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| Route information | ||||
| Length | 284 mi (457 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| East end | Hounslow, London (51°28′30″N0°23′46″W / 51.475°N 0.396°W /51.475; -0.396) | |||
| Major intersections |  A4
 A39 | |||
| West end | Land's End (50°03′58″N5°42′04″W / 50.066°N 5.701°W /50.066; -5.701) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Primary destinations | Heathrow Airport Staines-upon-Thames Basingstoke Salisbury Shaftesbury Yeovil Honiton Exeter Okehampton Launceston Bodmin Newquay Truro Redruth Penzance | |||
| Road network | ||||
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TheA30 is a major road inEngland, running 284 miles (457 km)WSW from London toLand's End.
The road has been a principal axis in Britain from the 17th century to early 19th century, as a majorcoaching route andpost road.[1][2] It used to provide the fastest route from London to theSouth West by land until a century before roads were numbered; nowadays much of this function is performed by theM3 (including A316) andA303 roads. The road has kept its principal status in the west fromHoniton,Devon to Land's End where it is mainlydual carriageway and retainstrunk road status.
The A30 begins at Henlys Roundabout, where the route stems from theA4 nearHounslow. It crosses theA312 before running south of the Southern Perimeter Road,Heathrow Airport and north ofAshford andStaines-upon-Thames, before reaching theM25 motorway orbital motorway. This first section is entirely dual carriageway. Taken with the A4, its natural continuation which nearby becomes non-dualled towards the M25, the section constitutes one of five routes into the southern half of London which reach Inner London with at least a dual-carriageway, the others being theA3, theM3, theM20 andA2, however approximately one mile before reachingInner London it is combined with the London variants of the M3 and M4 approaches.
After running astride the M25 to cross theThames on a bridge designed byLutyens, theRunnymede Bridge, the A30 runs parallel to but distant from the M3 until southwest ofBasingstoke, bypassingEgham and passing through heathland andSunningdale,Bagshot bypass, andCamberley where the route almost mirrors theDevil's Highway, a stone (stane) street toCalleva Atrebatum (Silchester Roman town), believed to be older still, then passes close toHook town centre and in the surrounding country the soil is arable.
After the 1930s Basingstoke bypass, the M3 changes direction (betweenNorth Waltham andPopham, at the Popham Interchange) the A303 takes over for 2 miles (3.2 km) the A30 losing continuity.[a] From Sutton Scotney village the A30 runs parallel to the latter roadas-the-crow-flies 85 miles (137 km) to north-east of Honiton, Devon passing through townsStockbridge (where it meets its first substantive river since the Thames, theTest) and its trout fishing centres,Shaftesbury,Sherborne,Yeovil,Crewkerne andChard. Between Stockbridge and Shaftesbury it enters the cathedral city ofSalisbury.
Between the M25 and Honiton, the A30 is mostly single carriageway, carrying local traffic with short stretches of dual carriageway from Camberley to Basingstoke, which has a dualled inner ring road, two between Stockbridge and Salisbury (an alike ring road shared with the A36), and between Sherborne and Yeovil.
This section is atrunk road as far asPenzance.[3] The route is dual carriageway from Exeter to Camborne in West Cornwall. West of Camborne is mainly single carriageway.
To passExeter, through traffic can join theM5 motorway for three miles (5 km). West of Exeter, the A30 is dual carriageway throughDevon and intoCornwall, bypassingWhiddon Down,Okehampton andLaunceston.
AtWhiddon Down the road previously had aroundabout, known as the Merrymeet junction,[4] but was replaced in December 2006 by a split-level junction allowing the A30 dual carriageway to run unimpeded by traffic from the A382, in what had been a major cause of traffic.[5][6]
The dual carriageway continues through Cornwall. A Preferred Route Announcement to dual the section fromCarland Cross toChiverton Cross was made in July 2017, a Development Consent Order was made in February 2020 bySecretary of State for Transport, and construction started in March 2020. The new section opened in 2024.
From Chiverton Cross, the dual carriageway bypassesRedruth andCamborne. The A30 returns to single carriageway west of Camborne, and a mid-1980s bypass takes the road aroundHayle. Between Hayle and Penzance, the A30 returns to the original route and it passes through several villages. Approaching Penzance, the A30 briefly becomes a dual carriageway once again. Once west of Penzance, the A30 becomes a more rural road running through or past several villages, before terminating at Land's End.
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Borough of Hounslow | Hounslow | 0.0 | 0.0 |   ToA4 (Henlys Roundabout) /A3006 –Heathrow, (Terminals 1,2 & 3),Central London,Hammersmith,Heston,Hounslow | Northeastern terminus |
