European route E5

E5
Major junctions
North end	Greenock, Scotland
South end	Algeciras, Spain
Location
Countries	United Kingdom  France  Spain
Highway system
International E-road network A Class B Class

The European route E5 is part of the United Nations international E-road network. It is the westernmost north–south "reference road", running from Greenock in Scotland, south through Great Britain and France to Algeciras, Spain.^[1] The route is 1,900 miles (3,100 km) long.

The E5 follows the route Greenock – Glasgow – Gretna – Carlisle – Penrith – Preston – Warrington – Birmingham – Oxford – Newbury – Southampton ... Le Havre – Paris – Orléans – Tours – Poitiers – Bordeaux – San Sebastián – Burgos – Madrid – Córdoba – Seville – Cádiz – Algeciras.^[2]