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 Pauls Cathedral and
Blackfriars),
King William Street (towards
Bank) and
Eastcheap (towards
Tower Hill). Monument tube station on the
Circle and
District lines is directly below the junction. 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,
Hertford,
Stansted Airport and
Cambridge) and the
Great Eastern Main Line (down to
Southend,
Chelmsford,
Ipswich and
Norwich) - sits directly west of the A10 Bishopsgate.
22 Bishopsgate is the second-tallest building in London, and the tallest within
The Square Mile.
Greater London Leaving the City of London northbound, the A10 is carried by
Shoreditch High Street. The route meets the
A1202 Great Eastern Street/
Commercial Street - the
London Inner Ring Road - directly to the south-west of
Shoreditch High Street London Overground station. North from the ring road, the A10 is carried by
Kingsland Road,
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 and The Roundway - a crescent around the original Tower Gardens Estate (Tottenham's Garden Suburb), shared with the
A1080. The A10 passes
Haggerston,
Dalston Junction,
Dalston Kingsland,
Rectory Road,
Stoke Newington,
South Tottenham and
Seven Sisters London Overground stations, and
Seven Sisters tube station. The A10 then passes through
Southbury, cutting between
Edmonton and
Enfield before meeting the
M25 London Orbital motorway at junction 25 (the Greater London and
London Low Emission Zone boundaries). In Greater London and the City of London, the A10 is managed by
Transport for London.
Hertfordshire In Hertfordshire, leaving the M25 motorway junction, the A10 meets the
A121 and
B198 roads at a roundabout.
Waltham Cross sits directly east of the route. Continuing north, the A10 dual carriageway runs unbroken until
Standon, passing
Cheshunt,
Broxbourne,
Hoddesdon,
Hertford,
Ware and
Wadesmill - through the
Lea Valley. The route meets with the primary routes
A414 (for Hertford town centre,
Harlow and
Chelmsford),
A602 (for
Stevenage) and the
A120 (for
Bishop's Stortford and
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,
Buckland,
Reed and Royston, to meet the
A505 (for
Baldock and
Newmarket) at Hertfordshire's border with Cambridgeshire. The A10 through Royston is a gyratory comprising Market Hill, Priory Lane and
Barkway Street.
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,
Harston and
Hauxton. At the M11 junction 11, the A10 meets the
A1309 which continues into Cambridge City Centre, past the
Trumpington Park and Ride. The northern section runs between the
A14 at junction 33 (
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 (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.
Norfolk In Norfolk, the A10 passes Southery,
Hilgay,
Fordham,
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 (for Wisbech and Swaffham) and
A134 (for
Thetford). The route also meets the A149 for
Cromer and
Hunstanton (known locally as
The Coast Road), and King's Lynn town centre. ==Major junctions==