| 0.5 | 0.80 |  A312 (Causeway) –Kingston,Feltham,Heathrow,Harrow,Cranford | No access allowed northbound onto A312 heading to Kingston; No access allowed onto A312 heading to Cranford southbound. | ||
| Hatton Cross | 1.3 | 2.1 | ToA312 (Hatton Cross) –Kingston,Feltham,Heathrow,Hatton,Feltham | No access allowed southbound onto Faggs Road both ways; No access allowed northbound onto Faggs Road towards Hatton; Access to Heathrow southbound via Dick Turpin Way. | |
| Heathrow Airport | 2.1 | 3.4 | (Shrewsbury Road) - Heathrow (Terminal 4 & Cargo) | No access northbound | |
| Bedfont | 2.7 | 4.3 | (Stanwell Road) -Bedfont, Heathrow,Stanwell | Heathrow and Stanwell not signposted southbound; no access to Bedfont northbound | |
| 3 | 4.8 |  A315 (Clockhouse Roundabout) / B003 –Ashford,Feltham,Lower Feltham,Bedfont | ULEZ/LEZ zones signposted southbound towards Heathrow; Ashford not ULEZ signposted | ||
| Surrey | Stanwell | 4.3 | 6.9 |  B378 (The Bull Dog) –Ashford,Stanwell,Ashford Hospital | |
| Staines-upon-Thames | 5.4 | 8.7 |   A308 (Crooked Billet) /A3044 –Kingston,Staines,Colnbrook | ||
| 5.6 | 9.0 | Staines Bypass | |||
| 6.8 | 10.9 |  M25 north /M25 south / B376 –Wraysbury | |||
| Egham | 7.9 | 12.7 |  A308 (Runnymeade Junction) toA320 / B388 –Egham,Windsor,Chertsey,Legoland,Thorpe Park | ||
| 8 | 13 | Egham Bypass | |||
| 8.7 | 14.0 | (Egham Hill Roundabout) - Egham town centre | |||
| Englefield Green | 9.5 | 15.3 | Royal Holloway University of London | ||
| 9.6 | 15.4 |  A328 (St. Jude's Road) –Englefield Green,Windsor,Savill Garden,Air Forces Memorial | |||
| 10.2 | 16.4 | ACS Egham International School | |||
| Virginia Water | 11.1 | 17.9 | B389 (Christchurch Road) –Chertsey,Virginia Water, Thorpe Park | ||
| 11.3 | 18.2 |  A329 (Blacknest Road) –Bracknell,Ascot,Wentworth Club | |||
| Berkshire | Sunningdale | 12.5 | 20.1 | (Bedford Lane) - Sunningdale village centre,Sunninghill | |
| 13 | 21 | B383 (Chobham Road) –Sunninghill,Woking,Chobham,Ascot | |||
| 13.2 | 21.2 |  Sunningdale Station | |||
| 13.9 | 22.4 |  A330 (Devenish Road) –Ascot | |||
| Surrey | Windlesham | 14.2 | 22.9 | (Westwood Road) - Windlesham | |
| 15.5 | 24.9 | B3020 (Sunninghill Road) –Sunninghill,Ascot | |||
| 15.6 | 25.1 | To B386 (School Road) –Windlesham,Chertsey | |||
| Bagshot | 16.1 | 25.9 |    A322 (Grove End) toM3 /M25 /M4 east –Guildford,Lightwater,Bisley | ||
| 16.3 | 26.2 |  A322 toA332 /M4 –Bracknell,Slough, The West,Windsor Castle | Access to The West from Grove End southbound. | ||
| 16.8 | 27.0 | (Station Road / Bridge Road) -Bagshot Station, Central Bagshot | |||
| 17 | 27 | B3029 (High Street) – Central Bagshot | Trucks over 7.5 tonnes prohibited | ||
| Camberley | 18.1 | 29.1 |  A325 (Jolly Farmer Junction) / B3015 –Farnham,Deepcut,Frimley,Farnborough,Aldershot | ||
| 19.6 | 31.5 | (Knoll Road) -Camberley Station, Camberley Theatre | |||
| 19.9 | 32.0 | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst | |||
| 20.4 | 32.8 | B3411 (Frimley Road) –Frimley | |||
| 21 | 34 |   A331 (The Meadows) /A321 toM3 –Frimley,Farnham,Wokingham,Bracknell,Sandhurst,Aldershot,Farnborough,Sandhurst Station | |||
| Hampshire | Blackwater | 21.7 | 34.9 | B3272 (South Lodge / Hawley Road) –Hawley,Cove,Yateley | |
| south of Cricket Hill | 23.4 | 37.7 |  A327 toA325 / B3013 /M3 –Farnborough,Aldershot,Fleet,London,Southampton,Minley,Cove,Cricket Hill,Yateley,Sandhurst | Unnamed road. | |
| Blackbushe Airport | 24.4 | 39.3 | Blackbushe Airport only | Unnamed road. | |
| 24.9 | 40.1 | Blackbushe Airport,British Car Auctions | Unnamed road. | ||
| west of Blackbushe Airport | 25.3 | 40.7 | A327 to B3016 –Reading,Finchampstead,Eversley,Wokingham | ||
| northeast ofHartfordbridge | 25.8 | 41.5 | A327 to B3016 –Reading,Finchampstead,Eversley | Accessible northbound only; No access southbound | |
| Hartfordbridge | 26.2 | 42.2 | (Elvetham Lane) -Elvetham | ||
| Hartley Wintney | 27.1 | 43.6 |  A323 (Fleet Road) –Fleet,Elvetham | ||
| 27.3 | 43.9 |  B3011 (Bracknell Lane) toA33 –Reading,Hazeley,Heckfield | |||
| 27.3 | 43.9 | (W Green Road) -West Green, Dipley,Mattingley | |||
| 27.8 | 44.7 | (Thackham's Lane / Dilly Lane) -West Green, Dipley,Mattingley,Winchfield,Dogmersfield,Crookham,West Green House | |||
| 28.1 | 45.2 | B3016 (Odiham Road) –Odiham,Winchfield Station, Potbridge | |||
| Murrell Green | 29.2 | 47.0 | (Borough Court Road) - Borough Court,West Green | ||
| Hook | 30 | 48 |  B3349 (Griffin Way) toM3 /A287 –Reading,Mattingley,Heckfield,Rotherwick,Alton,Odiham,Basingstoke,London,Farnham | ||
| 30.4 | 48.9 | (Station Road) -Hook Station | |||
| 30.7 | 49.4 | (Newnham Road) -Newnham,Rotherwick,Old Basing | |||
| 31.3 | 50.4 | A287 (Hook Common / Old School Road) toM3 –Farnham,Odiham,Newnham | |||
| Nately Scures | 32.2 | 51.8 | (Blackstock Lane / Crown Lane) -Greywell,Up Nately,Rotherwick,Newnham | ||
| west of Nately Scures | 32.6 | 52.5 | (Andwell Lane) -Andwell | ||
