Britain's Abandoned Roads - Episode 1 - A12 Ipswich Suffolk
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- #abandoned #roads #Suffolk
I go out to explore some of the UKs abandoned or disused roads. Old roads in the woods, motorway junctions or forgotten slip roads, this series has it all! Join me as I travel all over the country seeking out forgotten infrastructure.
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Brilliant! Just brilliant! Absolutely love your dry wit and sarcastic overtones. And you made it interesting too. 6 mins on the throne well spent sir 😁
It was actually when the western bypass was opened that this road was downgraded and the A12 diverted; this was the last bit of the Ipswich bypass to open. When the southern bypass opened (this is the one that includes the Orwell Bridge) there was a roundabout where the narrow underpass is now. You can see some of the old road markings on the old abandoned carriageway still. Before this, the A12 and A45 ran through Ipswich; the eastern bypass (now the A12) was the A1093 and the southern bypass didn't have a number; the distance signs said "(A12, A45)". There actually was another A-road that ran round the western side of Ipswich from Washbrook up through Sproughton to Needham Market; this is the road that veers off left near where the dual carriageway closes and is now mostly a B-road, and has a weight limit so I can't use it on my travels.
Another ‘gem’. As an ex Ipswich resident I used to blast my 1.2 diesel Hijet van along this very road, safer than the A14 where trucks would tailgate me in frustration assuming I was deliberately ‘cruising’ at 50 mph to slow them down. Actually I was just trying to make the jump into hyperspace. Anyhoo, my ‘gaff’ was about 1500 metres from where thee stood..keep them coming!
It is mad how it just stops. I still love driving along there. The quietest dual carriageway in the UK.
I can tell I will enjoy watching this series!
This road is er… just down the road from where my parentals have retired to… I can just imagine their faces next time I’m seeing them when I tell them that I’m popping out to see a stretch of abandoned road 😆
We usually leap frog from Claydon to the A12 via Sproughton Bramford to Capel on this section of road as it can be a faff on the A14 and Copdock interchange. It seems amazing now what with all the adjacent houses how people used to join the road. I used to drive it back when it came direct from the Post House now Holiday Inn (I think) though to Essex and beyond. Really interesting chanell incidentally, love the A1 episode.
Walk this road many many times. A price of motoring history. Glad they haven't done away with it. Even walked it in the snow (when Britain had snow) that, was up to your knees.
Thanks for watching. Ah yes snow... I remember that.
Yes I was a local at the time. There was a service station & Mechanic on that road, couple of petrol pumps. Local place nice bloke called Cliff ran it. The reroute killed his business. Interesting note the Suffolk strangler Stephen something or other dumped a body around there in Washbrook Brook itself.
Late reply but it’s still there, go that way often to see my dad and every time I go past it seems shut
I got petrol there last about a year ago, seems permanently closed now
I used to live just round the corner from that section, in washbrook. The disused bit is only actually about 250yrds long, the new road goes over it as shown then they built a Tesco on the cut off bit that used to join it into Ipswich. There’s two other disused dead end sections of the single lane old a12 within a couple of miles of there.
The A12 used to run all the way to Great Yarmouth. Then they renumbered the Lowestoft-Yarmouth section as the A47 - an extension to the Norwich-Yarmouth road through Acle.
I used to travel on that road before the copdock interchange was built, we used to take our caravan up to Norfolk, at the time my dad had a Vauxhall Chevette, that poor thing would have to pull the caravan up swan hill. For years I tried to remember where that road was, until one day while out for a bike ride I ended up on that dual carriageway. Although It had been a long time there was something familiar about it, so I just had to cycle up that hill. Funny thing was, a few years ago there was a lorry fire on the A12 and traffic was diverted that way, I myself was towing a caravan, luckily it was now with a 2.0 ltr Mondeo... Great video mate.
I've been down that bit of road thousands of times. I was a bit pissed off when they changed it. It used to be a straight run, up Crane Hill out of Ipswich, and straight on without sodding about with trafficlight controlled roundabouts, and the 'Which lane do I need to be in?' dimbos who always seem to be bimbling about aimlessly there. That's progress, I tells 'ee.
