List of primary destinations on the United Kingdom road network

Primary destinations are locations that appear on route confirmation signs in the United Kingdom. They are prescribed in Appendix C of "Local Transport Note 1/94: The Design and Use of Directional Informatory Signs" (LTN 1/94), published by the Department for Transport; except those in Northern Ireland. Most are important settlements or conurbations, but some are bridges and tunnels, or even villages that are important junctions, e.g. Scotch Corner or Crianlarich.

[Some maps show primary destinations in a different colour or font size to other places. However, certain maps also include destinations that are not listed in LTN 1/94 without reference to any official designation as such.]

List of primary destinations

LTN 1/94 does not include Northern Ireland]

England

Counties are as at July 1994, and shown as per the original referenced source.]

Avon

* Avonmouth
* Bath
* Bristol
* Weston-super-Mare

Bedfordshire

* Bedford
* Dunstable
* Luton

Berkshire

* Bracknell
* Maidenhead
* Newbury
* Reading
* Slough

Buckinghamshire

* Amersham
* Aylesbury
* Beaconsfield
* High Wycombe
* Milton Keynes

Cambridgeshire

* Cambridge
* Ely
* Huntingdon
* March
* Peterborough
* Wisbech

Cheshire

* Chester
* Congleton
* Macclesfield
* Nantwich
* Northwich
* Runcorn
* Warrington
* Widnes

Cleveland

* Hartlepool
* Teesside outside of the conurbation area. When closer, the distinction is made between:* Middlesbrough:* Stockton

Cornwall

* Bodmin
* Bude
* Falmouth
* Helston
* Liskeard
* Launceston
* Penzance
* Redruth
* St Austell
* Truro
* Wadebridge

Cumbria

* Barrow-in-Furness
* Brough
* Carlisle
* Kendal
* Keswick
* Kirkby Lonsdale
* Penrith
* Whitehaven
* Windermere
* Workington

Derbyshire

* Ashbourne
* Buxton
* Chesterfield
* Derby
* Matlock

Devon

* Barnstaple
* Bideford
* Exeter
* Exmouth
* Honiton
* Okehampton
* Paignton
* Plymouth
* Tavistock
* Torquay

Dorset

* Blandford
* Bournemouth
* Dorchester
* Poole
* Wimborne
* Weymouth

Durham

* Bishop Auckland
* Consett
* Darlington
* Durham

East Sussex

* Brighton
* Eastbourne
* Hastings
* Lewes
* Newhaven

Essex

* Basildon
* Chelmsford
* Clacton
* Colchester
* Dartford Crossing
* Harlow
* Harwich
* Southend
* Stansted Airport
* Tilbury

Gloucestershire

* Cheltenham
* Cirencester
* Gloucester
* Stroud

Greater London

* Heathrow Airport
* London [Primary destinations in Greater London, other than Heathrow Airport and London, will generally only be signed within the M25 motorway.]
* Barking
* Bexleyheath
* Brent Cross
* Brixton
* Bromley
* Central London
* The City
* Clapham Junction
* Croydon
* Dalston
* Docklands
* Ealing
* Enfield
* Hammersmith
* Harrow
* Holloway
* Hounslow
* Ilford
* Kilburn
* Kingston
* Lewisham
* Peckham
* Richmond
* Romford
* Stratford
* Sutton
* Uxbridge
* Walthamstow
* Wembley
* West End
* Westminster
* Wimbledon
* Wood Green
* Woolwich

Greater Manchester

* Ashton-under-Lyne
* Bolton
* Bury
* Manchester
* Oldham
* Rochdale
* Salford
* Stockport
* Stretford
* Wigan

Hampshire

* Alton
* Andover
* Basingstoke
* Fareham
* Petersfield
* Portsmouth
* Ringwood
* Southampton
* Winchester

Hereford and Worcester

* Bromsgrove
* Evesham
* Hereford
* Kidderminster
* Leominster
* Redditch
* Ross-on-Wye (often as just "Ross")
* Worcester

Hertfordshire

* Hatfield
* Hertford
* Hemel Hempstead
* St. Albans
* Stevenage
* Watford

Humberside

* Bridlington
* Goole
* Hull
* Humber Bridge
* Immingham
* Scunthorpe

Kent

* Ashford
* Canterbury
* Channel Tunnel
* Dartford Crossing
* Dover
* Folkestone
* Maidstone
* Margate
* Ramsgate
* Sevenoaks
* Sheerness
* Swanley

Lancashire

* Blackburn
* Blackpool
* Burnley
* Clitheroe
* Fleetwood
* Lancaster
* Morecambe
* Preston
* Skelmersdale

Leicestershire

* Hinckley
* Leicester
* Loughborough
* Market Harborough
* Melton Mowbray
* Oakham

