{{short description|Road in England}} {{For|other roads designated "A10"|A10 road}} {{redirect|Cambridge Road|other roads with the same name|Cambridge Road (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Use British English|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox road | country = ENG | type = A | route = 10 | map = [[File:A10 road map.png|200px]] | map_custom = yes | length_mi = 90.2 | length_ref = <ref name="Seg1"/><ref name="Seg2"/><ref name="Seg3"/> | direction_a = South | terminus_a = {{Jct|country=GBR|A|3}} at [[London Bridge]]{{coord|51.5079|-0.0872|display=inline|region:GB_scale:5000}} | direction_b = North | terminus_b = {{Jct|country=GBR|A|47|A|149}} near [[King's Lynn]]{{coord|52.754|0.398|display=inline|region:GB_scale:10000}} | junction = {{Jct|country=GBR|A|406}} in [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]]<br> {{Jct|country=GBR|M|25}} near [[Waltham Cross]]<br> {{Jct|country=GBR|A|414}} near [[Hoddesdon]]<br> {{Jct|country=GBR|A|120}} near [[Puckeridge]]<br> {{Jct|country=GBR|A|505}} near [[Royston, Hertfordshire|Royston]]<br> {{Jct|country=GBR|M|11}} near [[Cambridge]]<br> {{Jct|country=GBR|A|14}} in [[Milton, Cambridgeshire|Milton]]<br> {{Jct|country=GBR|A|142}} near [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]]<br> {{Jct|country=GBR|A|134}} near [[Watlington, Norfolk|Watlington]] | destinations = [[City of London]]<br>[[Dalston]]<br>[[Enfield Town|Enfield]]<br>[[Hertford]]<br>[[Cambridge]]<br>[[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]]<br>[[Downham Market]]<br>[[King's Lynn, Norfolk|King's Lynn]] | previous_type = A | previous_route = 9 | next_type = A | next_route = 11 }} The '''A10''' is a major [[road]] in England which runs between [[City of London|The City of London]] and [[King's Lynn]] in [[Norfolk]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A10 Road (Great Britain) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5727226 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108001434/https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5727226#map=8/51.912/0.950 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[OpenStreetMap]]}}</ref>
At its southern terminus, the route meets the [[A3 road|A3]] directly north of [[London Bridge]], above [[Bank and Monument stations|Monument London Underground station]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Monument |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/18395697 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108002210/https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/18395697 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[OpenStreetMap]]|date=27 July 2019}}</ref> At its northern end, the A10 meets the [[A47 road|A47]] and [[A149 road|A149]] roads south-west of King's Lynn town centre. The route passes through or around primary destinations in [[Greater London]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]] and [[Norfolk]], including [[Dalston]], [[Enfield, London|Enfield]], [[Hertford]], [[Cambridge]], [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]] and [[Downham Market]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Primary Destinations |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-road-classification-and-the-primary-route-network/guidance-on-road-classification-and-the-primary-route-network#annexa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226223004/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-road-classification-and-the-primary-route-network/guidance-on-road-classification-and-the-primary-route-network |archive-date=December 26, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[Gov.uk]]}}</ref>
The route between [[Bishopsgate]] in the City of London and [[Royston, Hertfordshire|Royston]], Hertfordshire, roughly follows the path of [[Ermine Street]], a [[Roman roads in Britannia|Roman road]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Ermine Street|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2773990 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108002714/https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2773990|archive-date=January 8, 2023|access-date=January 8, 2023|website=[[OpenStreetMap]]}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=A Very Modern Map of Britain's Ancient Roman Roads |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/roman-road-subway-map-underground-londinium |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108002859/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/roman-road-subway-map-underground-londinium |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[Atlas Obscura]]|date=31 July 2017}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Ermine Street |url=https://greatnorthroad.co.uk/ermine-street |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522083925/https://greatnorthroad.co.uk/ermine-street |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=Great North Road|date=April 2022}}</ref>
