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{{short description|Road in England}}
{{for2|the A47 in Northern Ireland|A47 road (Northern Ireland)|the French motorway|A47 autoroute}}
{{overly detailed|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2024}}
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|junction   = {{jct|country=GBR|A|452}} in [[Birmingham]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|444}} in [[Nuneaton]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|5}} in Nuneaton<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|6}} in [[Leicester]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|1}} near [[Peterborough]]
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|counties = [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]<br>[[Warwickshire]]<br>[[Leicestershire]]<br>[[Rutland]]<br>[[Northamptonshire]]<br>[[Cambridgeshire]]<br>[[Norfolk]]<br>[[Suffolk]]
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The '''A47''' is a major trunk road in [[England]] linking [[Birmingham]] to [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]], maintained and operated by [[National Highways]]. Most of the section between Birmingham and [[Nuneaton]] is now classified as the [[B4114 road|B4114]]. From [[Peterborough]] eastwards, it is a [[trunk road]]. (Sections west of the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1 road]] have been downgraded as alternative roads have been built.)

==History==
[[File:Sentinel sculpture TimTolkien.jpg|right|thumb|''Sentinel'' by [[Tim Tolkien]] near the wartime [[Spitfire]] factory at [[Castle Bromwich]]]]
The original (1923) route of the A47 was Birmingham to [[Great Yarmouth]], but some changes were made to its route in the early years.
At its eastern end, the A47 originally ran through [[Filby]] and [[Caister-on-Sea]], with the [[Acle Straight]] bearing the number B1140.

A change took place in 1925. The original route of the A47 between [[Guyhirn]] and [[Wisbech]] in the [[Isle of Ely]] was via [[Wisbech St Mary]], with the direct route being part of the A141. That was because there was no road bridge over the [[River Nene]] at Guyhirn and hence no junction between the A47 and the A141. In April 1925 a steel road bridge was opened, and the A47 and the A141 swapped routes between Guyhirn and Wisbech.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

The A47 was rerouted along the Acle Straight in 1935, with the old route being renumbered as the A1064 ([[Acle]] to Caister-on-Sea) and part of the A149 (Caister to Great Yarmouth). Another change also dates from 1935. The A47 originally ran via [[Downham Market]], not King's Lynn. In 1935,{{citation needed|date=June 2011}} it was rerouted via King's Lynn, replacing part of the A141 (Wisbech to King's Lynn) and part of the A17 (King's Lynn to [[Swaffham]]). The old route via Downham Market was renumbered as the A1122 ([[Outwell]] to Swaffham) and part of the A1101 (Wisbech to Outwell).

Major improvements were made from the late 1970s until early in the 1990s. The seven-mile (11.3&nbsp;km) £5&nbsp;million part-dual-carriageway [[Dereham|East Dereham]] Bypass built on part of the disused railway line was opened in spring 1978 followed by a five-mile (8&nbsp;km) part-dual-carriageway Swaffham Bypass, costing £5&nbsp;million, which was opened in June 1981. Bypasses for Uppingham (£1.4&nbsp;million) and Blofield (£4&nbsp;million) were opened in 1982 and 1983 respectively. The southern section of the Great Yarmouth Western Bypass was opened in May 1985 and the northern section in March 1986 at a cost of £19&nbsp;million, followed by improvements to the one-mile (1.6&nbsp;km) [[Postwick with Witton|Postwick]]-[[Blofield]] section (£1.2&nbsp;million), which was opened in November 1987. In 1989 Acle Bypass was completed at a cost of £7.1&nbsp;million and the £1.2&nbsp;million East Norton Bypass was opened in December 1990. The three-mile (4.8&nbsp;km) £9&nbsp;million East Dereham-[[North Tuddenham]] Improvement opened in August 1992 and the £62&nbsp;million Norwich southern Bypass in September 1992.

Escalating [[Road protest (UK)|road protests]] starting with [[Twyford Down]] in 1992 and culminating with the [[Newbury bypass]] in 1996 (at which more than 1,000 people were arrested)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/stories/the_age_of_ambivalence/02.ST.06/?scene=4&tv=true|title=Environmental protest groups|publisher=The Making for the Modern World|access-date=16 January 2008}}</ref> led to more than 300 road schemes being cancelled in November 1995<ref name=PCh>{{cite web|url=http://protestculture.org/history.html|title=Protest Culture – history|publisher=Protest Culture|access-date=17 January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013213726/http://www.protestculture.org/history.html |archive-date = 13 October 2007}}</ref> and to the cancellation of further schemes, including the Thorney bypass,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malcmoss.easynet.co.uk/speeches/thorneybypass.htm |title=Thorney bypass |access-date=6 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201192205/http://www.malcmoss.easynet.co.uk/speeches/thorneybypass.htm |archive-date=1 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> by the new [[1997 United Kingdom general election|Labour government in 1997]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/about/strategy/whitepapers/previous/anewdealfortransportbetterfo5695 |title=A new deal for transport: better for everyone |publisher=Department for Transport |access-date=1 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130042950/http://www.dft.gov.uk/about/strategy/whitepapers/previous/anewdealfortransportbetterfo5695 |archive-date=30 January 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book
 |title=A New Deal for Transport: The UK's Struggle with the Sustainable Transport Agenda

 |editor-first1=Iain |editor-last1=Docherty |editor-first2= Jon |editor-last2=Shaw
 |date=August 2003
 |publisher=Blackwell
 |isbn=1-4051-0631-X
 |url-access=registration
 |url=https://archive.org/details/newdealfortransp0000unse |via=archive.org
 }}</ref>

In 2002 the government announced a new road-building programme,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmtlgr/558/55808.htm#a27|title=Select Committee on Transport, Local Government and the Regions Eighth Report|publisher=House of Commons|access-date=16 January 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080118022801/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmtlgr/558/55808.htm| archive-date= 18 January 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> which included the three-mile (4.8&nbsp;km) dual-carriageway Thorney bypass, which opened on 14 December 2005.

