The European route E5 in the United Kingdom is a series of roads, part of the International E-road network, running from western Scotland to southern England. It crosses afterwards the English Channel to France and ends in Spain eventually. The route is not signposted in the United Kingdom.
Route The E5 starts in the town of Greenock in western Scotland, where it follows the A8 road until Bishopton. There it transforms into the M8 motorway, the busiest motorway in Scotland, and later the M74 motorway, where it passes the largest Scottish city Glasgow. The M74 motorway heads southeast through the Southern Uplands. At the border with England, the classification changes from A74(M) to the M6 motorway, which continues south passing major cities like Carlisle, Preston, Liverpool, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and ends in Birmingham. Around Birmingham, the E5 shortly uses the M42 before connecting on the M40 towards London. After passing Warwick the E5 ends at exit 9 just north of Oxford. Here the E5 leaves the highway and follows the A34 road passing Oxford and Newbury, ending in Winchester. Here it connects on the last part: the M3 motorway, ending in Southampton. Afterwards it uses a non-existing ferry to cross the English Channel to Le Havre, France. The E5 covers a distance of 721 km (448 mi) in the United Kingdom.
Detailed route RegionNational road
numberSectionJunctionNorthbound destinationsSouthbound destinations Scotland Inverclyde A8 roadGreenock – Langbank Greenock Port GlasgowGourock GreenockPaisley GlasgowRenfrewshire M8 motorwayLangbank – Paisley 31 A8 Bishopton 30 M898 Erskine, Dumbarton, Fort William
Bishopton (only northbound)
29 A726, A737 Glasgow Airport, Irvine, Paisley, JohnstonePaisley – Glasgow 28 Glasgow Airport (only northbound) 27 A741 Renfrew, Paisley
26 A736 Hillington, Braehead
25A A736, A8 Renfrew, Hillington, BraeheadGreenock PaisleyGlasgowGlasgow CityGlasgow 25 A739 Clyde Tunnel, QEUH & RHC Hospitals 24 Govan
23 B768 Ibrox (only northbound)
22 M74, M77, A8, E16 Glasgow-Center, Edinburgh, Carlisle, Kilmarnock, Tradeston
21 M8 W, M77 Kinning Park, Newton Mearns, Kilmarnock, Prestwick, Ayr (only southbound)Carlisle M74 motorway 1 A8 Glasgow-Center, Tradeston 1A A728, A730 Polmadie, RutherglenGlasgowSouth LanarkshireRutherglen 2 A724 Rutherglen, CambuslangGlasgow CityGlasgow 2A A74 Tollcross, Cambuslang 3 A763, B765 Shettleston, Cambuslang (only northbound)
3A A721 Tannochside, Uddingston
4 M73, M8, M80 Edinburgh, Stirling, Coatbridge, Dunfermline, CumbernauldSouth LanarkshireGlasgow – Abington Bothwell services (only southbound) 5 A725 East Kilbride, Coatbridge, Bellshill, Blantyre, Newton Mearns
Hamilton services (only northbound)
6 A723 Hamilton, Wishaw, Motherwell
7 Larkhall, Lanark, Carluke (only southbound)
8 A71 Edinburgh, Kilmarnock, Wishaw, Stonehouse
9 B7078 Kirkmuirhill, Blackwood, Lesmahagow, Coalburn (only southbound)
10 B7078 Kirkmuirhill, Blackwood, Lesmahagow, Coalburn (only northbound)
11 B7078, A70 Edinburgh, Ayr, Douglas, Rigside (only southbound)
12 B7078, A70 Edinburgh, Ayr, Douglas, Rigside (only northbound)
13 A702 Edinburgh, Lanark, Biggar, Abington A74(M) motorwayAbington – Beattock 14 A702, A76 Crawford, ThornhillDumfries and GallowayBeattock – Gretna 15 A701, A708 Beattock, Moffat, Dumfries, Selkirk 16 B7076 Johnstonebridge, Annandale Water services
