A29 road

A29
The A29 at Stane Street, Ockley
Route information
Length	34.4 mi[1] (55.4 km)
Major junctions
North east end	A24 in Capel 51°10′22″N 0°19′07″W / 51.1728°N 0.3185°W / 51.1728; -0.3185
Major intersections	A272 in Billingshurst A27 in Slindon A259 in Bersted
South west end	B2259 / B2166 in Bognor Regis 50°47′34″N 0°40′28″W / 50.7927°N 0.6745°W / 50.7927; -0.6745
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Counties	Surrey, West Sussex
Primary destinations	Billingshurst Bognor Regis
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
← A28 → A30

The A29 is a main road in England in Surrey and chiefly in West Sussex that runs for 34.4 miles (55.4 km).

Route[edit]

The road starts at the Beare Green roundabout with the A24 in Capel, south of Dorking. It passes minor villages, bypasses Billingshurst and crosses Pulborough not on its major axis. The A29 then crosses the South Downs at Bury Hill and passes Fontwell Park Racecourse before terminating on the B2259 in Bognor Regis.

For long-distance travel, the route is not a trunk road, as designated by National Highways and as such is of standard road width, often alongside hedges and open fields. Portsmouth and Guildford for example, 15 miles (24 km) and points along the route,^[2] are served by the four-to six-lane A3 trunk road.^[3]

From Capel to Hardham, south of Pulborough, the road with notable deviations follows the path of one of the multiple Roman roads with the name Stane Street, the Middle English and Old English for Stone Street due to the remaining building materials.

A narrow-gauge railway was built to construct the Dorking Bypass section.

Junction list[edit]

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Surrey	Capel	0.0	0.0	A24 – Worthing, Horsham, London, Dorking	North-eastern terminus
West Sussex	Slinfold	7.4	11.9	A281 south-east (Guildford Road) – Horsham, Broadbridge Heath	Information signed south-west only; north-eastern terminus of A29 concurrency
		8.2	13.2	A281 north-west (Guildford Road) – Rudgwick, Guildford	South-western terminus of A281 concurrency
	Five Oaks	11.4	18.3	A264 east (Horsham Road) – Horsham, Gatwick Airport	Gatwick signed north-east only; western terminus of A264
	Billingshurst	12.7	20.4	A272 east (Hilland Road) / High Street – Haywards Heath, Cowfold	North-eastern terminus of A272 concurrency
		13.5	21.7	A272 west (Newbridge Road) / West Street – Midhurst, Petworth, Wisborough Green, Billingshurst	South-western terminus of A272 concurrency
	Pulborough	18.8	30.3	A283 (Lower Street / Station Road) – Village centre, Storrington, Petworth, West Chiltington, Fittleworth	Village centre and West Chiltington signed north-east only, Fittleworth south-west only; brief concurrency
	Houghton	25.0	40.2	A284 south (London Road) / B2139 to A27 – Littlehampton, Arundel, Storrington, Amberley	To A27 and Littlehampton signed south-west only; northern terminus of A284
	Slindon	28.9	46.5	A27 east – Worthing, Brighton, Walberton, Yapton, Arundel	Walberton signed south-west only; north-eastern terminus of A27 concurrency
	Walberton	29.3	47.2	A27 west / Arundel Road – Tangmere, Fontwell, Walberton, Chichester, Portsmouth	Chichester and Portsmouth signed north-east only; south-western terminus of A27 concurrency
	Bersted	33.2	53.4	A259 east (Charles Purley Way) – Littlehampton, Middleton-on-Sea	North-eastern terminus of A259 concurrency
		33.4	53.8	A259 west (Rowan Way) / Steyning Way to A27 – Chichester, Portsmouth, Pagham	To A27, Portsmouth, and Pagham signed south-west only; south-western terminus of A259 concurrency
	Bognor Regis	34.4	55.4	B2259 (Hotham Way) / B2166 (Chichester Road) / Victoria Drive – Town centre, Bersted, Pagham, Felpham, Aldwick	South-western terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References[edit]

51°00′27″N 0°27′47″W / 51.00752°N 0.46297°W / 51.00752; -0.46297