184. Not the longest, and not as straight as it looks on the map. Shame it's broken up by a village in the middle, but a nice long straight nonetheless: www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=560500&y=217500&z=5&sv=560500,217500&st=4&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&ax=560500&ay=217500

The bit of the M11 in the top left of that map looks longer and just as straight to me. Only downside is J8 in the middle of it.

[GregE240]

M40 is pretty good in places, particularly around Oxford.

Also, I've found the M11 to be pretty good, sort of up near Cambridge? Surface is a bit cack though...

[Ev_]

I believe the longest straight in the UK is the A1198, Godmanchester to Royston.

(It's part of the same old road as the A15, by the way: Ermine Street.)

>> Edited by Ev_ on Tuesday 14th March 13:46

[fattb]

xiphias said:

Was having a perusal of the map, and discovered the A15 has a pretty long straight to me. Any longer ones in the country? With or without scameras?

Wasn't that the road TG tested tghe mustang on but were a little worried about the kink before Lincoln

[Neil_H]

Heathrow, 12,500ft I believe.

[xiphias]

Ev_ said:

I believe the longest straight in the UK is the A1198, Godmanchester to Royston. (It's part of the same old road as the A15, by the way: Ermine Street.) >> Edited by Ev_ on Tuesday 14th March 13:46

Here!

Looks quite good to me!

[PhillT]

Not entirely straight, but the M50 is great for a high-blat, and in many years of living nearby I've never seen a cop car there.

[jimmyfish]

How about acle in norfolk apparently lotus use it for testing
www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=646120&y=308880&z=5&sv=645000,305000&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=826

or evan bentwaters runway i think its 2 miles long

www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=635500&y=252500&z=3&sv=635500,252500&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=826&ax=634625&ay=252915

>> Edited by jimmyfish on Tuesday 14th March 14:08

[pbirkett]

B6318 Military Road has some nice long, clear straights on it. Would be very good for vmax but for one small problem - the sideroads and people who just pull out without looking.

[shadytree]

GetCarter recomended this to me the last time i was in The Highlands. Not quite straight, but it IS possible to top out along here. (I believe)

[benyeats]

Ev_ said:

I believe the longest straight in the UK is the A1198, Godmanchester to Royston. (It's part of the same old road as the A15, by the way: Ermine Street.) >> Edited by Ev_ on Tuesday 14th March 13:46

I have been told this as well. Explains why my tyres never wear out as it makes up most of my commute each day. Shame it is undulating so few safe overtaking spots (not that that stops a lot of people trying)

Ben

[wanty1974]

Not the longest straight in Britain, but a fantastic place for a burn near the South Coast - New Road in Ditchling...

www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=530000.44873113&Y=115000.384482242&width=500&height=300&gride=532553.44873113&gridn=114884.384482242&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=50000&right.x=515&right.y=165

Can also stop of at award-winning vinyards beforehand...