List of primary destinations on the United Kingdom road network


Primary destinations are locations that appear on route confirmation signs in the United Kingdom. Most are important settlements or conurbations, but some are bridges and tunnels, or even villages that are important junctions, e.g. Scotch Corner or Crianlarich.
In 1994, previous lists for destinations in Great Britain were superseded when English, Scottish and Welsh destinations were prescribed in Appendix C of Local Transport Note 1/94: The Design and Use of Directional Informatory Signs, published by the then Department of Transport. A revised list for England was published in 2009 and updated in 2010. The 1994 list had 333 entries for England. When the 2010 list was compiled, 15 entries were removed and 16 added, giving a total of 334 entries. In December 2011, following a consultation, the Department for Transport announced that it would add Birmingham Airport, East Midlands Airport, Luton Airport, Thamesport and Port of Tilbury; and, in response to local feedback, that it would also add Colne and Minehead and ratify the removal of Stone.
The list for Northern Ireland destinations has always been maintained separately from those for Great Britain. Since devolution under the Scotland Act 1998 and the Government of Wales Act 1998, transport matters and hence responsibility for maintaining lists of primary destinations have been devolved to the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales and their respective governments.
Some maps show primary destinations in a different colour or font size to other places. However, these sometimes include places which are not on the official lists.

Signage

Primary destinations in Greater London, other than Heathrow Airport and London, will generally only be signed within the M25 motorway.
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List of primary destinations

Great Britain

The entries for England in this list were compiled from the 2010 list and 2011 amendments, while those for Scotland and Wales were compiled from the 1994 list.
RegionCeremonial countyDestination
East of EnglandBedfordshireBedford
East of EnglandBedfordshireDunstable
East of EnglandBedfordshireLuton
East of EnglandBedfordshireLuton Airport
South East EnglandBerkshireBracknell
South East EnglandBerkshireHungerford
South East EnglandBerkshireMaidenhead
South East EnglandBerkshireNewbury
South East EnglandBerkshireReading
South East EnglandBerkshireSlough
South West EnglandBristolAvonmouth
South West EnglandBristolBristol
South East EnglandBuckinghamshireAmersham
South East EnglandBuckinghamshireAylesbury
South East EnglandBuckinghamshireBeaconsfield
South East EnglandBuckinghamshireHigh Wycombe
South East EnglandBuckinghamshireMilton Keynes
East of EnglandCambridgeshireCambridge
East of EnglandCambridgeshireEly
East of EnglandCambridgeshireHuntingdon
East of EnglandCambridgeshirePeterborough
East of EnglandCambridgeshireWisbech
North West EnglandCheshireChester
North West EnglandCheshireCongleton
North West EnglandCheshireCrewe
North West EnglandCheshireEllesmere Port
North West EnglandCheshireMacclesfield
North West EnglandCheshireNantwich
North West EnglandCheshireNorthwich
North West EnglandCheshireRuncorn
North West EnglandCheshireWarrington
North West EnglandCheshireWidnes
South West EnglandCornwallBodmin
South West EnglandCornwallBude
South West EnglandCornwallFalmouth
South West EnglandCornwallHelston
South West EnglandCornwallLaunceston
South West EnglandCornwallLiskeard
South West EnglandCornwallNewquay
South West EnglandCornwallPenzance
South West EnglandCornwallRedruth
South West EnglandCornwallSt Austell
South West EnglandCornwallTruro
South West EnglandCornwallWadebridge
