Your Route From Leicester LE8 to Whitstable CT5
Route Summary
163 mi
2 hours 56 mins
11
31 Miles
31 Minutes
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Route Map
Service Areas Along Route
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
South Weald services
Brook Street, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 5NA
Thurrock
Moto Hospitality Ltd, Thurrock Motorway Services Area, M25, Grays, Essex, RM16 3BG
Tollgate services
Tollgate Filling Station, Watling Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7NP
Cobham services
Watling Street, Cobham, Kent, Gravesend, DA12 3BH
Medway
Moto Services, Medway Pavilion, Farthing Corner Motorway Services Area, M2, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 8PQ
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Step-by-Step Directions
Head west on Oaks Rd towards Main St
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Turn left onto Main St
0.25
Turn left onto London Rd
1.25
Merge onto Leicester Rd/
1.0
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on Leicester Rd/
1.25
Turn left onto W Langton Rd
1.75
Turn right onto Melton Rd/
1.25
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A6
2.75
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A6
1.0
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on A6
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At The Hermitage Roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A6
1.0
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A6
2.0
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A6
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At Orton Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto the A14 East slip road to Kettering/
0.25
Merge onto A14
42.25
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
42.0
Birchanger Green Birchanger Green Service Station, Dunmow Road, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, CM23 5QZ
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Take the M25 exit towards M20
0.5
Take the slip road onto M25
16.25
South Weald services Brook Street, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 5NA
Thurrock Moto Hospitality Ltd, Thurrock Motorway Services Area, M25, Grays, Essex, RM16 3BG
Continue onto A282
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Continue onto M25 (signs for Dover/
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Slight leftA2 onto the slip road to M2/
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Take the slip road onto A2
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Tollgate services Tollgate Filling Station, Watling Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7NP
Cobham services Watling Street, Cobham, Kent, Gravesend, DA12 3BH
Continue onto M2 (signs for Dover/
25.75
Medway Moto Services, Medway Pavilion, Farthing Corner Motorway Services Area, M2, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 8PQ
Continue onto Thanet Way/
4.25
Take the exit towards Whitstable/
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Continue onto Thanet Way/
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At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Thanet Way/
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At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Borstal Hill/
1.0
Turn left onto Nelson Rd
0.25
Turn right onto Island Wall
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Turn left onto Marine Gap
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Marine Gap turns right and becomes King Charles III England Coast Path/
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Arrive at your destination
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