A1101 road

The A1101 is the lowest road in Great Britain, along its 53 mile approx. stretch it rarely rises above sea level. The road runs from Bury St. Edmunds north west to Littleport where it disappears for approximately 2 miles, it then re-appears on the other side of the A10 heading north through Wisbech and to its end at the A17 in Long Sutton. The A1101's route takes it across the Fens in Lincolnshire and Norfolk, a famously low lying area to Suffolk through Cambridgeshire.

The road passes through: Long Sutton, Tydd St Mary, Tydd Gote, Four Gotes, Wisbech, Outwell, Upwell, Lakesend, Welney, Littleport (bypass), Kennyhill, Beck Row, Mildenhall, Icklingham, Lackford, Flempton, Hengrave, Fornham All Saints and Bury St Edmunds. From Outwell north the road is classified as a primary route.

It crosses the following major roads:
*A17 - Newark-on-Trent to King's Lynn
*A47 - Great Yarmouth to Birmingham (partially reclassified as the B4114)
* A10 (Great Cambridge Road) - London Bridge to Kings Lynn
* A11 - London to Norwich
* A14 - Port of Felixstowe to the M1 junction with the M6 (19) NE of Rugby.

Road Safety

The A1101 has a poor road safety record as reported by EuroRAP. In 2006 the road featured in the AA Motoring Trust/EuroRAP list of Most Dangerous Roads in Britain (excluding motorcycle accidents). The 21km stretch of single-carriageway road between Outwell (A1122) - Long Sutton (A17) suffered 24 fatal and serious injury accidents between 2002 and 2004. This stretch of the road is currently rated as medium-high risk [http://www.eurorap.org/road_lookup?map_type=risk&country=GB&road=a1101] .