Below is a complete list of UK motorways.
Motorway List | Route | Region | Counties Motorway Passes Through |
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M1 | The M1 is often nicknamed the 'gateway to the North'. The M1 runs up the eastern side of England running north-south linking London in the South (Hendon) to Leeds in the North East then continuing north to the A1 near Garforth. The M1 The first inter-urban motorway. |
England | Greater London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire |
M2 | The M2 runs from Strood to Faversham in South East England | South East England | Kent |
M3 | The M3 is the main motorway from London to the south coast running from Sunbury-on-Thames, London to Southampton. | South East England | Surrey, Hampshire |
M4 | The M4 motorway is a motorway in southern England and South Wales running east-west linking London (Chiswick) to Bristol and terminating just beyond Pontarddulais in South Wales. | England, Wales | Greater London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, Newport, Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, Bridgend, Neath, Port Talbot, Swansea, Carmarthenshire |
M5 | The M5 is the main motorway through South West England. Linking the M6 at Great Barr near Birmingham to Exminster near Exeter. | South West England | West Midlands, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, Somerset, Devon |
M6 | The M6 is the UK's longest
motorway. The M6 is the main western side of the UK motorway running north-south up the Western side of England to Scotland, linking North West England with the South. The M6 Starts at M1 near Rugby and terminates at the A74(M) at Gretna which continues on to Glasgow. |
England | Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria |
M6 Toll | The M6 Toll is a toll motorway bypassing a busy stretch of the M6 around the Birmingham and Wolverhampton areas from near Coleshill to Cannock. | Western England | West Midlands, Staffordshire |
M8 | Linking Edinburgh to the A8 at Langbank, via Glasgow and Livingston. There is a gap in the motorway between Chapelhall and Bargeddie (south-east and south-west of Coatbridge) where the road is classified as the A8, this section will soon be upgraded to motorway standard. | Scotland | Edinburgh, West Lothian, North Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Renfrewshire |
M9 | The M9 links the M8 just west of Edinburgh to Dunblane via Stirling and Falkirk. | Scotland | Edinburgh, West Lothian, Falkirk, Stirling |
M11 | The M11 links London at Woodford to Cambridge. | Eastern England | Greater London, Essex, Cambridgeshire |
M18 | Linking the M1 at Rotherham to the M62 near Goole. | North East England | South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire |
M20 | The M20 links the M25 at Swanley to Folkestone. | South East England | Kent |
M23 | The M23 links Hooley in Surrey to Crawley. | South East England | Surrey, West sussex |
M25 | The M25 is the "London orbital motorway", numbered clockwise from Dartford around London to Thurrock. The Dartford Crossing between Thurrock and Dartford is not classified as a motorway, being the A282. Map of the M25 Motorway Junctions | South East England | Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Greater London, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex |
M26 | A short link between the M25 at Sevenoaks and the M20 before Maidstone. | South East England | Kent |
M27 | The M27 motorway is near the south coast of England running from Cadnam, west of Southampton, to Portsmouth. | South East England | Hampshire |
M32 | The M32 is a spur from the M4 near Winterbourne to central Bristol. | West Midlands of England | Gloucestershire, Bristol |
M40 | The M40 is a south-east to north-west running motorway linking Denham, west of London, to the M42 south of Solihull. | England | Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire |
M42 | The M42 is part of the Birmingham
orbital motorway. Running from the M5 near Bromsgrove around the
south and east of Birmingham and continuing north towards
Measham. A section near Coleshill has been replaced by the M6 Toll. |
England | Worcestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Leicestershire |
M45 | The M45 is a short spur linking the A45 south west of Rugby to the M1 south east of Rugby and north of Daventry. | England | Warwickshire, Northamptonshire |
M48 | The M48 over the Severn Bridge links
the M4 at Olveston over the River Severn, to the M4 at Rogiet.
The M48 used to be part of the M4 before the Second Severn Crossing was built. |
England, Wales | Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire |
M49 | The M49 is a short link from the M5 to the M4 west of Bristol. | England | Bristol, Gloucestershire |
M50 | The M50 links the M5 north of Tewkesbury to Ross-on-Wye. | England | Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire |
M53 | The M53 links Wallasey and Chester. | North West England | Merseyside, Cheshire |
M54 | The M54 links the M6 north of Wolverhampton to Wellington west of Telford. | North West England | Staffordshire, Shropshire |
M55 | The M55 links the M6 north of Preston to Blackpool. | North West England | Lancashire |
M56 | The M56 links Gately, Manchester to the A5117 between Ellesmere Port and Chester. | North West England | Greater Manchester, Cheshire |
M57 | The M57 motorway known as "The Liverpool bypass", runs north-west from the M62 near Huyton to Switch Island between Maghull and Aintree. | North West England | Merseyside |
M58 | The M58 links Switch Island, between Maghull and Aintree, northern Liverpool, to Wigan. | North West England | Merseyside, Lancashire, Greater Manchester |
M60 | The M60 known as "The Manchester Outer Ring Road" is an orbital motorway, numbered clockwise from Stockport. | North West England | Greater Manchester |
M62 | The M62 links Manchester (Worsley) to Bamber Bridge near Preston. | England | Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire |
M65 | The M65 links Bamber Bridge near Preston to Colne. | England | Lancashire |
M66 | The M66 links Ramsbottom to the M60 at Whitefield. | England | Lancahsire, Greater Manchester |
