A roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain numbering scheme
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List of A roads in zone 5 in Great Britain starting north/east of the A5, west of the A6, south of the Solway Firth/Eden Estuary (roads beginning with 5).
Single- and double-digit roads
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Central London (Marble Arch) | Holyhead | Forms parts of the historical route of Watling Street. The section from M1 J4 north of Edgware to N. of Dunstable is now numbered A5183. The A5 now starts at M1 J11A and runs west to join previous alignment. |
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Leicester | Warrington | Becomes M1 motorway between junctions 22 and 24A. Used to start at Hockliffe on A5, north of Dunstable. Gradually cut back to Northampton, then Leicester. Before opening of Derby southern bypass in 1997, it followed present A511 between Markfield and Foston. |
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Chester | Kingsbury | Formerly ending at the A5 in Tamworth, the road to the south was the northern end of the A423. When the latter was downgraded north of Coventry, the A51 was extended to the A47. Subsequently, the A47 too was downgraded (to the B1114) and the A51 was then cut back to its present terminus near Kingsbury. |
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Newcastle-under-Lyme | Mablethorpe | |
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Buxton | Shrewsbury | |
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Chester | Buxton | The section between Congleton and Buxton is the most dangerous road in Britain.[citation needed] |
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Holyhead | Chester | Also known as the "North Wales Expressway". |
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Chester | A59 near Broughton | |
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Liverpool | Lincoln | |
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Prescot | Wetherby | Becomes A58(M) as part of Leeds Inner Ring Road |
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Liverpool | York |
Three-digit roads
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Clayton | Nantwich | Known locally as the D Road, either because its route resembles the curved part of a letter D (with a section of the M6 forming the upright) or after the Roman numeral 'D' (500).
Originally ran from the A5 at Marble Arch to the A1 at Tally Ho Corner in North Finchley. In 1935 it was extended and rerouted over the A5088 Watford Bypass (the original route became the A598). Renumbered to A41 in the 1950s when it was deemed sensible to give the lower numbers of the bypassed routes to new-build bypasses and radials north of London. |
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Westway (London) | Moorgate | Part of the London Inner Ring Road, comprises Marylebone Road, Euston Road, Pentonville Road and City Road. Terminates at junction with London Wall. |
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Camden Town | Hendon | Through Hampstead, broadly follows the Edgware branch of the Northern Line for 5 stations. |
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Camden Town | Woodford | Camden Road and Seven Sisters Road (primary) and Ferry Lane (non-primary), though Holloway and Walthamstow |
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West Hendon | Tottenham Hale | via Hendon, Finchley, East Finchley, Muswell Hill, Hornsey and West Green. Has recently been extended to include Broad Lane as the A503 is now two-way. |
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Leighton Buzzard | Great Abington | |
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Walton | Stanley Gate nr. Bickerstaffe | Part of the road has since been reassigned to the M58 Motorway; in the 1970s part of it served the New Town of Skelmersdale[1]
Originally ran from the A5 in Hockliffe to the A508 south of Northampton. Became a southern extension of the A50 in 1935 and has since been downgraded (one section is now B526). |
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Buntingford | M1 junction 13 | The northern terminus and the course of the road have recently been changed to bypass Ridgmont. |
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Old Stratford | Market Harborough | |
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Milton Keynes | Kettering | Forms the H5 Portway in Milton Keynes. |
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Wellingborough | Cranford St John | Forms part of Wellingborough's outer ring road, passes through Finedon and ends at Junction 11 of the A14 at Cranford St John. |
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Markfield | Foston, Derbyshire | Historical A50(T). The original route went from Atherstone to Burton upon Trent; the Atherstone-Twycross section became the B4116 and the Twycross-Burton section became a northern extension of the A444 in 1935.