North West EnglandCumbriaBarrow-in-Furness
North West EnglandCumbriaBrough
North West EnglandCumbriaCarlisle
North West EnglandCumbriaKendal
North West EnglandCumbriaKeswick
North West EnglandCumbriaKirkby Lonsdale
North West EnglandCumbriaPenrith
North West EnglandCumbriaWhitehaven
North West EnglandCumbriaWindermere
East MidlandsDerbyshireAshbourne
East MidlandsDerbyshireBuxton
East MidlandsDerbyshireChesterfield
East MidlandsDerbyshireDerby
East MidlandsDerbyshireMatlock
South West EnglandDevonBarnstaple
South West EnglandDevonBideford
South West EnglandDevonExeter
South West EnglandDevonExmouth
South West EnglandDevonHoniton
South West EnglandDevonOkehampton
South West EnglandDevonPaignton
South West EnglandDevonPlymouth
South West EnglandDevonTavistock
South West EnglandDevonTorquay
South West EnglandDorsetBlandford
South West EnglandDorsetBournemouth
South West EnglandDorsetDorchester
South West EnglandDorsetPoole
South West EnglandDorsetShaftesbury
South West EnglandDorsetWeymouth
North East EnglandCounty DurhamBishop Auckland
North East EnglandCounty DurhamConsett
North East EnglandCounty DurhamDarlington
North East EnglandCounty DurhamDurham
North East EnglandCounty DurhamHartlepool
North East EnglandCounty DurhamStockton
Yorkshire and the HumberEast Riding of YorkshireBridlington
Yorkshire and the HumberEast Riding of YorkshireGoole
Yorkshire and the HumberEast Riding of YorkshireHull
Yorkshire and the HumberEast Riding of Yorkshire, LincolnshireHumber Bridge
South East EnglandEast SussexBrighton
South East EnglandEast SussexEastbourne
South East EnglandEast SussexHastings
South East EnglandEast SussexLewes
South East EnglandEast SussexNewhaven
South East EnglandEast SussexUckfield
East of EnglandEssexBasildon
East of EnglandEssexChelmsford
East of EnglandEssexClacton
East of EnglandEssexColchester
East of EnglandEssexDartford Crossing
East of EnglandEssexHarlow
East of EnglandEssexHarwich
East of EnglandEssexPort of Tilbury
East of EnglandEssexSouthend
East of EnglandEssexStansted Airport
East of EnglandEssexTilbury
South West EnglandGloucestershireCheltenham
South West EnglandGloucestershireCirencester
South West EnglandGloucestershireGloucester
Greater LondonGreater LondonHeathrow Airport
Greater LondonGreater LondonLondon
Greater LondonGreater LondonBarking
Greater LondonGreater LondonBexleyheath
Greater LondonGreater LondonBrent Cross
Greater LondonGreater LondonBrixton
Greater LondonGreater LondonBromley
Greater LondonGreater LondonCentral London
Greater LondonCity of LondonThe City
Greater LondonGreater LondonClapham Junction
Greater LondonGreater LondonCroydon
Greater LondonGreater LondonDalston
Greater LondonGreater LondonDocklands
Greater LondonGreater LondonEaling
Greater LondonGreater LondonEnfield
Greater LondonGreater LondonHammersmith
Greater LondonGreater LondonHarrow
Greater LondonGreater LondonHolloway
Greater LondonGreater LondonHounslow
Greater LondonGreater LondonIlford
Greater LondonGreater LondonKilburn
Greater LondonGreater LondonKingston
Greater LondonGreater LondonLewisham
Greater LondonGreater LondonPeckham
Greater LondonGreater LondonRichmond
Greater LondonGreater LondonRomford
Greater LondonGreater LondonStratford
Greater LondonGreater LondonSutton
Greater LondonGreater LondonUxbridge
Greater LondonGreater LondonVauxhall
Greater LondonGreater LondonWalthamstow
Greater LondonGreater LondonWembley
Greater LondonGreater LondonWest End
Greater LondonGreater LondonWestminster
Greater LondonGreater LondonWimbledon
Greater LondonGreater LondonWood Green
Greater LondonGreater LondonWoolwich
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterAltrincham
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterAshton-under-Lyne
