History
Ermine Street
Between The City of London and Royston, the A10 follows a similar course to the Ermine Street Roman road.
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) and Eboracum (York).
Road numbering
The A10 first featured in the Ministry of Transport 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.
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 in the 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.
The 1922 A10 route has been bypassed several times, with new road numbers on the original route. These include:
- A1010 through Edmonton and Waltham Cross;
- A1170 through Wormley, Broxbourne, Hoddesdon, Great Amwell and Ware;
- A1309 through Trumpington, Cambridge and Chesterton.
References
External links
- Road to Nowhere – A10
- M25 Junction 25 improvements/