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A roads in Zone 7 of the Great Britain numbering scheme facts for kids

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A roads are important routes in Great Britain that help people travel across the country. They are like the main highways that connect towns and cities. Each A road has a special number. Great Britain is divided into different zones for these roads, and this article focuses on the A roads in Zone 7. This zone is located north of the Solway Firth and Eden Estuary, west of the A7, and south of the A8. All the roads in this zone start with the number 7.

United Kingdom A road zones
The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain. Zone 7 is shown in green in the bottom left.
East Kilbride 3
The A726 road in East Kilbride.

Main A Roads in Zone 7

These are the most important A roads in Zone 7, known by their single or double-digit numbers. They connect major towns and cities.

Road From To Fun Facts
A7 Carlisle Edinburgh This road is about 92 miles (148 km) long. It's one of the longest main roads in Scotland!
A70 Ayr Edinburgh This road is about 74 miles (119 km) long.
A71 Irvine Edinburgh It's around 70 miles (112 km) long.
A72 Hamilton Galashiels This road is 63 miles (101 km) long.
A73 Abington Cumbernauld This road is 37 miles (60 km) long.
A74 Viewpark Glasgow This road used to go all the way to Gretna, but now the M74 motorway does that job.
A75 Gretna Stranraer
A76 Dumfries Kilmarnock
A77 Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway Glasgow
A78 Greenock Monkton
A79 Ayr Glasgow Prestwick Airport At 7.5 miles (12.1 km) long, this is one of the shortest two-digit A roads in the UK!

Other A Roads in Zone 7

These roads have three or four digits and often connect smaller towns or act as bypasses.

Road From To Interesting Notes
A700 Sciennes, Edinburgh New Town, Edinburgh
A701 Dumfries Edinburgh This road's path was changed over time.
A702 St. John's Town of Dalry Edinburgh
A703 Peebles Edinburgh City Bypass junction 6, Lothianburn This road runs through the Scottish Borders area.
A705 Whitburn Livingston
A706 Lanark Bo'ness Parts of this road were once other A roads.
A708 Moffat Selkirk This road used to go further south to Dumfries.
A709 Lockerbie Dumfries
A710 Dumfries Dalbeattie
A711 Dumfries Argrennan
A712 Crocketford Newton Stewart This road passes through New Galloway.
A713 Castle Douglas Ayr
A714 Kirkinner Girvan
A715 Unused This road used to run from Dunragit to Sandhead.
A716 Whiteleys Drummore
A717 Stranraer Stranraer This road is a loop within Stranraer.
A718 Stranraer Kirkcolm
A719 Turnberry North of Fenwick This road goes over the famous Electric Brae, where it looks like you're rolling uphill when you're actually going downhill!
A720 Musselburgh South Gyle This is the Edinburgh City Bypass, a very important road around the city.
A721 Kirkdean (Peeblesshire) Broomhouse
A722 Wishaw Newmains
A723 Strathaven Holytown
A724 Rutherglen Hamilton The number for this road was reused for a different route.
A725 Coatbridge East Kilbride at A726 This road is also known as the "Bellshill Bypass" and the "East Kilbride Expressway."
A726 Erskine at A898 and B815 / Newton Mearns at M77 and A77 Darnley at M77 and A727 / Strathaven at A71 Part of this road was rerouted in 2006 as the Glasgow Southern Orbital route.
A727 Philipshill, East Kilbride at A726 Darnley at A726 and M77 This road number was brought back in 2006 after a new road opened.
A728 Shawfield / Simshill Parkhead / Gorbals One part of this road was finished in 2012 for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Another part passes Hampden Park.
A729 Unused This number was once used for a road in Glasgow.
A730 Cathkin Bypass (Whitlawburn) Gorbals Cross
A731 Unused This road used to run through Rutherglen.
A732 Unused This road used to be London Road in Glasgow.
A733 Unused This road used to run from Fenwick to Ayr.
A734 Unused This road used to run from Hurlford to Riccarton.
A735 Kilmarnock Lugton
A736 Braehead Irvine This road runs through several towns like Crookston and Barrhead.
A737 Irvine Paisley This road has changed its route many times, and new bypasses are still being built!
A738 Ardrossan Kilwinning This number was reused for a new route in 2004.
A739 Cardonald Bearsden This road includes the Clyde Tunnel in Glasgow, which is a primary route.
A740 Unused This road used to connect Glasgow Airport to Johnstone.
A741 Paisley Renfrew
A742 Unused This road used to run from Greenock to Inverkip.
A743 Lanark Ravenstruther
A744 Unused This road used to run from Strathaven to Kirkfieldbank.
A745 Dalbeattie Castle Douglas
A746 Glasserton Kirkinner
A747 Glasserton Glenluce
A748 Unused This road used to run from Dunragit.
A749 Glasgow East Kilbride
A750 Unused This road used to run from Whithorn to Isle of Whithorn.
A751 Aird, A75 Innermessan, A77 This road helps traffic avoid going through Stranraer.
A752 Thorniewood Muirhead This number was once used for a road from Kirkdean to Moffat.
A753 Unused This road used to run from Carnwath to Kirkdean.
A754 Unused This road used to run from Hillington to A736.
A755 Kirkcudbright Girthon
A756 Dumfries Maxwelltown This road's number was changed back to its original one.
A757 Unused This road used to run from Genoch Square to Lochans.
A758 Unused This road used to run from Ayr to Mauchline.
A759 Troon Kilmarnock
A760 Largs Lochwinnoch
A761 Ibrox Port Glasgow
A762 Tongland Bridge St John's Town of Dalry
A763 Cambuslang Carmyle
A764 Unused This road used to run from Portpatrick to Portslogan.
A765 Unused This road used to run from Ballantrae to Pinwherry.
A766 Nine Mile Burn Penicuik
A767 Unused This road used to run from Uphall to Mid Calder.
A768 Bilston Eskbank
A769 Unused This road used to run from Bogue to Balmaclellan.
A770 Inverkip Greenock This road includes parts of what used to be the A8 and A78 roads.
A771 Cardwell Road, Gourock Gourock Ferry Terminal This road uses part of an old railway track!
A772 Eskbank Edinburgh
A775 Mossend Newhouse
A776 Unused This road used to run from East Kilbride to Burnbank.
A778 Unused This road used to run south from the A78 to Monkton.
A779 Livingston Bathgate
A780 Dumfries Douievale
A781 Buccleuch St, Dumfries Dockhead, Dumfries
A7002 Unused This road was once part of the B7002.
A7066 Boghall Standhill This road was once part of the A8 road.
A7071 Bothwell Bothwell This is a new road created in 2017.

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