A22 road
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The A22 is one of the two-digit major roads in the south east of England. It carries traffic from London to Eastbourne on the East Sussex coast. For part of its route the A22 utilises the turnpikes opened in the 18th century:
- 1718: London to East Grinstead opened
- 1720: road extended through East Grinstead to Highgate Forest Row, the entrance to Ashdown Forest
The route
Traffic for Eastbourne begins along the A203 through Vauxhall to reach its junction with the A23 road: it travels southwards through Brixton and Streatham until, at Purley Cross Junction, south of Purley, the A22 is reached. It now runs over the North Downs into Surrey through Caterham; over the stretch between here and Godstone the road in part travels over an erstwhile Roman road. At East Grinstead the road is temporarily in West Sussex, although most of the road is in East Sussex: the town centre is bypassed, in part by using what was once a railway cutting.Ashdown Forest lies between Forest Row and Nutley: 40 mph (64 km/h) speed limits exist within the Forest, although not on the A22. Wych Cross is the junction for the A275 road south to Lewes. Between Nutley and Uckfield two important cross country roads cross the path of the A22: the A272 at Maresfield, and the A26: the latter road merges with the A22 for the section round Uckfield. East Hoathly, once on the A22, but now with its own bypass, and Hailsham - also having its own lengthy bypass - leads the road to Polegate. Here the newly-opened junctions with the A27 and further new road building takes the A22 into Eastbourne.
See also
Great Britain road numbering schemeExternal links
| UK Primary status A roads in Zone 2 | |
| A2 - A20 - A202 - A205 - A2070 - A21 - A217 - A22 - A228 - A229 - A23 - A232 - A24 - A249 - A25 - A253 - A256 - A259 - A26 - A264 - A27 - A272 - A28 - A280 - A283 - A29 - A299 | ||
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