Route from Merthyr Tydfil to Sedgemoor by car

The driving distance between Merthyr Tydfil and Sedgemoor is 84 miles. Travel time is 1 hour and 36 minutes by car.

From: Merthyr Tydfil, County: , Wales
To: Sedgemoor, County: Somerset, England
84 mi , 1 h 36 min
Tolls: 0£ Stations
Fuel consumption:
Fuel cost:
Passengers:



Route from Merthyr Tydfil to Sedgemoor on map



Driving directions from Merthyr Tydfil to Sedgemoor

84 mi 1 h 36 min
1.
Head northwest on Avenue de Clichy (A4054)
0.3 mi
2.
Continue onto Swansea Road (A4102)
0.3 mi
3.
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Swansea Road (A4102)
157 ft
4.
Exit the roundabout onto Swansea Road (A4102)
278 ft
5.
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A470
15 ft
6.
Exit the roundabout onto A470
1.2 mi
7.
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A470
258 ft
8.
Exit the roundabout onto A470
1.6 mi
9.
Enter Abercanaid Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A470
262 ft
10.
Exit the roundabout onto A470
5.5 mi
11.
Enter Abercynon Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A470
323 ft
12.
Exit the roundabout onto A470
9.7 mi
13.
Take the ramp on the left
794 ft
14.
Enter Taff's Well Interchange and take the 1st exit onto Merthyr Road (A4054)
180 ft
15.
Exit the roundabout onto Merthyr Road (A4054)
1 mi
16.
Enter Coryton Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto M4
269 ft
17.
Exit the roundabout onto M4
21.9 mi
18.
Keep right onto M4
6.6 mi
19.
Take exit 22 on the left towards M49: The South West
0.3 mi
20.
Enter Pilning Interchange and take the 2nd exit towards M49: The South West
659 ft
21.
Exit the roundabout towards M49: The South West
5.6 mi
22.
Continue towards M5: The South West
0.4 mi
23.
Merge right onto M5
23.2 mi
24.
Take the ramp on the left onto Edithmead Spur (M5)
0.8 mi
25.
Enter Edithmead Roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Bristol Road (A38)
101 ft
26.
Exit the roundabout onto Bristol Road (A38)
1194 ft
27.
Turn left onto Burnham Moor Lane
0.8 mi
28.
Continue slightly left onto Pillmore Lane
0.6 mi
29.
Turn right onto Mark Road (B3139)
0.4 mi
30.
Turn left onto Church Road (B3141)
1.6 mi
31.
Turn left onto Burtle Road
1 mi
32.
Turn right onto Gold Corner Drove
0.4 mi
33.
You have arrived at your destination, on the right
0 ft


How much does a trip from London to Brighton set you back in petrol costs?

The answer: £14.6. In this calculation, we're considering a petrol price of 143 pence per liter and a car's fuel efficiency rated at miles per gallon. Carpooling with two passengers reduces the cost per person to £7.3 (£14.6 divided by 2). With three passengers, the expense drops to approximately £4.87 per passenger (£14.6 divided by 3), and with a full car of four, it's just £3.65 per passenger (£14.6 divided by 4).

Now, let's dissect the numbers behind this. The fuel cost is determined by the distance traveled and the car's fuel consumption rate. For this journey, you'll need approximately 10.2 liters of fuel. Crunching the figures, that's where the total of £14.6 comes from for the journey from Merthyr Tydfil to Sedgemoor.
 

Diesel cost from Merthyr Tydfil to Sedgemoor.

The trip with diesel fuel costs 9.2 £ (151p/lt, 62.7 mpg).
For 2 passengers: 4.6 £ (9.2/2) /p.
For 3 passengers: 3.07 £ (9.2/3) /p.
For 4 passengers: 2.3 £ (9.2/4) /p.

When comparing diesel fuel and petrol (gasoline) fuel in terms of octane rating, there's a significant distinction:

  1. Petrol:

    • Petrol typically has an octane rating ranging from 87 to 95 in most markets.

    • Octane rating measures the fuel's resistance to premature detonation or knocking in spark-ignition engines.

    • Higher octane ratings are crucial for high-performance petrol engines with higher compression ratios or turbocharging, as they help prevent engine knocking and allow for more efficient combustion.

  2. Diesel Fuel:

    • Diesel fuel doesn't have an octane rating in the same sense as petrol because it's not used in spark-ignition engines.

    • Diesel engines rely on compression ignition rather than spark ignition, meaning the fuel-air mixture ignites spontaneously due to high pressure and temperature.

    • Therefore, diesel fuel is designed to ignite under the high compression conditions found in diesel engines, and its properties are optimized for this type of combustion rather than for octane rating.

In essence, while petrol relies on octane rating to ensure proper combustion in spark-ignition engines, diesel fuel is formulated to ignite under the high-pressure conditions of compression ignition in diesel engines, rendering octane rating irrelevant for diesel fuel.

 

 

 


 

Alternative routes from Merthyr Tydfil to Sedgemoor

The second route from Merthyr Tydfil to the Sedgemoor is 126.33 miles and takes 3 hours and 1 minute.