A29 (Great Britain)
A29 | ||||
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 The A29 at Stane Street, Ockley | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 34.4 mi[1] (55.4 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North east end |  A24 in Capel | |||
 A272 in Billingshurst A259 in Bersted | ||||
| South west end | B2259 / B2166 in Bognor Regis | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Counties | Surrey, West Sussex | |||
| Primary destinations | Billingshurst Bognor Regis | |||
| Road network | ||||
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The A29 is a main road in England in Surrey and chiefly in West Sussex that runs for 34.4 miles (55.4 km).
Route
The road starts at the Beare Green roundabout with the A24 in Capel, south of Dorking. It passes minor villages, bypasses Billingshurst and crosses Pulborough not on its major axis. The A29 then crosses the South Downs at Bury Hill and passes Fontwell Park Racecourse before terminating on the B2259 in Bognor Regis.
For long-distance travel, the route is not a trunk road, as designated by National Highways and as such is of standard road width, often alongside hedges and open fields. Portsmouth and Guildford for example, 15 miles (24 km) and points along the route,[2] are served by the four-to six-lane A3 trunk road.[3]
From Capel to Hardham, south of Pulborough, the road with notable deviations follows the path of one of the multiple Roman roads with the name Stane Street, the Middle English and Old English for Stone Street due to the remaining building materials.
A narrow-gauge railway was built to construct the Dorking Bypass section.
Junction list
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Surrey | Capel | 0.0 | 0.0 | A24 – Worthing, Horsham, London, Dorking | North-eastern terminus |
| West Sussex | Slinfold | 7.4 | 11.9 |  A281 south-east (Guildford Road) – Horsham, Broadbridge Heath | Information signed south-west only; north-eastern terminus of A29 concurrency |
| 8.2 | 13.2 | A281 north-west (Guildford Road) – Rudgwick, Guildford | South-western terminus of A281 concurrency | ||
| Five Oaks | 11.4 | 18.3 |   A264 east (Horsham Road) – Horsham, Gatwick Airport | Gatwick signed north-east only; western terminus of A264 | |
| Billingshurst | 12.7 | 20.4 | A272 east (Hilland Road) / High Street – Haywards Heath, Cowfold | North-eastern terminus of A272 concurrency | |
| 13.5 | 21.7 | A272 west (Newbridge Road) / West Street – Midhurst, Petworth, Wisborough Green, Billingshurst | South-western terminus of A272 concurrency | ||
| Pulborough | 18.8 | 30.3 |  A283 (Lower Street / Station Road) – Village centre, Storrington, Petworth, West Chiltington, Fittleworth | Village centre and West Chiltington signed north-east only, Fittleworth south-west only; brief concurrency | |
| Houghton | 25.0 | 40.2 |   A284 south (London Road) / B2139 to A27 – Littlehampton, Arundel, Storrington, Amberley | To A27 and Littlehampton signed south-west only; northern terminus of A284 | |
| Slindon | 28.9 | 46.5 | A27 east – Worthing, Brighton, Walberton, Yapton, Arundel | Walberton signed south-west only; north-eastern terminus of A27 concurrency | |
| Walberton | 29.3 | 47.2 | A27 west / Arundel Road – Tangmere, Fontwell, Walberton, Chichester, Portsmouth | Chichester and Portsmouth signed north-east only; south-western terminus of A27 concurrency | |
| Bersted | 33.2 | 53.4 | A259 east (Charles Purley Way) – Littlehampton, Middleton-on-Sea | North-eastern terminus of A259 concurrency | |
| 33.4 | 53.8 | A259 west (Rowan Way) / Steyning Way to A27 – Chichester, Portsmouth, Pagham | To A27, Portsmouth, and Pagham signed south-west only; south-western terminus of A259 concurrency | ||
| Bognor Regis | 34.4 | 55.4 | B2259 (Hotham Way) / B2166 (Chichester Road) / Victoria Drive – Town centre, Bersted, Pagham, Felpham, Aldwick | South-western terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b "Beare Green, Dorking, UK to Gordon Ave W, Bognor Regis PO22 9LQ, UK". Google Maps. Alphabet Inc. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ Grid Reference Finder distance tools
- ^ "Directions to Ockley Rd/A29". Google Maps. Retrieved 2 April 2013.