| Old Basing | 33.8 | 54.4 | (Greywell Road) -Greywell,Mapledurwell | ||
| 34 | 55 | (Hatch Lane) -Old Basing | |||
| Basingstoke | 35.3 | 56.8 |  M3 /A339 – The SOUTH WEST,London,Newbury, Town Centre, Ring road (N) | ||
| 35.4 | 57.0 | Ringway South | |||
| 35.8 | 57.6 | (Old Common Road) - Ring Road (East & North), Eastrop, Black Dam | |||
| 36.2 | 58.3 | A339 (Hackwood Road Roundabout) to B3046 (Hackwood Road) –Alton, Alresford, Fairfields, Cranbourne,Viables | |||
| 37.2 | 59.9 |   A340 (Winchester Road Roundabout) toA3010 /A339 /A340 /A33 – Town Centre,Newbury,Aldermaston,Reading, Kings Furlong, Brookvale | |||
| 37.2 | 59.9 | End of Ringway South | |||
| St Michael's Retail Park | |||||
| 37.7 | 60.7 | (Brighton Hill Roundabout) -Brighton Hill, Cranbourne,Viables,South Ham,Oakley | |||
| 38.9 | 62.6 | (Kempshott Roundabout) -Kempshott,Hatch Warren, Buckskin | |||
| 39.4 | 63.4 | (Hatch Warren Roundabout) -Hatch Warren, Retail Park | |||
| 40.1 | 64.5 | (Hounsome Fields Roundabout) - Hounsome Fields | |||
| southwest of Basingstoke | 40.6 | 65.3 | ( ToM3 (Winchester Road) /A303 –London,Southampton, The SOUTH WEST,Dummer | ||
| 40.7 | 65.5 | (Trenchards Lane) -Oakley | |||
| southeast ofNorth Waltham | 41.5 | 66.8 | (Unnamed road) - Dummer | ||
| 42.3 | 68.1 | (North Waltham Junction) -Axford, Dummer | Separate junctions | ||
| south of North Waltham | 42.5 | 68.4 | ( ToA33 –Winchester,Kings Worthy,Popham, The Strattons,Micheldever | ||
| 42.9 | 69.0 | Beginning of A303/A30 concurrency | |||
| north ofMicheldever Station | 45.3 | 72.9 | (Overton Road) -Micheldever Station,Overton,Popham Airfield, Coxford Down | ||
| Sutton Scotney | 46.6 | 75.0 | (Micheldever Road) -Micheldever Station,Whitchurch,Laverstoke | No access heading westbound towards Andover; No slip road heading eastbound from Micheldever Road | |
| 47.7 | 76.8 | Norton | Unnamed road | ||
| northwest of Sutton Scotney | 49.1 | 79.0 | ( A303 toA343 –Exeter,Andover,Salisbury | ||
| 49.2 | 79.2 | End of A303/A30 concurrency; Beginning of A30/A34 concurrency | |||
| 49.2 | 79.2 |  A34 –Winchester,Newbury,Stockbridge,Bullington,Sutton Scotney,South Wonston | |||
| 49.2 | 79.2 | End of A30/A34 concurrency | |||
| 49.3 | 79.3 | A34 (Bullington Cross) –Winchester | |||
| Bullington | 49.7 | 80.0 | (Gravel Lane) - Bullington,Barton Stacey / Norton | Separated junctions. | |
| Sutton Scotney | 50.5 | 81.3 | (Stockbridge Road) - Micheldever Station | ||
| 50.6 | 81.4 | (Oxford Road) - Winchester, South Wonston | |||
| west of Sutton Scotney | 52.4 | 84.3 | (The Street) - Cocum, Barton Stacey | ||
| 52.9 | 85.1 |  A272 / B3420 –Winchester,Wherwell | Separated junctions | ||
| 54 | 87 | (Martins Lane) -Chilbolton, Observatory | |||
| Chilbolton Down | 54.9 | 88.4 | Leckford | ||
| west of Chilbolton Down | 56 | 90 | Sandydown | ||
| Stockbridge | 57.7 | 92.9 |  A3057 (Leckford Lane) –Andover,Leckford | ||
| 58 | 93 | B3049 (Winton Hill) toA3057 –Winchester,Romsey,King's Somborne | |||
| 58.5 | 94.1 | (Longstock Road) -Longstock,Houghton | |||
| 58.9 | 94.8 | To B3084 (Unnamed road) –Grateley, Danebury Hillfort | |||
| Chattis Hill | 60.2 | 96.9 | (Broughton Road / Spitfire Lane) -Broughton, Chattis Hill | ||
| 60.4 | 97.2 | The Wallops | |||
| east of Hollom Down | 62.2 | 100.1 | B3084 (Salisbury Road) – Broughton, The Wallops | ||
| 62.9 | 101.2 | (The Warren) -West Tytherley | |||
| Wiltshire | Lopcombe Corner | 65.2 | 104.9 | A343 –Andover, The Wallops | |
| west of Lopcombe Corner | 65.5 | 105.4 | West Tytherley,Winterslow | ||
| 66.3 | 106.7 | The Winterslows | |||
| 66.5 | 107.0 | (Pitton Road / Winterslow Road) -Porton Down,Pitton,Firsdown | |||
| Firsdown | 68.2 | 109.8 | (Firs Road) - Firsdown | ||
| south ofFigsbury Ring | 69.3 | 111.5 | (Whiteway) -Farley, Pitton | ||
| Salisbury | 70.8 | 113.9 |    A338 (St Thomas' Bridge) toA346 /A345 –Swindon,Marlborough, The Winterbournes,Ford, Salisbury avoiding low bridge, Laverstock | ||
| 71.1 | 114.4 | (Hampton Park Roundabout onto Pearce Way) - Hampton Park | |||
| 71.2 | 114.6 | (Bishopdown Farm Roundabout) - Bishopdown Farm | |||
| 72.3 | 116.4 |  A36 (St Mark's Roundabout) toA338 –Laverstock, Ring road,Bournemouth,Southampton | |||
| 72.3 | 116.4 | Beginning of Salisbury Ring Road as A36 | |||
| 72.8 | 117.2 | A345 (Castle Roundabout) –Amesbury,Stonehenge,Old Sarum | |||
| 73.2 | 117.8 |  A360 (St Pauls Roundabout) –Devizes,Stonehenge,Salisbury Station | |||
| 73.2 | 117.8 | End of Salisbury Ring Road | |||
| 74.1 | 119.3 | (Roman Road) -Bemerton Heath | |||
| 74.2 | 119.4 | (Church Lane) - Lower Bemerton | Trucks over 7.5 tonnes prohibited, except for loading | ||
| 74.6 | 120.1 | (Skew Road) -Quidhampton | Trucks over 7.5 tonnes prohibited, except for loading | ||
| Quidhampton | 75.3 | 121.2 |  A3094 (Netherhampton Road) toA338 –Ringwood,Bournemouth,Salisbury District Hospital,Salisbury Racecourse | ||
| Wilton | 75.6 | 121.7 | A36 (Wilton Roundabout) toA303 /A360 –Warminster,Wincanton,Mere,Devizes | ||
| 75.6 | 121.7 | End of A36xA30 concurrency | |||