M67 | The M67 links the M60 at Denton (east Manchester), to Hattersley (east of Hyde). | England | Greater Manchester |
M69 | The M69 links Coventry to Leicester. | West Midlands of England | Warwickshire, Leicestershire |
M73 | The M73 links the M74 near Uddingston to the M80, south west of Cumbernauld. | Scotland | North Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
M74 | The M74 links Glasgow to the A74(M) at Abington. | Scotland | Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire |
M77 | The M77 links the M8 at Glasgow to Fenwick near Kilmarnock. | Scotland | Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, East Ayrshire |
M80 | The M80 links the M8 at Glasgow to the M9 south of Stirling. | Scotland | Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Falkirk, Stirling |
M90 | The M90 motorways links Inverkeithing, north of the
Forth Road Bridge, to Perth. There are plans to extend the motorway south across the Firth of Forth, to join the M9 at Kirkliston. |
Scotland | Fife, Perth, Kinross |
M180 | The M180 links the M18 at Thorne to a junction of the A15, south of the Humber Bridge, and A180 west of Grimsby. | North East England | South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire |
M181 | The M181 ia a spur running from the M180 running to the west of Scunthorpe. | Eastern England | Lincolnshire |
M271 | The M271 is a spur running from the M27 heading north to the A3057 (Romsey) and south to Totton. | South East England | Hampshire |
M275 | The M275 ia a spur from the M27 on Horsea Island into Portsmouth. | South East England | Hampshire |
M602 | The M602 links the M62 at Winton to Salford, just west of the centre of Manchester. | North West England | Greater Manchester |
M606 | The M606 is a spur from the M62 near Cleckheaton into Bradford. | North East England | West Yorkshire |
M621 | The M621 links the M62 at Gildersome to the M1
near Rothwell. The M621 motorway runs close to the centre of Leeds. |
North East England | West Yorkshire |
M876 | The M876 links the M80 near Denny to the A876 near the Kincardine Bridge.
A short section of the M876 motorway north of Stenhousemuir is classified as the M9. |
Scotland | Falkirk |
M898 | The M898 is a spur from the M8 near Erskine to the A898, the Erskine Bridge approach road. | Scotland | Renfrewshire |
The follows motorways were formally designated as "A roads" but have been upgraded to motorway status.
Motorway List | Route | Region | Counties Motorway Passes Through |
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A1(M) | The parts of the A1 between London and
Gateshead that have been upgraded to motorway. There are five sections of the A1 that have been upgraded: From the M25 at South Mimms to Stotfold (near Baldock); From Alconbury (near Huntingdon) to Peterborough; From Blyth (near Retford) to Adwick le Street (near Doncaster); From Darrington (near Pontefract) to just north of Leeming (near Northallerton); From Barton (near Darlington) to Birtley (near Gateshead). |
Eastern England and North East England | Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, County Durham, Tyne and Wear |
A3(M) | A3(M) links Horndean to Havant. | South East England | Hampshire |
A38(M) | The A38(M) is a spur from the M6 at the
Gravelly Hill Interchange (Spaghetti Junction) to central
Birmingham, also known as the Aston Expressway. The A38(M) has no central reservation but uses a tidal flow system. The number of lanes open in each direction varies according to prevailing traffic conditions. |
West Midlands of England | West Midlands |
A48(M) | The A48(M) links the M4 near Castleton to St Mellons in Cardiff. | Wales | Newport, Cardiff |
A57(M) | The A57(M) is known as the "Mancunian
Way". the A57(M) forms the southern part of Manchester's inner ring road, running from a junction on Deansgate to the A635 near Piccadilly Station. The motorways is elevated and runs through the centre of the campus of UMIST, now part of the University of Manchester. |
North West England | Greater Manchester |
A58(M) | The A58(M) is the western part of the Leeds inner ring road, running from Wellington Road (A58) to join the A64(M) at the junction with Claypit Lane. | North East England | West Yorkshire |
A64(M) | The A64(M) is the eastern part of the Leeds inner ring road, running from the A58(M) at the junction with Claypit Lane A58, to York Road A64. | North East England | West Yorkshire |
A66(M) | The A66(M) is a motorway spur from the A1(M) near Cleasby joining the A66 heading into Darlington. | North East England | North Yorkshire |
A74(M) | The A74(M) links the M74 at Abington to the M6 at Gretna. | Scotland and North West England | South Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Cumbria |
A167(M) | The A167(M) is an urban motorway in central Newcastle upon Tyne running from just north of the Tyne Bridge to just north of Newcastle University. | North East England | Tyne and Wear |
A194(M) | The A194(M) links the A1(M) at Birtley (near Gateshead) to A194 near Wardley, leading to the Tyne Tunnel. | North East England | Tyne and Wear |
A308(M) | The A308(M) links the M4 junction 8/9 to the A308 near Bray. | South East England | Berkshire |
A329(M) | The A329(M) links Bracknell to Winnersh near Reading, crossing the M4. | South East England | Berkshire |
A404(M) | The A404(M) links the M4 junction 8/9 to the A4 at Maidenhead Thicket. | South East England | Berkshire |
A601(M) | The A601(M) is a motorway spur from the
M6 at Carnforth to the A6 near Warton. The southern part is single carriageway. |
North West England | Lancashire |
A627(M) | The A627(M) links Rochdale and Chadderton, crossing the M62. | North West England | Greater Manchester |
A635(M) | The A635(M) is the UK smallest
motorway and forms a small part of the Mancunian Way
for 0.3 miles before becoming the A57(M). It isn't even signposted. |
North West England | Greater Manchester |
A823(M) | The A823(M) is a motorway spur from the M90 near Rosyth to the A823 south of Dunfermline. | Scotland | Fife |
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