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterBolton
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterBury
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterLeigh
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterManchester
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterManchester Airport
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterOldham
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterRochdale
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterSalford
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterStockport
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterTrafford Park
North West EnglandGreater ManchesterWigan
South East EnglandHampshireAndover
South East EnglandHampshireBasingstoke
South East EnglandHampshireFareham
South East EnglandHampshirePetersfield
South East EnglandHampshirePortsmouth
South East EnglandHampshireRingwood
South East EnglandHampshireSouthampton
South East EnglandHampshireWinchester
West MidlandsHerefordshireHereford
West MidlandsHerefordshireLeominster
West MidlandsHerefordshireRoss-on-Wye
East of EnglandHertfordshireHemel Hempstead
East of EnglandHertfordshireHertford
East of EnglandHertfordshireSt Albans
East of EnglandHertfordshireStevenage
East of EnglandHertfordshireWatford
South East EnglandKentAshford
South East EnglandKentCanterbury
South East EnglandKentChannel Tunnel
South East EnglandKentDartford Crossing
South East EnglandKentDover
South East EnglandKentFolkestone
South East EnglandKentMaidstone
South East EnglandKentMargate
South East EnglandKentRamsgate
South East EnglandKentSevenoaks
South East EnglandKentSheerness
South East EnglandKentThamesport
South East EnglandKentTunbridge Wells
North West EnglandLancashireBlackburn
North West EnglandLancashireBlackpool
North West EnglandLancashireBurnley
North West EnglandLancashireClitheroe
North West EnglandLancashireColne
North West EnglandLancashireFleetwood
North West EnglandLancashireHeysham
North West EnglandLancashireLancaster
North West EnglandLancashireMorecambe
North West EnglandLancashirePreston
North West EnglandLancashireSkelmersdale
East MidlandsLeicestershireEast Midlands Airport
East MidlandsLeicestershireHinckley
East MidlandsLeicestershireLeicester
East MidlandsLeicestershireLoughborough
East MidlandsLeicestershireMarket Harborough
East MidlandsLeicestershireMelton Mowbray
East MidlandsLincolnshireBoston
East MidlandsLincolnshireGainsborough
East MidlandsLincolnshireGrantham
Yorkshire and the HumberLincolnshireGrimsby
Yorkshire and the HumberLincolnshireImmingham
East MidlandsLincolnshireLincoln
Yorkshire and the HumberLincolnshireScunthorpe
East MidlandsLincolnshireSkegness
East MidlandsLincolnshireSleaford
East MidlandsLincolnshireSpalding
East MidlandsLincolnshireStamford
North West EnglandMerseysideBirkenhead
North West EnglandMerseysideBootle
North West EnglandMerseysideGarston
North West EnglandMerseysideHuyton
North West EnglandMerseysideLiverpool
North West EnglandMerseysideSt Helens
North West EnglandMerseysideSouthport
North West EnglandMerseysideSpeke
North West EnglandMerseysideWallasey
East of EnglandNorfolkCromer
East of EnglandNorfolkDiss
East of EnglandNorfolkDownham Market
East of EnglandNorfolkGreat Yarmouth
East of EnglandNorfolkKing's Lynn
East of EnglandNorfolkNorwich
East of EnglandNorfolkSwaffham
East of EnglandNorfolkThetford
East MidlandsNorthamptonshireCorby
East MidlandsNorthamptonshireKettering
East MidlandsNorthamptonshireNorthampton
East MidlandsNorthamptonshireWellingborough
North East EnglandNorthumberlandAlnwick
North East EnglandNorthumberlandAshington
North East EnglandNorthumberlandBerwick-upon-Tweed
North East EnglandNorthumberlandCorbridge