==Route== [[File:HertfordA10London.JPG|thumb|A10 outside Hertford facing south towards London]] [[File:A10 Wadesmill Rebuild May 2004.jpg|thumb|A10 Wadesmill bypass undergoing remedial work before opening]]
=== City of London === At its southern end, the A10 begins at a junction with the A3, on the northern bank of the [[River Thames]]. The A3 runs southbound over London Bridge towards [[Elephant and Castle]], before continuing south-west to [[Guildford]] and [[Portsmouth]]. At the junction the A10 also meets [[Cannon Street]] (towards [[St Paul's Cathedral|St Pauls Cathedral]] and [[Blackfriars, London|Blackfriars]]), [[King William Street, London|King William Street]] (towards [[Bank of England|Bank]]) and [[Eastcheap]] (towards [[Tower Hill]]). Monument tube station on the [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle]] and [[District line|District]] lines is directly below the junction.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Monument to the Great Fire of London]] is south-east of the junction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Great Fire of London Monument |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2577040813 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108002437/https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2577040813 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[OpenStreetMap]]|date=23 August 2019 }}</ref>
Running north from the junction, the A10 is carried by [[Gracechurch Street]], [[Bishopsgate]] and [[Norton Folgate]]. [[Liverpool Street station]] - the London terminus of the [[West Anglia Main Line]] (down to [[Enfield Town railway station|Enfield]], [[Hertford East railway station|Hertford]], [[Stansted Airport railway station|Stansted Airport]] and [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]]) and the [[Great Eastern Main Line]] (down to [[Southend Victoria railway station|Southend]], [[Chelmsford railway station|Chelmsford]], [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]] and [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]) - sits directly west of the A10 Bishopsgate.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2022 |title=National Rail Train Operators |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/TOCs%20AS%20v53%20Dec%202022.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108003331/https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/TOCs%20AS%20v53%20Dec%202022.pdf |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[National Rail]]}}</ref> [[22 Bishopsgate]] is the second-tallest building in London, and the tallest within [[The Square Mile]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=22 Bishopsgate |url=https://www.skyscrapercentre.com/building/22-bishopsgate/18648 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716183352/http://www.skyscrapercentre.com/building/22-bishopsgate/18648 |archive-date=July 16, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2022 |website=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Tim |date=November 8, 2022 |title=Plans go in for City of London's second-tallest building |url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/plans-go-in-for-city-of-londons-second-tallest-building-08-11-2022/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108134947/https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/plans-go-in-for-city-of-londons-second-tallest-building-08-11-2022/ |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[Construction News]]}}</ref>[[File:Broadgate aerial 1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|A10 in the [[City of London]]]]
=== Greater London === Leaving the City of London northbound, the A10 is carried by [[Shoreditch High Street]]. The route meets the [[A1202 road|A1202]] [[Great Eastern Street]]/[[Commercial Street, London|Commercial Street]] - the [[London Inner Ring Road]] - directly to the south-west of [[Shoreditch High Street railway station|Shoreditch High Street]] [[London Overground]] station.<ref name=":0" />
The London Inner Ring Road forms the boundary to the [[London congestion charge|London Congestion Charge]] zone. The A10 falls within the charging zone between the A3 London Bridge and the ring road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congestion Charging Zone |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/congestion-charge-zone-map.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222202551/https://content.tfl.gov.uk/congestion-charge-zone-map.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[Transport for London]]}}</ref>