In February 2017 [[Highways England]] (now [[National Highways]]) redesignated the stretch of the [[A12 road (England)|A12 road]] between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft as the A47.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hewett|first1=Emily|title=Why has the A12 between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft become the A47?|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/20849070.a12-great-yarmouth-lowestoft-become-a47/ |website=Eastern Daily Press|date=7 February 2017|access-date=7 February 2017}}</ref>

==Proposed improvements==
{{Update section|date=November 2024}}

===Acle Straight (New Road)===
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A study on the A47 which concluded in 2001 looked at improving New Road, i.e. the section of the A47 between Acle and Great Yarmouth known as the Acle Straight.<ref name="HA3">
{{cite web
 |url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/4175.aspx
 |title=A47 Acle Straight
 |publisher=[[Highways Agency]]
 |access-date=14 November 2008
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704212114/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/4175.aspx
 |archive-date=4 July 2008
}}</ref> The improvement of the Acle Straight has become a point of contention between interested parties due to its passage through [[The Broads|the Norfolk Broads]], an area of important ecological and conservation significance that limits development. The study which recommended widening rather than dualling of the Acle Straight was opposed by the [[Broadland District Council]], [[Great Yarmouth Borough Council]], [[Norfolk Constabulary|Norfolk Police Authority]] and the majority of local respondents who believed that dualling of the road is necessary to improve road safety, decrease journey time and support the economic development of Great Yarmouth. Dualling was however strongly opposed by the [[Environment Agency]], the [[Council for National Parks|Council for National Parks (CNP)]] and the [[Broads Authority]] due to its impact on biodiversity and internationally important wildlife sites. These parties did cautiously support further investigation into the option for widening following further investigation of its environmental impact.<ref name="NCC2">	
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.committees.norfolk.gov.uk/papers/cabinet/plantran61201/a47stud3.htm
 |title       = A47 Norwich to Great Yarmouth Study
 |publisher   = [[Norfolk County Council]]
 |access-date  = 14 November 2008
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111002100750/http://www.committees.norfolk.gov.uk/papers/cabinet/plantran61201/a47stud3.htm
 |archive-date = 2 October 2011
}}</ref>

===Acle Straight safety improvement scheme===
In 2006 a programme of safety improvement for the Acle Straight were announced. This would include road resurfacing, better road markings, improved visibility and the installation of safety cameras at an estimated total cost of £1.6&nbsp;million. The result would then be monitored while long-term improvements, such as widening, are considered.<ref name="HA4">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/1631_6_million_package_safety_measures_improve/58980.html
 |title        = £1.6 Million package of safety measures to improve the A47 Acle Straight in Norfolk
 |publisher    = Government News
 |access-date   = 14 November 2008
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110726125048/http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/1631_6_million_package_safety_measures_improve/58980.html
 |archive-date = 26 July 2011
 |url-status     = usurped
}}</ref> 

===Norwich Northern Distributor Road===
{{main|Norwich Northern Distributor Road}}
A £117&nbsp;million road scheme to the north of [[Norwich]], linking the [[A1067 road|A1067]] and [[Norwich International Airport]] to the A47, sponsored and managed by [[Norfolk County Council]]. It was priority scheme for Norfolk County Council and it attracted strong opposition both locally and from environmental groups.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=3683
 |title=Northern Distributor Road
 |publisher=Norfolk County Council
 |access-date=8 November 2008
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917190815/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=3683
 |archive-date=17 September 2008
}}</ref> On 2 June 2015 the scheme was given the go ahead, in 2017 parts of the road were opened with the complete road opened in early 2018.

===Norwich Western Link===
A scheme to connect the A47 at [[Easton, Norfolk|Easton]] with the A1067 at [[Attlebridge]] at the end of the Norwich Northern Distributor Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=Norwich Western Link |url=https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/article/39821/Norwich-Western-Link |access-date=18 December 2024 |website=Norfolk County Council }}</ref>

===Improvements around Norwich===
The two stretches of dual carriageway west and east of Norwich respectively are planned to be dualled by 2027.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 August 2020 |title=A47 programme of overall improvements – National Highways |url=https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/east/a47-programme-of-overall-improvements/ |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=nationalhighways.co.uk }}</ref> Although a [[Development Consent Order]] (DCO) was granted in 2022,<ref>{{cite web |date=12 August 2022 |title=£200m A47 dualling work to start next year after government grants go-ahead |url=https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/local-council/20664148.200m-a47-dualling-work-start-next-year-government-grants-go-ahead/ |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=Norwich Evening News }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A47 Blofield to North Burlingham – Project information |url=https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/TR010040 |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk}}</ref> both schemes were subject to legal challenge which have since been dismissed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grimmer |first=Dan |date=15 June 2024 |title=Norfolk A47 dualling work start date remains unknown |url=https://www.wattonandswaffhamtimes.co.uk/news/24383473.norfolk-a47-dualling-work-start-date-remains-unknown/ |work=[[Watton & Suffolk Times]] |location= |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> This caused the overall scheme to be delayed by 20 months.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trio of A47 road upgrades to go-ahead as legal challenge fails |url=https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2024/02/22/trio-of-a47-road-upgrades-to-go-ahead-as-legal-challenge-fails/ |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=Construction Enquirer }}</ref> Work began on the [[North Tuddenham]] to [[Easton, Norfolk|Easton]] leg in 19 August 2024 and is due to be finished in 2027.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 August 2024 |title=Speed limit cut to 30mph on part of A47 as dualling work finally begins |url=https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/24527824.speed-limit-a47-stretch-norfolk-dualling-begins/ |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=Norwich Evening News }}</ref>

