A697 road
| A697 road in the UK | |
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| Start of the street: | Morpeth (Northumberland) |
| End of street: | Oxton (Scottish Borders) |
| Overall length: | 113 km (70.2 mi ) approx. |
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| West entrance to Greenlaw on the A697 (photo 2007) | |
The A697 road ( English for road A697 ) is a designated primary route in England and Scotland , which leads from Morpeth (Northumberland) to Oxton . The road through rural areas in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders is a shorter, less traveled alternative to the A1 towards Edinburgh.
course
The continuous two-lane road branches off the A1 road north of Morpeth , runs west of the A1 in a north-north-westerly direction through Longhorsley and Longframlington , on via Powburn and Wooler , turns there to the west-north-west and then to the north-north-west, reaching via Milfield and Cornhill-on -Tweed the English-Scottish border formed by tweed at Coldstream . In Scotland it continues in a north-west to west-north-west direction via Greenlaw to Oxton , where it meets and ends at the A68 road , which runs from Darlington to Edinburgh .