North from the ring road, the A10 is carried by [[Kingsland Road]], [[Kingsland, London|Kingsland High Street]] and Stoke Newington Road, before meeting a gyratory in the [[Stoke Newington]] area ([[Stoke Newington High Street]], Northwold Road, Rectory Road and Manse Road). The A10 continues along [[Stamford Hill]], [[Tottenham High Road]], [[Bruce Grove]], [[Lordship Lane, Haringey|Lordship Lane]] and The Roundway - a crescent around the original Tower Gardens Estate (Tottenham's Garden Suburb), shared with the [[A1080 road|A1080]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tower Gardens – Tottenham's Garden Suburb |url=https://www.haringey.gov.uk/libraries-sport-and-leisure/culture-and-entertainment/visiting-haringey/archive-and-local-history/tower-gardens-tottenham-s-garden-suburb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205143026/https://www.haringey.gov.uk/libraries-sport-and-leisure/culture-and-entertainment/visiting-haringey/archive-and-local-history/tower-gardens-tottenham-s-garden-suburb |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[Haringey London Borough Council]]}}</ref>
The A10 passes [[Haggerston railway station|Haggerston]], [[Dalston Junction railway station|Dalston Junction]], [[Dalston Kingsland railway station|Dalston Kingsland]], [[Rectory Road railway station|Rectory Road]], [[Stoke Newington railway station|Stoke Newington]], [[South Tottenham railway station|South Tottenham]] and [[Seven Sisters station|Seven Sisters]] London Overground stations, and [[Seven Sisters tube station]].<ref name=":0" />
Northbound from The Roundway, the A10 is carried by Great Cambridge Road, a [[dual carriageway]].<ref name=":0" />
Along Great Cambridge Road, the A10 meets the [[North Circular Road|A406 North Circular Road]]. Between A3 London Bridge and the North Circular Road, the A10 falls within the [[Ultra Low Emission Zone]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) overview map |url=https://lruc.content.tfl.gov.uk/ulez-boundary-2021-map-local-detail.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401231630/https://lruc.content.tfl.gov.uk/ulez-boundary-2021-map-local-detail.pdf |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2022 |website=[[Transport for London]]}}</ref> The A10 then passes through [[Southbury Road|Southbury]], cutting between [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]] and [[Enfield, London|Enfield]] before meeting the [[M25 motorway|M25 London Orbital motorway]] at junction 25 (the Greater London and [[London low emission zone|London Low Emission Zone]] boundaries).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging Order 2006 |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/low-emission-zone-map.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006044617/https://content.tfl.gov.uk/low-emission-zone-map.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2022 |website=[[Transport for London]]}}</ref>
In Greater London and the City of London, the A10 is managed by [[Transport for London]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=TfL Base Map |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-base-map-master.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611222819/https://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-base-map-master.pdf |archive-date=June 11, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[Transport for London]]}}</ref>
=== Hertfordshire === In Hertfordshire, leaving the M25 motorway junction, the A10 meets the [[A121 road (England)|A121]] and [[B roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|B198]] roads at a roundabout. [[Waltham Cross]] sits directly east of the route.
Continuing north, the A10 dual carriageway runs unbroken until [[Standon, Hertfordshire|Standon]], passing [[Cheshunt]], [[Broxbourne]], [[Hoddesdon]], [[Hertford]], [[Ware, Hertfordshire|Ware]] and [[Wadesmill]] - through the [[Lea Valley]]. The route meets with the primary routes [[A414 road|A414]] (for Hertford town centre, [[Harlow]] and [[Chelmsford]]), [[A602 road|A602]] (for [[Stevenage]]) and the [[A120 road|A120]] (for [[Bishop's Stortford]] and [[London Stansted Airport|Stansted Airport]]).
The dual carriageway then passes around the western perimeter of [[Puckeridge]] before becoming a single carriageway primary route near [[Westmill]]. The A10 becomes the [[Buntingford]] bypass, then continues north through [[Chipping, Hertfordshire|Chipping]], [[Buckland, Hertfordshire|Buckland]], [[Reed, Hertfordshire|Reed]] and Royston, to meet the [[A505 road|A505]] (for [[Baldock]] and [[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]]) at Hertfordshire's border with Cambridgeshire. The A10 through Royston is a gyratory comprising Market Hill, Priory Lane and [[Barkway]] Street.<ref name=":0" />
=== Cambridgeshire === The A10 has been split into two sections in Cambridgeshire.
The southern section runs between Royston and the [[M11 motorway]] at junction 11. The single-carriageway route passes between the villages of [[Meldreth]] and [[Melbourn]], along the south-eastern edge of [[Shepreth]] and through [[Foxton, Cambridgeshire|Foxton]], [[Harston]] and [[Hauxton]]. At the M11 junction 11, the A10 meets the [[A1309 road|A1309]] which continues into Cambridge City Centre, past the [[Trumpington]] [[Park and ride|Park and Ride]].
