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This article is coming along nicely. I notice that motorway currently redirects to freeway. As autobahn has it's own page, I think perhaps there should be info on motorway about how it all started in the UK.
Anyone near Reading now what the status of the A329(M) is? It appears to be in two contradictory categories in this list. Cheers Pcb21 10:47 19 May 2003 (UTC)
When and if an article is started on the M26 it should distinguish M26 in Michigan. -- Daniel C. Boyer 18:31, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)
This is a list of UK motorways-- 94.193.245.246 ( talk) 12:58, 29 April 2016 (BST)
From M40 motorway.
TODO : Would be great if all motorway pages had the same level of junction detail as the M11 and M6. .
A short motorway in Northern Ireland in Belfast that continues east for 1 mile from the M2 (Northern Ireland) motorway.
Both final destinations are wrong, the A1(M) Terminates in Washington and the A194(M) in Gateshead, not Newcastle as stated for both
There are enough cases now, especially amongst single-digit motorways, where one or more motorways carry the same number in Britain, Northern Ireland and/or the Republic of Ireland.
I noticed there is no consistency with the disambiguating, e.g. M1 motorway (England) and M50 motorway (United Kingdom). Should we establish a constant on this (considering motorways that cross UK countries like the M4)?
Also, regarding a point above, I have a proposed "exit list" box at M876 motorway - what about its implementation (thoroughly improved first though)?
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Please also see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Knutsford services (at which several new service station stubs are proposed for deletion). Andy Mabbett 29 June 2005 14:47 (UTC)
I noticed that a user ( Owain) has recently removed the sub headings of 'England & Wales' and 'Scotland' on the grounds that they are "unnecessary section headings. The numbering system is GB-wide". However, I would say it is worth restoring them as they provide useful information. The numbering system may be GB wide, but control of the motorways isn't. Motorways in England are controlled by the Highways Agency, motorways in Scotland are controlled by Traffic Scotland and I am not sure which Welsh body controls the M4 and M48. As each part of the island controls its own motorawys, it is exceedingly useful to have a split list somewhere, and it might as well be here to avoid duplicating the list somewhere else. I would even go a step further and say to split the England and Wales headings into two. Does anyone have any comments on this? Road Wizard 11:26, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
I have converted the list to a set of tables, which should make reading the information easier. I have also included ‘road signs’ with the motorway number on them; at the moment some of these appear blank but this is just an issue with the thumbnails which I’m sure’ll rectify itself soon. Max Naylor 13:21, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Walsall, Birmingham or West Bromwich?
The centre of M6 J8 is 2 miles from Walsall - the closest town. It's in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, formerly within the County Borough of West Bromwich - the town centre of which is 2.5 miles distant. It is over twice as far from the centre of Birmingham than from either of the above. The M5 also never enters Birmingham at any point.
The populations of both Walsall and West Bromwich are quite large (170,994 and 136,940 respectively in the 2001 census). They are both far larger than other towns mentioned in the list, such as St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Garforth, Swanley and so on. They are both reasonably well known nationally, though admittedly less so than Birmingham. If it is considered by other contributors that the starting point should be listed as "Birmingham", then the M1 ends "east of Leeds", the M9 ends "north of Stirling", the M10 is "north of London" and so on.
Therefore I contend that the start should be listed as the nearest significant town, which is Walsall. Failing that, it is within the former County Borough of West Bromwich, so that should be the second choice. Fingerpuppet 06:15, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
As an alternative to the utter disagreement, how about a generic "Linking the M6 in the West Midlands conurbation to Exeter"? Then I think we might all be happy. Fingerpuppet 19:58, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
What do the facsimile signs in this article add to it? -- John ( talk) 15:27, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
The M10 article says that the M10 is no longer a motorway, so this article needs to be updated correspondingly. 62.60.106.214 ( talk) 15:32, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
The M80 is complete. See here: [5] Why are my changes being reverted? Matt-thepie ( talk) 13:12, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but I disagree with your undoing my edit, Bazonka. Please give your reason why you think it is wrong.
Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 18:57, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your quick response, and for what you have just done.
This October, I drove from The Home Counties, via M25, M3 and M27 (westbound), and left the motorway at its conclusion. I immediately drove into The New Forest and spent a week on the south coast at Barton-on-Sea and Milford-on-Sea. My edit reflected the fact that the motorway (M27) does not end in Southampton, but the M271 does.
Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 19:52, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Okay. Point taken. That was a stupid error... careless mistake, not ignorant mistake. So, please, read above as now corrected. Do you agree that it is Cadnam and not Southampton?
Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 20:07, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Excellent. Good conclusion. I'll look forward to another debate with you at some time. Good to come up against "a good dude".
Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 20:30, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Google maps yesterday changed the A46 between Newark and Widmerpool to motorway status. The road is coloured orange and it will not take you that way if you say to avoid motorways. And for those that say google maps doesn't know the difference between a motorway and a dual carriageway, I can tell you it does because between Widmerpool and Leicester (dual carriageway) it will take you that way if you say to avoid motorways and it is coloured in yellow. My question is: isn't this enough evidence to support my claim that this part of the road has been changed to a motorway?-- 2A02:C7F:C802:4000:5489:546:A979:BBE6 ( talk) 20:12, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
Have reported the error to google maps and agree that there is not enough evidence to support my claim 2A02:C7F:C802:4000:A037:216C:76F:1D79 ( talk) 13:30, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
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This article previously described the A3(M) as "A motorway bypass of the standard A3", and the A3 road article also described it as "a bypass of the A3 road". However, I disagree with this. A bypass is a road that avoids a built-up area, town, or village. You don't bypass another road. Moreover, a bypass should return to the original route once it's gone past the thing it's bypassing. The A3(M) diverts from the A3 near Horndean, but then takes a different direction and terminates at the A27 near Havant. It never rejoins the A3. You could then take the A27 to rejoin the A3, but that is really stretching the definition of bypass. A much better description is "alternative route" rather than bypass, although in this article I don't see the benefit of adding any such description at all. Bazonka ( talk) 07:39, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
Uh, is there any truth/reference for the M1 being nicknamed the 'gateway to the North'? The only 'nickname' for a motorway I know is the London Orbital. Turini2 ( talk) 15:39, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
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"Not considered important enough to carry a two-digit number, it was redesignated as M621, as it was planned to link the M62 to the M1."
Is there any evidence it was numbered with that purpose in mind? Bearing in mind that:
Also, in very early plans, the number initially chosen was A62(M), as it parallels the A62 from Gildersome, [7] - based on that, my view is that the number 621 was chosen to incorporate the '62' element into it, but as there doesn't seem to be any definitive evidence either way, I think it'd be best to remove the speculative elements from that statement altogether. Rhythdybiau ( talk) 21:34, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 03:33, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
List of motorways in the United Kingdom → Motorways in the United Kingdom – This current article is the only real article on motorways in the United Kingdom yet it is officially classed as a list. I believe the title should be changed to bring it into line with Irelands article and the article be reformed to include other aspects of British motorways which do not currently feature in this article (ie info about the history of British motorways as well as info about the signs ect). MOTORAL1987 ( talk) 07:54, 16 March 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 00:22, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
Should the M96 Fire Service College training motorway be added to this list? -- SGBailey ( talk) 22:32, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
It appears that most of the sources on this article mainly come from one source: pathetic.org.uk. I highly doubt that this is a reliable source that can be used on Wikipedia. What do you guys have to say about it? Reev132 ( talk) 02:16, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
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This article is coming along nicely. I notice that motorway currently redirects to freeway. As autobahn has it's own page, I think perhaps there should be info on motorway about how it all started in the UK.
Anyone near Reading now what the status of the A329(M) is? It appears to be in two contradictory categories in this list. Cheers Pcb21 10:47 19 May 2003 (UTC)
When and if an article is started on the M26 it should distinguish M26 in Michigan. -- Daniel C. Boyer 18:31, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)
This is a list of UK motorways-- 94.193.245.246 ( talk) 12:58, 29 April 2016 (BST)
From M40 motorway.
TODO : Would be great if all motorway pages had the same level of junction detail as the M11 and M6. .
A short motorway in Northern Ireland in Belfast that continues east for 1 mile from the M2 (Northern Ireland) motorway.
Both final destinations are wrong, the A1(M) Terminates in Washington and the A194(M) in Gateshead, not Newcastle as stated for both
There are enough cases now, especially amongst single-digit motorways, where one or more motorways carry the same number in Britain, Northern Ireland and/or the Republic of Ireland.
I noticed there is no consistency with the disambiguating, e.g. M1 motorway (England) and M50 motorway (United Kingdom). Should we establish a constant on this (considering motorways that cross UK countries like the M4)?
Also, regarding a point above, I have a proposed "exit list" box at M876 motorway - what about its implementation (thoroughly improved first though)?
Please see and use:
Please also see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Knutsford services (at which several new service station stubs are proposed for deletion). Andy Mabbett 29 June 2005 14:47 (UTC)
I noticed that a user ( Owain) has recently removed the sub headings of 'England & Wales' and 'Scotland' on the grounds that they are "unnecessary section headings. The numbering system is GB-wide". However, I would say it is worth restoring them as they provide useful information. The numbering system may be GB wide, but control of the motorways isn't. Motorways in England are controlled by the Highways Agency, motorways in Scotland are controlled by Traffic Scotland and I am not sure which Welsh body controls the M4 and M48. As each part of the island controls its own motorawys, it is exceedingly useful to have a split list somewhere, and it might as well be here to avoid duplicating the list somewhere else. I would even go a step further and say to split the England and Wales headings into two. Does anyone have any comments on this? Road Wizard 11:26, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
I have converted the list to a set of tables, which should make reading the information easier. I have also included ‘road signs’ with the motorway number on them; at the moment some of these appear blank but this is just an issue with the thumbnails which I’m sure’ll rectify itself soon. Max Naylor 13:21, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Walsall, Birmingham or West Bromwich?
