A31 road

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A31 road
Direction East-Southwest
Start Guildford
Primary
destinations1
Farnham
Ringwood
End Bere Regis
Roads joined A35 road
A350 road
A349 road
A348 road
A338 road
M27 motorway
M3 motorway
A272 road
A32 road
A339 road
A325 road
A287 road
A331 road
A3 road
A3100 road
A322 road
Notes
  1. Primary destinations as specified by the Department for Transport.

The A31 is a major trunk road in southern England that runs from Guildford in Surrey to Bere Regis in Dorset.

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The road begins in the centre of Guildford, meeting the A3 road before running south west along the Hog's Back. It continues past Farnham, Alton and New Alresford before joining the route of the M3 motorway at its junction just east of Winchester. The original route (now the A3090 road) continues as a minor A-road between Winchester, Romsey and the New Forest. The M27 motorway flows seamlessly into the road near Lyndhurst, from where it continues as a trunk road through the New Forest and past Ringwood, Ferndown and Wimborne Minster before terminating at its roundabout junction with the A35 road at Bere Regis. The A35 is not a trunk road east of Bere Regis, but is a continuation of the A31 trunk road to the west.

The A31 is part of the ancient route from London to Winchester.

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