The northern section runs between the [[A14 road (England)|A14]] at junction 33 ([[Milton, Cambridgeshire|Milton]] Interchange) and the [[River Little Ouse]]. Access from the Milton Interchange into Cambridge is via the A1309 southbound, near [[Cambridge Science Park]] - which is directly south-west of the junction - and [[Cambridge North railway station]].
Northbound from the A14, the A10 runs along the western edge of Milton, passing Milton Park and Ride. The route also passes [[Landbeach]], [[Waterbeach]], [[Stretham]] and [[Little Thetford]], crossing the [[River Great Ouse]] between Waterbeach and Stretham.
South of Ely, the A10 meets the [[A142 road|A142]] (for [[Chatteris]], [[Soham]] and Newmarket). The route forms the western bypass to the City of Ely and [[Littleport]] before crossing the River Great Ouse for a second time. The A10 runs along the eastern bank of the Ouse until [[Southery]] in Norfolk, entering the county near [[Black Horse Drove]].<ref name=":0" />
=== Norfolk === In Norfolk, the A10 passes Southery, [[Hilgay]], [[Fordham, Norfolk|Fordham]], [[Denver, Norfolk|Denver]], Downham Market, [[Tottenhill]] and [[West Winch]] before reaching the A47 (for [[Peterborough]], [[Wisbech]], [[Swaffham]] and [[Norwich]]). In Norfolk, the A10 meets the primary routes [[A1122 road|A1122]] (for Wisbech and Swaffham) and [[A134 road|A134]] (for [[Thetford]]). The route also meets the A149 for [[Cromer]] and [[Hunstanton]] (known locally as [[A149 road|The Coast Road]]), and King's Lynn town centre.<ref name=":0" />
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information signed southbound only }} {{GBRint |type=concur |location_special=[[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]] |lspan=7 |mile=5.1 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|503|dir1=south-west|name1=Seven Sisters Road|location1=[[Manor House, London|Manor House]]|location2=[[West End of London|West End]]|location3=[[Holloway, London|Holloway]]|location4=[[Finsbury Park (area)|Finsbury Park]]}} |notes=Manor House signed northbound only; West End, Holloway, and Finsbury Park signed southbound only; southern terminus of A503 concurrency }} {{GBRint |type=incomplete |mile=5.2 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|504|name1=West Green Road / Broad Lane|city1=Hornsey|location2=[[West Green, London|West Green]]}} |notes=Southbound only }} {{GBRint |type=concur |mile=5.5 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|503|road|Philip Lane|M|11|A|1055|A|504|dir1=north-east|name1=Monument Way|name2=B153|to3=yes|city1=Walthamstow|city2=Tottenham Hale|location3=[[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]]|city4=Hornsey|location5=[[West Green, London|West Green]]}} |notes=To A1055 and Edmonton signed northbound only; northern terminus of A503 concurrency }} {{GBRint |mile=5.9 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1010|dir1=north|name1=High Road|location1=[[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]]}} |notes=Southern terminus of A1010 }} {{GBRint |type=concur |mile=6.3 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|109|A|1010|dir1=south-east|to2=yes|name1=Lordship Lane|location1=[[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]]}} |notes=Information signed southbound only; southern terminus of A109 concurrency }} {{GBRint |type=concur |mile=6.4 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|109|dir1=north-west|name1=Lordship Lane|city1=Wood Green}} |notes=Northern terminus of A109 concurrency }} {{GBRint |mile=6.9 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1080|A|1090|dir1=south-west|to2=yes|name1=The Roundway|city1=Hornsey|city2=Wood Green}} |notes=Information signed northbound only; north-eastern terminus of A1080 }} {{GBRint |location_special=[[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] |lspan=3 |mile=7.9 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|406|A|111|M|1|M|11|A|1|A|41|A|12|A|13|dir2=north-west|to3=yes|name1=[[North Circular Road]]|name2=Hedge Lane|city1=Walthamstow|location1=[[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]]|city2=Brent Cross|city3=Potters Bar|city4=Palmers Green}} |notes=Potters Bar signed northbound only; south-eastern terminus of A111 }} {{GBRint |mile=10.6 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|110|name1=Southbury Road|city1=Chingford|city2=Ponders