In addition to the two dualling schemes, National Highways also proposed to improve the [[Thickthorn Junction]], where the A47 meets the [[A11 road|A11]]. This will involve the construction of two new free-flow link roads between the A47 and the A11. this project was also the subject of a legal dispute which was since dismissed. In July 2024, the £153&nbsp;million contract was awarded to [[Skanska]] with construction to begin later in the year, which will last for four years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thickthorn roundabout revamp work to begin later this year after £153m deal struck |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/25313752.a47-a11-thickthorn-roundabout-153m-revamp-contract-agreed/ |access-date=17 July 2025 |work=Eastern Daily Press |date=15 July 2025 }}</ref>

===Other proposed improvements===
In 2012 Norfolk County Council launched the strategic route prospectus which detailed improvement schemes along the A47 between Peterborough and King's Lynn.<ref>{{cite web|title=A47 Strategic Route Prospectus |url=http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/view/NCC111644 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130113184406/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/view/NCC111644 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 January 2013 |publisher=Norfolk County Council |access-date=9 June 2013 }}</ref> The list of improvements, costing a total £526&nbsp;million, included dualling sections of the road and other junction improvements. The sections of the road to be dualled were the Acle straight, Blofield to [[Lingwood and Burlingham|Burlingham]], North Tuddenham to Easton and the [[East Winch]]/Middleton bypass. Other improvements detailed were four schemes at Great Yarmouth, including a £112&nbsp;million third river crossing, four junction improvements along the Norwich Southern Bypass and improvements to the three junctions at King's Lynn.

On 8 October 2012 it was the announced that improvements to the A1/A47 junction at Wansford and the roundabout at Honingham would be approved for pinch point funding.<ref>{{cite web|title=A47 Honingham junction to be improved|url=http://www.waylandnews.com/a47-honingham-junction-to-be-improved/|publisher=wayland news|access-date=9 June 2013|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130620213711/http://www.waylandnews.com/a47-honingham-junction-to-be-improved/|archive-date=20 June 2013}}</ref> On 1 December 2014 it was announced that a package of improvements to the A47 worth a total of £300&nbsp;million would be funded during the 2015–20 parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=The full list of road projects in the East|date=December 2014|url=http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2014-12-01/the-full-list-of-road-projects-in-the-east/|publisher=ITV|access-date=22 December 2014}}</ref>

Plans to dual the A47 west of Peterborough between [[Wansford, Cambridgeshire|Wansford]] and [[Sutton, Peterborough|Sutton]] were cancelled by the government in August 2025.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dual carriageway cancelled - but fight for safety goes on |url=https://www.lincsonline.co.uk/stamford/news/dual-carriageway-cancelled-but-fight-for-safety-goes-on-9428185/ |access-date=6 August 2025 |work=LincsOnline |date=4 August 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Route==
[[File:Route of A47.png|thumb|right|''Route of A47'', OpenStreetMap]]

===Birmingham===
The Birmingham end of the A47 starts one mile from the centre of Birmingham at the junction with the [[A4540 road|A4540]] Middleway. The traffic light controlled junction was laid out in 2018–19 following the infilling of the Ashted Circus roundabout.<ref>{{cite web |last= |date=6 March 2019 |title=Ashted Circus improvement scheme completed |url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/news/article/381/ashted_circus_improvement_scheme_completed |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=www.birmingham.gov.uk }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Young |first=Graham |date=15 April 2018 |title=Death of a subway: Famous underground tunnels bite the dust |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/death-subway-famous-underground-tunnels-14516847 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=Birmingham Live }}</ref> The road runs north-east through Vauxhall as Nechells Parkway and then Saltley Road. (Historically it started in the City Centre on High Street.) The road continues north east following the [[Cross Country Route]] and [[River Rea]] as first Heartlands Parkway and then Fort Parkway. The Birmingham section of the road terminates at [[Sentinel (sculpture)|Spitfire Island]], a [[roundabout]] on the [[A452 road|A452]] halfway between the M6 Junction 5 and A38 Tyburn Island.

The route between Birmingham and Nuneaton was known as the A47 until 1986, when it was renumbered, mainly as the B4114, following the completion of the M42.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

===Nuneaton – Leicester===
[[File:North along the A47 Normandy Way, Hinckley - geograph.org.uk - 670003.jpg|thumb|240px|The A47 in Normandy Way, Hinckley]]
At [[Nuneaton]] the road re-emerges as Hinckley Road from a junction with the [[A444 road|A444]], near the [[Nuneaton railway station|railway station]]. Leaving Nuneaton, it passes the [[North Warwickshire and Hinckley College|North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College]], meets the A4254 at a roundabout and the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] [[Watling Street]] near the Longshoot Hotel. It follows the A5 for a half-mile entering [[Leicestershire]] and the district of [[Hinckley and Bosworth]], then leaves at a roundabout to bypass Hinckley to the north as Dodwells Road then Normandy Way which was completed in the summer of 1994.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} This section passes through a large industrial estate and close to a [[Tesco]] distribution centre, crossing the [[Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal]]. It meets a roundabout near the [[Triumph Motorcycles Ltd|Triumph]] motorbike factory. It bypasses [[Earl Shilton]] on its southern side as a single carriageway road. It then runs through [[Leicester Forest]] on a line parallel with the [[M69 motorway|M69]]. It enters [[Leicester Forest East]] crossing the [[M1 motorway|M1]] near the [[Leicester Forest East services|service station]] and continues on into the City of Leicester at the B5380 junction. The road continues into the city centre crossing the [[A563 road|A563]] outer ring-road before becoming part of the inner ring road.[[File:LeicesterHumberstoneGate.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Humberstone Gate in Leicester (ex-A47)]]