Lincolnshire

* Boston
* Gainsborough
* Grantham
* Lincoln
* Skegness
* Sleaford
* Spalding
* Stamford

Merseyside

* Birkenhead
* Bootle
* Liverpool
* St Helens
* Southport
* Wallasey

Norfolk

* Cromer
* Diss
* Downham Market
* Great Yarmouth
* King's Lynn
* Norwich
* Swaffham
* Thetford

Northamptonshire

* Corby
* Kettering
* Northampton

Northumberland

* Alnwick
* Ashington
* Berwick-upon-Tweed
* Corbridge
* Hexham
* Morpeth

North Yorkshire

* Harrogate
* Ripon
* Scarborough
* Scotch Corner
* Selby
* Skipton
* Thirsk
* Whitby
* York

Nottinghamshire

* Mansfield
* Newark
* Nottingham
* Worksop

Oxfordshire

* Banbury
* Oxford

Shropshire

* Bridgnorth
* Oswestry
* Shrewsbury
* Telford
* Whitchurch

Somerset

* Bridgwater
* Frome
* Glastonbury
* Taunton
* Wells
* Yeovil

South Yorkshire

* Barnsley
* Bawtry
* Doncaster
* Rotherham
* Sheffield

Staffordshire

* Burton upon Trent
* Cannock
* Leek
* Lichfield
* Newcastle-under-Lyme (often as just "Newcastle")
* Rugeley
* Stafford
* Stoke-on-Trent (often as just "Stoke")
* Stone
* Tamworth
* Uttoxeter

Suffolk

* Beccles
* Bury St Edmunds
* Felixstowe
* Ipswich
* Lowestoft
* Newmarket
* Sudbury

Surrey

* Dorking
* Esher
* Farnham
* Guildford
* Redhill
* Reigate
* Staines

Tyne and Wear

* Gateshead
* Newcastle
* South Shields
* Sunderland
* Tynemouth
* Tyne Tunnel

Warwickshire

* Leamington Spa (often as just "Leamington")
* Nuneaton
* Rugby
* Stratford-upon-Avon
* Warwick

West Midlands

* Birmingham
* Brownhills
* Coventry
* Dudley
* Solihull
* Stourbridge
* Walsall
* West Bromwich
* Wolverhampton

West Sussex

* Bognor Regis
* Chichester
* Crawley
* East Grinstead
* Gatwick Airport
* Horsham
* Midhurst
* Worthing

West Yorkshire

* Bradford
* Brighouse
* Dewsbury
* Halifax
* Huddersfield
* Leeds
* Pontefract
* Wakefield
* Wetherby

Wiltshire

* Chippenham
* Marlborough
* Salisbury
* Swindon
* Trowbridge
* Warminster

Northern Ireland

* Belfast
* Londonderry
* Newry

Scotland

* Aberdeen
* Arbroath
* Ayr
* Braemar
* Campbeltown
* Coldstream
* Crianlarich
* Dumfries
* Dundee
* East Kilbride
* Edinburgh
* Elgin
* Erskine Bridge
* Forfar
* Forth Road Bridge
* Fort William
* Fraserburgh
* Galashiels
* Glasgow
* Greenock
* Hawick
* Inverness
* Irvine
* Jedburgh
* Kilmarnock
* Kincardine Bridge
* Kirkcaldy
* Kyle of Lochalsh
* Mallaig
* Montrose
* Newtonmore
* Oban
* Paisley
* Peebles
* Perth
* Peterhead
* St Andrews
* Stirling
* Stranraer
* Tay Bridge
* Thurso
* Ullapool
* Wick

Wales

Clwyd

* Llangollen
* Mold
* Queensferry
* Ruthin
* Wrexham

Dyfed

* Aberystwyth
* Cardigan
* Carmarthen
* Fishguard
* Haverfordwest
* Llandeilo
* Llandovery
* Llanelli
* Milford Haven
* Pembroke Dock
* St Clears
* Tenby

Gwent

* Abergavenny
* Chepstow
* Cwmbran
* Monmouth
* Newport

Gwynedd

* Bala
* Bangor
* Betws-y-coed
* Caernarfon
* Conwy
* Dolgellau
* Holyhead
* Llandudno
* Porthmadog

Mid Glamorgan

* Bridgend
* Merthyr Tydfil

Powys

* Brecon
* Builth Wells
* Llandrindod Wells
* Llangurig
* Machynlleth
* Newtown
* Rhayader
* Welshpool

South Glamorgan

* Cardiff

West Glamorgan

* Neath
* Port Talbot
* Swansea

Notes

References

* cite|author=Department of Transport |date=July 1994 |title = Local Transport Note 1/94: The Design and Use of Directional Informatory Signs |publisher=HMSO |location=London |pages=24-26 [http://wanderlust.myby.co.uk/roads/LTN_1-94.pdf]