End|location3=[[Enfield, London|Enfield]]|location4=[[Oakwood, London|Oakwood]]}} |notes= }} {{GBRint |mile=11.3 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Carterhatch Lane ([[A105 road|A105]] south)|city1=Enfield Highway|city2=Forty Hill}} |notes=Northern terminus of A105 }} {{GBRint |county_special=[[Greater London]]–<br>[[Hertfordshire]] boundary |location_special=[[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]]–[[Waltham Cross]] boundary |mile=13.0 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|25|M|1|M|4|M|11|M|20|M|40|city1=Watford|location2=[[London Stansted Airport|Stansted Airport]]}} |notes=M25 junction 25 }} {{GBRint |county=Hertfordshire |cspan=13 |location_special=[[Waltham Cross]]<br>boundary |mile=13.6 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|121|B|198|dir1=south|name1=Winston Churchill Way|name2=Lieutenant Ellis Way|city1=Cheshunt|city2=Waltham Cross|city3=Cuffley|city4=Goffs Oak}} |notes=Northern terminus of A121 }} {{jctco |location_special=[[Cheshunt]]–[[Broxbourne]]<br>boundary |mile=15.5 |bridge=Begin freeway }} {{GBRint |type=incomplete |location=Cheshunt |mile=15.5 |road=Brookfield Centre, New River Trading |notes=Northbound exit only }} {{GBRint |type=incomplete |location_special=[[Cheshunt]]–[[Broxbourne]]<br>town boundary |mile=16.0 |mile2=16.4 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1170|to1=yes|city1=Broxbourne|city2=Hertford|city3=Hoddesdon|location4=[[Wormley, Hertfordshire|Wormley]]|location5=[[Turnford, Hertfordshire|Turnford]]}} |notes=Hertford and Hoddesdon signed northbound only, Wormley and Turnford southbound only; no southbound entrance }} {{GBRint |location_special=[[Hoddesdon]]<br>town boundary |mile=18.8 |mile2=19.3 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1170|A|414|to1=yes|city1=Hoddesdon|city2=Hertford|city3=Harlow}} |notes=To A414, Hertford, and Harlow signed northbound only }} {{GBRint |type=concur |location=none |mile=20.1 |mile2=20.7 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|414|A|1170|dir1=east|to2=yes|city1=Chelmsford|city2=Harlow|location3=[[Ware, Hertfordshire|Ware]]}} |notes=Southern terminus of A414 concurrency }} {{GBRint |type=concur |location_special=[[Rush Green, East Hertfordshire|Rush Green]] |mile=21.6 |mile2=22.1 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|414|dir1=west|city1=Hertford}} |notes=Northern terminus of A414 concurrency }} {{jctbridge |location=none |mile=22.2 |mile2=22.6 |bridge=[[Kingsmead Viaduct]] }} {{GBRint |location_special=[[Ware, Hertfordshire|Ware]] |mile=23.1 |mile2=23.6 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|602|B|1001|city1=Stevenage|location2=[[Ware, Hertfordshire|Ware]]}} |notes=South-eastern terminus of A602 }} {{GBRint |location=none |mile=24.1 |mile2=24.3 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1170|location1=[[Ware, Hertfordshire|Ware]]|city2=Wadesmill|city3=Thundridge}} |notes= }} {{jctbridge |location=none |mile=28.6 |bridge=End freeway }} {{GBRint |location=none |mile=28.6 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|120|road|Ermine Street|dir1=east|city1=Bishop's Stortford|location2=[[London Stansted Airport|Stansted Airport]]|location3=[[Hadham Rural District|The Hadhams]]|city4=Puckeridge|location5=[[Standon, Hertfordshire|Standon]]|city6=Old Hall Green}} |notes=Western terminus of A120 }} {{GBRint |location=Buntingford |mile=33.6 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|507|dir1=west|road|Baldock Road (B1038)|name1=Baldock Road|city1=Baldock|city2=Buntingford}} |notes=Eastern terminus of A507 }} {{GBRint |county_special=[[Hertfordshire]]—<br>[[Cambridgeshire]]<br>county boundary |location_special=[[Royston, Hertfordshire|Royston]]<br>town boundary |mile=41.7 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|505|M|11|A|1198|to2=yes|location1=[[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]]|city2=Huntingdon|city3=Baldock}} |notes= }} {{GBRint |county=Cambridgeshire |cspan=8 |location_special=[[Cambridge]]<br>city boundary |mile=50.5 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|11|A|1309|dir2=north|name2=Hauxton Road|city1=London|location2=[[Northern England|The North]]|city3=Huntingdon|location4=[[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]]|city5=Cambridge}} |notes=Northern terminus of southern segment }} {{jctbridge |location=none |mile=50.5 |bridge=Gap in route around [[Cambridge]] }} {{GBRint |location_special=[[Milton, Cambridgeshire|Milton]] |mile=50.5 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|14|A|1309|road|Cambridge Road|M|11|A|428|dir2=south|name2=Milton Road|to4=yes|location1=[[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]]|city2=Midlands|city3=Huntingdon|city4=London|city5=Bedford|city6=Cambridge|location7=[[Milton, Cambridgeshire|Milton]]}} |notes=Southern terminus of northern segment; northern terminus of A1309 }} {{GBRint |location=Stretham |mile=59.1 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1123|A|142|to2=yes|name1=Wilburton Road|location1=[[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]]|city2=Stretham|city3=Huntingdon|city4=Wilburton}} |notes= }} {{GBRint |type=concur |location_special=[[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]] |lspan=2 |mile=62.4 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|142|road|Cambridge Road|dir1=south-east|name1=Angel Drove|location1=[[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]]|location2=[[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]]}} |notes=Southern terminus of A142 concurrency }} {{GBRint |type=concur |mile=62.8 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|142|road|Witchford Road|A|141|to3=yes|location1=[[March, Cambridgeshire|March]]|location2=[[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]]}} |notes=Northern terminus of A142 concurrency }} {{GBRint |type=concur |location=Littleport |lspan=2 |mile=68.4 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1101|road|Wisbech Road|dir1=north-west|city1=Wisbech|city2=Littleport}} |notes=Southern terminus of A1101 concurrency }} {{GBRint |type=concur |mile=70.2 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1101|road|New River Bank|dir1=south-east|name1=Mildenhall Road|location1=[[Mildenhall, Suffolk|Mildenhall]]|location2=[[Queen Adelaide, Cambridgeshire|Queen Adelaide]]}} |notes=Queen Adelaide signed southbound only; northern terminus of A1101 concurrency }} {{GBRint |type=concur |county=Norfolk |cspan=4 |location_special=[[Downham Market]]<br>town boundary |lspan=2 |mile=80.1 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1122|dir1=west|city1=Wisbech}} |notes=Southern terminus of A1122 concurrency }} {{GBRint |type=concur |mile=81.0 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1122|road|Bexwell Road|A|134|dir1=east|to3=yes|city1=Swaffham|city2=Thetford|city3=Downham Market}} |notes=Northern terminus of A1122 concurrency }} {{GBRint |location=none |mile=86.6 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|134|road|Watlington Road|dir1=south|city1=Thetford|location2=[[Magdalen, Norfolk|Magdalen]]|location3=[[Watlington, Norfolk|Watlington]]}} |notes=Northern terminus of A134 }} {{GBRint |location=North Runcton |mile=90.2 |road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|47|A|149|A|17|A|148|name2=Hardwick Road / Queen Elizabeth Way|to3=yes|city1=Norwich|city2=Swaffham|city3=Wisbech|city4=Sleaford|city5=Cromer|city6=Hunstanton|location7=[[Sandringham, Norfolk|Sandringham]]|location8=[[King's Lynn|King's Lynn town centre]]}} |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm|type=concur, incomplete}}
== History ==
=== Ermine Street === {{Main|Ermine Street}} {{See also|Bishopsgate}} Between The City of London and Royston, the A10 follows a similar course to the Ermine Street Roman road.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
Ermine Street was one of the radial routes from ''[[Londinium]]'', with its southern terminus at Bishopsgate - one of the gates in the ruined [[London Wall]]. The gate stood where the A10 intersects with the [[A1211 road|A1211]] [[Wormwood Street]]/[[Camomile Street]]. It was demolished in 1760.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2014 |title=City of London Bishopsgate Conservation Area |url=https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/documents/s31158/Annex%20B%20-%20Bishopsgate.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125152829/https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/documents/s31158/Annex%20B%20-%20Bishopsgate.pdf |archive-date=November 25, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[City of London Corporation]]}}</ref>
At Royston, where the A10 bears north-east towards Cambridge, Ermine Street crosses the [[Icknield Way]] (between [[Wiltshire]] and Norfolk).
