Peterborough The A15 is Peterborough's main connecting road from the south to the
A1(M), joining near
Stilton, at
Norman Cross. It begins as
London Road at junction 16 of the A1(M) with the B1043 (former A1) in
Cambridgeshire and the district of
North West Cambridgeshire. From here to
Yaxley, it passes the
Norman Cross Hotel and follows the City of Peterborough and Cambridgeshire boundary, where there is a junction with the B1091 (for
Farcet). It enters the City of Peterborough near
Hampton Vale on the left and meets the A1260
The Serpentine, which leads to two much faster routes around Peterborough. Next is a roundabout for the Cygnet Park business park on the left, home of the new headquarters of
News International. It enters
Old Fletton near the headquarters of
Hotpoint to the left. A staggered junction with the A1129 crosses the
East Coast Main Line. It passes
Peterborough United on the right in
New Fletton. It meets the start of the
A605 at a roundabout and crosses the
River Nene. junction near
Dogsthorpe The A15 takes two routes through Peterborough: • The route on the west side begins as
Bourges Boulevard at
Peterborough Combined Court Centre, meets the A1179 (former A47), passes the
Peterborough railway station and meets three roundabouts near
Millfield and
New England. It follows the East Coast Main Line and becomes
Lincoln Road and
Werrington Parkway after the A47
GSJ. It passes four roundabouts, crossing the
Peterborough to Lincoln Line. • The route on the east side starts at the
Eye roundabout with the A1139 at
Newark, then follows the dual-carriageway
Paston Parkway, which meets the A47. It continues as a dual-carriageway (opened in spring 2008) at the next roundabout at
Gunthorpe. It follows the
Car Dyke and then meets another roundabout at Werrington before becoming a single-carriageway and crossing the Spalding railway between
Werrington and
Glinton. bypass from the south Both routes head through
Werrington (passing either side) before joining again at
Glinton with the roundabout with the B1443. There is another roundabout. with the B1443 (for
Helpston). It passes
Etton. It meets a roundabout with the B1524 (the former route through Market Deeping), B1162 (for
Northborough to the right) and an exit for
Maxey to the right.
Kesteven Just south of the
Welland Gate roundabout on the
A1175 and B1166, it crosses the
River Welland so entering
South Kesteven in
Lincolnshire. The roundabout marks the western end of the £7 million
Market Deeping bypass, finished on Wednesday 15 July 1998; construction began on Thursday 20 March 1997. The official opening was at 11.40am on Wednesday 5 August 1998, built by
John Mowlem. The A15 and A1175 roads are now merged in a dual-carriageway stretch. It meets the B1524 (former route) at a roundabout and heads to the left as
Peterborough Road Bourne Road and
Deeping Road. from the south North of
Baston is the Waterside Garden Centre close to where it meets the north-south
Roman Road King Street, which it follows until just north of Bourne. It goes over the
River Glen at the point it is crossed by the
Macmillan Way, at
Kate's Bridge. There is a left turn for
Obthorpe and it goes through
Thurlby, passing the
Horseshoe pub, then
Northorpe, before coming to the small town of
Bourne. It meets the recently diverted
A151 at a new roundabout (the A151 leaves to the right further on), where the road becomes
South Road. It passes
Bourne Grammar School, then after some treacherous bends near
Bourne Abbey becomes
South Street, with the town's Heritage centre and war memorial gardens on the left by the
Bourne Eau. At the crossroads in the centre of town it crosses the B1193 (original route of the A151) in the historic market place(), where are located the
Nags Head,
Angel Hotel,
Burghley Arms. As
North Street, it passes the Burghley Centre (shops), and Bourne Bus Station. At the two miniature roundabouts, the name changes to North Road, which it keeps until it reaches Morton. Just outside Bourne, at , the route of (Roman) King Street heads off across the fields to
Stainfield and
Ancaster but the A15 continues north along the line of another Roman road,
Mareham Lane. It passes close to
Dyke, and goes through
Morton as
Bourne Road, passing the
Lord Nelson pub. It becomes
Folkingham Road, there is a right turn for
Haconby and a junction with the B1177 (for
Billingborough). Close by are
Rippingale and
Kirkby Underwood. Between Rippingale and
Aslackby, a wooded lay-by known locally as 'Turnpike Bar' marks the deviation from the line of the
Roman Road Mareham Lane. The A15 passes by
Aslackby and the
Robin Hood and Little John, and then through the middle of
Folkingham, with a sharp turn to the east at the top by the Greyhound. There is the
Threekingham Bar roundabout with the east-west
A52, and it goes through
Osbournby, as
London Road past the primary school]. It passes the
Tally Ho Inn near
Aswarby, then there are left turns for
Aunsby and
Swarby.
Sleaford and Silk Willoughby were on the A15, which slowed traffic down as the traffic went across a
level crossing and through Sleaford's shopping area. The £5.7 million bypass was built by Morrison Shand, started in July 1992, to take 18 months, but was opened on Thursday 16 September 1993 by
Douglas Hogg, where there is a roundabout with the A153 and B1517. The A15 crosses the railway and
River Slea, and then leaves the bypass at the
Holdingham Roundabout with the
A17 and B1518 (former route). As
Lincoln Road, it goes close to
Leasingham meeting the B1209. There is a junction
Cranwell with the B1429. It meets the B1191 (for
Scopwick), B1202 (for
Boothby Graffoe to the west and
Metheringham to the east) next to the former
RAF Coleby Grange, and B1178 (for
Harmston), where it passes
Dunston Pillar. At
Nocton Heath, it passes the
Kitchen cafe. On the route to Lincoln, it goes near to two RAF bases –
RAF Digby, which is used for communications rather than as a flying station, and across the end of the runway of
RAF Waddington, which flies
AWACS and
Nimrod aircraft. A parking place and cafe are provided for plane spotters on the eastern side of the road. which took part in
Operation Black Buck Next to the runway at Waddington is an old
Vulcan, carrying the number of the plane that bombed
Port Stanley. South of
Bracebridge Heath, the A15 heads east around the city using the A15 Lincoln Eastern Bypass, a single carriageway opened on 19 December 2020. The route is designed to allow for easy widening to a dual carriageway if necessary in the future. The bypass has three roundabouts, two bridges, and one underpass before reaching the
River Witham. The road crosses over the river on a viaduct before entering Lincoln for a short distance before entering Lindsey.
