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Road trip planner: United Kingdom
6 checked road trips, day by day, with kilometres and where to sleep. Open one in the free planner to change the days, move the stops or start from home.
Our road trips
Causeway Coastal Route: Belfast to Giant's Causeway (2 Days)
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Edinburgh to the Isle of Skye Road Trip (5 Days)
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Exeter to Falmouth: 283 km Cornwall Coast Road Trip, 3 Days
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Lake District Road Trip: Windermere to Keswick (3 Days)
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North Coast 500: The Scottish Highlands Loop (5 Days)
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North Wales Road Trip from Manchester: Snowdonia, Castles and the Llŷn Coast in 5 Days
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Driving rules: United Kingdom
The general rules for cars, from the tables we keep with their official sources. Road signs always take precedence.
- Speed limits
- Built-up areas: 30 mph (48 km/h) (Wales: 20 mph (32 km/h))
- Outside built-up areas: 60 mph (96 km/h)
- Expressways: 70 mph (112 km/h)
- Motorways: 70 mph (112 km/h)
- Speed limits are set in miles per hour; the km/h values are GOV.UK's own conversions. The drink-drive limit is 80 mg per 100 ml of blood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 50 mg in Scotland.
- All countries, with sources →
- Winter tyres
- No requirement
- Great Britain has no winter-tyre requirement; tyres must only be suitable for the use and have at least 1.6 mm tread on cars all year round.
- All countries, with sources →
- Motorway vignette
- No vignette for cars.
- Tolls for motorways, bridges and tunnels on your own trip: the calculator →
- Fuel price
- €2.05 petrol 95 · €2.38 diesel, per litre
- Price of November 9, 2026
- All countries, with sources →
- Wild camping
- England & Wales: Tent: forbidden · In the vehicle: unclear — check locally
- Scotland: Tent: allowed, with rules · In the vehicle: unclear — check locally
- All countries, with sources →
These are the general limits: road signs always take precedence, and laws change. Before you travel, check the source linked in the row for your country.