The Great North Road — since 1922 officially classified as the A1 — has been the main route between London and Edinburgh since earliest times. But roads change and so much of the original has since been bypassed leaving an intriguing trail of ­discovery for author Chris ‘Wolfie’ Cooper. As we travel the 400 miles, we follow every twist and turn of the old road, past the remains of bygone carriageways, forgotten byways, dead ends, and wayside rest houses of distant memory, and even trace parts which have completely disappeared.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Credits
• Contents
• From the author
• Introduction
• A History of Roads
• Turnpikes and the Coaching Era
• The Fall and Rise of Roads and the Ministry of Transport
• London to the M25
• The M25 to Baldock
• Baldock to Alconbury
• Alconbury to Little Ponton
• Little Ponton to Markham Moor
• Markham Moor to Red House
• Red House to Boroughbridge
• Boroughbridge to Scotch Corner
• Scotch Corner to Seaton Burn
• Seaton Burn to the Border
• Scotland