A roads in Zone 7 of the Great Britain numbering scheme Facts for Kids

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.

The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain. Zone 7 is shown in green in the bottom left.

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.

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

Main A Roads in Zone 7

Other A Roads in Zone 7

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