Quickest way to the M1 from ED

[SimonM]

I go Victoria/Park Lane etc, but avoid Edgeware Road by driving East of it up Abbey road & through West Hampstead

But if I am driving to Yorkshire I prefer Blackwall/M11/A1(M) these days.

[Asset]

Ha, jolly good Jezza. What about traffic flow? I reckon my route better in peak times.

[Jeremy]

Who can tell...

[matthew123]

Asset Wrote:

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> "Vauxhall Bridge/Embankment/Earls Court/A40/M1"

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> You are joking with that one aren't you?

No I'm not joking. I've done that route during early afternoon for many years and it's about 45 minutes from the Oval to the M1 - other routes such as through Archway always seemed to take double the time.

Forgot to mention the North Circular, which joins A40 to M1.

When returning late at night from M1 I take this direct route Brent Cross / Finchley Road / Swiss Cottage / Park Lane / Victoria

[Annasfield]

I HATE driving in London. (6). It took me 90 mins to do 12 miles on Friday afternoon, making my drive to Devon take far longer than it should have. The daft thing is, it was cheaper to do that than get the train.

When I drive up north, I tend to go via blackwall, unless i'm leaving/coming back at a ridiculously unsocial hour. It's not the shortest, but any route planner/sat nav will tell you its the quickest.

[????]

Rotherithe's far better than Blackwall, belive me I've been driving to UP since the 1980s - even if you're going to the bizzare, A13, north circular, M11, m25, m1 route that some clearly mad people favour, i'd use Rotherhithe rather than Blackwall.BTW - SAT NAV IS CRAP

[skidmarks]

Depends what you want to do. Take the shortest route as the crow flies and sit in traffic and be delayed by endless sets of traffic lights. Once you?re through Blackwall. There is one set of traffic lights for the A13 then that is it. You?re doing 40mph by Mile End and 50mph by Stratford on two and three lane dual carriageways. I know its longer but there is nothing more frustrating than not moving I prefer to be moving! The best I?ve ever got to the M25 is 30 mins from Peckham Rye Park.

Yes, sat nav is shite

[LostThePlot]

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> Rotherithe's far better than Blackwall,

I agree

> SAT NAV IS CRAP

I disagree...that's the route mine suggest!

To answer the original question, as other have, it depends where you want to go after the M1. Anywhere above the M18 then the M11/A14/A1 is the best option. Otherwise, oval/Through the congestion corridor, then turn to pass Lords, but take Hamilton Terrace, before going through swiss cottage, up to Brent Cross then mile on the North Circular before you pick it up at the start.

[Annasfield]

Agree about sat nav. Refuse to have it.

[lard]

SimonM Wrote:

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> I go Victoria/Park Lane etc, but avoid Edgeware

> Road by driving East of it up Abbey road & through

> West Hampstead

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Correct. Used to live round there. Abbey Road/ West End Lane quicker than Finchley Road or Kilburn High Road.

Coming back go all the way down Lisson Grove and Seymour Place.

[LostThePlot]

Annasfield Wrote:

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> Agree about sat nav. Refuse to have it.

So how do you know then?

[Annasfield]

Because I sometimes travel with friends/parents who do.