Call them zones, cones, segments or sectors, there are 9 of them in Great Britain. (and 9 different ones for motorways.) Here's a quick guide to them. The first digit of a road number should be the number of the zone it starts in, but more and more roads are breaking the rules...
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Motorways[]
A Roads[]
- A3400 map
- A38 A51 map photos
- A41 (at Birkenhead and London both East of A5)
- A42
- A427
- A5127 map photos
- A6144
- A66
B Roads[]
- B5010
- B5011 map photo
- B5477 map photo discussion