===Leicester – A1===
[[File:Uppingham Road Shops - geograph.org.uk - 52930.jpg|thumb|left|Uppingham Road shops]]
Leaving Leicester the road becomes ''Humberstone Road'', then ''Uppingham Road''. It passes under the [[Midland Main Line]] and meets the B6146 ''St Barnabas Road'' to the south, then passes over the former [[Leicester Belgrave Road railway station|Leicester Belgrave Road]] to [[Peterborough railway station|Peterborough North]] section of the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]] which follows the road as far as [[Houghton on the Hill]]. At the [[A6030 road|A6030]] crossroads, it becomes part of the Leicester outer ring road in [[North Evington]]. At [[Humberstone, Leicestershire|Humberstone]], beyond the [[A563 road|A563]] (outer ring road) and ''Goodwood Road'' (projected extension of the outer ring road) crossroads, the road meets the B667 ''Spencefield Lane'' to the south, for [[Evington]]. Between the ''Downing Drive'' junction and Thurnby Hill it enters Leicestershire and the district of [[Harborough District|Harborough]]. At [[Thurnby]] it meets ''Station Road'' to the north, for [[Scraptoft]]. Leaving [[Bushby]] it climbs Winkadale Hill into the countryside.

[[File:Rose and Crown, Houghton on the Hill - geograph.org.uk - 456072.jpg|thumb|Rose & Crown in [[Houghton on the Hill]] ]]
The road travels through [[Houghton on the Hill]], with crossroads for [[Leicester Airport]] (to the south) and [[Ingarsby|Old Ingarsby]] (to the north) next to the ''Rose and Crown'' and [[Jet (brand)|JET]] ''Houghton Garage'', and heads down Palace Hill with a right turn for [[Gaulby]], a left turn for Tilton on the Hill, then crosses the [[River Sence]]. The two-mile £2.5&nbsp;million three-lane [[Billesdon]] Bypass opened in October 1986, passing north of the village, with staggered crossroads. It meets the [[B6047 road|B6047]] north-south [[Market Harborough]] to [[Melton Mowbray]] road (for [[Tilton on the Hill]]) at staggered crossroads at the highest point of the A47, at around 670 feet. It passes through [[Skeffington]] with a right turn for [[Rolleston, Leicestershire|Rolleston]] then heads through [[Tugby]], which is traversed by the [[Midshires Way]] and [[National Cycle Route 63]]. It winds its way towards the one-kilometre £1.2&nbsp;million [[East Norton]] Bypass, which opened in December 1990, passing south of the village, with a left turn for [[Loddington, Leicestershire|Loddington]] and right turn for [[Hallaton]]. Leaving the village, after rejoining the former route, it passes the former [[East Norton railway station|railway station]]. It heads down a hill as three lanes and crosses the [[Eye Brook]] and from here the next ten miles are in [[Rutland]], and three lanes become two.

[[File:Roundabout on A47, Uppingham - geograph.org.uk - 45196.jpg|thumb|left|The A6003 roundabout at [[Ayston]] ]]
There is a left turn for [[Belton-in-Rutland]] and a right turn for [[Allexton]] (in Leicestershire) where the road is crossed by the Leicestershire Round and [[Macmillan Way]]. The two-mile £1.9&nbsp;million [[Wardley, Rutland|Wardley]] Hill Improvement opened in October 1987, and there is a right turn (only) for Wardley, where the road is crossed by the Rutland Round. The road improvement took a less-crooked route closer to the village, with a less steep incline avoiding the top of Wardley Hill. The one-and-a-half-mile £1.4&nbsp;million [[Uppingham]] Bypass opened in June 1982, taking a shorter route north of the town, which is the home of [[Uppingham School]]. It meets the [[A6003 road|A6003]] (for [[Oakham]]) at a roundabout, and meets the former ''Glaston Road'' route and crossroads for [[Bisbrooke]], to the south. It passes through [[Glaston]], with crossroads for [[Wing, Rutland|Wing]] (to the north) and [[Seaton, Rutland|Seaton]] (to the south) near the ''Old Pheasant''. It passes over the tunnel of the [[Oakham to Kettering Line]]. Entering [[Morcott]] it passes Redwings Lodge, a former [[Travelodge UK|Travelodge]], and a new cafe restaurant, the Country Lounge originally a [[Little Chef]], on the left and there is a left turn for Morcott, where the road is crossed by the Rutland Round. It meets the [[A6121 road|A6121]] (for [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]]) and B672 (for [[Caldecott, Rutland|Caldecott]]) where it crosses a tunnel of a former railway. At a right turn for [[Barrowden]] there is Morcott Windmill, and the road is again crossed by the Rutland Round. There is a crossroads for [[South Luffenham]] and [[Barrowden]].

