Which end is ~At the top of the road?

Question

And Which end is ~At the bottom of the road

How Does one Decide if they are travelling up the road

or if they are travelling down the road

Do you say: Go to the top of this road and then turn left

or Do you say: Go to the bottom of this road and then turn left

Answer 1

let them decided. i always said go to the bottom then left or right. i suppose it's because i live at the top of a hill so it just becomes a habit.

Answer 2

Top of the road if the road has an uphill gradient and bottom of the road if it is downhill. Can also depend on which way the car is facing say if the road is level.

Answer 3

I would say "Go to the end of this road"... It works both ways.

Answer 4

Usually (but not always) the 'top' of the road is the lowest number i.e. 1, and the 'bottom' is the highest number.

Or, the 'top' of the road is nearest to the village/town/city centre and the 'bottom' is the furthest away.

Answer 5

I think it is more in origin from the fact that we number houses from the middle of a town outwards, rather then any gradient.

Thus the "top" is where house No 1 is and house No 100 is nearer the bottom of the road.