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The Great North Road entering Stamford, Lincolnshire

Great North Road The Great North Road is an ancient route across the land; the main route between London, York and Edinburgh for centuries. The modern A1 mainly follows the Great North Road. The inns on the road, many of which survive, were staging posts on the coach routes, providing accommodation, stabling for the horses and replacement mounts. Few of the surviving coaching inns can be seen while driving on the A1, because the modern route now bypasses the towns in which the inns are to be found, but the road forms the heart of many of the old towns. (Read more)