[[File:Collyweston Quarry, Duddington - geograph.org.uk - 332672.jpg|thumb|right|Collyweston quarry]]
From Shire Oaks (Coppice Leys) through [[Tixover]], the road has been straightened, and to the right is the Welland Valley (Rutland – Northamptonshire boundary). At Tixover there is a crossroads, where the Rutland Round follows the road to the east. The road crosses the [[River Welland]], where the [[Jurassic Way]] crosses the road. The [[Duddington]] Bypass, where the road enters the district of [[North Northamptonshire]], opened in 1975. This section has a busy roundabout where it meets the south-west/north-east corridor [[A43 road|A43]]. On the northern edge of Collyweston Great Wood, it meets ''Kingscliffe Road'' for [[Collyweston]], at the west gate of [[RAF Wittering]]. It follows the perimeter fence of the airfield to ''Collyweston Cross Roads'' (now no longer crossroads due to the airfield), where there is a right turn for [[Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire|Kings Cliffe]]. The woodland here is the northern edge of the historic [[Rockingham Forest]]. The road towards Wittering Lodge has been straightened, and crosses the [[City of Peterborough]] boundary (former Northamptonshire, then [[Cambridgeshire]]). At Toll Bar Cottage, there is a left turn for [[Wittering, Cambridgeshire|Wittering]], opposite [[Bedford Purlieus National Nature Reserve]]. The road meets the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]].

===A1 – Kings Lynn===
The road formerly went through Wansford, further to the south. The £250,000 dual-carriageway [[Wansford, Cambridgeshire|Wansford]] North Bypass opened in January 1965. There is a right-turn for [[Sutton, Peterborough|Sutton]]. It is crossed by the [[Roman road]] [[Ermine Street]]. The dual-carriageway £9&nbsp;million [[Ailsworth]]-[[Castor, Peterborough|Castor]] Bypass opened in September 1991. Around Peterborough, the Peterborough Longthorpe [[Grade separation|Grade separated junction]] (GSJ) opened in December 1987 where it meets the A1260. There is a GSJ for [[Bretton, Peterborough|Bretton]] and a [[Sainsbury's]], and it passes the [[Peterborough City Hospital]]. The £1.2&nbsp;million Peterborough [[Westwood, Peterborough|Westwood]] GSJ opened in January 1987 near [[Ravensthorpe, Peterborough|Ravensthorpe]]. This section of road is called the ''Soke Parkway'' (named after the [[Soke of Peterborough]]). When this was first built, in the mid-1970s, the A47 followed what is now the A15 ''Paston Parkway''.

It crosses the [[East Coast Main Line]] and meets the [[A15 road (England)|A15]] at [[New England, Peterborough|New England]] near to a [[Morrisons]] (former [[Safeway (UK)|Safeway]]), and Boulevard and Brotherhood retail parks at [[Walton, Peterborough|Walton]] to the north and [[New England, Peterborough|New England]] to the south. There is another GSJ near [[Paston, Peterborough|Paston]] to the north and it meets the other strand of the A15 at a GSJ near [[Gunthorpe, Peterborough|Gunthorpe]]. It meets the southern terminus of the new [[A16 road (England)#Spalding-Peterborough route change|A16]] alignment before meeting the A1139 at a roundabout and crossing the [[Car Dyke]]. The {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=on}} £7.2&nbsp;million [[Eye, Cambridgeshire|Eye]] Bypass opened as ''Eye Road'' in October 1991, diverting traffic from the ''Paston Parkway'', and partly built on the former [[Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway|Peterborough to Wisbech railway]]. There is a local access roundabout at [[Eye Green]] near the [[Esso]] ''Eye Green Service Station'', a [[Travelodge UK|Travelodge]] and the Peterborough Eye former [[Little Chef]] on the right, where it becomes ''Thorney Road'', ''The Causeway''. The landscape becomes very flat known as [[The Fens]]. A {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=on}} dual-carriageway bypass of [[Thorney, Cambridgeshire|Thorney]] opened on 14 December 2005. The road meets the B1040 and B1167 at roundabouts. Near [[Thorney Toll]], the road enters [[Cambridgeshire]] and the district of [[Fenland District|Fenland]] near the ''New Toll Service Station''. The straight road finishes at Guyhirn, meeting the B1187 and crossing on the [[Tiddy Mun]] bridge and following the [[River Nene]] and the Nene Way. The {{convert|1/2|mi|km|adj=on}} £3.7&nbsp;million [[Guyhirn]] Diversion opened in October 1990. The road heads north-east, following the east bank of the River Nene. The {{convert|5|mi|km|adj=on}} £6&nbsp;million [[Wisbech]]/West Walton Bypass opened in autumn 1984. The former route leaves as the B198 at a roundabout. It meets a [[level crossing]], and it enters [[Norfolk]] and the district of [[King's Lynn and West Norfolk]] just before a roundabout with the A1101 for [[Elm, Cambridgeshire|Elm]] and [[Emneth]] at the Elme Hall Hotel. It passes the [[TotalEnergies|Total]] ''Wisbech Services'' and then meets the old route (B198) at a roundabout and becomes the {{convert|6|mi|km|adj=on}} £23&nbsp;million dual-carriageway [[Walpole Highway]]/Tilney High End Bypass which opened in summer 1996. There is an exit for Walpole Highway, and another for [[Terrington St John]]. It passes near Tilney High End. Near [[Tilney All Saints]], it meets the old route at a roundabout, becoming the single carriageway ''Main Road'', then ''Pullover Road''. It meets the end of the [[A17 road (England)|A17]] at the "Pullover Roundabout" where the [[West Lynn, Norfolk|West Lynn]] Little Chef is located.