| 76.1 | 122.5 | (South Street) -Bishopstone,Broad Chalke | |||
| 76.3 | 122.8 | (Water Ditchampton) -Great Wishford | |||
| Burcombe | 77.6 | 124.9 | Burcombe | ||
| Barford St Martin | 78.7 | 126.7 | B3089 (West Street) –Teffont,Tisbury,Dinton | ||
| south of Barford St Martin | 79 | 127 | (Burcombe) - Burcombe | ||
| Compton Chamberlayne | 81.1 | 130.5 | (High Street) - Compton Chamberlayne | No trucks over 7.5 tonnes allowed | |
| Fovant | 82.7 | 133.1 | (High Street) -Chilmark,Dinton | ||
| west of Fovant | 83.1 | 133.7 | Bowerchalke,Broad Chalke | ||
| southwest of Sutton Mandeville | 84.4 | 135.8 | Chicksgrove,Sutton Mandeville,Sutton Row | ||
| vicinity of Swallowcliffe | 84.8 | 136.5 | (Common Road) -Swallowcliffe | ||
| 85.3 | 137.3 | (Bottom Road) - Swallowcliffe | |||
| 85.7 | 137.9 | (Barber's Lane) - Swallowcliffe | Light vehicles only | ||
| south ofAnsty | 86.3 | 138.9 | Ebbesbourne Wake,Alvediston,Tisbury,Ansty | ||
| east ofBirdbush | 86.8 | 139.7 | Alvediston,Berwick St. John | ||
| 89 | 143 | The Donheads | |||
| Birdbush | 90 | 140 | (Parhams Hill / Dennis Lane) -Tollard Royal,Ashmore, The Donheads | ||
| Ludwell | 90.6 | 145.8 | (Coronation Close / Charlton Lane) - The Donheads, Lower Coombe,Charlton | ||
| west of Ludwell | 91 | 146 | Middle Coombe | ||
| 91.3 | 146.9 | Higher Coombe | |||
| Dorset | Shaftesbury | 92.4 | 148.7 | B3081 (Higher Blanford Road) –Melbury Abbas,Tollard Royal,Compton Abbas Airfield | |
| 92.5 | 148.9 |  A350 (Royal Chase Roundabout) –Poole,Blandford,Fontmell Magna | |||
| 92.7 | 149.2 | Beginning of A350xA30 concurrency | |||
| 93.3 | 150.2 | B3081 (Ivy Cross Roundabout) /A350 –Gillingham, Town Centre,Warminster,East Knoyle, Longmead Ind. Estate | |||
| 93.3 | 150.2 | End of A350xA30 concurrency | |||
| Sherborne Causeway | 95.2 | 153.2 | (Old Orchard Lane) -HMP Guys Marsh,Stour Row,East Orchard,Fontmell Magna | ||
| west of Sherborne Causeway | 95.7 | 154.0 | (Lox Lane) -Motcombe,Gillingham | ||
| east ofEast Stour | 96.8 | 155.8 | (New Lane) -Stour Row | ||
| East Stour | 97.6 | 157.1 | B3092 (Back Lane / Scotchey Lane) –Todber,Marnhull, Stur' Norton, Madjeston,Gillingham | ||
| west ofWest Stour | 99.3 | 159.8 | Fifehead Magdalen,Marnhull, Sandley,Bourton | ||
| 100 | 160 | (Common Lane) -Kington Magna,Buckhorn Weston | |||
| Lower Nyland | 101 | 163 | (Nyland Lane) - Nyland | ||
| north ofHenstridge Airfield | 101 | 163 | (Camp Road) -Henstridge, Gibbs Marsh,Stalbridge | ||
| Somerset | Henstridge | 103 | 166 |  A357 (Ash Walk / Ash End) –Blandford,Wincanton | |
| west of Henstridge | 104 | 167 | (Bowden Lane) - Bowden | ||
| Dorset | Purse Caundle | 105 | 169 | Purse Caundle,Stourton Caundle | |
| Somerset | Milborne Port | 106 | 171 | (North Street) -Charlton Horethorne | |
| Dorset | Oborne | 108 | 174 | (Bangers) - Oborne, Church,Poyntington | |
| east ofSherborne | 108 | 174 |  B3145 (Unnamed road) toA352 – Town Centre,Station,Dorchester,Longburton,Sherborne Castle,Sherborne Abbey | ||
| Sherborne | 109 | 175 | (Coldharbour) - Coldharbour Business Park | ||
| 109 | 175 | B3145 (Bristol Road) –Wincanton,Charlton Horethorne | Trucks over 7.5 tonnes prohibited after 4 miles on the B 3145. | ||
| 109 | 175 | B3148 (Marston Road) –Marston Magna | Trucks over 7.5 tonnes prohibited after 4 miles on the B 3148. | ||
| 110 | 180 |  A352 (Ottery Lane) toA3030 –Dorchester,Longburton,Bradford Abbas, Sherborne Castle,Sturminster Newton | |||
| Nether Compton | 111 | 179 | Nether Compton | ||
| south ofOver Compton | 112 | 180 | (Old Compton Lane / Marl Lane) - Bradford Abbas, Over Compton,Trent | ||
| Somerset | Yeovil | 113 | 182 | (Babylon Hill Roundabout) - Over Compton, Yeovil Retail Park, Yeovil Golf Club | |
| 114 | 183 | (Pen Mill Station Road) -Yeovil Pen Mill | |||
| 114 | 183 | (Lyde Road) - Lyde Road Trading Estate | |||
| 114 | 183 | (Market Street) - Town Centre | No access allowed eastbound heading towards Sherborne | ||
| 115 | 185 |   A37 (Hospital Roundabout) toA359 – Town Centre,Bristol,Frome,RNAS Yeovilton,Ilchester,Fleet Air Arm Museum,Haynes Motor Museum | |||
| 115 | 185 |  ToA303 (Horsey Roundabout) /M5 –Exeter,Taunton,Chard,Crewkerne | |||
| 116 | 187 |  A37 (Quicksilver Roundabout) toA354 –Dorchester,Weymouth | |||
| 116 | 187 |  A3088 (Bunford Hollow Roundabout) toA303 /A37 /A359 /M5 –Exeter,Taunton,Bristol,Frome, Yeovil Town FC,Crewkerne,Chard,Montacute,Stoke-sub-Hamdon | |||
| 117 | 188 | (Camp Road) -Hardington,East Coker, North Coker,Odcombe, Stoke-sub-Hamdon,Ham Hill Country Park | |||
| East Chinnock | 119 | 192 | (Chinnock Hollow) - Odcombe | ||
| west of East Chinnock | 120 | 190 | (Broad Hill) - Hardington,Pendomer | ||
| 120 | 190 | West Chinnock,Chiselborough | |||
| 121 | 195 | (Foxwell Lane) - West Chinnock, Chiselborough | |||
| Haselbury Plucknett | 121 | 195 |  A3066 (Unnamed road) –North Perrott,Haselbury Plucknett,Bridport | ||
| 122 | 196 | (Puddletown) - Haselbury Plucknett | No right turn westbound on the road opposite Puddletown; No left turn on the same road heading eastbound | ||
