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09/6/2024 at 10:42am
Location: Liverpool
Outfit: Swift Challenger 560
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Thanks everyone. I’m always really nervous about towing in an area that I have never been to before so any route advice and personal experience from others is always helpful.
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09/6/2024 at 11:56am
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Not a road I know, so no experience, but doesn't look too bad on Streetview.
TomTom will route a caravan that way if 'forced' (set a via point) and it's quicker and shorter than A14/A12 route, but that makes me suspicious, sat navs LOVE the shortest/quickest route normally, but not picking this one automatically! I guess it only takes one bad section, junction, or bridge to make it a less than ideal route!
That said, CAMH route planner takes you A1120 route! https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/uk-holidays/planning-your-route/uk-route-planner/
Recent road works closures on A1120, so worth checking all clear for your trip date!
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11/6/2024 at 9:23am
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The A1120 is a nightmare during the harvest season, but if you are going before mid-July you should be OK. If you go later, you will become familiar with the rear of tractors and trailers etc. The crossroads of the A1120 and A140 can be a dangerous location, and you need to be very careful, especially when turning eastbound off the A140 onto the A1120 if travelling from the south. Unless the A14 has delays, I would always take the A14 A12 to Southwold area when towing. If going north of Southwold, I would probably consider the A143 and cutting back towards Lowestoft.
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30/6/2024 at 6:57pm
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For information for anyone else looking in this area. After the advice on this post, we planned to use the red route that I marked in my original post, but on the day of our journey, the A14 south of Ipswich was closed due to the movement of some sort of massively oversized component from the Ipswich port to wherever it needed to go. We decided to take a chance on the route I had marked in blue, along the A1120, and it was absolutely fine. There were a few villages with parked cars lining the road to navigate, but for the most part, the route was fine and towing was easy.
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