The A511 number also appeared in the "Co-driver: The AA Motorists Companion" (1965) on a route linking the M6 to Wigan. Only the first section east of the M6 was built, however, and it is designated as the A5209. |
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Loughborough | A42 & A511 near Ashby-de-la-Zouch | |
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Tamworth | Stafford | Starts in Stafford, running through the town of Rugeley (although the road here is broken at Armitage Road due to recent road changes including the re-routing of the A51 which is now the Rugeley Eastern By-Pass (which runs south to Tamworth). |
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Derby | Swadlincote | |
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Lichfield | Buxton | |
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Derby | Hilton | |
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Belper | Ashbourne | |
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Uttoxeter | Telford | |
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Newcastle-under-Lyme | Newport | |
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Stone | Leek | |
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Meir | Froghall | |
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Uttoxeter | Wetley Rocks | |
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Swinscoe | Hazel Grove | This became part of the A52 (except for the spur in Leek; the current route of the A52 west of there was the A524 at the time), but the changes were undone almost immediately. |
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Unused | First used from Fenny Bentley to Great Rowsley; swapped with the B5056 around 1970.
Used again in the 1990s from Swinscoe to Newcastle-under-Lyme (formerly part of the A52). This almost immediately became part of the A52 again, as the old route of the A52 reverted to the previous designation of A523. | |
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Rhyl | Newcastle-under-Lyme | |
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Woolfall Heath M57 J3 | Woolfall Heath A57 | Seth Powell Way
Originally ran between Newcastle-under-Lyme to Salford; renumbered as a portion of the A34 in 1935. Portions in Manchester are now parts of the A5145, A6010, B5093, and B5117. |
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Newcastle-under-Lyme | Congleton | |
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Wrexham | Shrewsbury | |
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Hinstock | Nantwich | Originally ran from the A51 in Boughton to the A464 on the northern edge of Hinstock. Renumbered to a portion of a rerouted A41 in 1935; the northern end is now the A5115 after the A41 was rerouted onto the Chester bypass. |
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Whitchurch | Northwich | |
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Madeley Heath | Weston | |
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Crewe Green | Marshfield Bank, Crewe | |
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Alsager | Widnes | Crosses Runcorn-Widnes Bridge |
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Wrexham | Congleton | Follows the course of one of the historic "Salt ways" that ran from Nantwich into Wales. Part of its central section, between Broxton and Bickerton Hill, is still called 'Salters Lane'. |
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Holmes Chapel | Alderley Edge | via Twemlow Green, past Jodrell Bank, via Chelford |
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Congleton | Macclesfield | |
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Knutsford | Buxton | The section between Macclesfield and Buxton has been named the most dangerous road in Britain. See also Cat and Fiddle Road. |
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Macclesfield | Altrincham | Passes underneath the runways of Manchester Airport |
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Eglwys Cross | Llangollen | |
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Chester | Hoylake | |
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Wrexham | Trefnant | |
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Llangollen | Llandegla | crosses the Horseshoe Pass |
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Pentrefoelas | Bodfari | |
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Bylchau | Llanfair Talhaiarn | Originally ran from north of Betws-y-Coed to Llandudno. In 1935, the section south of the A55 was renumbered as a northern extension of the A496 and the southern section became the B5115; the entire route is now part of the A470. |
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Menai Bridge | Beaumaris | |
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Tywyn | Llandudno | |
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Prestatyn | Conwy | Largely follows North Wales coast. Alternative to A55 North Wales Expressway. |
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Chester | Llanrwst | |
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Drury | Mold | |
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Caergwrle | Hooton | |
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Seacombe | Gayton | |
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Birkenhead | West Kirby | |
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Birkenhead | Hoylake | |
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Birkenhead | Bidston | |
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Manchester Airport | Hazel Grove | Starts at the M56 Spur at Manchester Airport and ends at the A6 just southeast of Hazel Grove
