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A240 road

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branches off and after there is a junction for Yew Tree Bottom Road (B284) from the west. Despite the rural nature of the road here with few houses and rarely any pedestrians, the speed limit is a ridiculous 30 mph, reduced from 40 in 2001. The driving speed of the road is 50 mph up and 40 down.
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Now as a non-primary road and a single carriageway road again, the A240 continues north-west as commercial Tolworth Broadway passing a well-known landmark, Tolworth Tower, before becoming longer Ewell Road which gently ascends from 24 to 32m where it crosses the
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The road bisects a northern spur of West Ewell where it meets the B284, again, at Ruxley Lane. The B284 then branches off at the next junction on Worcester Park Road just before non-humped Tolworth Court Bridge over the
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with the Ewell Court neighbourhood to the west. The road then passes Stoneleigh Park Road traffic lights, for the railway station, or Bradford Drive, and Thorndon Gardens traffic lights. See traffic mentioned below.
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just before A2022 heads west into Epsom at a roundabout. The speed limit rises to 40 mph for about a mile. The A240 continues on its descent through a short stretch of tree-lined open space including the grounds of
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It becomes Kingston Road at the Beggars Hill Roundabout with Park Avenue West heading east into Stoneleigh, passing near to the Gurteen Recreation Ground. The road then goes under the railway line near
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In north Surbiton it winds downhill quickly between has two junctions with roads that form the B3363 to central Surbiton. From then on it heads straight towards the B3365, the link road to the
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street verges in the highest outskirts of Ewell. The area around Nescot was reduced to 30 mph in 2009 following a series of near misses and accidents outside the college.
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Broadway. In conjunction with the A3 it provides an alternative to the congested A24 corridor through Morden and Merton.
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Bus lanes are incorporated in the Greater London section between the junction with the A3 and its terminus at Kingston.
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However, speed camera and mobile speed trap in the area helps to enforce the speed limit. Just after the A240 meets the
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at Tolworth Court Bridge. It then goes under another railway bridge by
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joins from the southwest. After meeting the A24 the gradient slows it
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The A240 runs through three boroughs. Starting in Burgh Heath (
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with the suburban B2221 (Tattenham Way and Great Tattenhams) .
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Branching off the A217 on at Burgh Heath, at the north of a
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with the tangent before this bend being a short link road (
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as a single carriageway primary road, through traffic-lit
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At the bottom of this incline the elevation reaches 45m
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Transport in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
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branch line immediately before exiting the borough.
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It passes 8: 648: 634: 626: 225: 606:Grid Reference Finder.com Elevation Tools 573: 554: 468:in Greater London as it goes over the 31: 601: 599: 466:Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 329:Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 7: 658:Great Britain road numbering scheme 534:and the Hogsmill River in Kingston 401:, the route resumes its tree-lined 331:the A240's Greater London borough. 25: 27:Road in Surrey and Greater London 666: 246: 231: 150: 141: 132: 123: 114: 105: 96: 47: 36: 67:8.5 mi (13.7 km) 377:from the east; it crosses the 1: 291:and continues beyond through 998:Transport in Epsom and Ewell 204:Roads in the United Kingdom 1024: 445:Stoneleigh railway station 394:Borough of Epsom and Ewell 53:The junction with the A24. 972:List of B roads in Zone 2 967:List of A roads in Zone 2 962: 914: 736: 673: 664: 656:A roads in Zone 2 of the 621:SABRE Roads by Ten - A240 464:The A240 then enters the 420:with the A24 road as the 307:bypass and thereafter to 224: 199: 190: 171: 46: 18:A240 road (Great Britain) 505:Surbiton railway station 482:Tolworth railway station 379:Sutton and Mole Valley 561:Yew Tree Bottom Road 545:Notes and references 501:South West Main Line 392:The road enters the 335:Reigate and Banstead 321:Reigate and Banstead 297:Kingston upon Thames 166:Kingston-upon-Thames 528:Kingston University 363:crossroad junctions 162:North West end 92:Major intersections 77:South East end 509:north-by-northwest 507:. 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A240 road (Great Britain)
A240 shield
Junction of A24 and A240, Ewell - geograph.org.uk - 28664.jpg
Burgh Heath
Surrey
A217
A2022
A24
A232
A3
A3210
A307
Kingston-upon-Thames
United Kingdom
Roads in the United Kingdom
Motorways
A and B road zones
A239
A242
primary status
A road
Surrey
Greater London
A217
A3
Surbiton
Kingston upon Thames
dualled
Ewell
Tolworth

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