Britain's Worst Potholed Roads Revealed

Despite the UK government’s plan to fix the roads, the long winter and heavy traffic has left British roads battered and scared. But some may demand a higher tax in suspensions bushings, bent wheels and damaged exhaust than others.

That’s why Warranty Direct has created a list of what it deems to be the worst of the bunch: the most potholed roads in the whole of Britain. The B6343 near Morpeth and Fieldhead Lane, close to Holme, have been named as the worst pothole-strewn piece of asphalt, with two stretches being highlighted by motorists in an investigation by the website to expose the appealling state of UK roads.

Northumberland’s B6343 was described as having “a huge array of potholes east of Mitford” by Marra, one website user who nominated it. Meanwhile, Fieldhead Lane in West Yorkshire was summed up as “more like an off-road assault course” by tri4west.

Nearly 90 per cent of nominations were local rather than motorways or A- and B-roads, bolstering Warranty Direct’s call for a long-term strategy for fixing the local road network.

“To be honest, we could have awarded the honour to tens if not hundreds of stretches of road, but these two particularly stood out for those motorists having to use them daily. We handle thousands of axle and suspension claims every year involving damage clearly sustained a result of the long-term deterioration of our roads. We welcomed the additional money in the Budget, but it needs to be a springboard in establishing a five or 10-year plan to revitalise our Third World local road network,” Duncan McClure Fisher, managing director of Warranty Direct, commented.

Here are the judge's Top Five Pothole-Pitted Roads:

• B6343, near Morpeth, Northumberland - Major road category winner
• Fieldhead Lane, close to Holme, West Yorkshire - Minor road category winner
• Long Mill Lane, Plaxtol, Kent
• Yattendon Road, Basildon, West Berkshire
• Fyfield Road, Amport, Hampshire