===King's Lynn – Great Yarmouth===
{{Update|section|date=February 2017}}
[[File:Thickthorn Interchange - geograph.org.uk - 73633.jpg|thumb|right|[[List of road junctions in the United Kingdom|Thickthorn Interchange]] between the A47 and [[A11 road (England)|A11]].]]
[[File:A47 Norwich - geograph.org.uk - 1956019.jpg|right|thumb|The A47 near Norwich]]
Nearing King's Lynn, the dual carriageway crosses over the [[River Great Ouse]] and [[Fen Rivers Way]] footpath. Construction of the King's Lynn southern bypass, built by [[W. & C. French]]<ref>''Lynn Advertiser'' Friday 7 April 1972, page 1</ref> at a cost of £3,733,000, began on 5 April 1972<ref>''Lynn Advertiser'' Friday 17 March 1972, page 1</ref> and was completed in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |date=28 January 2018 |title=Pictures capture the early days of King’s Lynn southern bypass |url=https://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/pictures-capture-the-early-days-of-king-s-lynn-southern-bypass-1-8350016/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |website=Lynn News }}</ref> It meets the [[A148 road]] at a [[Interchange (road)|grade-separated junction]] known as the Saddlebow interchange.<ref>{{cite web |title=Video shows A47 King’s Lynn bridge repair |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/video-shows-a47-kings-lynn-bridge-repair |access-date=18 December 2024 |website=GOV.UK }}</ref> The [[A10 road (England)|A10]] and the [[A149 road|A149]] terminate at the Hardwick Flyover (opened on 30 October 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/2845.aspx|title=Highways Agency – A47 Hardwick roundabout flyover, Kings Lynn [1]|date=6 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906092225/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/2845.aspx|archive-date=6 September 2008}}</ref>) near the Hardwick Industrial Estate (formerly home of [[Campbell Soup Company|Campbell's Soup]]). After this junction it becomes Constitution Hill until the turn off for [[North Runcton]]; then Lynn Road, where in [[Middleton, Norfolk|Middleton]] it passes the Grade II listed former lodge to Middleton Hall, 'The Old Lodge',<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1306699 |desc=The Old Lodge|grade=II|access-date=18 December 2024}}</ref> the former Crown public house and St Mary's church.

Next is [[East Winch]], where it passes All Saints's church, then [[West Bilney]] where it passes St Cecilia's church. Soon after, the former [[Lynn and Dereham Railway]] line is crossed, followed by a right-turn for [[Pentney]], and the B1153 for [[East Walton]]. The half-mile [[Narborough, Norfolk|Narborough]] Bypass, opened in November 1992, where the road crosses the [[River Nar]] and enters the district of [[Breckland (district)|Breckland]]. There is a straight section to where it meets the A1122 (for [[RAF Marham]]) at a roundabout at the start of the five-mile part-dual-carriageway [[Swaffham]] Bypass, which opened in June 1981. There is an exit for Swaffham, and a grade-separated junction with the [[A1065 road|A1065]] (for [[Fakenham]]).

It passes some wind turbines and there is a roundabout where it joins the former route just before it is crossed by the [[Peddars Way]]. There is a left turn for [[Sporle with Palgrave|Sporle]] and it passes [[Necton]] then heads north-west through [[Little Fransham]], passing the ''Canary and Linnet'', with a left turn for [[Crane's Corner]]. The seven-mile £5&nbsp;million part-dual-carriageway East Dereham Bypass opened in spring 1978, which was built on part of the disused railway line. It passes near [[Wendling, Norfolk|Wendling]] and St Peter and St Paul church then meets the B1146 (for Dereham) and A1075 (for [[Shipdham]]) near a [[Tesco]] supermarket and B1135. The B1147 leaves for [[Swanton Morley]]. The three-mile £9&nbsp;million East Dereham-North Tuddenham Improvement opened in August 1992, which passes North Tuddenham. It bypasses [[Hockering]]. It enters the district of [[Broadland]] at the start of the bypass of [[Honingham]], where it crosses the [[River Tud]]. Just before the roundabout at [[Easton, Norfolk|Easton]], it enters the district of [[South Norfolk]].

==== Norwich Southern Bypass ====
The dual-carriageway £62&nbsp;million Norwich Bypass opened in September 1992. At the ''Longwater'' Intersection, the A1074 follows the former route through Norwich near the Longwater Retail Park and [[Sainsbury's]]. Near [[Bawburgh]], it crosses the [[River Yare]]. There is a GSJ with the B1108, for [[Little Melton]] and [[Colney]]. At [[Cringleford]], it meets the [[A11 road (England)|A11]] at the Thickthorn Interchange and ''Thickthorn Services'' and crosses the [[Breckland Line]]. Near Keswick Hall, it meets the [[A140 road|A140]] at a GSJ at Harford Bridge, south of [[Norwich]], near a Tesco, then crosses the [[Great Eastern Main Line]]. It is crossed by [[Boudica's Way]], then meets the [[A146 road|A146]] at a GSJ. It crosses the River Yare again at the ''Postwick Viaduct'' and enters the district of Broadland. 