Originally ran from Ellsmere Port to the A51 at Backford; extended to the A51/A5032 in Little Sutton by 1929. Renumbered as an extension of the A5032 in 1935. Used a second time in 1935 for the Barnet Bypass (former A5092 and A5093). After the pre Worboys direction signs were introduced, it was decided to give the route a more unique number to aid navigation, and it became a portion of the A1 in 1954. Some portions are now the A1(M) and A1001. |
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Delamere | Bowdon | Northern section takes traffic from and to M6 J19 and M56 J7 for Manchester Airport and South Manchester |
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Sutton Weaver | Rainhill, St Helens M62 J7 | Section south of Runcorn, known as the Weston Point Expressway |
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Daresbury | Runcorn | Daresbury Expressway |
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Sandiway | Stretton, Cheshire |
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Altrincham | Hattersley | |
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Halewood | Liverpool | |
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Liverpool | Penketh | |
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A6 London Road, Oadby | A47, Crown Hills, Evington | Leicester Ring Road
The original A563 appeared in the 1922 Road Lists as "Liverpool - Manchester (Proposed new road)"; the route never appeared on any maps nor did it appear on the ground. A 1932 map does show a proposed A road between Walton, Liverpool and Pendlebury, Salford; this opened in 1934 as the A580, although it is likely it took over at least some of the concept of the A563. |
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Unused | The original A564 went from the A59 in Liverpool to the A567; rarely appears on maps due to its short length, and as a result it is unknown when the route was decommissioned, but it is now part of the A567.
Next used in the 1990s to refer to sections of the upgraded A50 (e.g. from Foston to Etwall) before the A50 was rerouted; became part of the A50 in 1998. | |
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Bootle | Tarleton | |
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Bootle | Orrell Park | |
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Seaforth | Scotland Road, Liverpool | |
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Unused | Was the road between Widnes and Lea Green railway station, St Helens (now B5419). | |
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Bold Heath | St Helens | Originally ran between Widnes and Prescot, cutting the corner between the A568 and A57. Split in two by the M62, but was rerouted to meet it. Now unclassified. |
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Rainhill, St Helens M62 J7 | Southport | |
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St Helens | Wigan | |
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Swinton | St Helens | |
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Winwick, Cheshire | Wigan | |
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Leigh, Hope Carr | Sankey Bridges, Warrington | Also spurs to M62 J11 |
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Bolton | Worsley, M60 J13 | |
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Stretford | Middleton | |
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Boothstown | Ormskirk | |
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Leigh | Hindley Green | |
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Breightmet | Winwick Interchange M6 J22 | |
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Liverpool | Salford | The East Lancs Road
Originally ran between Boar's Head and Duxbury Hall; became the A5106, probably early on as the number was recycled in 1934. |
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Chorley | Rufford | |
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A6 near Lostock Hall | M55 J2 | The "Edith Rigby Way" extension between the A583 and M55 opened in July 2023. Future plan for a new bridge over River Ribble to connect the two ends and create a western bypass for Preston is expected by 2026. |
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Blackpool | Preston | |
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Clifton | Little Bispham | |
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Kirkham | Fleetwood | |
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Garstang | Blackpool | |
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Blackpool | Fleetwood | |
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Poulton-Le-Fylde | Lancaster | |
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Halton | Heysham | |
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A65 | Barrow-in-Furness | |
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A590 | Bothel | |
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Newby Bridge | Penrith | |
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Broughton-in-Furness | Ambleside | |
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Maryport | Cockermouth | |
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Leicester | Leicester | Leicester Central Ring Road |
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Carlisle | Dalton-in-Furness | |
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Thursby | Workington | |
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Workington | Distington | Northside Bridge in Workington, which carries part of the route, destroyed in November 2009 floods and was rebuilt and completed in 2012. |
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Hampstead | North Finchley | Commences at the junction of Finchley Road and Hendon Way on the A41. It goes through Golders Green and crosses the A406 and A1 at Henlys Corner, then heads through Regents Park Road to the centre of Finchley and Ballards Lane up to Tally-Ho Corner where it terminates on the A1000.
