M20 motorway facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
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| Route information | ||||
Part of  E15 |
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| Maintained by Highways England | ||||
| Length | 50.6 mi (81.4 km) | |||
| Existed | 1971–present | |||
| History | Opened: 1960 (as A20(M)) Renumbered: 1971 Completed: 1991 |
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| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Swanley | |||
  J1 → M25 motorway   J3 → M26 motorway |
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| East end | Folkestone | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Kent | |||
| Primary destinations: |
London Maidstone Ashford Channel Tunnel Folkestone |
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→The M20 is a motorway in Kent, England. It connects Folkestone and Dover to the M25 and London. The motorway is important because Dover and Folkestone are where you can use a ferry, or a train through the Channel Tunnel, to get to France.
Junctions
| M20 motorway | |||
| mile (km) | Westbound exits (B carriageway) | Junction | Eastbound exits (A carriageway) |
| Road continues as A20 to London | J1 | The North, Dartford Crossing A2, Stansted Airport (M11), The West, Sevenoaks (A21), Reigate (A217), Gatwick Airport (M23), Heathrow Airport (M4) M25 Swanley B2173 |
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| 17.8 (28.7) | The North, Stansted Airport (M11), The West M25 Swanley B2173 |
Start of motorway | |
| 26.2 (42.2) 26.3 (42.4) |
No access | J2 | Paddock Wood, Wrotham A20 Gravesend, Tonbridge A227 |
| 28.1 (45.3) 28.5 (45.8) |
The West, Sevenoaks (A25) Gatwick (M23) Heathrow (M4, M25) M26 |
J3 | No access |
| 30.9 (49.7) 31.3 (50.3) |
West Malling, Rochester, Tonbridge A228 | J4 | West Malling, Rochester, New Hythe A228 |
| 33.6 (54.1) 34.1 (54.8) |
Aylesford A20 | J5 | Maidstone, Aylesford A20 |
| 35.4 (56.9) | Maidstone, Chatham A229 | J6 | Maidstone, Chatham A229 |
| 36.8 (59.2) 37.2 (59.8) |
Maidstone, Sittingbourne, Sheerness A249 | J7 | Maidstone, Sheerness A249 |
| 40.2 (64.7) 40.5 (65.1) |
Maidstone (East) A20 | J8 | Lenham A20 |
| 53.6 (86.3) 54.1 (87.0) |
Ashford A20 Tenterden, Canterbury A28 Faversham A251 |
J9 | Ashford A20 Faversham A251 |
| 56.2 (90.5) 56.5 (91.0) |
No access | J10 | Ashford A292 |
| Ashford A292 Hastings A2070 |
J10a | Hastings A2070 | |
| 63.1 (101.5) 63.5 (102.2) |
Canterbury B2068 Hythe (A261) |
J11 | Canterbury B2068 Hythe (A261) |
| 65.7 (105.8) | No access | J11a | Channel Tunnel |
| 66.8 (107.5) 67.0 (107.8) |
Cheriton, Channel Tunnel A20 | J12 | Cheriton, Channel Tunnel A20 |
| 68.0 (109.4) 68.1 (109.6) |
Start of motorway | J13 | Folkestone A20 |
| Folkestone A20 | Road continues as A20 to Dover | ||
Images for kids
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Looking east near Aylesford
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