A259 road
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| Direction | East - West |
| Start | Folkestone |
| Primary destinations |
Bexhill Bognor Regis Brighton Eastbourne Littlehampton Rye |
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| End | Emsworth |
| Roads joined |  M20 motorway A20 road A21 road A23 road A24 road A26 road A27 road A29 road A261 road A268 road A269 road A280 road A283 road A284 road A289 road A2010 road A2021 road A2023 road A2025 road A2032 road A2033 road A2036 road A2070 road A2101 road A2102 road A2270 road A2290 road |
The A259 is a major road in England, running along the south coast, with part of the A259 running almost parallel to the A27 road. The A259 runs east from Emsworth in Hampshire, into Sussex via Chichester, Bognor Regis, Littlehampton, Worthing, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Portslade, Hove, Brighton, Peacehaven, Newhaven, Seaford, Eastbourne, Pevensey, Bexhill, St Leonards, Hastings and Rye. Over the border in Kent, it continues through New Romney and Hythe to terminate at Folkestone.
Between Pevensey and Brenzett (where the A259 meets the A2070), the A259 becomes a section of the South Coast Trunk Road. Unusually for a trunk road, the A259 is almost entirely single-carriageway, with only a 1 km stretch of urban dual carriageway in Bexhill. Bypasses have been proposed for virtually all of the settlements on the trunk and former trunk sections, but all have been shelved.
Of note is that the road passes through the town of Winchelsea, England's first new town.
The section between Brenzett and Folkestone was de-trunked in 2003 (i.e. removed trunk road status), and thus reverted to the control of Kent County Council. The A2070 now takes over the South Coast Trunk Road for its final section to the M20 motorway from Brenzett to Hamstreet and Ashford, Kent.
[edit] Landmarks on the route
- Butlins South Coast World in Bognor Regis
- Shoreham Power Station
- West Pier in Brighton
- Telscombe Cliffs near Peacehaven and Saltdean
[edit] External links
- A259 Folkestone-Havant — From SABRE's "Roads By 10".
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A roads in Zone 2 of the Great Britain road numbering system |
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| A2 | A20 - A21 - A22 - A23 - A24 - A25 - A26 - A27 - A28 - A29 | |
| A201 - A202 - A203 - A205 - A210 - A212 - A214 - A215 - A217 - A219 - A228 - A229 | ||
| A232 - A234 - A240 - A249 - A259 - A264 - A272 - A281 - A282 - A299 | ||
| A2030 - A2216 - A2217 | ||
| List of A roads in Zone 2 | ||
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