Your Route From Birmingham B1 to Clacton-on-Sea CO15
Route Summary
172 mi
3 hours 10 mins
12
31 Miles
31 Minutes
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Route Map
Service Areas Along Route
Corley
Welcome Break Ltd, Motorway Services Area M6, Corley, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV7 8NR
Rugby
Moto Hospitality, Rugby Motorway Services Junction 1 M6, Leicester Road, Churchover, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 0EZ
Rothwell services
A14 Eastbound, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1SS
Kettering services
A14 Services, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1RW
Thrapston services
Thrapston Service Area, Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4UR
Spaldwick services
High Street, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0TD
Cambridge services
Cambridge Services, A14, Boxworth, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 4WU
Birchanger Green
Birchanger Green Service Station, Dunmow Road, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, CM23 5QZ
Stansted services
Thremhall Avenue, London Stansted Airport, Stansted, Essex, CM24 1PY
Great Dunmow rest area
Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1SJ
Galley's Corner services
Galleys Corner, Braintree Road, Cressing, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8GA
Colchester services
BP Service Station, Cuckoo Farm Way, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5YX
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Step-by-Step Directions
Head west on Cambridge St towards King Alfred's Pl
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Continue onto King Edwards Rd
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At the roundabout, continue straight onto Summer Hill St
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Merge onto Summer Hill Rd/
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At Spring Hill Roundabout, take the 4th exit and stay on Summer Hill Rd/
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At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Charlotte St/
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Continue onto Great Charles Street Queensway/
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Keep right to continue on St. Chads Tunnel/
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Keep right to continue on St. Chads Queensway/
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Keep right to continue on A38(M), follow signs for sutton/
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At junction 6, exit onto M6 towards London/
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Keep right to stay on M6
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Corley Welcome Break Ltd, Motorway Services Area M6, Corley, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV7 8NR
Rugby Moto Hospitality, Rugby Motorway Services Junction 1 M6, Leicester Road, Churchover, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 0EZ
Continue onto A14
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Rothwell services A14 Eastbound, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1SS
Kettering services A14 Services, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1RW
Thrapston services Thrapston Service Area, Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4UR
Spaldwick services High Street, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0TD
Cambridge services Cambridge Services, A14, Boxworth, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 4WU
Continue onto M11 (signs for London)
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At junction 8, take the A120 exit to Stansted Airport/
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Birchanger Green Birchanger Green Service Station, Dunmow Road, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, CM23 5QZ
At Birchanger Green Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Thremhall Ave/
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At Priory Wood Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto the A120 slip road to Colchester
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Take the slip road to A120
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Continue onto A120
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Stansted services Thremhall Avenue, London Stansted Airport, Stansted, Essex, CM24 1PY
Great Dunmow rest area Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1SJ
Galley's Corner services Galleys Corner, Braintree Road, Cressing, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8GA
At Galleys Cor, take the 2nd exit and stay on A120
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At Marks Farm Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Coggeshall Rd/
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Keep right to stay on A120
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At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Marks Tey Interchange/
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Merge onto A12 via the slip road to Colchester/
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Colchester services BP Service Station, Cuckoo Farm Way, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5YX
Take the A1232/
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Keep right to continue on A120
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Slight left onto A133
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Slight left towards Colchester Rd/
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Merge onto Colchester Rd/
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At Weeley Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto A133
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At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A133
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At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A133
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At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto London Rd/
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Turn left onto Harrow Rd
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Turn right onto Oxford Rd
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Arrive at your destination
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