17 B7068, A709 Lockerbie, Dumfries, Langholm, Lochmaben
18 B723, A709 Lockerbie, Dumfries, Langholm, Lochmaben (only northbound)
19 B7076 Ecclefechan, Langholm
20 B722, B7076 Eaglesfield, Annan, Kirtlebridge, Langholm
21 B6357, B7076 Canonbie, Kirkpatrick-Fleming
Gretna Green services
22 A75, A6071, B7076, E18 Gretna Green, Gretna, Longtown, Dumfries, Annan, Stranraer England Cumbria M6 motorwayGretna – Carlisle 45 B7076, A6071 Gretna, Longtown (only northbound) Todhills Rest Area
44 A7, A689 Carlisle North, Edinburgh, Workington, Whitehaven, Newcastle upon Tyne
43 A69, E18 Carlisle, Hexham, Newcastle upon TyneCarlisle – Burton-in-Kendal 42 A6 Carlisle South, Wetheral, Dalston Southwaite Services
41 B5305 Wigton, Lazonby
40 A66 Penrith, Keswick, Brough, Workington, Lake District National Park
39 A6 Shap, Kendal
Tebay Services
38 A685 Kendal, Brough, Kirkby Stephen
37 A684 Kendal, Sedbergh, Barrow-in-Furness, Keswick, Lake District National Park, Yorkshire Dales National Park
Killington Lake Services (only southbound)
36 A65, A590 Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, Skipton, Leeds, Barrow-in-Furness
Burton-in-Kendal Services (only northbound)Glasgow CarlisleManchester Liverpool
LancasterLancashireBurton-in-Kendal – Lancaster 35 A6, A601(M) Carnforth, Bolton-le-Sands, Warton, Over Kellet 34 A683 Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham, Halton, CatonLancaster – Preston 33 A6 Garstang, Fleetwood, Galgate, University of Lancaster Lancaster Service Area
32 M55 Preston North, Blackpool, Fulwood, Fleetwood, Lytham St Annes, Kirkham
31 A59 Preston Center, Clitheroe, Blackburn, Burnley
30 M61, M62, M65 Manchester, Leeds, Blackburn, Burnley, BoltonGlasgow LancasterManchester Liverpool
PrestonPreston – Standish 29 M65 Blackburn, Burnley, Bamber Bridge, Southport 28 B5256 Leyland
Charnock Richard Services
27 A5209 Wigan, Parbold, Burscough, Ormskirk, StandishGlasgow PrestonBirmingham Liverpool
WarringtonGreater ManchesterStandish – Ashton-in-Makerfield 26 M58 Wigan, Liverpool North, Bolton, Southport, Skelmersdale 25 A49 Wigan (only northbound)
24 A58 St Helens, Ashton-in-Makerfield (only southbound)MerseysideAshton-in-Makerfield – Warrington 23 A580 Liverpool, Manchester, Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Golborne, Haydock 22 A49 Warrington North, GolborneWarringtonWarrington 21A M62 Manchester, Leeds, Bolton, Liverpool 21 A57 Warrington Center, Irlam, Manchester
20 A50, B5158 Warrington South, Macclesfield, Lymm (only northbound)Manchester LiverpoolBirmingham Stoke-on-TrentCheshire EastWarrington – Knutsford 20(a) M56 Manchester S, Stockport, Sheffield, Runcorn, Chester, Colwyn Bay, Manchester Airport, North Wales 19 A556 Northwich, Macclesfield, Knutsford
Knutsford ServicesCheshire West and ChesterKnutsford – Holmes Chapel/Cheshire EastHolmes Chapel – Stoke-on-Trent 18 A54 Chester, Northwich, Middlewich, Holmes Chapel, Winsford, Congleton 17 A534 Sandbach, Congleton, Crewe North
Sandbach services
16 A500 Crewe South, Nantwich, Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove, Newcastle-under-LymeStaffordshireStoke-on-Trent – Cannock Keele services 15 A500, A50 Stoke-on-Trent South, Derby, Nottingham, Shrewsbury, Stone
Stafford services
14 A34 Stafford North, Eccleshall, Newport, Telford
13 A449 Stafford South, Penkridge, Rugeley
12 A5 M54 Cannock, Telford, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, North Wales
