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Subject Topic: Best Route to Edinburgh Post Reply Post New Topic
13/8/2012 at 8:57pm
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We are off to Edinburgh next week and have been looking at different routes, can anyone give me some advice on best route from Kent to Edinburgh

Thanks

Melissa

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13/8/2012 at 9:05pm
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M25 , M11 , A14 , A1 would be the route I would use


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13/8/2012 at 9:54pm
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Thanks for that, it was just of the roads up there we wasn't sure whether suitable for caravan

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14/8/2012 at 9:57pm
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A1 after morpeth,is just single carrageway till you get to edinburgh,for the volume of traffic this can cause tail backs,this road should have been dual carrageway years ago,


14/8/2012 at 10:25pm
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be better to come up the m6/m74 then over the m8 IMHO thays the way we go to hampshire and theres the added bonus of avoiding the m25 lol.are you staying at silverknowes CC site?

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15/8/2012 at 8:09am
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Thank u for all ur help, and I like motorways more than anything so I will print off M6, M74,M8 as well as A1. I doubt there is much time difference between them

Thank u again

Melissa

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15/8/2012 at 9:17am
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it was just of the roads up there we wasn't sure whether suitable for caravan


15/8/2012 at 12:53pm
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It isnt the north pole LOL 17. They have proper roads 17 

I like the A1 then turn off just after scotch corner and use the A68 all the way to Edinburgh It probably takes longer but a much more scenic and interesting route than the A1. I have done it several times with a caravan. All part of the holiday



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15/8/2012 at 2:09pm
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I would tend to favour the M25 , M11 , A14 , A1 route mentioned above if I was towing. It's reasonably straight roads, not too hilly, and I have not found the single carriageway sections too busy myself (maybe depends on the time of year you go).

M6, M74,M8 seems a bit of a longer way round. A68 (and also A702 from the M74) are a bit hilly and bendy.



15/8/2012 at 6:01pm
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got to be m25, m11, a 14, a1, a66 or onwards to a69 to m6 , m74 , off at bellshill turn off 

up the hill and join the m8 for edinburgh, nearly motorway all the way, but dont go over the a66 if its windy go on to newcastle and over the a69.



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15/8/2012 at 7:48pm
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The A1 isn't bad to tow on, even on the single carriageway bit. Our caravan is stored in Berwick so anytime we head South we have to use it. It's an easy towing road.

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15/8/2012 at 10:09pm
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we stay just north of edinburgh and tried all routes to dover and m11,a14,a1 to edinburgh by far the better option. there is a lot less trucks on the a1 than on the m6.we do dover to home 510 miles in 8.5 hours towing,and 1 fuel stop



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