The best introduction to a video I've seen in a while. You know your audience well. :)
I am in fact watching this on the toilet 🤣
Hey man... hope your enjoying that on work time.
Extraordinary human being you are...
Man of culture. He’s got his life together.
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Washbrook brook inn, lovely place to eat
Thank you for this of course-well done too!!
There's an old section of the A350 abandoned next to where it crosses the A303, there's also a selection of abandoned roads where the A37 used to meet the A372 when the A303 Ilchester bypass was built. The abandoned junction there is probably ancient.
Absolutely gripping, but you knew that already John.
How did you know i was sitting on the toilet? But just the right length. Epic
It's what YT was invented for surely.
There is a bit of road similar to this at Spetchley in Worcestershire, old cats eyes and lines still there, it's just a sort of layby and track now. Presumably it changed when the nearby motorway was built. Btw are you sure you aren't Reece Shearsmith? 😉
What's all this shouting...
@@AutoShenanigans 😂😂😂
It doesn't get anymore interesting than this. Even a discovery of an untouched pharaohs tomb woul pale into insignificance compared to a miserable piece desolate tarmac bypassed by a new road.
Have you considered the old A130 from Wickord to Chelmsford. That is probably one of the few bypasses that was itself bypassed by a new one. Lots of small interesting( to me anyway) loops that are worthy of a look at.
Remember, today it's not a matter of "can it be done?", but "what's the cost?".
If you can build a tunnel under one of Europe's highest mountains, or send a man to the moon...
Of course the people living along the now disused road are lucky ducks their properties probably increased considerably in price with the new peace and tranquility in the area.
I knew life changesld after the Ipswich Southern bypass was opened. Fantastic stuff. Like the way you don't take it too seriously.
Looks like this is going to be a great series
Amazing, I've done Copdock and the A12 so many times and didn't have a clue that this existed. Cheers Jon :D
Suggestion: Runcorn's busway from Astmoor Road to Corn Brook Avenue
Walked along there a few times, always wondered what it was.
They do some very odd changes. Great video John
theres another random and completely useless bit of dual carriageway on the old Felixstowe Road (maybe the A45 previously?) towards Levington village
I enjoy your videos anyway but this one was considerably enhanced by me mishearing it as 'Cockblock Interchange'.
took most of the time of the video for me to picture where this was in my head
have driven the A12/A14 many times over the years, but typically never really paid any attention to anything other than the driving
Ooo. Former A30 in Cornwall.
I cycle this road pretty well every week at least once 😊
I came across your channel by accident and now I can't stop watching. I don't even own a car 😅
Welcome along
Yes government dept info can be quite lucrative especially in the town and planning and highways areas.
Would be great if you could zoom in and show on the map the length of the abandoned road…
Britains Abandoned Roads, or should this be titled England & Wales Abandoned Roads? Nothing or very little of Scotland, although this should be no surprise, as to research and video Scotland’s Abandoned Roads would be a lifetimes project.
Until the 1960s many of Scotlands A roads were twisty, windy, single track, or one lane either direction where 2 cars could pass but buses and trucks had crawl past each other pulling their mirrors in to pass. From the 1960s to the present (some stretches of single track A road still exist) a program of upgrading has continued. Most of these upgrades required complete realignment of the carriageway, leaving thousands of miles of former A Road as either abandoned road or road now only used as farm access.
Aha, a bypass to bypass the bypass.
Nice scenery and road to film the next... Living dead
I stayed in a hotel near there not so long ago. It is indeed a most peculiar bit of road and I did wonder lol
Just seen this, cheers!
i used to live near the A2 and that got redone and a large chunk of the old part of it is an abandoned road
I know of the section you mean. I was considering it for an episode, however it appears a lot of it has been converted to other uses, I couldn't see much left of the original infrastructure, of course if I'm looking in the wrong areas, do let me know ;-)
@@AutoShenanigans yeah it has been pretty much reused by being converted into a public path way that cuts through to the neighbouring town, it also lets you access 2 bridges to cross the current active A2
Looks interesting enough for sure, I'll look into it, appreciate the suggestion!
