The A697 is a road that can be used an alternative to the A1 for those travelling between Scotland and England via the North East.

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A697
Long straight on the A697 trunk road in Berwickshire
Route information
Length	68 mi (109 km)
Major junctions
South end	Morpeth 55.1877°N 1.7155°W / 55.1877; -1.7155 (A697 road (southern end))
Major intersections	A1 A698 A6105 A6089 A68
North end	Oxton 55.7711°N 2.7874°W / 55.7711; -2.7874 (A697 road (northern end))
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
← A696 → A698

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It connects Morpeth on the A1 to the A68 at Oxton, near Edinburgh. The road runs via Wooler and Coldstream, and passes through a largely rural area of the Scottish Borders.

Stretches of the route overlay the Devil's Causeway, a Roman road.^{[citation needed]}

The A697 is around 15 miles (24 km) shorter and an average time of 23 minutes quicker than travelling up the A1, according to figures from the RAC route planner.^{[citation needed]}

The road runs through

• Morpeth^[1]
• Espley
• Longhorsley
• Weldon
• Longframlington
• Thrunton
• Powburn
• Wooperton
• Haugh Head
• Wooler
• Low Humbleton
• Akeld
• Milfield
• Crookham
• Cornhill on Tweed
• Coldstream^[1]
• Orange Lane
• Greenlaw
• Houndslow
• Thirlestane
• Oxton