==== Postwick Viaduct to Great Yarmouth ====
It crosses the [[Wherry Lines|Wherry Line]] and meets the A1042 at a GSJ. The section from the end of this bypass to [[Blofield]], the one-mile £1.2&nbsp;million [[Postwick with Witton|Postwick]]-Blofield Dualling, was opened in November 1987. There is a left turn to [[Great Plumstead]]. The one-mile £4&nbsp;million dual-carriageway Blofield Bypass opened in February 1983, which starts at a roundabout for [[Brundall]]. It becomes single carriageway and passes [[North Burlingham]] near the staggered ''White House'' crossroads with the B1140. The three-mile £7.1&nbsp;million dual-carriageway Acle Bypass opened in March 1989, which ends at a roundabout with the A1048 near a [[Travelodge UK|Travelodge]], becoming the single carriageway ''New Road''. From Acle, the road enters the Acle Straight which is nearly seven miles of straight and level single carriageway to Great Yarmouth, with just one curve at Road House Diner. The road is notorious for congestion, especially during the holiday season, and also for the number of accidents, which due to the drainage ditches on either side of the road are often fatal, and demands for dualling have been heard for many years, although there are no current plans to go ahead with this. It enters the district of Great Yarmouth, then passes close to [[Breydon Water]]. The northern section of the two-mile £19&nbsp;million Great Yarmouth Western Bypass (A47) opened in March 1986, and the southern section opened in May 1995.

===Great Yarmouth – Lowestoft===
[[File:Breydon Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 467090.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Breydon Bridge]] to the west of Great Yarmouth now carries the A47.]]
[[File:Gorleston roundabout and site of Gorleston on sea railway station - geograph.org.uk - 995929.jpg|thumb|right|The Gorleston Relief Bypass, which used to be the A12]]
From the [[Acle Straight]], the A47 meets the Vauxhall Roundabout in [[Great Yarmouth]] where it intersects with the [[A149 road|A149]]. The A47 follows a route south across [[Breydon Bridge]] which spans the estuary where the Rivers [[River Yare|Yare]] and [[River Bure|Bure]] meet [[Breydon Water]]. It meets at the Gapton Hall Roundabout, which intersects with the A1243. The route continues South, meeting with the Harfrey's Roundabout, which connects the A47 to Great Yarmouth's Herring Bridge. From there the A47 is formed of the [[Gorleston-on-Sea|Gorleston]] Bypass, a 2.6KM stretch of dual carriageway with a single slip-road connecting it to [[Gorleston-on-Sea|Gorleston]] via the [[A143 road|A143]]. After this, a small section of the A47 runs south past the regions main A&E, the [[James Paget University Hospital]]. Approx 5.5 KM of dual carriageway then takes the A47 to North [[Lowestoft]], which connects the A47 to the coastal villages of [[Hopton-on-Sea|Hopton]] and [[Corton, Suffolk|Corton]] via 3 roundabouts. The A47 enters [[Suffolk]] as its route heads south into [[Lowestoft]], along restricted 30MPH roads. As the A47 intersects with the [[A1144 road|A1144]] in the centre of Lowestoft, it branches off into two routes. The main A47 branches past the [[Port of Lowestoft|towns docks]], where it enters a section of 3 lanes controlled by [[Reversible lane|lane tidal flow lights]], which predetermine which of the three lanes is open for north or southbound travel over the [[bascule bridge]]. The secondary A47 branches through the centre of the town, passing [[Lowestoft railway station|Lowestoft Railway Station]] and meeting the main A47 by the docks just before the bridge. The A47 then terminates at the Bascule Bridge, where the [[A12 road (England)|A12]] begins.<ref>{{cite web |title=Detailed maps & routes to explore across the UK {{!}} OS Maps |url=https://explore.osmaps.com/?lat=52.545728&lon=1.717786&zoom=11.1869&style=Standard&type=2d |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=explore.osmaps.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Work completed early as part of the A12 becomes the A47 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/work-completed-early-as-part-of-the-a12-becomes-the-a47 |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=GOV.UK }}</ref>