| Merriott | 122 | 196 | Merriott, Lower Severalls | ||
| Crewkerne | 124 | 200 |  A356 (North Street) –Ilminster,Merriott | ||
| 124 | 200 | A356 (North Street) / B3185 (Hermitage Street) –Dorchester,Lyme Regis,Crewkerne Station | |||
| northwest of Roundham | 125 | 201 | (Liddon Hill) -Hinton St George | ||
| southeast ofChillington | 126 | 203 | (St Rayn Hill) - Ilminster,Kingstone,Dowlish Wake | ||
| 127 | 204 | (Unnamed road) -Wayford,Winsham | |||
| Cricket St Thomas | 127 | 204 | (Unnamed road) -Purtington | ||
| 127 | 204 | (Chillington Down) - Chillington,Cudworth | |||
| 128 | 206 | (Redscript Lane) -Cricket Malherbie, Cudworth | |||
| 129 | 208 |  B3167 toA358 –Axminster,Perry Street,Forde Abbey | |||
| west of Cricket St Thomas | 129 | 208 | Lydmarsh | ||
| east of Chard | 130 | 210 | Wreath | No through road | |
| Chard | 131 | 211 | ToA356 (Victoria Avenue) –Ilminster,Taunton | ||
| 131 | 211 | A358 (Furnham Road) –Axminster,Taunton, Millfield Industrial Estate | No access to Taunton heading westbound towards Honiton | ||
| 132 | 212 | ToA358 (Crowshute Link) –Axminster | Only signposted heading eastbound towards Crewkerne | ||
| 132 | 212 | (Helliers Avenue) -Wadeford,Combe St Nicholas | |||
| west of Chard | 132 | 212 | Cotley,Wambrook | ||
| northeast of Wambrook | 132 | 212 | Wambrook,Stockland | ||
| south ofScrapton | 133 | 214 | Scrapton | ||
| 134 | 216 | Taunton | |||
| south ofWhitestaunton | 134 | 216 | Whitestaunton,Northay | ||
| southwest of Whitestaunton | 134 | 216 | Stockland,Membury | ||
| east of Howley | 135 | 217 | Howley | ||
| Devon | Yarcombe | 137 | 220 | (Stockland - Yarcombe Road) - Stockland | |
| 137 | 220 | Marsh, Howley, Sheafhayne | |||
| 137 | 220 | Taunton | |||
| west of Yarcombe | 139 | 224 | A303 –London,Andover,Yeovil | ||
| south of Rawridge | 139 | 224 | (Stockland Hill / Sandy's Lane) - Rawridge, Upottery, Stockland, Axminster | Separate junctions | |
| 140 | 230 | (Viney Lane) -Cotleigh | |||
| 142 | 229 | Rawridge, Upottery | |||
| Blackdown Hills | 145 | 233 | Luppitt, (Hedgend Road) - Cotleigh | ||
| Honiton | 146 | 235 |  A35 (Monkton Road) –Honiton,Cotleigh,Axminster, Stockland,Dunkeswell | No access eastbound towards Yeovil | |
| 146 | 235 | Start of Honiton Bypass | |||
| 146 | 235 | A35 (Langford Road) –Honiton,Poole,Dorchester,Combe Raleigh,Luppitt,Dunkeswell | No access westbound towards Exeter | ||
| 148 | 238 |   A375 (Turks Head) toA373 –Sidmouth,Cullompton,Honiton | |||
| 148 | 238 | End of Honiton Bypass | |||
| east ofFeniton | 149 | 240 | B3177 (Unnamed road) –Ottery St Mary,Fairmile,Feniton, Fenny Bridges,Escot,Weston,Gittisham | Height restriction of 4.5 metres; Weston not height restricted; No access eastbound towards Honiton; Exit only from the westbound side towards Exeter | |
| northeast of Fairmile | 152 | 245 | B3177 (Unnamed road) – Fenny Bridges, Fairmile,Feniton,Payhembury,Gittisham, Cadhay House, Escot | No access westbound towards Exeter; Exit only eastbound towards Honiton | |
| Aller Grove | 154 | 248 | B3174 (Exeter Road / London Road) / B3180 –Ottery St Mary,Aylesbeare,Rockbeare,Whimple,Exmouth,Budleigh Salterton,Bicton Park,Cranbrook | ||
| Exeter Airport | 159 | 256 | B3184 / B3174 (Clyst Honiton Bypass) – Exeter Airport,Sowton,Clyst Honiton, Marlborough Cross, Cranbrook,Rockbeare | ||
| Exeter | 161 | 259 |  M5 south /M5 north /A3015 –Plymouth,Torquay,Okehampton,Bristol,Taunton,Exeter,Exeter Science Park,Crealy Adventure Park, Killerton House and Gardens | ||
| 161 | 259 | Beginning of M5xA30 concurrency | |||
| 162 | 261 |    A379 (Sandygate Roundabout) /A376 toA3052 / B3212 / B3181 –Exeter,Dawlish,Exmouth,Sidmouth,Exeter Cathedral, Bicton Park, Crealy Adventure Park,Pinhoe, Sowton Ind. Est., Exeter Services | Junction 30 on the M5. | ||
| 165 | 266 |   A38 (Devon Expressway) toA380 –Plymouth,Torquay | Junction 31 on the M5. | ||
| 165 | 266 | End of M5xA30 concurrency | |||
| 167 | 269 |  A377 (Alpington Road) toA379 –Moretonhampstead,Dunsford,Ide,Marsh Barton,Exeter,Crediton,Honiton,Dawlish | |||
| Pathfinder Village | 173 | 278 | (Fingle Glen) -Tedburn St Mary, Pathfinder Village | ||
| east of Cheriton Bishop | 176 | 283 | Cheriton Bishop, Crockenwell,Drewsteignton,Fingle Bridge, Tedburn St Mary,Castle Drogo, Dunsfod, Crediton | ||
| northwest of Drewsteignton | 180 | 290 | Drewsteignton | Accessible to traffic heading eastbound towards Exeter only | |
| Whiddon Down | 182 | 293 |   A382 (Exeter Road) toA3214 –Moretonhampstead, Torrington,Winkleigh,Whiddon Down,Spreyton,North Tawton,Drewsteignton, Crockenwell,Chagford, Castle Drogo | ||
| northwest ofBelstone | 187 | 301 | B3260 (Exeter Road) –Okehampton,Sticklepath,South Zeal,Finch Foundry, Belstone Services | ||
| 188 | 303 | Okehampton Bypass | |||
| north ofMeldon | 192 | 309 | B3260 –Okehampton,Meldon Reservoir,Museum of Dartmoor Life, Meldon | Accessible for traffic heading towards Exeter eastbound only; Exit only | |
