Drive time between London and Preston

[kelbillug]

Hi everyone,
I'm driving up to Preston, near Blackpool, next weekend for a wedding. I'm leaving from Uxbridge, which is at the M40/M25 split near London. Can anyone tell me how long the journey should be approximately??

Thanks!
-Kelly

[emeritus]

http://www.theaa.com/travelwatch/inc/planner_p laces_redirect.jsp

[kelbillug]

Great, thanks emeritus! Exactly what I was looking for but didn't know where to find on the web. 3.5 hours seems really short, though.

Kudos!

[spudqueen]

Three and a half hours? If there is absolutely no traffic then yes, otherwise I'd rely on 4, 5 or even 6 hours. It really depends on when you are travelling, Friday evening will take a lot longer than setting off at say 7am on Saturday morning. We live near Preston and Mr Spudqueen often drives down to London, the journey usually takes about 4 and a half hours.

[CheekyChops]

Assuming you don't get stuck in any major road works or traffic jams, 3.5 hrs is a reasonable amount of time, maybe 1/2 hr longer but not much more.

[Ethel]

You can easily spend a good half hour getting past Birmingham on the M6.

What time are you setting off?

[kelbillug]

Depends on Mr. Kelbillug.... if he has to work Friday then we're setting off early Saturday morning to get to a 4pm wedding.

If he's off work Friday, we leave Friday at probably midday.