A264 road
A264 | ||
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A2220 | ||
West end | Five Oaks | |
Location | ||
Country | Primary destinations Horsham | Gatwick Airport Crawley East Grinstead Royal Tunbridge Wells |
Road network | ||
The A264 is an east–west road in southern England that runs from Pembury in west Kent to Five Oaks in West Sussex.
History
There have been a number of notable changes in this important east–west route which follows the north Sussex border with Kent and Surrey.
Originally the route started in
West of East Grinstead, it multiplexes with the A22 to Felbridge. The section from the west of Felbridge as far as Three Bridges has been improved and partially rerouted.
For many years there was no junction with the M23, and the route went through both Crawley and Horsham.
In the late 1980s, it was rerouted along the newly constructed Copthorne Link Road to Junction 10 of the M23, and in the early 1990s was multiplexed south along the M23 to Junction 11 at Pease Pottage, and along the then newly constructed SW Crawley Bypass.
The section west of Crawley was upgraded to dual carriageway, and the route now follows Horsham's Northern Bypass (opened 1989; traffic previously went through the town) to its junction with the
The old route is followed southwest to Five Oaks and the A29. Thus, very little of the original A264 now carries that identifier.
Route: major settlements and intersections
- Pembury (A21, A228)
- Tunbridge Wells (A26)
- East Grinstead (A22)
- Copthorne (M23)
- Crawley (A23, M23)
- A281)
- Broadbridge Heath (A281)
- Five Oaks (A29)
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