| Sourton | 192 | 309 |   A386 (Sourton Cross) toA3079 –Tavistock,Plymouth,Bideford,Holsworthy,Bude,Sourton,Bridestowe,Lewdown,Hatherleigh, Lyford Gorge,Morwellham Quay | ||
| Stowford | 201 | 323 | Roadford Lake, Broadwoodwiger,Bratton Clovelly, Stowford | ||
| northwest ofLifton | 204 | 328 |  A388 / B3362 – Polson, Liftondown, Lifton, Tinhay,Lewdown,Tavistock | Accessible for traffic heading towards Launceston westbound only | |
| Liftondown | 205 | 330 | A388 – Polson, Liftondown, Lifton, Tinhay,Lewdown | Accessible for traffic heading towards Okehampton eastbound only | |
| Cornwall | Launceston | 207 | 333 |  A388 (Tavistock Road) toA38 /A390 / B3362 –Plymouth,Callington,Liskeard,Tavistock | Accessible for traffic heading towards Okehampton eastbound only |
| 207 | 333 | ||||
| Tregadillet | 209 | 336 |  A395 toA39 –North Cornwall,Wadebridge,Camelford, Tregadillet,South Petherwin | ||
| east ofPolyphant | 211 | 340 | Hicksmill, Polyphant | ||
| 211 | 340 | Blackhill Quarry | |||
| west ofLewannick | 212 | 341 | Lewannick,Plusha | Accessible for traffic heading towards Bodmin westbound only; Exit only | |
| Plusha | 213 | 343 | B3257 toA388 –Callington,Lewannick | ||
| Trewint-Five Lanes boundary | 215 | 346 | Trewint, Five Lanes,Altarnun | Separate junctions | |
| Bolventor | 218 | 351 | Bolventor,St Neot,St Cleer,Siblyback Lake | Separate junctions | |
| north ofColliford Lake | 220 | 350 | Warleggan, St Neot,Mount, Colliford Lake | ||
| east of Temple Tor | 220 | 350 | Temple | Accessible for traffic heading towards Bodmin westbound only | |
| Temple Tor | 222 | 357 | St Breward, Temple | ||
| Preeze Cross | 224 | 360 | Blisland,Cardinham,Millpool | Accessible for traffic heading towards Bodmin westbound only | |
| 224 | 360 | Blisland, Cardinham, Millpool | Accessible for traffic heading towards Launceston eastbound only | ||
| Cardinham Downs | 225 | 362 | Blisland, Cardinham,Bodmin Airfield | ||
| northwest of Bodmin Airfield | 225 | 362 | Cardinham | Accessible for traffic heading towards Bodmin westbound only | |
| northeast ofBodmin | 226 | 364 |  ToA389 –Helland,Bodmin | ||
| 227 | 365 | Beginning of Bodmin Bypass | |||
| Bodmin | 227 | 365 | A38 toA389 / B3268 –Liskeard,Bodmin,Lostwithiel,Parkway,Lanhydrock | Accessible for traffic heading towards Redruth westbound only | |
| 229 | 369 | A38 (Carminow Cross) toA389 –Liskeard,Bodmin,Plymouth,Lanhydrock | Accessible for traffic heading towards Launceston eastbound only; Exit only | ||
| Innis Downs | 233 | 375 |  A389 (Innis Downs) /A391 –Wadebridge,St Austell,Eden Project,Lanivet,Bugle | ||
| 233 | 375 | End of Bodmin Bypass | |||
| Mount Pleasant | 235 | 378 | A391 / B3274 –Roche,Victoria,Roche Station | ||
| Indian Queens | 240 | 390 |  A39 toA392 / B3279 –Newquay,Newquay Airport, St Columb,St Dennis,Indian Queens,Screech Owl Sanctuary,Treviscoe,Wadebridge | ||
| Blue Anchor | 242 | 389 | B3275 –Fraddon,Ladock | ||
| Chapel Town | 243 | 391 | (School Road) -Lappa Valley Railway,Trerice | Accessible for traffic heading towards Redruth westbound only | |
| 244 | 393 |  ToA3058 (Beacon Road) –Newquay,St Austell,Summercourt | Accessible for traffic heading towards Indian Queens eastbound only | ||
| 244 | 393 | (New Row) - Chapel Town, Summercourt | Accessible for traffic heading towards Redruth westbound only | ||
| Mitchell | 245 | 394 |  A3076 –Newquay,Mitchell,St Newlyn East, Lappa Valley Steam Railway, Trerice | Separate junctions | |
| Carland Cross | 246 | 396 | A39 (Carland Cross) to B3288 –Truro,Perranporth | ||
| northwest of Shortlanesend | 252 | 406 | B3284 / B3288 –Shortlanesend,Zelah | Accessible on the eastbound side only | |
| Chiverton Cross | 253 | 407 | A390 (Chiverton Cross) / B3277 –Truro,St Agnes | ||
| Three Burrows | 254 | 409 | Start of Blackwater Bypass | ||
| Scorrier | 256 | 412 |  A3047 to B3297 / B3298 –Helston,Scorrier,Gwennap Pit,Blackwater | ||
| 257 | 414 | End of Blackwater Bypass; Start of the Camborne-Pool-Redruth Bypass | |||
| Redruth | 258 | 415 | A3047 (Avers Junction) –Redruth,Porthtowan,Scorrier,Portreath,Falmouth | ||
| Pool | 261 | 420 | A3047 (Tolvaddon Road) – Pool,Camborne,Portreath,Tehidy Country Park | ||
| Camborne | 262 | 422 | A3047 –Camborne | ||
| 263 | 423 | End of the Camborne-Pool-Redruth Bypass | |||
| Hayle | 266 | 428 | B3301 (Loggans Moor) / B3302 –Hayle,Helston,Angarrack,Connor Downs | ||
| 266 | 428 | Hayle Bypass | |||
| south ofLelant | 269 | 433 |  B3301 (St Erth Roundabout) /A3074 –Hayle,St Ives,Helston,Lelant,Carbis Bay,Tate St Ives,Paradise Park | ||
| Rose-an-Grouse | 270 | 430 | (Station Approach) -St Erth,St Erth Station | ||
| Whitecross | 270 | 430 | (Gitchell Lane) - Rosevidney | ||
| Crowlas | 271 | 436 | B3309 –Ludgvan,Nancledra,Chysauster, Rospeath | ||
| southwest of Crowlas | 272 | 438 | (Unnamed road) - Ludgvan, Leaze | ||
| south of Varfell | 272 | 438 | (Varfell Lane) -Varfell | ||
| Long Rock | 272 | 438 |  A394 (Newtown Roundabout) –Helston,Marazion,Long Rock,St Michael's Mount | ||
