England
South Downs & Sussex
Chalk downs and Britain's most celebrated B-road-feeling A-road.
- Road guides
- 1
- Miles covered
- ≈ 90
- Twistiest
- The A272
- Nation
- England
The South Downs run across Hampshire and Sussex, and the A272 wanders along beneath them. It is the south of England's favourite enthusiast road — not the fastest, but full of character.
Rolling, hedged roads through villages and woodland, with short fast sections and plenty of junctions.
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