M6 Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Bristol, Coventry, Nottingham, Leicester, London (only southbound)Manchester Liverpool
Stoke-on-TrentBirminghamWest MidlandsBirmingham 11 A460, M6, M54 Wolverhampton, Cannock Hilton Park services
M54, A5 Wolverhampton, Telford, Shrewsbury, North and Mid Wales (only northbound)
10 A454 Wolverhampton Central & East, Walsall, Willenhall
9 A461 Walsall, Wednesbury, Darlaston, Dudley
8 M5 Birmingham West & South, West Bromwich, Worcester, Bristol
7 A34 Birmingham North, Walsall
6 A38(M), A38 Birmingham Center, East & Northeast, Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield
5 A452 Birmingham East, Sutton Coldfield (only northbound)
4A M42, M6 Toll, M1, M5, M40, E24 Tamworth, Nottingham, Birmingham South, London (only southbound)
4/7 M42, A446 Birmingham East, Coventry South & West, London, BristolLondon Oxford M42 motorway 6 A45 Birmingham East, Birmingham Airport, Coventry 5 A41 Birmingham Southeast, Solihull
4 A34 Birmingham Southeast, Solihull, ShirleyWarwickshire M40 Birmingham South, London, Oxford, Worcester, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon M40 motorwayBirmingham – Banbury 16 A3400 Henley-in-Arden (only southbound) 15 A46, A429 Warwick, Coventry, Stratford-upon-Avon, Worcester, Wellesbourne
14 A452 Leamington Spa (only southbound)
13 A452 Leamington Spa (only northbound)
Warwick services
12 B4451 Gaydon, Kineton, Bishop's ItchingtonBirminghamOxfordshireBanbury – Bicester 11 A422, A361 Banbury, Brackley 10 A43, B430 Northampton, Milton Keynes, Middleton Stoney, Brackley, Buckingham
9 A34, A41 Oxford, Newbury, Bicester, Aylesbury, Kidlington A34 roadBicester – Oxford Weston-on-the-Green, Wendlebury B4072 Bletchingdon, Islip
Kidlington (only southbound)
A44, A40 Oxford, Evesham, London, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Witney
A420 Oxford, Swindon, BristolNewbury OxfordOxford – East Ilsley A423 Oxford South A4183 Abingdon-on-Thames North (only southbound)
Abingdon-on-Thames, Marcham, Kingston Bagpuize
A4130, A417 Didcot, Wantage, Steventon
A4185 Chilton
West Isley, The RidgewayBirmingham OxfordSouthampton NewburyWest BerkshireEast Ilsley – Newbury East Ilsley, Compton, West Ilsley Chieveley, Beedon (only southbound)
M4, E30 London, Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Cardiff, South Wales
Chieveley services
A339 Newbury, Thatcham, Basingstoke
A4 Newbury, Hungerford, MarlboroughHampshireNewbury – Winchester A343 Newbury, Highclere, Andover B4640 Burghclere, Newbury
Burghclere, Kingsclere, Highclere, Whitway (only northbound)
Whitchurch, Litchfield, Dunley, Woodcott
B3400 Whitchurch, Tufton, Overton (only northbound)
A303, A30, A343 Basingstoke, Andover, Salisbury, Stockbridge
Sutton Scotney services
Worthy Down, South Wonston, Littleton, Winchester
Winchester, Kings Worthy, Micheldever, Popham
9 M3, A272 Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Basingstoke, LondonOxford NewburySouthampton Winchester M3 motorwayWinchester – Southampton 10 A31, B3330 Winchester, Alton (only northbound) 11 A3090 Winchester
12 A335 Eastleigh North, Chandler's Ford
13 A335 Eastleigh Center
14 M27 Southampton Center, Portsmouth, Worthing, Brighton, Bournemouth, Poole, Weymouth
SouthamptonLondon WinchesterSouthamptonSea route Southampton – Le Havre towards Le Havre, Rouen and Paris
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