North East EnglandNorthumberlandHexham
North East EnglandNorthumberlandMorpeth
Yorkshire and the HumberNorth YorkshireHarrogate
North East EnglandNorth YorkshireMiddlesbrough
Yorkshire and the HumberNorth YorkshireRipon
Yorkshire and the HumberNorth YorkshireScarborough
Yorkshire and the HumberNorth YorkshireScotch Corner
Yorkshire and the HumberNorth YorkshireSelby
Yorkshire and the HumberNorth YorkshireSkipton
North East EnglandNorth YorkshireTeesside
Yorkshire and the HumberNorth YorkshireThirsk
Yorkshire and the HumberNorth YorkshireWhitby
Yorkshire and the HumberNorth YorkshireYork
East MidlandsNottinghamshireMansfield
East MidlandsNottinghamshireNewark
East MidlandsNottinghamshireNottingham
East MidlandsNottinghamshireWorksop
South East EnglandOxfordshireBanbury
South East EnglandOxfordshireOxford
East MidlandsRutlandOakham
West MidlandsShropshireBridgnorth
West MidlandsShropshireOswestry
West MidlandsShropshireShrewsbury
West MidlandsShropshireTelford
West MidlandsShropshireWhitchurch
South West EnglandSomersetBath
South West EnglandSomersetBridgwater
South West EnglandSomersetFrome
South West EnglandSomersetGlastonbury
South West EnglandSomersetMinehead
South West EnglandSomersetShepton Mallet
South West EnglandSomersetTaunton
South West EnglandSomersetWeston-super-Mare
South West EnglandSomersetYeovil
Yorkshire and the HumberSouth YorkshireBarnsley
Yorkshire and the HumberSouth YorkshireDoncaster
Yorkshire and the HumberSouth YorkshireRotherham
Yorkshire and the HumberSouth YorkshireSheffield
West MidlandsStaffordshireBurton-upon-Trent
West MidlandsStaffordshireCannock
West MidlandsStaffordshireLeek
West MidlandsStaffordshireLichfield
West MidlandsStaffordshireNewcastle-under-Lyme
West MidlandsStaffordshireRugeley
West MidlandsStaffordshireStafford
West MidlandsStaffordshireStoke-on-Trent
West MidlandsStaffordshireTamworth
West MidlandsStaffordshireUttoxeter
East of EnglandSuffolkBeccles
East of EnglandSuffolkBury St Edmunds
East of EnglandSuffolkFelixstowe
East of EnglandSuffolkIpswich
East of EnglandSuffolkLowestoft
East of EnglandSuffolkNewmarket
East of EnglandSuffolkSudbury
South East EnglandSurreyDorking
South East EnglandSurreyFarnham
South East EnglandSurreyGuildford
South East EnglandSurreyReigate
South East EnglandSurreyStaines
North East EnglandTyne and WearGateshead
North East EnglandTyne and WearNewcastle
North East EnglandTyne and WearSouth Shields
North East EnglandTyne and WearSunderland
North East EnglandTyne and WearTynemouth
North East EnglandTyne and WearTyne Tunnel
West MidlandsWarwickshireLeamington Spa
West MidlandsWarwickshireNuneaton
West MidlandsWarwickshireRugby
West MidlandsWarwickshireStratford-upon-Avon
West MidlandsWarwickshireWarwick
West MidlandsWest MidlandsBirmingham
West MidlandsWest MidlandsBirmingham Airport
West MidlandsWest MidlandsBrownhills
West MidlandsWest MidlandsCoventry
West MidlandsWest MidlandsDudley
West MidlandsWest MidlandsSolihull
West MidlandsWest MidlandsStourbridge
West MidlandsWest MidlandsWalsall
West MidlandsWest MidlandsWest Bromwich
West MidlandsWest MidlandsWolverhampton
South East EnglandWest SussexBognor Regis
South East EnglandWest SussexChichester
South East EnglandWest SussexCrawley
South East EnglandWest SussexEast Grinstead
South East EnglandWest SussexGatwick Airport
South East EnglandWest SussexHorsham
South East EnglandWest SussexWorthing
Yorkshire and the HumberWest YorkshireBradford
Yorkshire and the HumberWest YorkshireDewsbury
Yorkshire and the HumberWest YorkshireHalifax
Yorkshire and the HumberWest YorkshireHuddersfield
Yorkshire and the HumberWest YorkshireKeighley
Yorkshire and the HumberWest YorkshireLeeds
Yorkshire and the HumberWest YorkshirePontefract
Yorkshire and the HumberWest YorkshireWakefield
