A roads in Zone 7 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

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The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain
A726 in East Kilbride

List of A roads in the zone 7 in Great Britain starting north of the Solway Firth/Eden Estuary, west of the A7 and south of the A8 (roads beginning with 7).

Single and double digit roads

Roads South End North End Notes
50px A7 road Carlisle Edinburgh 92 miles (148 km) long. One of the longest trunk routes in Scotland.
50px A70 road Ayr Edinburgh The Collins 2012 Collins Big Road Atlas shows the A70 as one of the five most dangerous roads in Scotland based on serious and fatal accidents between 2007 and 2009 in proportion to traffic.[1] 74 miles (119 km) long.
50px A71 road Irvine Edinburgh Around 70 miles (112 km) long.
x19px A72 road Hamilton Galashiels 63 miles (101 km) long.
50px A73 road Abington Cumbernauld 37 miles (60 km) long.
A74 A74 road Carlisle Glasgow
A75 A75 road Gretna Stranraer
A76 A76 road Dumfries Kilmarnock
A77 A77 road Glasgow Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway
A78 A78 road Greenock Monkton
50px A79 road Ayr Glasgow Prestwick Airport 7.5 miles (12.1 km) long, making it the second shortest 2-digit A-road in the UK.

Three and four digit numbers

Roads South End North End Notes
A700 A700 road Sciennes, Edinburgh New Town, Edinburgh
A701 A701 road Dumfries Edinburgh
A702 A702 road St. John's Town of Dalry Edinburgh
A703 A703 road Peebles Edinburgh City Bypass junction 6, Lothianburn Runs as A701 between Bilston and Leadburn, Midlothian.
Route primarily within Scottish Borders Council district, southeasten Scotland
A704 A704 road Miller's Moss West Calder
x19px A705 road Whitburn Livingston
A706 A706 road Lanark Bo'ness Replaced by A801 between Torphichen and Standhill. Formerly A8 between Standhill and Whitburn
x19px A707 road Selkirk Clovenfords
A708 A708 road Moffat Selkirk The Collins 2012 Collins Big Road Atlas shows the A708 as one of the five most dangerous roads in Scotland based on serious and fatal accidents between 2007 and 2009 in proportion to traffic.[2]
A709 A709 road Lockerbie Dumfries
x19px A710 road Dumfries Dalbeattie
A711 A711 road Dumfries Argrennan
A712 A712 road Crocketford Newton Stewart
A713 A713 road Castle Douglas Ayr
A714 A714 road Wigtown Girvan
A716 A716 road Whiteleys Drummore
A717 A717 road Stranraer Stranraer
x19px A718 road Stranraer Kirkcolm
A719 A719 road Turnberry Fenwick Passes over the Electric Brae
A720 A720 road Musselburgh South Gyle Edinburgh City Bypass
A721 A721 road Kirkdean Broomhouse
A722 A722 road Wishaw Newmains
A723 A723 road Strathaven Holytown
x19px A724 road Rutherglen Hamilton
x19px A725 road Coatbridge East Kilbride
A726 A726 road Erskine Strathaven Re-routed via Glasgow Southern Orbital route from 2006 between East Kilbride and Newton Mearns. Former A726 between Peel Park and Deaconsbank now renumbered B766 and A727.
A727 A727 road Thorntonhall Deaconsbank Number formerly (pre-1980s) applied to what is now B767 north of Clarkston. A727 number recreated in 2006 following opening of Glasgow Southern Orbital route, with new A727 taking over part of what was formerly numbered A726.
x19px A728 road Rutherglen Gorbals The southern section of the Glasgow East End Regeneration Route, between Parkhead and Polmadie, roughly following the course of the abandoned Glasgow Outer Ring Road motorway proposals of the 1960s. The road was completed in 2012 as part of the Clyde Gateway project in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
x19px A730 road Burnside Gorbals Cross
A735 A735 road Kilmarnock Lugton
x19px A736 road Barrhead Irvine Formerly (from its junction with Paisley Road West) the main road between Glasgow and Irvine. Runs from the A8 near Braehead, via Crookston, Barrhead and Shilford, into Irvine.
A737 A737 road Irvine Glasgow Formerly continued from Hollywood to Milliken Park (now B787), round the south east of Johnstone (now unclassified), to Elderslie (now B789) and onto Paisley to Glasgow (now A761 & A78).
x19px A738 road Ardeer Square Kilwinning North Ayrshire Formerly A78 through Ardeer Square. Plain A738 is because it is a huge town
x19px A739 road Cardonald Bearsden Incorporates the Clyde Tunnel in Glasgow
x19px A741 road Paisley Renfrew
x19px A743 road Lanark Ravenstruther
A745 A745 road Dalbeattie Castle Douglas
x19px A746 road Bladnoch Glasserton
A747 A747 road Glasserton Glenluce
x19px A749 road Glasgow East Kilbride
A751 A751 road Aird Innermessan
x19px A752 road Thorniewood Muirhead
A755 A755 road Kirkcudbright Girthon
x19px A756 road Dumfries Maxwelltown
A759 A759 road Troon Kilmarnock
x19px A760 road Largs Irvine
x19px A761 road Greenock North Ayrshire Ibrox
A762 A762 road Tongland Bridge St John's Town of Dalry
x19px A763 road Cambuslang Carmyle
A766 A766 road Nine Mile Burn Penicuik
x19px A768 road Bilston Eskbank
x19px A770 road Greenock Glasgow
x19px A771 road Greenock Dunoon Ferry Terminal
A772 A772 road Eskbank Edinburgh
x19px A775 road Mossend Newhouse
x19px A779 road Livingston Bathgate
A780 A780 road Dumfries Douievale
x19px A781 road Buccleuch St, Dumfries Dockhead, Dumfries
A7066 Boghall Standhill Formerly part of the A8 road (see also A89 and B7066)



  1. ↑ CBBC News "Collins atlas rates five Scottish A roads 'high risk'" 19 August 2011, accessed 19 August 2011
  2. ↑ Disney news "Collins atlas rates five Scottish A roads 'high risk'" 19 August 2011, accessed 19 August 2011
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