| 272 | 438 | Long Rock Bypass | |||
| 273 | 439 |  A30 (Chy-an-Mor Roundabout) –Gulval,Eastern Green,Penzance Heliport | |||
| Penzance | 274 | 441 |  B3311 (Branwell Lane Roundabout) –Gulval, Penzance Harbour,Penzance Station | ||
| 275 | 443 | (Treweath Road) -Treneere | |||
| 275 | 443 |  (Heamoor Roundabout) -Madron,Heamoor,West Cornwall Hospital,Trengwainton | |||
| 276 | 444 |  A3071 (Mount Misery Roundabout) to B3318 –St Just, Penzance seafront,Newlyn Art Gallery, Trengwainton | |||
| southwest of Penzance | 276 | 444 | Trereife House | ||
| Newlyn | 276 | 444 | B3315 / B3317 toA3071 –Newlyn, St Just,Newbridge,Mousehole,Lamorna | ||
| Drift | 277 | 446 | Carn Euny,Sancreed Beacon | ||
| Catchall | 278 | 447 | B3283 (Penzance Road) –Porthcurno,St Buryan,Minack Theatre,PK Porthcurno | ||
| north of Crows-an-wra | 280 | 450 | St Buryan | ||
| Crows-an-wra | 280 | 450 | Rissick,Land's End Airport | ||
| northeast of Sennen | 282 | 454 | B3306 – St Just,Pendeen, Land's End Airport | ||
| Sennen | 283 | 455 | (Cove Road) -Sennen Cove | ||
| Trevescan | 284 | 457 | Minack Theatre, PK Porthcurno | ||
| Land's End | 284 | 457 | End of A30 | southwestern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
A customary route was long established, even prior to the appointment ofBrian Tuke asMaster of the King's Posts in 1512, and inWilliam Harrison'sDescription of England inHolinshed's Chronicles in 1577 this is described as a route from London, throughChard,Honiton,Exeter,Crockernwell,Okehampton,Launceston,Bodmin, and on throughTruro.[7]
In 1574,Elizabeth I's Master of PostsThomas Randolph was given anOrder of Council to establish permanent posts on the route between theroyal court and Exeter "for the speedy conveyance of all such packets as shall be sent from the Earl of Bedford out of the West Country", with then Earl of Bedford beingFrancis Russell, laterLord Lieutenant of Devon, based atTavistock. Whilst court postmaster Robert Gascoigne was tasked the following week, the permanent posts were not in operation until 28 July 1579, when twelve Royal postmasters were in place, at the rate of 20pence per day, formalising the route as a Royalpost road.[7]
This route followed:[7]
All of these intermediate towns from the 1579post road are on (or bypassed by) the modern A30, with the exception of Andover, which the modern road passes to the South of throughStockbridge,Sutton Scotney, andNorth Waltham.
There may have been a period of abeyance for some of these posts, but by the late 1580s, the threat of Spanish Invasion reinforced the need for effective communication along the line toPlymouth, for which the post road was the natural route. By 1595, the route was fully re-established to Exeter (and thence on a branch to Plymouth) and the royal route continued toLaunceston.[7] The route into Cornwall was used for passing of messages in relation to theNine Years' War in Southern Ireland.[7]
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The road appeared onJohn Ogilby's 1675map of Britain,[8] as "The Road from London to The Land's End in Cornwall", where which he described that "The Post-Office making this one of their Principal Roads", and opined that the section through Surrey and Hampshire was "in general a very good Road with suitable Entertainment".[9]
The route described by Ogilby started atHyde Park Corner, and closely mirrored the modern route as far asExeter, except for three sections fromKnightsbridge toBedfont,Basingstoke toSalisbury viaAndover andExeter toPenzance viaAshburton,Plymouth, and following the Cornish south coast viaSt Austell.[10]
The road was known to attract significant postal and coach traffic along its length by 1686.[11]
The route is described as the "Great Road to Land's End" in theMagna Britannia, published in the early 19th century.[12] As the coaching road to Land's End was a major route, it was a popular place forhighwaymen. William Davies, also known as the Golden Farmer, robbed several coaches travelling acrossBagshot Heath. He was hanged in 1689 at a gallows at the local gibbet hill betweenBagshot andCamberley. TheJolly Farmer pub was built near the site of the gallows (gibbet), a junction.[13]
At the turn of the 19th century, William Hanning created the "New Direct Road", a fast coaching route between London and Exeter. The road deviated from Ogilby's route running viaAmesbury andIlminster, rejoining the older road at Honiton. It became popular with postal services such asThe Subscription. In 1831, a race was held between London and Exeter via the New Direct Road, which resulted in a dead heat. 170 miles (270 km) were covered in 13 hours, compared to a typical early 18th century time of four days.[14] In response to the competition of routes, a new turnpike road was built west of Chard, avoiding the historic route to Honiton viaStockland, with several steep hills. This road met the New Direct Road nearUpottery.[15][b]
This 'New Direct Road' is the basis of what is now theA303.