In Gravesend? The abandoned bit is now used as a cycling track.
Nice one, local too this one, good place for a rip then or blocked to cars? :p
Blocked to cars mate. However, I did see a motorcycle or 2 head through.
I live near here, always thought it was cool, remember as a kid going on this road in parents car
1:41 and 2:33 It's old ROAD CATS EYES! 😃😃😃
I've seen so many on my travels!
Hey Jon, congratulations on reaching 100000. Is that binary for M25 🤷. Love you channel and content, I’m not sure when I subscribed to your channel? let’s hope you get to 1,000,000 soon. Toodle Pip 🚀
Nice one, thanks for watching!
Fantastic video. And lovely Saab
Love me a Saab. Great cars indeed! Lug all the camera gear about and comfortable AF!
@@AutoShenanigans will need to buy one some day!
You should! They're slowly going up in price so be quick. Speaking of quick... get the 2.8 v6 version ;)
@@AutoShenanigans I'd love one of them! All wheel drive aswell great machine. Always had diesels tho, and fuel keeps getting more expensive thats the trouble :((
I used to do driving lessons on that section of road
Maps / diagrams please guys!
Well it's 2130 on the 27/3/23 and can you guess what I'm doin while I'm watching this ....
What’s the name of the interchange again
im from Ipswich and i'm looking for some new places to explore.
Well I can point you in the direction of a great bit of tarmac :D
I’ve lived in Ipswich for many years now and never seen this, where is it?
ip8 3lb!
@@JamieBarton1984 I have since been to see this, but thank you!
New Lamposts though
Now this looks a intresting series, any abandoned Scottish roads planned?
There are a couple up there in mind, however for "budgeting" purposes, we are going to start with the stuff nearer to home. Thanks for watching!
I know that there are a few Abandoned parts of the A8 built before the M8 was built
@@professorpodcast3029 Sounds interesting.. any ideas where abouts mate?
@@AutoShenanigans west of Newhouse Mate, between Glasgow and Edinburgh
@@AutoShenanigans theres also a section of the A83 in County Argyll
Its not Lowerstoft matey, its Lowestoft.
Any chance you can actually drive to where you are walking? Or is it cut off to traffic.
Sadly no chance of getting a vehicle in... If I could I would.. I'm not a fan of this walking malarky :D
In all honesty I was, engaged in shall we say, waste disposal mode on the porcelain when I was watching this the first time. Have watched a few of your vids now more than once. I find these kind these infrastructure videos fascinating. I have a mate who would like these as well so will give a share to him. Keep up the good work. 🛣🚘🚧🏗
think ive biked down here
Codpock
The Volvo advert at the start is a joke. Isn't the idea to own a car in the end ?
I dont have any say in what ads are displayed, if at all, sorry!
How dare you suggest that I’m currently sat on the toilet. You’re correct but still.
because it didn't feel like continuing, duh..
Errrr....there's a place called Cockdock!?!? 😬
ahhahah.
The name is Copdock though.
If the road is still there, why don’t people drive on it?
All the traffic is on the newer road, because it’s ‘faster’, but the old road is empty.
Zero traffic means zero delays.
Why don’t we just use these pieces of infrastructure?
thats a common misconception. Katy Freeway Texas
Having driven down it to get home, I can assure you that it is not without its delays.
Yes, that section is the same, but when you turn left, just before the road ends, I can assure you that going through the villages has its delays.
I quickly concluded that spending 10 minutes in the traffic on the A12 up to the Copdock interchange, then turning left onto the A14, was indeed quicker than taking they way you suggest.
And if there are delays on the A14, then it is still quicker to go on the A12 to Copdock and do a loop, though Ipswich or double back through Hadleigh, as I have known this route in the video to be at a stand still for about 5 miles.
So that tells you thar your assumption of no delays on this old route is misguided.
build more houses and warehousing on this unused road ?
Great Britain, the big Warehouse 😂
We don't need more abandoned roads, we need more lorry drivers.
This will be an going joke I feel :D
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The country needs more drivers overall.
You promised 6 to 7 minutes. I got 3.
I demand a refund
Rubbish!