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 M23 highlighted in blue_map.svg) Shown with UK motorway network | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by National Highways | ||||
| Length | 15.9 mi (25.6 km) | |||
| Existed | 1974–present | |||
| History | Opened: 1974 Completed: 1975 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end | Hooley | |||
  J8 → M25 motorway | ||||
| South end | Pease Pottage | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Counties | Surrey, West Sussex | |||
| Primary destinations | London Croydon Gatwick Airport Crawley Brighton | |||
| Road network | ||||
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The M23 is a motorway in the United Kingdom, running from the south of Hooley in Surrey, where it splits from the A23, to Pease Pottage, south of Crawley in West Sussex where it rejoins the A23. The northern end of the motorway starts on what is effectively a 2-mile (3.2 km) spur north of junction 7 of the M25 motorway (junction 8 on the M23). From Hooley it runs for 17 miles (27 km) past Redhill, Gatwick Airport and Crawley. A spur runs from junction 9 to Gatwick Airport.