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Country Driving

Driving outside of London and other main large city centres can be a far more relaxing experience with clear road markings and tarmac road surfaces.

There are 4 main classes of road. They are:

  • Motorways e.g. M1, M25, M4, M5, M62 etc - Motorways are indicated by blue signposts
  • Class A roads e.g. A1 A66 A57 etc
  • Class B roads e.g. B4236, B1247 etc
  • Class C local roads - Normal roads have green signposts

Motorways and A roads are primary routes. Some A class roads have been brought up to Motorway standard, i.e. have a hard shoulder, roadside emergency telephones, and have prohibitions to some slow vehicles and learner drivers. This is indicated by having a M in brackets after the road name e.g. A1(M) A66(M).

Class B roads are secondary routes.

Class C roads, are small local roads that indicate directions to named nearby towns or villages.