How to get to great yarmouth

[strapping young lad]

my wife needs to get to great yarmouth from barford, which is near warwick.

i see the a46 to coventry then down the m6 and join the a14 is easiest

anyone know an easier route and how long it would take from the m6 to great yarmouth

her and her mates are on a wee up.. erm i mean get-together! ;)

[Rangie3.0LtrDan]

http://www.theaa.com

Do the route finder on there, gives full distance and time it takes etc..... and warns of traffic blackspots.

[dew1911]

According to Microsoft Autoroute:

Time   Mile   Instruction   For   Toward
Summary:  177.3 miles (4 hours, 12 minutes)
09:00   0.0   Depart Barford on High Street (East)   0.2 mi   
09:00   0.2   Road name changes to Local road(s)   32 yds   
09:01   0.2   Bear LEFT (North-East) onto Local road(s)   0.4 mi   
09:01   0.6   Bear RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s)   1.2 mi   
09:04   1.7   Turn LEFT (North) onto A425 [Banbury Road]   1.4 mi   
09:06   3.1   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A425 [Castle Hill]   174 yds   
09:06   3.2   Bear RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s)   32 yds   
09:06   3.3   Road name changes to A429 [Smith Street]   0.2 mi   
09:07   3.5   Bear RIGHT (North-East) onto A445 [Coten End]   1.9 mi   
09:11   5.4   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A445 [Lillington Avenue]   0.5 mi   
09:12   5.9   At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto A445 [Lillington Road]   0.7 mi   
09:13   6.6   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A445 [Leicester Lane]   5.2 mi   
09:21   11.7   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A445 [Leamington Road]   0.7 mi   
09:23   12.5   Road name changes to Local road(s)   32 yds   
09:23   12.5   Turn RIGHT (East) onto A45 [London Road]   4.9 mi   
09:30   17.4   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto M45   7.5 mi   M45 / M1 / London / Daventry / Northampton / M1 South
09:37   24.9   Take Ramp onto M1   31.9 mi   
10:04   56.8   At Exit 13, keep LEFT onto Ramp   0.2 mi   A421 / A507 / Bedford / Woburn / Ampthill
10:05   57.0   Turn LEFT (North) onto A421 [Bedford Road]   3.6 mi   
10:10   60.7   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A421   9.5 mi   
10:26   70.1   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A421 [St Neots Road]   2.0 mi   
10:29   72.1   Road name changes to A428 [Roxton Road]   10 yds   
10:29   72.1   Road name changes to A421 [Roxton Road]   2.8 mi   
10:34   75.0   At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto A1 [Great North Road]   1.1 mi   
10:35   76.1   Keep LEFT onto Ramp   0.7 mi   
10:37   76.7   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A428   3.0 mi   
10:42   79.7   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A428 [Cambridge Road]   5.6 mi   
10:50   85.4   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A428   1.4 mi   
10:52   86.7   At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto A428 [St Neots Road]   3.1 mi   
10:57   89.9   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A428   3.4 mi   
11:02   93.2   Road name changes to A14   18.4 mi   
11:30   111.6   Keep LEFT onto Ramp   0.2 mi   
11:30   111.8   Road name changes to A11   42.2 mi   
12:35   154.0   At roundabout, take the FIFTH exit onto Ramp   0.5 mi   
12:36   154.5   Bear LEFT (East) onto A47   15.1 mi   
13:00   169.6   At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto A47 [New Road]   7.3 mi   
13:11   176.9   At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A47 [Acle New Road]   0.3 mi   
13:12   177.2   At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto A149 [North Quay]   76 yds   
13:12   177.3   Arrive Great Yarmouth      

SUMMARY
Driving distance:  177.3 miles
Trip duration:  4 hours, 12 minutes
Driving time:  4 hours, 12 minutes
Cost:  Ã‚£21.58



Hope this Helps,
David.

[Thrasher]

The AA is wrong. They have forgotton to take into account the van doing 33.7mph and spewing out black diesel soot up the A11 which you will be stuck behind.....

;-)

[Rangie3.0LtrDan]

aye true thrasher, it didnt count plod closing the A17 when i got to it yesterday either!  One day though they might close a road and setup some diversion signs for those who dont have sat nav!

[strapping young lad]

yeh i know bout pooter-based mapping but i need an answer from someone who has either done some or all of this trip and tell me what its like (delays/speed/traffic) and time it would take

[Thrasher]

See above ^

You don't really think that's not based on actual experience do you? the A11 is the road to hell....

[bezzabsa]

did a similar run on monday, a14/m6 junction usually has queues, a14 by m11 normally bad too..few road works out towards norwich, apart from that a14 is the most direct route, total about 170 ish miles, about 3-4hours.

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

from experience of having lived and worked the area of the Eastern flat lands for many a year, avoid Great Yarmouth!
Seriously though, if I'm right in thinking from Warwick, head for the M6, go for the A14, turn left at Thrapston to Peterborough, pick up the A47 and stay on that all the way to Gret Yarmuff (local pronunciation). This will keep you well clear of the hell on earth that is           (dramatic pause) The All from Barton Mills to Thetford!
Where is she going for her 'Get Together'? Avoid the following places:
The Garibaldi (last time I saw it it was painted Pink, and it is a place where your shoes stick to the floor)
Tiffanys, if it is still there (Club still stuck in the 70's)
Apart from that, the rest of the places are OKish.
If they want a better night out to 'Get Together', get a taxi into Norwich (Naridge, if spoken in local dialect), and go for the clubs/pubs in Tombland or Prince of Wales Rd.
Hope it helps
Cheers

[V8MoneyPit]

Night life??? In Narfork???  :lol:  :lol: Nothing personally against Great Yarmouth, but I'm with LS-P on this one!

The A11 is only bad if you pick the wrong time of day. Or want to travel on a bank holiday weekend. I used to run up and down to Stansted on a regular basis and very rarely had any problem. But I used to do the run on a Friday or Sunday late evening after the traffic died down.

The other bad part can be the A47 east of Norwich.... er, sorry... Naridge! But, again, it's only a problem at the wrong time...... or if some dipstick decides to run into someone else.

[schuee]

Tiffanys, if it is still there (Club still stuck in the 70's)
Cheers

I totally agree with you there LSP, worked there in the late eighties installing lighting equipment, it was like a scene from Saturday Night Fever each night, :lol:  :lol: I think it has changed its name now.

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

I had heard that the whole Oasis Tower complex, of which Tiffs was part of, was going to be pulled down and one of John Prescott's Super Casinos was going up in its place.
Hang on, I see something forming here.
A fat heartless buffoon with more power than sense who is into setting up big entertainment places to get peoples money off them.
It has to be said that there is a certain resemblance between 2 Jags/Mistresses/Pies and Boss Hogg.
Mind you who could be Roscoe from this country's government?
Hmm, I feel a new thread coming on!

[schuee]

IMind you who could be Roscoe from this country's government?
Hmm, I feel a new thread coming on!

Charles Clarke :?:

[strapping young lad]

thanks for the info, will send her down the a14 as you guys suggested

we are going to the royal welsh on sunday cos my parents are showing hereford cattle there, and trystan loves tractors and jcb's so he will be in his element.

going across on the a44 to warwick after so that should be somewhat scenic from built wells