A697 road
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 Long straight on the A697 trunk road in Berwickshire | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 68 mi (109 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Morpeth 55°11′16″N 1°42′56″W / 55.1877°N 1.7155°W | |||
 A1 A698 A6105 A6089 A68 | ||||
| North end | Oxton 55°46′16″N 2°47′15″W / 55.7711°N 2.7874°W | |||
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| Country | United Kingdom | |||
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The A697 is a road that can be used an alternative to the A1 for those travelling between Scotland and England via the North East.
Route
[edit]It connects Morpeth on the A1 to the A68 at Oxton, near Edinburgh. The road runs via Wooler and Coldstream, and passes through a largely rural area of the Scottish Borders.
Devil's Causeway
[edit]Stretches of the route overlay the Devil's Causeway, a Roman road.[citation needed]
Speed
[edit]The A697 is around 15 miles (24 km) shorter and an average time of 23 minutes quicker than travelling up the A1, according to figures from the RAC route planner.[citation needed]
Settlements on route
[edit]The road runs through
- Morpeth[1]
- Espley
- Longhorsley
- Weldon
- Longframlington
- Thrunton
- Powburn
- Wooperton
- Haugh Head
- Wooler
- Low Humbleton
- Akeld
- Milfield
- Crookham
- Cornhill on Tweed
- Coldstream[1]
- Orange Lane
- Greenlaw
- Houndslow
- Thirlestane
- Oxton
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fellows, Griffith J. (2003). The Waterfalls of England: A Practical Guide for Visitors and Walkers. Sigma Leisure. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-85058-767-5.
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