North Circular to Snetterton
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Originally Posted by oldbmw
As an aside, does anyone know the route of the old A11 from t he N circular to Newmarket. Many of the old A roads got swallowed up when they built the motorways in the UK. By and large this did not happen in France.
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I used to live close to the 'old A11', and the Epping New Road through the forest. We used to drink heaven-knows how many pints, and race after closing time up and down between the Wake Arms roundabout and the Robin Hood roundabout until we got bored. That was in the 60s.
To be a little safer, I started racing properly and would take my bike to Snetterton quite a bit, all the way up the 'old A11'.
Some years ago I found myself in that area and tried to find that old road, and had to give up.
I studied some old maps, had another go, and eventually managed to follow it from Epping Forest to Newmarket. In one of those villages around Stansted Airport, what was the A11 is now a minor road and you have to give way to other traffic at some junctions. That was tricky, with the old road layout still stuck in your head!
As I remember, bits of it had disappeared close to Newmarket, ditto Thetford.
It's very sad, but probably more of the old A11 still exists than does the old 'Norwich Straight' at Snetterton!
That's enough nostalgia for one day........
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