Originally ran from Maghull to Scarisbrick; did not appear in the 1922 Road Lists, but was upgraded from the B5196 by the end of the 1920s. Renumbered as an extension of the then-A567 in 1935 and is now the A5147. |
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Haydock Park Racecourse | Blackbrook Bypass, St Helens |
Four-digit roads (50xx)
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A504, Finchley | A598, Finchley | The section of Hendon Lane north of Gravel Hill. Originally all of Hendon Lane and the A504 to the West of it was part of the A5000, although some old maps have the A5000 ending at the west on the A502, with that number taking over the remainder. |
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Rushden | Rushden | |
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Unused | Ran from Macclesfield to Whaley Bridge (now B5470); formerly continued south to Buxton via what is now the A5004.
Previously allocated to a road from A6 to A510 in Finedon; became a spur of the A510 in 1935, but has since been declassified and is now Obelisk Road. | |
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Unused | Ran from A51 George Street to A453 Aldergate in Tamworth; route declassified due to road upgrades in Tamworth. Much of route now pedestrianized. | |
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Whaley Bridge | Buxton | Number for the former A6 between Buxton and Whaley Bridge.
Previously allocated to a road from Station Road to B5010 via Donington Lane north of Castle Donington; this was declassified in the 1960s. |
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Longton, Staffordshire | Barlaston | |
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Stoke-upon-Trent | Hanley | Previously used for the M6 to Hanford section of the A500. |
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Stoke upon Trent | Fenton | |
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Burslem | Bucknall | |
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Bucknall | Badderley Green | |
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Burslem | Burslem | |
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Talke | Alsager | |
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Cromford | A515 | Originally ran from the A5 to the A49 in Shrewsbury. Became a spur of the A53 in 1934 after the A5 Shrewsbury Bypass opened, but is now part of the town center one-way system and is unclassified and pedestrianized, linking the A5191 to itself. |
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Stafford | Eccleshall | Originally ran from the A5 near Mardol to Chester Road along Smithfield Road. Renumbered as a southern extension of the A53 in 1934, and is now the eastern end of the A458 or A488 (depending on the map). |
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Old Trafford | Stretford | Originally ran along Cross Street in Ellesmere, now unclassified. |
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Burleydam | Burleydam | |
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A49 west of Nantwich | A534 west of Nantwich | Signage says this is now part of the A534, but OS 1:25k mapping says this road still exists. |
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Unused | Ran along Millstone Lane in Nantwich from the A530 to the A534 and became part of the A51 when it was rerouted in the 1970s and became a portion of the B5074 when the A51 was rerouted onto the bypass. Number reused for Elliot Street and Parker Street in Liverpool; this is now partially pedestrianized with the east end of Elliot Street part of the A5038 or A5044. | |
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Winsford | Wharton Green | |
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Crewe | Crewe | |
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A500 near Englesea-Brook | Crewe Green | |
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Unused | Ran along Leadsmithy Street from the A533 to the A54 in Middlewich; now part of the A533. | |
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Sandbach | Brereton Green | |
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Unused | Ran from A526 (now A34) to A54 in Congleton via Mill Street. | |
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Unused | Ran from A536 to A523 in Macclesfield via Sunderland Street. | |
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyll | Near Valley | |
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Lloc | Walwen | |
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Liscard | Upton | |
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Higham Ferrers | Rushden | Also used to designate Borough Road, Wallasey |
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Birkenhead | Birkenhead | |
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Birkenhead | Birkenhead | |
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Unused | Ran from then-A552 to the A51 (now A41) in Birkenhead along Market and Cross streets, now unclassified. | |
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Backford | Ellesmere Port | |
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Knutsford | Knutsford | |
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Near Mere, Cheshire | ||
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Trentham | Longton | Originally ran along Hatherlow Lane near Stockport, now unclassified. |
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Switch Island | Toxteth (Brunswick railway station) |
In 2 parts: Switch Island-Seaforth and Bootle-Brunswick due to Seaforth to Bootle section now forming part of Liverpool docks internal roads system. |
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Liverpool | Liverpool | |
