A64

York's connection to the wider world, linking the city - and much of North Yorkshire beyond it - to the A1(M), with an expressway of varying age and quality.

The Leeds to Scarborough road remains a trunk route to this day, but since the 1970s it has been sorely neglected. Back then it was endowed with fast dualled sections (the reason this page exists) from Leeds to York, the York bypass, then the Malton bypass. Plans to finish the job by filling in the gaps all the way to Scarborough have since gone missing.

It's not that the route doesn't need the extra capacity - most of the time it's busy, but through the summer it's a guaranteed 40mph crawl from the York bypass to the A1039 roundabout at Staxton where traffic starts dispersing along the coast. Scarborough's local paper has been doggedly campaigning for decades to get the route upgraded, but at present the only thing on the table is an extension of the dual carriageway from the end of the York Bypass to a point halfway to Malton. Even that continues to look shaky.

The result of this is that the Malton bypass is a four-mile frenzy of overtaking. In heavy traffic there are additional delays as the two busy lanes try to narrow into one again, meaning the last mile of the bypass is usually a traffic jam.

The expressway that does exist is variable in quality - from the A1, there's the 1970s Tadcaster Bypass, followed immediately by a 1930s dual carriageway flanked by footpaths and bus stops that's seen only sporadic improvements. The York Bypass follows, another 1970s road that is fast and efficient, before everything stops at the Hopgrove Roundabout.

Make no mistake, though: incomplete it may be, and the subject of widespread grumbling in a Yorkshire accent, but the A64 still opens up York and the North Yorkshire coast to business and tourism, and travellers in this part of the world may often be stuck in a jam, but they'd be lost without it.

You're not looking at the whole A64

This page is about the parts of the A64 that are designated a motorway or that have motorway characteristics. Other sections of this road will not be featured here and will not count towards the length of the road as shown below.

Start

Bramham

End

Malton

Passes

York

Connects to
Length

35 miles

Exit list

Symbols and conventions are explained in the key to exit lists. You can click any junction to see its full details.

Junction   Westbound               Eastbound  
A1(M) J4
0.0 km
The SOUTH
Doncaster
Manchester
A1(M) Link
Leeds (N)
A64
The NORTH
Wetherby
A1(M) Link







A1(M)
WEST
A64







A1(M)
LanesLanesLanesLanes LanesLanesLanesLanesLanesLanes
4 miles, 2 lanes 2 miles, 2 lanes
2.3 km A659 Tadcaster
A659
LanesLanesLanesLanes
   
5.8 km Sherburn-in-Elmet
Towton
A162
A162 A162
LanesLanesLanesLanes
2 miles, 2 lanes  
8.5 km Tadcaster
Boston Spa
A659
A659
LanesLanesLanesLanes
2 miles, 2 lanes 6 miles, 2 lanes
12.3 km Bilbrough
Appleton Roebuck
Bolton Percy
Services Bilbrough Top
Bilbrough
Appleton Roebuck
Bolton Percy
Services Bilbrough Top
LanesLanesLanesLanes LanesLanesLanesLanes
2 miles, 2 lanes 1 mile, 2 lanes
13.3 km Askham Richard
LanesLanesLanesLanes
  1 mile, 2 lanes
15 km Outer Ring Road
Thirsk (A19)
Poppleton
Acomb
Copmanthorpe
A1237
A1237 Outer Ring Road
Thirsk (A19)
Poppleton
Acomb
Copmanthorpe
A1237
LanesLanesLanesLanes LanesLanesLanesLanes
1 mile, 2 lanes 1 mile, 2 lanes
17 km York
City Centre
Racecourse
A1036


A1036
York
City Centre
Racecourse
A1036
LanesLanesLanesLanes LanesLanesLanesLanes
2 miles, 2 lanes  
19.7 km River or canal River Ouse River or canal River Ouse
  2 miles, 2 lanes
20.9 km Selby
Doncaster
Hull
A19
Shopping Outlet
A19 A19 Selby
Doncaster
Hull
A19
Shopping Outlet
LanesLanesLanesLanes LanesLanesLanesLanes
3 miles, 2 lanes 3 miles, 2 lanes
26.4 km Hull
A1079
Bridlington
Stamford Bridge
A166
B1228
A1079
A166
A1079 Hull
A1079
Bridlington
Stamford Bridge
A166
LanesLanesLanesLanes LanesLanesLanesLanes
2 miles, 2 lanes 2 miles, 2 lanes
30.2 km Outer Ring Road
York (N)
Haxby
Thirsk (A19)
A1237

A64
A1036
A1237






Outer Ring Road
York (N)
Haxby
Thirsk (A19)
A1237
LanesLanesLanesLanes
LanesLanesLanes Signs
LanesLanesLanesLanes
LanesLanesLanesLanes Signs
   
A64 is below standard for 12 miles
 
50.7 km



B1248
A64

Malton
Norton
B1248
LanesLanesLanesLanes LanesLanesLanes
3 miles, 2 lanes 3 miles, 2 lanes
55.5 km Pickering
Whitby
A169
B1257 A169 Pickering
Whitby
A169
LanesLanesLanesLanes LanesLanesLanesLanes
1 mile, 2 lanes 1 mile, 2 lanes
57.5 km Malton
Norton
B1248
B1248







A64
EAST
Beverley
Norton
B1248
LanesLanesLanes LanesLanesLanesLanes
LanesLanesLanesLanes
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