North of Royston, Ermine Street runs north towards ''[[Durovigutum]]'' ([[Godmanchester]]), ''[[Lindum Colonia]]'' ([[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]) and ''[[Eboracum]]'' ([[York]]).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />
Bishopsgate lends its name to the street carrying the A10 between [[Leadenhall Street]] and [[Spital Square]].
The A10 carries the name Ermine Street between Buntingford and Buckland in Hertfordshire. Ermine Street also lends its name to a ward in the [[North Hertfordshire]] council area, which is crossed by the A10 London Road (south of Royston).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=North Herts Council Map |url=http://web.north-herts.gov.uk/maps/Map.aspx?MapName=PollingStationLocations|access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[North Hertfordshire|North Herts Council]]}}</ref>
=== Road numbering === The A10 first featured in the Ministry of Transport [[Great Britain road numbering scheme|List of Class I and Class II Roads and Numbers 1922-1923]]. The A10 was designated the route London (Kingsland Road - Stamford Hill) - Tottenham - Ware - Royston - Cambridge - Ely - King's Lynn.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Numbers for A and B-roads |url=https://www.roads.org.uk/articles/road-numbers/numbers-and-b-roads |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725122323/https://www.roads.org.uk/articles/road-numbers/numbers-and-b-roads |archive-date=July 25, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=roads.org.uk}}</ref>
The A10 is one of two routes designated to run between London and Cambridge - the other being the M11 "London to Cambridge" motorway. The southern terminus of the M11 links with the A406 North Circular Road and [[A12 road (England)|A12]] in the [[Woodford, London|Woodford]] area of the [[London Borough of Redbridge]]. The two routes meet at the M11 junction 11, west of Trumpington. The motorway opened between 1975 and 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |title=M11 London-Cambridge motorway |url=http://www.iht.org/motorway/m11loncam.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081226141031/http://www.iht.org/motorway/m11loncam.htm|archive-date=December 26, 2008 |website=The Motorway Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 3, 1969 |title=M11 |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1969-04-03/debates/4027c4a6-4f3d-4d69-bcde-f5ac5a59812f/M11(WansteadAndWoodford) |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=[[Hansard]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Motorway Database {{!}} Chronology Maps {{!}} 1975 |url=https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/chronology/1975 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808104328/https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/chronology/1975 |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=roads.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Motorway Database {{!}} Chronology Maps {{!}} 1980 |url=https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/chronology/1980 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711225837/https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/chronology/1980 |archive-date=July 11, 2021 |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=roads.org.uk}}</ref>
The 1922 A10 route has been bypassed several times, with new road numbers on the original route. These include:
* [[A1010 road|A1010]] through [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]] and [[Waltham Cross]]; * [[A1170 road|A1170]] through [[Wormley, Hertfordshire|Wormley]], [[Broxbourne]], [[Hoddesdon]], [[Great Amwell]] and [[Ware, Hertfordshire|Ware]]; * [[A1309 road|A1309]] through [[Trumpington]], [[Cambridge]] and [[Chesterton, Cambridge|Chesterton]].
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071227053246/http://www.road-to-nowhere.co.uk/route-guides/A10/ Road to Nowhere – A10] *[https://highwaysengland.co.uk/our-work/south-east/m25-junction-25-improvements/ M25 Junction 25 improvements/]
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