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The A421 is an important road for east/west journeys across the southern midlands of England. Together with the A428, the A43 and A34, it forms the route from Cambridge through Milton Keynes to Oxford. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
The A428 road is a major road in central and eastern England. ...
The A43 is a primary road in the English Midlands. ...
The A34 is a major road in England. ...
Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ...
Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles/75 km north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ...
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The road begins at the A1, just south of St Neots (and the junction with the A428 from Cambridge), at the Black Cat roundabout. The road bypasses Great Barford (the bypass opening on August 24, 2006) and Bedford to the south to reach the M1 at junction 13. From there, it swings up through the southern part of Milton Keynes, doubling as the local grid road H8 Standing Way. During this time it crosses the A5 (and connects to it via a short spur which is part of the V6 Grafton Street). Continuing westwards, it forms the Buckingham ring road before joining the A43 from Northampton on the outskirts of Banbury. Also known as the Great North Road. ...
St Neots is a town of about 26,000 people on the River Great Ouse. ...
Great Barford is a village in Bedfordshire, England, a few miles north-east of Bedford. ...
August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ...
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Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England. ...
The M1 motorway heading south towards junction 37 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ...
Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles/75 km north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ...
The Milton Keynes Grid Road System is a network of national speed limit fully landscaped primary routes that form the principal transport network both for private and public transport in the new town of Milton Keynes. ...
The A5 is a major road in the United Kingdom. ...
The V6 Grafton Street is a major local road in Milton Keynes. ...
Statistics Population: 11,572 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP695335 Administration District: Aylesbury Vale Shire county: Buckinghamshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Buckinghamshire Historic county: Buckinghamshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office...
Northampton Guildhall, built 1861-4, E.W. Godwin, architect Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England on the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire, in the English East Midlands region. ...
The modern Castle Quay Shopping Centre in Banbury alongside the Oxford Canal, with Banbury Museum in the background Banbury is a market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England. ...
(From there, the route to Oxford and Southampton follows the A43 to join the M40 at junction 10, then leaves the motorway at junction 9 to become the A34 and Oxford bypass). Southampton is a city, unitary authority and major port situated on the south coast of England. ...
The M40 in Warwickshire The M40 motorway is the second motorway in the British transport network to connect London to Birmingham. ...
The A34 is a major road in England. ...
As of August 2006, the road is dualled as far as Kempston (western outskirts of Bedford), then single carriage to the south-eastern outskirts of Milton Keynes. It is dualled through Milton Keynes but resumes being a single carriage-way until the A43, apart from the short Tingewick bypass. The Highways Agency has plans[1] to dual the road all the way between the A1 and M1 and on into Milton Keynes. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Map sources for Kempston at grid reference TL0347 Kempston (pronounced Kemstun) is a town in Bedfordshire, England. ...
Tingewick is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
The Highways Agency is an executive agency, part of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom. ...
Five seconds of fame The A421 Tingewick bypass, near Bicester has a minor claim to fame as the location of the then fastest speeding incident ever recorded[2] by British police, in March 2003. Andrew Osborne, 31, of Leamington Spa, was filmed by a mobile speed camera while travelling at 157 mph (about 252 km/h) on a motorcycle. His friend Neil Bolger, 30, of Gaydon, was clocked at 148 mph (about 238 km/h). Both were convicted of dangerous driving, imprisoned for 28 days and banned from driving for two years (with a compulsory re-test). Tingewick is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Statistics Population: 28,672 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP5822 Administration District: Cherwell Shire county: Oxfordshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Oxfordshire Historic county: Oxfordshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Fire and rescue: Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue Service Ambulance...
Leamington Spa, properly Royal Leamington Spa but commonly just Leamington, (pronounced Lemmington — IPA: ) is a spa town in central Warwickshire, in England. ...
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Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ...
Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ...
Gaydon is a village in Warwickshire, England, close to Leamington Spa. ...
Blind Driver Blind Martine Brooks drove along the newly constructed A421 Great Barford Bypass (From the A1 Black Cat Roundabout to Bedford) and back to raise money for charity. The drive took place two days before the official road opening, and she was accompanied by Frank Branson (Mayor of Bedford), Steve Clarke (Teacher and Navigator), and Denise Hubbard (Driving Instructor and Car Owner). She reached a speed of 65 mph before doing a flawless three point turn, and returning back to the A1. Blind can refer to: Look up blind on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Great Barford is a village in Bedfordshire, England, a few miles north-east of Bedford. ...
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Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England. ...
Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ...
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External links - Road to Nowhere: A421
- The Great Barford (A421) Driving Challenge
References - ^ http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/4584.aspx
- ^ http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news_info/planning/pdf/ar2003-04.pdf Thames Valley Police Annual Report 2003/04
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