There is one other north-south E-road in England, the E 13. Using the M1, London–Yorkshire motorway for much of its length, it splits from E 15 near the M62 and heads for London by a more westerly route.

At its southern end it shares tarmac with England’s #M20 and #Dover_Harbour’s road system.

Hello, from E15 one of the UK’s network of European Highways, hiding in plain sight amongst our national networks. E15 is probably the most significant, since it is the northernmost section of the 2nd north/south route, joining Scotland with Morocco via France and Spain.

Perhaps you’re wondering which E-route is N°1 north/south. Well, it’s E 05. All major north/south routes (reference routes) end in “5”. Major east/west roads end in “0”.

A quick bit of history, starting with a disclaimer. E-routes have nothing to do with the European Union (commission.europa.eu/index_en). They are older than the Coal and Steel Community; they extend way beyond the confines of both the Council of Europe and the European Economic Area (www.efta.int).

The E32 is unique, being the sole route entirely within the UK. Only 30 km long, it is one of the shortest E-roads in the network and connects Colchester and Harwich in Essex. It follows the A120 road and connects to the ferries from Harwich to Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.

The GPS in my car (a Renault Arkana) is provided by a company whose products I make every effort to avoid. But to my delight the screen obligingly reminds me, as I cross M20 entering or leaving Maidstone, that it is also a part of E15, in the European road system.

Just a gif of the EU flag projected onto the London Eye as part of Mayor Sadiq Khan's London's New Year's Day fireworks 😀 The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️

Today marks the 200th anniversary of the end of the traditional ale pint 🍺. Imperial measures led to a reduction in the size of a #pint of #beer, from about 578 ml to about 568 ml. #metric #metrication #OTD Our latest blog article: The end of the traditional pint metricviews.uk/2026/01/01/t...

56 years ago today was the last chance to use the HALF CROWN coin, before the switch to #decimal currency. There were four crowns to the pound, but crown coins weren't in general use. When learning about money, any child asking what it was worth would be told, "TWO AND SIX". #OTD #decimalisation

My Lord, my Lord! Is it Christmas already! Have a joyful and peaceful day, everyone. Hodie Christus natus est. Hallelujah!

I’m truly disappointed with #M&S. After years of displaying sizes in both imperialist and metric units, the company has reverted to displaying only imperialist.

Joy is unconfined this morning: my fasting blood-sugar level has dropt from over 30 to 9,5. #diabetes

Great to have such an enthusiastic support for rejoining Erasmus from the Vice Chancellor of Oxford University on #t4today No stupid questions about whether this was anti-Brexit. Just unequivocal celebration of the chance to broaden our horizons again. A step on the road back to sanity.

𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗧 The antidote is the truth. 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗗 about money, sovereignty, democracy, borders, migration... everything. But truth clearly explained can outshine the lies. Read the full post: FB tinyurl.com/FB-Knowledge... LI tinyurl.com/LI-Knowledge... YT tinyurl.com/YT-Knowledge...

A bad day at the office for U.N.I.T.'s science team? • They mistake a latitude of "0.1667° S" as being NORTH of the Equator. • They've seemingly never heard of METRES. • The scales on their dual-unit pressure meter don't align. #TheWarBetween #DoctorWho #metric metricviews.uk/2025/12/12/i...

It's nice that you're providing a metric conversion

"The electoral system is at breaking point." - argued @alexsobel.co.uk, Chair of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, on @iaindale.bsky.social show. In our multi-party era, increasingly unrepresentative election results risk undermining trust in our very democracy. We need PR more than ever.