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Liverpool | Litherland | |
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Liverpool | Liverpool | Exists in two sections; the middle section though Liverpool city center is unclassified. |
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Liverpool | Liverpool | Paradise Street (part), plus short section of Old Haymarket on opposite side of pedestrianised city centre |
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Unused | Canning Place in Liverpool. Closed to general traffic; part converted into bus station. | |
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Unused | Ran from the A5041 to A57 in Liverpool along South Castle and Castle streets. The section south of Derby Square is now gone, buried under the law courts and Chavasse Park; the section along Castle Street is probably part of the A5039. | |
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Unused | Ran from the A5041 to A57 in Liverpool along South John and North John streets, paralleling the A5042. | |
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Unused | Ran from Church Street (then A5039) via Ranelagh Street to A5038 in Liverpool, with a spur on Great Charlotte Street; the section west of Great Charlotte Street is now the B5339 while the remainder is probably now part of the A5038 (but still shown as the A5044 on the OS map). | |
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Liverpool | Liverpool | Mann Island |
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Liverpool | Liverpool | Tithebarn Street |
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Liverpool | Old Swan | Edge Lane and St. Oswald's Street |
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Royal Liverpool University Hospital | Liverpool Women's Hospital | |
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Liverpool | Clubmoor | |
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Everton, Liverpool | Everton | St Domingo Road |
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Liverpool | Liverpool | Moorfields |
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Liverpool | Liverpool | King Edward Street |
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Liverpool | Liverpool | Leeds Street |
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Liverpool | Liverpool | Boundary Street |
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Liverpool | Liverpool | Sandhills Lane |
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Liverpool | Liverpool | Bankhall Street |
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Bootle | Bootle | |
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Bootle | Aigburth | Queens Drive |
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Unused | Ran between the-then A58 and A570 in St Helens along Corporation Street. | |
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Warrington | Lower Walton | Chester Road |
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Warrington | Knutsford Road | |
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Ashton-in-Makerfield | Only 0.1 mile long | |
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Old Trafford | Salford | |
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Emstrey, near Shrewsbury | Shrewsbury | Named "London Road". Previously A5112, and A5 before that.
Originally ran along Ordsall Lane in Salford between the A6 and A5063. Renumbered to the A5066 and B5461 in the 1960s. |
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Leagrave | Luton | Originally ran along the southern edge of Ordsall Park in Salford. Downgraded to the B5341 by the mid-1970s; much of the original route is now gone, now part of the park or due to redevelopment. |
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Ordsall | Lower Broughton | |
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Gorse Hill, Stretford | Manchester | |
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Skelmersdale | Skelmersdale | Originally ran from Cornbrook to Picadilly Gardens. Decommissioned when the A57(M) was built, splitting the route in two. The section north of Albion Street was renumbered to the A5103 while the section along Mosley Street was declassified. |
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Unused | Ran between the A58 and A6 in Westhoughton along Park Road. Became a part of the A58 in 1970 when it was rerouted due to extension of the M61. | |
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Unused | Originally allocated to a loop off of the A59 through downtown Ornskirk. The A5070 was little more than an interim number pending the completion of the A59 bypass, after which it was downgraded to Class II status by 1926, possibly as B5319.
Used a second time by 1926 from Hinckley to Stoney Bridge as an upgrade of the B579. The eastern section (along with the A46) was downgraded to the B4069 (now the B4669) due to completion of the M69. The remainder was downgraded in 1990 to the B4669 (an out-of-zone number as it is north of the A5) when the A47 Hinckley bypass opened. | |
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Preston | Preston | Corporation Street / Moor Lane. Corporation Street was formerly a B road. |
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Preston | Preston | Strand Road |
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South Shore, Blackpool | Blackpool | |
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Gilpin Bridge | Windermere | |
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Ambleside | Ambleside | Some maps erroneously show the route as the A5095. |
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Upton | Kingsthorpe | Formerly part of the A45. The northeastern section was numbered A4508 (A45-A508 link) until the mid-1990s, when the route was renamed A5076.
