A1066 road

The A1066 is a road in Great Britain which is predominantly in Norfolk, though it briefly straddles the border with Suffolk. It joins the towns of Thetford and Diss and roads A134 and A140.^[1][2] It is a primary route in the zone number 1. It runs west to east and is approximately 17 ¹⁄₂ miles (28.2 km) long, or 16 ³⁄₄ miles (27.0 km) as the crow flies.

Route

Thetford to Garboldisham

The road leaves Thetford to the east at a roundabout junction with the A134 north to the A11 and Thetford and A1088 south to Euston and the A143. On the right there are two turns to Ashford and then two on the left for Shadwell and Brettenham. After another turn on the left and right there is a crossroads for Gasthorpe and part of Thetford Forest Park. After this the road enters Garboldisham, here it crosses the B1111 south for the A143, Hopton and Barningham and north for East Harling and the A11. In Garboldisham it crosses a tributary of the River Waveney.

Garboldisham to South Lopham

Shortly after leaving Gartboldisham to the east there is a crossroads for Smallworth to the south. Then there is a road on the left for North Lopham. After that junction you come to the first of two South Lopham junctions, a right hand turn on to an unclassified road to Blo Norton. The second is a crossroads with the B1113 to the south to Redgrave, Botesdale and the A143. North on an unclassified road to North Lopham and Kenninghall.

South Lopham to Diss

On leaving South Lopham the road crosses two tributaries of the River Waveney. Then there is a crossroads to Fersfield in the north and the B1113 to the south west. Next there is another right and two left turns in to Bressingham. The road then reaches Roydon where there is a crossroads and three further left turns, one of which is a B road (Old High Road) providing access to Diss from the west. After leaving Roydon the road travels south of Diss where there are two left turns in to the town and a crossroads with the B1077 in to Diss and an unclassified road (Lower Denmark Street) south to Palgrave. The road then passes another turn to Palgrave and another crossroads with an unclassified road round Diss to the north and the B1077 road (Stuston Road) to Stuston and the A143 ¹⁄₄ mile (0.40 km) south. In ¹⁄₂ mile (0.80 km) the road reaches its end at a roundabout with the A140 with dual carriageway to the left and right. Straight on here is to a village called Scole on an unclassified road.

South of Diss it straddles the border between the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.

Main Junctions

This table shows junctions with classified roads.

References

A roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme
	A1 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19
	A100 A101 A102 A103 A104 A105 A106 A107 A109 A110 A111 A114 A116 A118 A119 A120 A121 A124 A127 A128 A129 A130 A131 A132 A133 A134 A135 A140 A142 A143 A144 A145 A146 A148 A149 A151 A152 A153 A156 A157 A158 A159 A160 A161 A165 A166 A167 A168 A169 A170 A171 A172 A173 A174 A177 A178 A179 A180 A182 A183 A186 A189 A194 A197
	A1000 A1010 A1018 A1023 A1031 A1058 A1065 A1066 A1067 A1068 A1071 A1073 A1078 A1079 A1081 A1082 A1085 A1086 A1094 A1095 A1098 A1101 A1107 A1120 A1136 A1144 A1151 A1156 A1159 A1175 A1198 A1200 A1202 A1205 A1231 A1232 A1237 A1260 A1300 A1303 A1309 A1500
List of A roads in Zone 1 List of B roads in Zone 1

Coordinates: 52°23′37″N 0°57′36″E / 52.3936°N 0.9601°E / 52.3936; 0.9601