Length: 162.9 Miles.
About two hours (using the M5 motorway and the A361).
You would take the M62 out of Liverpool, onto the M6 near to Warrington, then onto the M5 at Birmingham, thenit's the M5 all the way to Exeter.
1959
1959
Take M4 motorway EAST to M5 to MIDLANDS and SOUTH WEST to Bristol (West.) Airport at JUNCTION 20.Look for M5 to MIDLANDS.Take M5 to M6 to The NORTH WEST to Walsall and Wolverhampton.Take M6 to M55 to Blackpool and Fleetwood at JUNCTION 32.Take M55 to Blackpool.
125 miles taking this route:Take A338 towards MARLBOROUGH and SWINDON (via A346), from Salisbury, to A346 SWINDON.Take A346 to A419 CIRENCESTER, near Swindon.Take A419 to M5 MOTORWAY (via A417 CIRENCESTER); follow signs to M5 to The MIDLANDS (to BIRMINGHAM).Take M5 to BIRMINGHAM.
The easiest way to get to Cornwall from Heathrow Airport is to take the westbound M4 motorway all the way until Bristol, then take the M5 motorway down to Exeter. From there take the A30 westbound until you reach Launceston, then you are in Cornwall.
188 km taking this route:Take M4 BLACKTOWN, from Parramatta, to M7 MOTORWAY to CANBERRA.Take M7 to M5 HUME HIGHWAY to CANBERRA.Take the HUME HIGHWAY (M5 & HIGHWAY 31) to Goulburn.NOTE: This route involves toll roads.
Preston bypass on the 5th of December 1958
215 miles taking this route:Take M56 MANCHESTER (towards M6 MOTORWAY), from Chester, to M6(S) BIRMINGHAM at J9.Take M6 to M5 to The SOUTH WEST at J8, in Birmingham.Take M5 to The SOUTH WEST to A39 GLASTONBURY at J23.Take A39 to Glastonbury.
Take the M4 motorway until you reach Bristol, then take the M5 southwest until you get to Exeter, finally take the A30 from Exeter until you reach Launceston - then you're in Cornwall.