Lindsey around RAF Scampton, seen in March 2016 The bypass continues north, entering
West Lindsey, before meeting the Greetwell Road roundabout and then terminating at the Wragby Road roundabout. The A15 then runs unbroken northwestwards to the
Riseholme roundabout, where it briefly re-enters the City of Lincoln, then follows the
Roman road Ermine Street past the
Riseholme College of Agriculture on the right, now part of the
University of Lincoln, and
Lincolnshire Showground to the left. At the end of a section is the
Tillbridge Lane roundabout with the A1500, for
Gainsborough. From here, it used to be straight, but with
RAF Scampton becoming a base for
Avro Vulcan V bombers in the 1950s, the runway had to be extended, and the road now has a curved diversion to the east. The Scampton diversion began on 20 June 1956, to be finished in early 1957; construction was started by Councillor W. H. Mackinder of Lindsey County Council; the diversion was opened at noon on Monday 28 January 1957, being built by Laing. The formerly straight line still forms the border of many
strip parishes in the area, such as between Scampton and Welton, whose borders were first put in place based on Ermine Street. It passes the Scampton primary school and continues past a right turn to
Normanby by Spital, on its most straight section, also the parish boundary of many local villages. At the roundabout with the
A631 at
Caenby Corner, there is the
Total Caenby Corner Garage just south of
Spital-in-the-Street. Overtaking is difficult as the road, although straight, is undulating with unmarked dips and slow-moving farm traffic. There are two right turns for
Bishop Norton and
Atterby. There is a right turn for
Snitterby and a left turn for
Blyborough. At the B1205 staggered crossroads (for
Waddingham to the east, and
Grayingham to the west), it enters
North Lincolnshire. /
A180 Barnetby Top Interchange At the B1206 crossroads, the old route used to go through
Hibaldstow and
Brigg, with the former road to
Redbourne now a cycle route. It passes close to
Kirton in Lindsey, home of
RAF Kirton in Lindsey much used in the
Second World War as a
fighter airfield in
12 Group, now home to the Trent Valley Gliding Club.
Hibaldstow was a wartime fighter airfield as well, and this is now used as a base for parachuting and parachuting competitions by
Target Skysports. The £7 million Brigg and Redbourne bypass was added in December 1989 which follows the old
Ermine Street in
North Lincolnshire further than previously, with a much flatter, wider and safer road. This section was the upgraded route of an unclassified road. It crosses the
Sheffield to Cleethorpes railway line near the deserted village of
Gainsthorpe, passes near to
Scawby, and joining the
M180 at junction 4, near
Scunthorpe. It abandons the Roman alignments at a short spur to the A18 at the
Briggate Lodge Roundabout next to the Forest Pines golf club and hotel at
Broughton. Ermine Street continues north as the B1207, meeting the Humber near
Winteringham. The route of the A15 now becomes part of the three-laned M180, which was opened on 2 September 1977. The A15 section along Ermine Street was planned to be opened simultaneously, but it had to wait twelve years. Traffic buildup to Grimsby prompted calls for the Brigg bypass for many years, but the
Flixborough explosion of 1974 made it more of an emergency. This section goes under the
A18, over the
River Ancholme, over the old route of the A15 (B1206), and over the South TransPennine railway. At junction 5, the A15 reforms at the dual-grade
Barnetby Top Interchange, which is crossed by the
Viking Way and has an exit to
Elsham. It continues north as a dual carriageway, which carries about as little traffic as the M180. The M180 drops to two lanes under this roundabout and continues to
Grimsby and
Immingham as the A180. The A15 towards the
Humber Bridge, goes directly across the runways of the former
RAF Bomber Command airfield at
RAF Elsham Wolds (where over 1,000 of its aircrew were killed), which is now the Elsham Wolds Industrial Estate. The former route of the A15, pre-1978, is now called B1206, and ends at
New Holland, where the A15 formerly connected with the
Humber Ferry. The £5.6 million
Brigg Bypass to
Barton-upon-Humber Bypass (up to where the B1218 crosses) section opened in June 1978. The £2 million Barton-upon-Humber Bypass to Humber Bridge (A1077 interchange) section opened in September 1978, although some maps show this being open before the southern section to the M180. When this section opened to the GSJ with the A1077 (for
South Ferriby) in 1978, there was no longer any access to the B1218. In the early 1990s, a new interchange was added with the B1206 (the former A15), which is crossed by the Viking Way, which follows the road for over a mile. The section across the
Humber was opened on 17 July 1981, by the
Queen, and was the world's longest single-span bridge until 1997. The tolls are north of the bridge. It crosses the
A63 and meets a roundabout with
A164 (for
Beverley) and A1105, then turns left along a short section of dual-carriageway (former A63) to end at the A63. ==Junction list==