The centre of M6 J8 is 2 miles from Walsall - the closest town. It's in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, formerly within the County Borough of West Bromwich - the town centre of which is 2.5 miles distant. It is over twice as far from the centre of Birmingham than from either of the above. The M5 also never enters Birmingham at any point.
The populations of both Walsall and West Bromwich are quite large (170,994 and 136,940 respectively in the 2001 census). They are both far larger than other towns mentioned in the list, such as St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Garforth, Swanley and so on. They are both reasonably well known nationally, though admittedly less so than Birmingham. If it is considered by other contributors that the starting point should be listed as "Birmingham", then the M1 ends "east of Leeds", the M9 ends "north of Stirling", the M10 is "north of London" and so on.
Therefore I contend that the start should be listed as the nearest significant town, which is Walsall. Failing that, it is within the former County Borough of West Bromwich, so that should be the second choice. Fingerpuppet 06:15, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
As an alternative to the utter disagreement, how about a generic "Linking the M6 in the West Midlands conurbation to Exeter"? Then I think we might all be happy. Fingerpuppet 19:58, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
What do the facsimile signs in this article add to it? -- John ( talk) 15:27, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
The M10 article says that the M10 is no longer a motorway, so this article needs to be updated correspondingly. 62.60.106.214 ( talk) 15:32, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
The M80 is complete. See here: [5] Why are my changes being reverted? Matt-thepie ( talk) 13:12, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but I disagree with your undoing my edit, Bazonka. Please give your reason why you think it is wrong.
Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 18:57, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for your quick response, and for what you have just done.
This October, I drove from The Home Counties, via M25, M3 and M27 (westbound), and left the motorway at its conclusion. I immediately drove into The New Forest and spent a week on the south coast at Barton-on-Sea and Milford-on-Sea. My edit reflected the fact that the motorway (M27) does not end in Southampton, but the M271 does.
Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 19:52, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Okay. Point taken. That was a stupid error... careless mistake, not ignorant mistake. So, please, read above as now corrected. Do you agree that it is Cadnam and not Southampton?
Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 20:07, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Excellent. Good conclusion. I'll look forward to another debate with you at some time. Good to come up against "a good dude".
Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 20:30, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Google maps yesterday changed the A46 between Newark and Widmerpool to motorway status. The road is coloured orange and it will not take you that way if you say to avoid motorways. And for those that say google maps doesn't know the difference between a motorway and a dual carriageway, I can tell you it does because between Widmerpool and Leicester (dual carriageway) it will take you that way if you say to avoid motorways and it is coloured in yellow. My question is: isn't this enough evidence to support my claim that this part of the road has been changed to a motorway?-- 2A02:C7F:C802:4000:5489:546:A979:BBE6 ( talk) 20:12, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
Have reported the error to google maps and agree that there is not enough evidence to support my claim 2A02:C7F:C802:4000:A037:216C:76F:1D79 ( talk) 13:30, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
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This article previously described the A3(M) as "A motorway bypass of the standard A3", and the A3 road article also described it as "a bypass of the A3 road". However, I disagree with this. A bypass is a road that avoids a built-up area, town, or village. You don't bypass another road. Moreover, a bypass should return to the original route once it's gone past the thing it's bypassing. The A3(M) diverts from the A3 near Horndean, but then takes a different direction and terminates at the A27 near Havant. It never rejoins the A3. You could then take the A27 to rejoin the A3, but that is really stretching the definition of bypass. A much better description is "alternative route" rather than bypass, although in this article I don't see the benefit of adding any such description at all. Bazonka ( talk) 07:39, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
Uh, is there any truth/reference for the M1 being nicknamed the 'gateway to the North'? The only 'nickname' for a motorway I know is the London Orbital. Turini2 ( talk) 15:39, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
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"Not considered important enough to carry a two-digit number, it was redesignated as M621, as it was planned to link the M62 to the M1."
Is there any evidence it was numbered with that purpose in mind? Bearing in mind that:
Also, in very early plans, the number initially chosen was A62(M), as it parallels the A62 from Gildersome, [7] - based on that, my view is that the number 621 was chosen to incorporate the '62' element into it, but as there doesn't seem to be any definitive evidence either way, I think it'd be best to remove the speculative elements from that statement altogether. Rhythdybiau ( talk) 21:34, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 03:33, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
List of motorways in the United Kingdom → Motorways in the United Kingdom – This current article is the only real article on motorways in the United Kingdom yet it is officially classed as a list. I believe the title should be changed to bring it into line with Irelands article and the article be reformed to include other aspects of British motorways which do not currently feature in this article (ie info about the history of British motorways as well as info about the signs ect). MOTORAL1987 ( talk) 07:54, 16 March 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 00:22, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
Should the M96 Fire Service College training motorway be added to this list? -- SGBailey ( talk) 22:32, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
It appears that most of the sources on this article mainly come from one source: pathetic.org.uk. I highly doubt that this is a reliable source that can be used on Wikipedia. What do you guys have to say about it? Reev132 ( talk) 02:16, 9 October 2023 (UTC)