Secrets of The Motorway - M20

#motorways #infrastructure #m20

I imagine a lot of our viewers don't use the M20...have you heard of it? It's pretty much the main route out of the country offering links from London to Dover and Folkestone. So that's the channel tunnel and ferries then.

Today we look at a race track, train yards, graffiti and many more secrets of the motorway that you most likely drive past without a second thought.

In this series we aim to explore what our motorway network is hiding. As we drive along at the 70mph..ish...we simply just wouldn't be aware of what we're missing. This series aims to uncover some of the hidden secrets our motorways have to offer.

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[tgheretford]

The M20 is Britain's biggest lorry park, right next to Britain's biggest car park, the M25.

[madpixie]

I passed under that destroyed footbridge approx 30 mins before it was brought down. If the missus had taken any longer getting ready we may have been in trouble.

[theafro]

In a previous life I earned my living travelling thousands of miles a week going everywhere from the north of norway to the sweatier parts of italy, and most of the bits in between. So I have a love/hate relationship with the M20, It either meant I was nearly home, or I still had a long way to go.

I'm loving your work dude, The abandoned roads series is treat, How about an A1 special some time, there's a LOT of stretches out there that are either disused or down-graded but were once vital parts of the great north road, as a bonus, there's a lot of old road-houses, inns and pubs along the route to make filming that little bit more civilised.

[davidorf]

Back in the 1970's I lived on a farm opposite the A20 entrance to Brands Hatch, the farm was on both sides of the A20, and ended up with the M20 running through the fields, so now if you find Brands Hatch on the M20 and then go back towards Junction 1 about 1Km you will find a substantial bridge, going between two fields with no roads on either side, this bridge served two purposes, firstly it carries the Kent Gas Main over the M20 and secondly it was built wide enough and strong enough for a combine harvester to cross between the fields on either side, when the M20 was being built they knew the farm would be cut in two and that the Gas Main would need to go over the Motorway, so the team responsible came to see my father and asked what size bridge he would need, he asked that they build something wide enough to take a combine with a 33ft wide cutting bar on it, that is why instead of something wide enough for a footbridge to take the gas main, theres a substantial bridge linking two fields

[alexlilly]

I work at the Ashford International Truckstop just off of J10A. I can confirm that the new junction was not just because of the Inland Border Force site (although that is part of it), but mainly due to easing of congestion around peak times around the old J10 roundabout. Sometimes in days gone past, it would be gridlocked for ages as the traffic lights were synced badly it seemed. Anyone local to the area would agree with me that when the traffic lights failed and it was a free-for-all, it actually worked better!!!

[HighlandMike]

Being an E-route in a lot of areas got you a lot of EU investment in your road back in the day. The 20 year old road which runs past my house here in the Highlands wouldn't have existed without it.

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[honest]

I like that your tone suggests things shouldn't be as interesting as you do actually make them. Spot on!

[philtucker]

John your commentary is nothing short of gifted.

[imamiddleagedman]

The Wild West of England - dungeness 😂 spot on although add Lydd and camber to make a trilogy of despair 😬

[Jono_Music_andstuff]

I don't know why but the frasier music was just perfect. Good work, Sir.

[WCUKProductionsLtd]

I remember the old bit of the M20 around Maidstone before it was widened. It was actually hedged and the embankments were a riot of primroses in the spring. All swept away now, of course.

[mrc]

Man wanders around on verges.

Lovely stuff.

[sarah]

Great humour, editing, presentation and amazing drone skills. I have binge-watched all the services recently and love it. Have spent many dull hours on M3, M25, M26 and M20.

Much kudos for keeping Beanie hat going in these recent hot temps!

[ExclusiveMeerkat]

1:21 blimey those cars are reversing quickly on the motorway!

[Stormy]

Thanks to the algorithm recognising that this was a channel I didn't know I needed in my life and recommending your 'Secrets of the M1' video to rectify that about a week or so ago, I've subscribed and been having a bit of a binge since. Keep up the good work - I didn't know that Britain's motorway network had so many hidden gems!

[toolrestoration]

A Sunday is the perfect day for one of your vids, thank you !!

[Bob-rnho]

Interesting, areas that most of us haven’t seen before. Thanks John. Good work, all the best Bob

[janceret]

On the way back to Poland I went on the M20. And from France to Poland we went on the E40 in 2 parts: From France to Belgium and from Germany to Poland. It feels like yesterday. Great video!

[astra]

Jon puts in the hard yards so we don't have to.. many thanks my friend.. Subscribed!