A1081 road

A1081 road
Major junctions
North end:	Luton Airport in Luton 51°52′11″N 0°23′49″W / 51.8697°N 0.3970°W / 51.8697; -0.3970 (A1081 road (northern end))
	A505 road [[Image:Motorway Left.svg\|[ \|x30px\|link=]] M1 motorway A4147 road A5183 road A414 road [[Image:Motorway Left.svg\|[ \|x30px\|link=]] M25 motorway A1 road A1000 road
South end:	A1000 road, High Barnet 51°39′23″N 0°12′07″W / 51.6563°N 0.2019°W / 51.6563; -0.2019 (A1081 road (southern end))
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A1081 road in Hertfordshire, England broadly follows and replaces the former route of the A6 south of Luton in Bedfordshire.

It runs from Luton Airport south via Harpenden to St Albans and then bears southeast via London Colney to High Barnet, where it meets the A1000 (the Great North Road).

The route was renumbered to avoid giving the impression that it was better engineered than it is. The main beneficiary of this renumbering is the city of St Albans where the A5 and A6 used to meet. A similar change has been made to that part of the A5, which was renumbered as A5183.

However, since the construction of the M25 the A1081 is split between London Colney and the South Mimms services - the motorway using the route of the former A6 dual carriageway between these locations.

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 A1260 A1300 A1303 A1309 A1500

List of A roads in Zone 1 List of B roads in Zone 1

Transport in Bedfordshire

Road

Motorways	M1 A1(M)

A-Roads	A1 A1081 A4012 A4146 A421 A5 A505 A507 A5120 A5130 A6

Roman roads	Watling Street

Notable Junctions	Black Cat Roundabout

Motorway service stations	Toddington

Other	Transport in Luton/Dunstable Urban Area

Rail

Main lines	West Coast Main Line Midland Main Line East Coast Main Line

Other lines	Marston Vale Line

Closed lines	Varsity Line Bedford to Hitchin Line Bedford to Northampton Line Dunstable Branch Lines

Other	List of railway stations

Air

Waterways

Rivers	River Great Ouse River Ouzel

Canals	Grand Union Canal

Footpaths

Long-distance footpaths	Ouse Valley Way

Cycle Paths

Coordinates: 51°46′21″N 0°20′07″W / 51.7724°N 0.3354°W / 51.7724; -0.3354 (A1081 road)

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