==Bus service==
First Eastern Counties run an 'Excel' service, with four branded routes – A, B, C and D, which primarily serve population centres along the A47, with some routes going as far as Peterborough.
<ref>{{cite web|date=29 August 2021|title=747 timetable|url=https://www.centrebus.info/media/3215/route-747-01092021.pdf|access-date=11 February 2022|archive-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011123537/https://www.centrebus.info/media/3215/route-747-01092021.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Junction list==
===First segment===
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===Second segment===
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{{jctbridge|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{jctbridge|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|16|road|Welland Road|dir1=north|location1=[[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]]|city2=Crowland|location3=[[Newborough, Cambridgeshire|Newborough]]}}
|notes=Newborough signed westbound only; southern terminus of A16
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location_special=[[Eye, Cambridgeshire|Eye]]
|mile=61.1
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1139|road|White Post Road South|dir1=south|location1=[[Eye, Cambridgeshire|Eye]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A1139
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Ring's End
|mile=72.8
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|141|dir1=south|name1=March Road|location1=[[March, Cambridgeshire|March]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A141
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|county=Norfolk
|cspan=26
|location=Emneth
|mile=78.5
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1101|name1=Elm High Road|city1=Wisbech|city2=Sleaford|city3=Downham Market|location4=[[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]]|location5=[[Elm, Cambridgeshire|Elm]]|city6=Emneth|city7=Outwell}}
|notes=Elm, Emneth and Outwell signed eastbound only, Ely westbound only
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Terrington St John
|mile=84.8
|mile2=85.2
|exit=
|road=[[Terrington St John]], [[Tilney St Lawrence]]
|notes=[[Junction (road)|Junction]]; Tilney signed eastbound only
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location_special=[[Tilney All Saints]]<br>–[[West Lynn, Norfolk|West Lynn]]<br>boundary
|mile=90.2
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|17|road|Clenchwarton Road|city1=Sleaford|location2=[[West Lynn, Norfolk|West Lynn]]}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A17
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=King's Lynn
|mile=90.9
|mile2=91.2
|exit=
|road=[[Wiggenhall St Germans|St Germans, Saddlebow]] ([[A148 road|A148]] east)
|notes=Junction; information signed eastbound only; western terminus of A148
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location_special=[[King's Lynn]]–<br>[[North Runcton]]<br>boundary
|mile=91.9
|mile2=92.1
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|149|A|10|A|148|A|134|dir2=south|to3=yes|city1=Downham Market|city2=Cromer|city3=Hunstanton|city4=King's Lynn|city5=Thetford}}
|notes=To A148, A134, Hunstanton and Thetford signed eastbound only; northern terminus of A10
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Swaffham
|lspan=3
|mile=103.6
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1122|dir1=west|name1=Swaffham Road|city1=Downham Market}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A1122
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=104.7
|exit=
|road=[[Swaffham]]
|notes=Junction; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|mile=105.9
|mile2=106.1
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1065|city1=Cromer|location2=[[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]]|city3=Swaffham}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Dereham
|lspan=2
|mile=117.5
|mile2=118.0
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1075|B|1135|dir1=south|to2=yes|city1=Dereham|location2=[[Watton, Norfolk|Watton]]|city3=Wymondham}}
|notes=Junction; To B1135 and Wymondham signed eastbound only; northern terminus of A1075
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|mile=118.6
|mile2=119.0
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|B|1110|city1=Swanton Morley}}
|notes=Junction; B1110 signed westbound only
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=North Tuddenham
|mile=121.3
|mile2=121.6
|exit=
|road=[[North Tuddenham]]
|notes=Junction
}}
{{jctbridge|exit
|location_special=[[Easton, Norfolk|Easton]]
|mile=126.7
|bridge=Begin freeway
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Costessey
|mile=128.2
|mile2=128.4
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1074|A|140|dir1=east|to2=yes|city1=Norwich|city2=Cromer|city3=Costessey|extra=airport}}
|notes=To A140 and Cromer signed eastbound only; western terminus of A1074
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location_special=[[Bawburgh]]–<br>[[Colney]]–<br>[[Little Melton]]<br>boundary
|mile=130.0
|mile2=130.3
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|B|1108|city1=Norwich|location2=[[Watton, Norfolk|Watton]]|city3=Colney|extra=hospital}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location_special=[[Cringleford]]–<br>[[Hethersett]]–[[Ketteringham]]<br>boundary
|exit=
|mile=131.9
|mile2=132.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|11|city1=Norwich|city2=Thetford|city3=London}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Caistor St Edmund
|mile=134.5
|mile2=134.9
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|140|A|1066|to2=yes|city1=Norwich|city2=Ipswich|location3=[[Diss, Norfolk|Diss]]}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Trowse
|mile=137.0
|mile2=137.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|146|city1=Norwich|city2=Lowestoft|city3=Trowse}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Postwick with Witton
|lspan=2
|mile=139.8
|mile2=140.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1042|A|140|dir1=west|to2=yes|location1=[[Norwich]] (N & E)|location2=[[Postwick with Witton|Postwick]]|city3=Thorpe St Andrew|city4=Cromer}}
|notes=Thorpe signed eastbound only, Cromer westbound only; eastern terminus of A1042
}}
{{jctbridge|exit
|mile=140.5
|bridge=End freeway
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=Blofield
|mile=142.7
|mile2=143.2
|exit=
|road=[[Blofield Heath]]
|notes=Junction; eastbound exit and entrance
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=Acle
|lspan=2
|mile=146.6
|exit=
|road=[[Acle]], [[Reedham, Norfolk|Reedham]], [[Upton, Norfolk|Upton]]
|notes=Junction; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|mile=147.5
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1064|road|New Road|dir1=east|location1=[[Caister-on-Sea|Caister]]|city2=Acle|location3=[[Reedham, Norfolk|Reedham]]|location4=[[Upton, Norfolk|Upton]]}}
|notes=Reedham and Upton signed westbound only; western terminus of A1064
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Great Yarmouth
|lspan=3
|mile=154.8
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|149|dir1=west|name1=Acle New Road|location1=[[Great Yarmouth|Town centre]]|location2=[[Caister-on-Sea|Caister]]}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A149
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|mile=156.1
|exit=
|road=Pasteur Road ([[A1243 road|A1243]] east) / Gapton Hall Road
|notes=Western terminus of A1243
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|mile=156.6
|exit=
|road=William Adams Way ([[A1154 road|A1154]] east) – [[Gorleston-on-Sea|Gorleston]]
|notes=Western terminus of A1154
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=Gorleston-on-Sea
|mile=157.1
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|143|A|146|to2=yes|location1=[[Diss, Norfolk|Diss]]|city2=Beccles}}
|notes=Junction; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|county=Suffolk
|cspan=3
|location_special=[[Corton, Suffolk|Corton]]
|mile=162.7
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|12|B|1385|road|Blundeston Road|dir1=south-west|name1=Millenium Way|name2=Corton Long Lane|city1=Ipswich|city2=Beccles|location3=[[Corton, Suffolk|Corton]]|city4=Blundeston}}
|notes=North-eastern terminus of A12
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Lowestoft
|lspan=2
|mile=165.1
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1144|road|Dukes Head Street|B|1074|dir1=west|name1=St Peter's Street|to3=yes|city1=Beccles|city2=Somerleyton|city3=Oulton Broad}}
|notes=Routes signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A1144
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|mile=166.4
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|12|A|146|B|1531|to2=yes|city1=Ipswich|city2=Beccles|city3=Oulton Broad}}
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm|exit|type=concur,incomplete}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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