Yorkshire and the HumberWest YorkshireWetherby
South West EnglandWiltshireChippenham
South West EnglandWiltshireMarlborough
South West EnglandWiltshireSalisbury
South West EnglandWiltshireSwindon
South West EnglandWiltshireTrowbridge
South West EnglandWiltshireWarminster
West MidlandsWorcestershireBromsgrove
West MidlandsWorcestershireEvesham
West MidlandsWorcestershireKidderminster
West MidlandsWorcestershireRedditch
West MidlandsWorcestershireWorcester
ScotlandAberdeenAberdeen
ScotlandStirlingshireAberfoyle
ScotlandLanarkshireAirdrie
ScotlandAngusArbroath
ScotlandInvernessAviemore
ScotlandAyrshireAyr
ScotlandAberdeenshireBanff
ScotlandLanarkshireBiggar
ScotlandPerthshireBlairgowrie
ScotlandAberdeenshireBraemar
ScotlandStirlingshireCallander
ScotlandArgyllCampbeltown
ScotlandBerwickshireColdstream
ScotlandStirlingshireCrianlarich
ScotlandDunbartonshireDumbarton
ScotlandMorayDufftown
ScotlandDumfriesshireDumfries
ScotlandDundeeDundee
ScotlandFifeDunfermline
ScotlandSutherlandDurness
ScotlandLanarkshireEast Kilbride
ScotlandLothianEdinburgh
ScotlandLothianEdinburgh Airport
ScotlandMorayElgin
ScotlandDunbartonshire, RenfrewshireErskine Bridge
ScotlandStirlingshireFalkirk
ScotlandAngusForfar
ScotlandLothian, FifeForth Road Bridge
ScotlandInvernessFort William
ScotlandAberdeenshireFraserburgh
ScotlandSelkirkshireGalashiels
ScotlandGlasgowGlasgow
ScotlandRenfrewshireGlasgow Airport
ScotlandInvernessGrantown-on-Spey
ScotlandRenfrewshireGreenock
ScotlandLanarkshireHamilton
ScotlandRoxburghshireHawick
ScotlandAberdeenshireHuntly
ScotlandInvernessInverness
ScotlandArgyllInveraray
ScotlandAyrshireIrvine
ScotlandRoxburghshireJedburgh
ScotlandCaithnessJohn o'Groats
ScotlandRoxburghshireKelso
ScotlandAyrshireKilmarnock
ScotlandStirlingshire, FifeKincardine
ScotlandRoxburghshireKelso
ScotlandFifeKinross
ScotlandFifeKirkcaldy
ScotlandRoss and CromartyKyle of Lochalsh
ScotlandLanarkshireLanark
ScotlandLothianLeith
ScotlandLothianLivingston
ScotlandStirlingshire, FifeLochearnhead
ScotlandArgyllLochgilphead
ScotlandInvernessMallaig
ScotlandAngusMontrose
ScotlandLothianMusselburgh
ScotlandInvernessNewtonmore
ScotlandArgyllOban
ScotlandRenfrewshirePaisley
ScotlandPeeblesshirePeebles
ScotlandPerthshirePerth
ScotlandAberdeenshirePeterhead
ScotlandPerthshirePitlochry
ScotlandRoss and CromartyPortree
ScotlandFifeSt Andrews
ScotlandStirlingshireStirling
ScotlandAberdeenshireStonehaven
ScotlandWigtownshireStranraer
ScotlandLanarkshireStrathaven
ScotlandDundee, FifeTay Bridge
ScotlandCaithnessThurso
ScotlandRoss and CromartyUig
ScotlandRoss and CromartyUllapool
ScotlandCaithnessWick
WalesClwydLlangollen
WalesClwydMold
WalesClwydQueensferry
WalesClwydRuthin
WalesClwydSt. Asaph
WalesClwydWrexham
WalesDyfedAberystwyth
WalesDyfedCardigan
WalesDyfedCarmarthen
WalesDyfedFishguard
WalesDyfedHaverfordwest
WalesDyfedLlandeilo
WalesDyfedLlandovery
WalesDyfedLlanelli
WalesDyfedMilford Haven
WalesDyfedPembroke Dock
WalesDyfedSt Clears
WalesDyfedTenby
WalesGwentAbergavenny
WalesGwentChepstow
WalesGwentCwmbran
WalesGwentMonmouth
WalesGwentNewport
WalesGwyneddBala
WalesGwyneddBangor
WalesGwyneddBetws-y-coed
WalesGwyneddCaernarfon
WalesGwyneddConwy
WalesGwyneddDolgellau
WalesGwyneddHolyhead
WalesGwyneddLlandudno
WalesGwyneddPorthmadog
WalesMid GlamorganBridgend
WalesMid GlamorganMerthyr Tydfil
WalesPowysBrecon
WalesPowysBuilth Wells
WalesPowysLlandrindod Wells
WalesPowysLlangurig
WalesPowysMachynlleth
WalesPowysNewtown
WalesPowysRhayader
WalesPowysWelshpool
WalesSouth GlamorganCardiff
WalesWest GlamorganNeath
WalesWest GlamorganPort Talbot
WalesWest GlamorganSwansea

Northern Ireland

Primary destinations in Northern Ireland are published separately from those in Great Britain. The current list is: