Plan A Journey

Plan A Journey (via AA Route Planner)

From Shakespeare Road, Bedford to Tottenham Court Road Underground Station, London
Distance: 57.4 miles (show in km) | Time: 1 hr 29 min

Road	Distance (miles)	Directions	Total (miles)
A5141	0.00	Start out on Shakespeare Road	0.00
A5141	0.30	At roundabout take the 2nd exit, then at mini-roundabout turn left onto the A5141 Signposted Kempston	0.30
	0.17	Bedford Railway Station	0.47
	0.21	At mini-roundabout turn left onto the A5141 Signposted All routes	0.68
A5141	0.08	At roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A5141 Signposted Kempston B531	0.76
	0.36	At traffic signals turn right onto the A5141 (not shown) Signposted Luton M1	1.12
	0.27	At traffic signals turn right onto the A6 Signposted Luton	1.39
	0.30	Warning: Speed Cameras along the A5141	1.69
	0.63	At traffic signals continue forward onto the A5141 Signposted Luton A6	2.33
	0.09	At mini-roundabout continue forward onto the A5141 Signposted Luton A6	2.42
	0.20	At traffic signals continue forward onto the A5141 Signposted Luton A6	2.62
A421	0.24	At roundabout take the 4th exit, then merge onto the A421 Signposted M1, Milton Keynes	2.86
	1.09	At Marsh Leys Junction continue forward onto the A421 Signposted Milton Keynes	3.95
	6.90	Branch left, then at traffic signals turn left onto the A421 Signposted M1 South	10.84
M1	0.46	At roundabout take the 2nd exit, then join the M1 motorway Signposted London	11.30
	7.35	Toddington Service Area	18.66
	9.08	Warning: Speed Cameras along the M1	27.74
	0.67	Holiday Inn (Luton-South M1, Jct.9)	28.41
	7.24	Continue forward at junction 6a Signposted London	35.65
	9.24	London Gateway Service Area (WELCOME BREAK)	44.89
	4.84	End of Motorway (junction 1)	49.73
A406	0.12	At roundabout take the 1st exit, then merge onto the A406 Signposted N Circular (E), C. London, Wood Green	49.85
A41	0.48	At Brent Cross Interchange branch left, then at roundabout take the 3rd exit, then merge onto the A41 Signposted Kilburn, Cricklewood, C London	50.33
	0.59	Warning: Speed Cameras along the A41	50.92
	0.84	At traffic signals continue forward Signposted Central London, Kilburn, Swiss Cottage	51.76
	0.32	At traffic signals turn right onto Finchley Road - A41 Signposted C. London, Kilburn, Swiss Cottage	52.08
	1.18	Finchley Road Underground Station	53.26
	0.32	At Swiss Cottage, traffic signals continue forward	53.57
	0.13	Take right-hand lane and at tarffic signals turn right, then merge onto the A41 Signposted Central London, St Johns Wood	53.70
	0.08	At traffic signals turn left onto Finchley Road - A41 Signposted Central London, St Johns Wood	53.78
	0.52	St Johns Wood Underground Station	54.30
	0.43	At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A41 Signposted Central London, Marylebone	54.73
	0.61	Keep in left-hand lane then continue forward onto Allsop Place Signposted Ring Road A501, The City, Kings Cross	55.34
A501	0.19	Turn left onto Marylebone Road - A501	55.53
	0.06	Madame Tussaud's	55.58
	0.33	Regents Park Underground Station	55.91
	0.25	Warning: Speed Cameras along the A501	56.16
	0.00	At Euston Underpass branch left Signposted Camden Town, Westminster	56.16
A400	0.13	At traffic signals turn right then left onto the A400 Signposted West End, Westminster, Holborn	56.29
A400	0.13	Then at next traffic signals bear right take right-hand lane then shortly	56.42
	0.07	Continue forward onto the A400 Central London Congestion Charges Apply Mon-Fri 7am-6pm	56.48
A40	0.72	At Shaftesbury Theatre, traffic signals turn right then bear right onto the A40 Signposted St Giles Circus, Euston	57.20
	0.11	Branch left Signposted Local Access	57.31
A400	0.09	At traffic signals turn right onto the A400	57.40
	0.03	Arrive on Charing Cross Road	57.43
		Section time 1:29, Total time 1:29 The following directions from this point are from walkit.com: Distance Time Calories CO2 Saved 0.7 miles 10 mins (fast) 77 Cal (fast) 0.08 kg tube 1.1 km 14 mins (med) 69 Cal (med) 0.22 kg car 1555 steps 21 mins (slow) 67 Cal (slow) 0.16 kg bus I looked at various route/direction planning websites such as Bing and Google but the layout wasn't clear and it sometimes wouldn't take you to where you want to go. On the other hand, AA route planner gives clear step by step instructions, times, and even services, in effect this is a lot more convinient and also safer for the person using the instructions due to service and stopping locations. Since the AA instructions only took me to Charring Cross Road and not exactly on to Tottenham Court road, I used walkit.com to walk there since it's not to far away (only 0.7miles). This activity makes it clear that technology does not have a built in 'initiative' so you have to be very precise on where you want to go otherwise you can end up in places you don't want to be. This analogy applies to technology in general. Cost: Approx £8 (average 40-50 mpg). Traffic and congestion will affect price.