Previously allocated to a road from the A6 via Stricklandgate in Penrith; this became part of the A6 in a one-way pair. |
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Unused | Ran from Uttoxeter to the Uttoxeter bypass. After the A50 Uttoxeter bypass was built, the section running through Uttoxeter town center was renumbered: the section running towards Derby was renumbered as an extension of the A518, the section running towards Stoke-on-Trent was renumbered as an extension of the A5077 and the section running along Bradley Street was downgraded. The route is now part of an extended A522. | |
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Crewe | Site of Crewe Locomotive Works | |
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Levenshulme | Longsight | |
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Liverpool | Penketh | May have also been used in Northampton as an upgrade of the B5347. The current number is debatable: A5080 is a duplicate number, and some maps indicate the route as part of the A5095. Official documents favor the A5080 number and signage is completely unhelpful. |
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M60 Junction 9 | Old Trafford | Main Route through Trafford Park |
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Astley | Farnworth | |
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A582 near Lostock Hall, Lancashire |
A49 near Cuerden, Lancashire | |
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Lowick Green | Torver | |
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Ribbleton | Lea, Lancashire | Blackpool Road, Preston |
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Egremont | Cockermouth | |
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Ulverston | Barrow-in-Furness | |
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Birkenhead | Liscard | Originally used for the Watford Bypass, designated upon completion in the mid-1920s. It was later extended south to bypass Edgware and Cricklewood. Renumbered as a portion of a rerouted A500 in 1935 and then to the A41 in the 1950s, the road it bypassed in the first place. |
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Anfield | Newsham Park | Formerly also included more of Liverpool inner ring road, south to Toxteth and Dingle - now B roads |
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Litherland | Kirkdale | |
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Ullswater | Troutbeck | |
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Greenodd | Grizebeck | Originally used for the northern section of the Barnet Bypass (the southern section was the A5093). Renumbered to the A555 in 1935 and then to the A1 around 1954. Much of route now A1(M). |
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Hallthwaites | Whicham | Via Millom
Originally used for the southern half of the Barnet Bypass. Renumbered to the A555 in 1935 and then to a rerouted A1 around 1954. |
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A595 | A595 | Via Whitehaven |
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Northampton | Northampton railway station | |
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Unused | Ran from the A447 west of Barwell to the A47 near Earl Shilton; originally a portion of the B581 when it was upgraded to Class I status. Declassified following the opening of the A47 Earl Shilton bypass. Number possibly used later in 1971–1972 on the former B582 between Oadby and Wigston (and possibly onward to the A46) and is now the B582 again. | |
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Unused | Ran from the A5039 to Crown Street (former A5048) in Liverpool along Myrtle Street. | |
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Bootle | Walton | See Marsh Lane, Bootle. |
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Blackpool | Blackpool |
Four-digit roads (51xx)
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Edgware | Mill Hill Circus | Station Road (Edgware), Hale Lane, Mill Hill Broadway |
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Northampton | Northampton | |
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Stockport | Wilmslow | Shares the same 1 mile stretch of road between Woodford and Bramhall Village with the A5149, where both diverge at each end |
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Manchester city centre | M56 J3 near Wythenshawe | Commonly referred to as the Princess Parkway, although this name only applies to the section between the M60 and the M56. The A5103 between the M60 and the city centre is actually Princess Road. |
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Corwen | Chester | Was the B5104 before it was upgraded.
