A22 road
A22 road in the UK | |
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Basic data | |
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Start of the street: |
Purley , Purley Cross Junction ( 51 ° 20 ′ N , 0 ° 7 ′ W ) |
End of street: |
Eastbourne ( 50 ° 48 ′ N , 0 ° 17 ′ E ) |
Overall length: | 77.4 km (48.1 mi ) |
A22 near Eastbourne (photo 2008) |
A22 road ( English for road A22 ) is a trunk road in England . It begins in Purley Cross Junction south of London , where it branches off from the A23 road , and leads in a generally south-southeast direction over the M25 motorway ring road , which is crossed at junction 6 (Godstone interchange), and then follows one old Roman road for a short distance through West Sussex , before East Grinstead reaches West Sussex, crosses the High Weald , bypasses Uckfield on a route shared with the A26 road and then separates from the A26 which leads to Newhaven . Via Halland it continues towards Hailsham , which is bypassed in the west on a four-lane section that continues to its end at Eastbourne on the English Channel . She crosses the A27 road .