Your Route From Clacton-on-Sea CO15 to Buxton SK17
Route Summary
227 mi
4 hours 15 mins
12
48 Miles
66 Minutes
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Route Map
Service Areas Along Route
Ardleigh South services
Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex, CM77 8GA
Capelgate services
Capelgate Services, A 12, London Road, Capel St. Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2JJ
Beacon Hill services
Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8LP
Tot Hill services
Tothill Garage, Tot Hill, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3QQ
Cambridge services
Cambridge Services, A14, Boxworth, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 4WU
Spaldwick services
High Street, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0TD
Thrapston services
Thrapston Service Area, Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4UR
Kettering services
A14 Services, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1RW
Rothwell services
A14 Eastbound, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1SS
Leicester Forest East services
Welcome Break, Leicester Forest East Motorway Services Area, Hinckley Road, Leicester Forest East, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 3GB
Donington
Moto Services, Junction 23a M1, Castle Donington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE74 2TN
Derby services
Welcome Break Ltd, A50, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2WA
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Step-by-Step Directions
Head east on Rosemary Rd/
0.25
Turn left onto Carnarvon Rd/
0.5
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Wellesley Rd/
0.5
Slight left to stay on A133
0.5
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A133
0.5
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A133
0.75
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A133
3.25
At Weeley Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Colchester Rd/
3.5
Merge onto A120
5.0
Ardleigh South services Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex, CM77 8GA
Take the A12/
0.25
At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto the A12 slip road to Ipswich
0.75
Merge onto A12
10.25
Capelgate services Capelgate Services, A 12, London Road, Capel St. Mary, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2JJ
At Copdock Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto the A14 slip road to Bury St Edmunds/
0.25
Merge onto A14
45.75
Beacon Hill services Norwich Road, Coddenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8LP
Tot Hill services Tothill Garage, Tot Hill, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3QQ
Keep right to stay on A14, follow signs for The Midlands/
12.5
Slight right to merge onto A14
58.0
Cambridge services Cambridge Services, A14, Boxworth, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 4WU
Spaldwick services High Street, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0TD
Thrapston services Thrapston Service Area, Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4UR
Kettering services A14 Services, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1RW
Rothwell services A14 Eastbound, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1SS
Take the M1(N) exit towards Leicester
0.75
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Merge onto M1
32.25
Leicester Forest East services Welcome Break, Leicester Forest East Motorway Services Area, Hinckley Road, Leicester Forest East, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 3GB
Donington Moto Services, Junction 23a M1, Castle Donington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE74 2TN
At junction 24, take the A50/
0.25
At Kegworth Interchange, take the 3rd exit onto A50
20.75
Derby services Welcome Break Ltd, A50, Shardlow, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 2WA
At Sudbury Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Doveridge Bypass/
0.75
Take the A515 exit towards Cubley/
0.25
At Ashbourne Interchange, take the 4th exit onto A515
0.25
At Ashbourne Interchange, take the 1st exit and stay on A515
8.5
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Clifton Rd/
0.5
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Station Rd
0.25
Turn right onto Church St
0.0
Continue onto St John St/
0.0
Turn left onto Buxton Rd/
20.0
Slight left onto West Rd/
0.25
Turn right onto Bath Rd
0.0
Turn left onto Hartington Rd
0.25
Continue straight onto The Crescent
0.0
Slight left to stay on The Crescent
0.0
Arrive at your destination
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