10mph & 20mph speed limits?

In Scotland the "twenty's plenty" scheme has been in force for years, so many residential areas (entire towns is some circumstances) are 20mph limit, and my Uncle who is a taxi driver in one of those towns tells me some of the schools now have a 10mph limit posted (There are plenty of arguments over whether this is enforceable as speedos usually have the first marking at 10mph and perhaps don't register a speed until a little below this)

Never seen a permanent 20mph limit in England, only for road works, loose chippings, etc. Do they exist?

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there is the odd 20 zone, down south near london, esecially on some very narrow roads

[Gazza77]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

In Scotland the "twenty's plenty" scheme has been in force for years, so many residential areas (entire towns is some circumstances) are 20mph limit, and my Uncle who is a taxi driver in one of those towns tells me some of the schools now have a 10mph limit posted (There are plenty of arguments over whether this is enforceable as speedos usually have the first marking at 10mph and perhaps don't register a speed until a little below this)

Never seen a permanent 20mph limit in England, only for road works, loose chippings, etc. Do they exist?

Yes. The entirety of Hebden Bridge town centre is a 20mph limit, and I'm sure I've been through a handful of others too.

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Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Never seen a permanent 20mph limit in England, only for road works, loose chippings, etc. Do they exist?

Yep theres one near me, residential area with roads leading into one of the local comprehensive schools.

[Swin]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Never seen a permanent 20mph limit in England, only for road works, loose chippings, etc. Do they exist?

There are 20 limits around most of the schools in this area, iirc they had a competition for kids to design a 20mph speed warning sign, it has what looks like a snail on it.

I say "what looks like a snail" because the competition was won by a very young kid I reckon and it's hard to make out!

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Rotherhide Tunnel has a 20mph limit and a camera.

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Most of Portsmouth has gone this way now with almost all side streets and residential roads off any main roads becoming 20's.

Do you know how hard it is to go 10mph without slipping your clutch on a tl, i wouldn't be able to go 10mph

OK, so not as widespread as Scotland, but there are a few. Thanks for the replies, I was just curious.

Originally Posted by Grinch

Most of Portsmouth has gone this way now with almost all side streets and residential roads off any main roads becoming 20's.

That is much like many of the towns in Scotland now then.

Yeah I can think of a few around Halifax, Batley and Heckmondwike all 20mph but tbh other than in car parks and camp sites I've never seen any 10mph ones.