Where ever you arrive in the United Kingdom Auto Rental or Car Hire as we like to call it is available. All the major players are represented with International Booking facilities available for advance reservations.

The North Country is interwoven with a Highway and Motorway system connecting all Airports and Sea Ferry Terminals with the major Cities and Tourist Attractions.

From London's M.25 motorway ring road has connections to all the international Airports except the Central Docklands City Airport.  Heathrow to the East and Gatwick on the South are the main International Terminals with Luton to the North and Stanstead North East of the City.

The main Motorway North is the M.1 which runs up the centre of the country to the East of Derbyshire to the Yorkshire Pennine region, were the M.62 traverses the country from the Ferry Terminals at Hull and Liverpool passing through Manchester north of Derbyshire on the way.

From the M.1 South of Derbyshire the M.6 branches of to the West then North over the Border in Scotland, passing to the West of the Derbyshire Peak District crossing the M.62 at Manchester and continues North on the West side of the Pennine Hills passing to the East of the Cumbrian Lake District to Carlisle before crossing the border into Scotland and onto Glasgow.

At the North end of the M.1 at the intersection with the M.62 the A1.M starts it's route North passing  to the East of York City and the North York Moors before reaching Durham after leaving the Yorkshire Dale to the West.

It then continues North to Newcastle upon Tyne before following the Northumberland Coast through Alnwick to Berwick upon Tweed on the Scottish Border, when it turns West to Edinburgh with Glasgow a further 40 miles West.

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National Rail Enquiries: 0845 7484 950

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