Historically, the route between London and Land's End was also called the "Great South-West Road". In the 21st century, the name only refers to a small section of the road near Heathrow.[16]
In 1825 anAct of Parliament established theHayle Bridge Causeway and Turnpike Trust which was required to construct a bridge, causeway andturnpike over theHayle River from Griggs Quay (grid referenceSW545363) in the west toPhillack in the east. The turnpike was needed to ease the transport ofcopper ore to the port atHayle for export. A second Act was passed in 1837 to establish theGriggs Quay to Penzance Turnpike and in 1839 an Act formed a third trust, theHayle and Redruth Turnpike to complete the turnpike toRedruth.[17] The running of the Causeway turnpike was overseen by the winner of a public auction and for the year 1880, the winning bid was £591 10s.[18] In 1885 the management of the causeway by the turnpike came to an end, and the White house (tollhouse) on the eastern end of the Hayle causeway, along with the garden and three granite posts was put up for auction on 30 October 1885. A second tollhouse atLong Rock was also for auction as well as a number of posts and gates.[19]
The A30 was one of the first roads to be classified by theMinistry of Transport for funding in 1921. It followed Ogilby's route up to Exeter, then the basic route of the modern A30 through Okehampton, Launceston and Bodmin to the Greenmarket in Penzance, where it ended.[20] It was extended to Land's End in 1925.[21]
The Great South West Road section of the A30 around Heathrow had been planned as the western end of the Great West Road project, one of the first bypasses built for motor traffic. Construction began in 1914 but was quickly halted because ofWorld War I. It resumed construction in 1919.[22] The full route fromChiswick toAshford was opened byKing George V on 30 May 1925.[23]
Following the construction of a bypass around Basingstoke, the route of the A30 was changed on 1 April 1933 to run bySutton Scotney andStockbridge, rejoining the original route at Lopcombe Corner east of Salisbury. An alternative route, theA303 was created out of existing roads at the same time betweenMicheldever Station and theBlackdown Hills, that followed the basic course of Hanning's New Direct Road.[16] The A30 remained the principal route between London and Exeter, until the A303 became atrunk road in 1958, receiving central Government funding and relegating the parallel A30 to a local road.[24]
By the mid-20th century, large sections of the A30 were struggling to cope with the increasing demands of road traffic. In the mid-1960s, numerous councils complained that theSecretary of State for Transport,Barbara Castle, decided that improvements to theA38 from Exeter to Plymouth were of higher priority for funding than any work on the A30. Cornwall County Council complained that the A30 through the county was narrow and twisted, and known as the "stage coach trail".[25]
Following World War II, the Ministry of Transport planned a large-scale upgrade of the A30 across south-west England, with the eventual intention that most of the route would be at least dual-carriageway.[26] TheM3 motorway was planned as a replacement for the A30 between London andPopham. Following a public enquiry in 1966, the line was fixed the following year.[27] The work was completed as far asBagshot in 1971, then toSunbury-on-Thames in 1974.[28] In 1971, theSecretary of State for the Environment,Peter Walker announced many upgrades of the A30 across Devon and Cornwall, identifying the section from Okehampton to Bodmin as a key area of improvement.[29]
The 2.2-mile (3.5 km) Honiton dual-carriageway bypass opened in early December 1966 at a cost of £984,000.[30] TheHayle bypass was first proposed in the late 1970s. It was controversial, andDora Russell protested against its construction.[31] It was completed in 1985.[32]
The Okehampton bypass, which opened on 19 July 1988, goes to the south of the town, cutting through the northern edge ofDartmoor National Park in Devon. In the 1980s, the route of the bypass was the subject of a prolonged campaign from conservationists, includingSylvia Sayer, who preferred a route to the north of the town through agricultural land.[33]
The section between Honiton and Exeter in East Devon was upgraded in 1999 to dual carriageway, giving quicker access toExeter International Airport. This road was built under the Design Build Finance Operate (DBFO)Private Finance Initiative scheme by the private consortium Connect A30, who receive ashadow toll from the Government for each vehicle travelling along the road.[34] Archaeological investigations during the work found aRomancavalry garrison and later settlement atPomeroy Wood.[35] There were several protests byenvironmentalists during construction and the particular nature of the DBFO scheme, with a long-lasting occupation of sites on the planned route, focused aroundFairmile.Swampy received press attention for his part in this protest. In 2016, President ofThe Automobile Association,Edmund King, claimed that the action had led to a slowdown in road construction throughout Britain.[36][37]
During 2006 one of the main bottlenecks on the road was removed when the Merrymeet roundabout between Okehampton and Exeter near Whiddon Down was replaced with a grade-separated junction and dual carriageway.[38]
Since theBodmin toIndian Queens project was completed in late 2007, the new dual carriageway runs to the north ofGoss Moor. The previous road has been converted to a cycle lane.[39] In December 2012 it was announced that 2.8 miles (4.5 km) fromTemple to Higher Carblake would be upgraded to a dual carriageway.[40] Building started in early 2015, and was completed in summer 2017. This work made the A30 continuous dual carriageway between the M5 at Exeter andCarland Cross in Cornwall.[41]
On 17 January 2008,British Airways Flight 38 crash-landed near the Great South West Road southeast ofHeathrow Airport.[42] Shortly before the crash landing, the captain of the Boeing 777 involved was able to clear the A30 by raising the flaps, saving the lives of motorists on the ground.[43]
In December 2014, the stretch of the A30 in Devon and Cornwall was identified as a key route for improvement in the government's Road Investment Strategy. This includes further dual carriageway improvements east of Honiton towards theBlackdown Hills, and betweenChiverton Cross andCarland Cross.[44][45]
In 2022, the casket of Queen Elizabeth II was driven partially on this road en route toWindsor Castle, her final resting place.[46]
Dualling of the stretch between Carland Cross and Chiverton Cross established a continuous dual carriageway from Exeter right through to Camborne. Although this was shelved in 2006 as it was not considered a regional priority,[47] it was included within the government's Road Investment Strategy in 2014.[48] The preferred route was announced in July 2017,[49] and on 6 February 2020, theSecretary of State for Transport approvedHighways England's application for a Development Consent Order for the scheme to be constructed. Work began in March 2020 with an estimated cost of £330 million, a total of £20 million being provided by theEuropean Regional Development Fund.[50][51] The scheme is included as a case study in theDepartment for Transport's document Road Investment Strategy 2: 2020–2025. The route of the road passes near aWorld Heritage Site, aRegistered Park and Gardens and a number ofSites of Special Scientific Interest. The scheme included a 20-metre-wide 'green bridge' over the new road to promote connectivity and biodiversity.[52] The road opened in 2024, 49 years after the nearby Camborne-Redruth bypass section, which had opened in 1975.
John Betjeman referred to the A30 in his poem "Meditation on the A30".[53] Arthur Boyt, focus of BBC documentaryThe Man Who Eats Badgers, described the A30 near Bodmin Moor as a good road for finding roadkill.[54]
InMonty Python's Flying Circus, episode 34: The Cycling Tour, Mr Pither laments "As I lay down to the sound of the Russian gentlemen practising their shooting, I realised I was in a bit of a pickle. My heart sank as I realised I should never see the Okehampton by-pass again...", just before his impending execution in Russia.[55]
Rick Beato, interviewingBrian May of the bandQueen in 2021, asked him (about the band), "How often would you tune?" to which May replied, "Not often enough, some people would say. We used to say we tuned to the A30."[56]
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