The M27 motorway is a major road in England. The motorway runs east through Hampshire from Cadnam to Portsmouth. Running parallel both to the coast of the Solent and to the A27 road, the motorway also passes Southampton and Fareham. Along its route, the M27 meets three other motorways, the M271, M275, and the M3.

The motorway was opened in 1978. The have been plans to make the M27 part of a motorway connecting Exeter to Dover.

Junctions

From West to East:

• Junction 1: A31, A336 , B3078 , Cadnam.
• Junction 2: A36 .
• Junction 3: M271, Southampton West and Docks, Romsey.
• Rownams Service Area .
• Junction 4: M27.
• Junction 5: Southampton International Airport, Eastleigh, Southampton North.
• Junction 7: Hedge End, A334 and Southampton East.
• Junction 8: Burlesden.
• Junction 9: Park Gate, Whiteley.
• Junction 10: Limited access, A32 , Fareham West. Westbound leave-only. Eastbound join-only.
• Junction 11: Fareham.
• Junction 12: A27.
• Junction: M275.
• Junction: A27.

Junction 6 was never completed. There would have been a motorway spur connecting it to the centre of Southampton.

A planned service area just east of Junction 9 was also never constructed. The lengthy westbound exit onto Junction 9 was originally to allow an entrance and exit into the Service Area.

Congestion

These sections of the motorway are often congested:

• (All times) The westbound exit onto the A31 where the A31 climbs a short hill up towards the New Forest.
• (All times) Both directions between Junction 3 and Junction 4.
• (Summer holiday mornings) westbound between Junction 2 and Junction 1. This is the signposted route for traffic into the New Forest.
• (Weekday mornings) Westbound between Junction 7 and Junction 5.
• (Weekday mornings) Eastbound near the junction with the M275.

Trivia

Junction 1 is about 1 mile from The Rufus Stone where King William II was killed in a hunting accident in the year 1100.

See Also

See also: List of motorways in the United Kingdom