Originally proposed in 1935 as a renumbering of the eastern end of the A572 between Swinton and Worsley, because it ran parallel to the New Liverpool - East Lancashire Road (the A580). This renumbering never happened, and the route remains the A572. The A5104 was instead used to upgrade a B road with the same number in North Wales. |
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Morecambe | Bolton-le-Sands | |
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A6 near Chorley | A49 near Standish | |
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A short link road in Liverpool carried this number at some point although it's unknown when. | ||
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Llanallgo | Moelfre | |
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Edgware | Whetstone | Includes the Western section of Deansbrook Lane and Deans Lane, Selvage Lane, then Marsh Lane, Totteridge Common and Totteridge Lane |
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Ran from Conwy to Tal-y-Cafn; former sections of B5106 (former B4407) and B5279. Designated after 1954 (not shown on the OS map that year) but before 1957 (first appeared on the OS maps). The sections got their numbers back before 1962 (number not shown on the map that year, but shown with their original numbers). It is not known why the A5110 even existed in the first place, given that one section is narrow and winding in places. | ||
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Mackworth | Spondon | Derby Outer Ring Road |
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Battlefield | Shrewsbury | Former portion of the A49.
London Road, previously the former A5 between Emstrey and The Column, created when the original Shrewsbury bypass opened in 1933. Renumbered to A5064 in the 1970s when a new relief route was built around the east side of Shrewsbury; this route took over the A5112 number. |
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Used for the original route of the A49 after the latter was rerouted further east. It was downgraded to the B5476 in the 1970s. | ||
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A55 | Llangefni | |
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Chester | Church Broughton | |
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Chester | Moston | |
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Helsby | Sealand | |
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Penyffordd | Llong | |
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Mold | Flint | |
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M1 J12 | Ampthill bypass | Section between Dunstable and the M1 downgraded to B5120 |
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Branston | Clay Mills | |
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Ran from the-then terminus of the A55 (now J11) to the A5 Bangor bypass at what is now A55 J9; route was formerly a portion of the A5 and A487. Now part of the A5 and A487 again when the A55 was extended to Holyhead.
Number also used along Farrar Street in Bangor, but is unknown if the two routes co-existed or not, as no number can be identified for Farrar Street when the A5122 was rerouted. | ||
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M1 J15A & A43 | Northampton | |
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Battlefield | Broadoak | |
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Broad Street in Loughborough | The Rushes Loughborough | May not actually exist; the number does not appear in Leicester County Council documents, but it does appear in DfT traffic count data as well as on OS maps. But even these maps are confusing, as it shows the route running along Ashby Street and Ashby Square before ending at unclassified Swan Street, both narrow one-way streets. Google Maps and OpenStreetMap do not even show the number at all, claiming that the route is part of the A512.
Previously allocated to a road from Braunstone to Abbey Park, bypassing Leicester to the east; this was the B583 before it was upgraded. Later became part of the A46 and is now unclassified except the northern end, which is now the B5327. |
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Runcorn | "Weston Link" - Links A533 and A557, a part of the Runcorn Expressways system | |
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Birmingham | Lichfield | Former route of A38. |
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Wellingborough | Wilby | Was the A510 and A45 before the Wellingborough bypass was built. |
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Ran from the A6 in Kegworth to the A453 east of Isley Walton; originally B5400 when it was upgraded in 1971 or 1972 and rerouted following extension of the runway at East Midlands Airport in the 1960s (the old route crossed the current runway). Except for the eastern end (which is now unclassified), the route is now part of the A453. | ||
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M1 J14 | Woburn | Former portion of the A50 between Newport Pagnell and Hockliffe. Declassified in 2017. |
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Ran along Saint Margaret's Way in Leicester from the A46 (now A594) to the A6 (now Loughborough Road). Now part of the A6, with the original route through Belgrave declassified. | ||
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Hilton | Swarkestone | |
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Was a road in Runcorn. | ||
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Elstow | Cardington | Presently being replaced by the Bedford Western Bypass.
Originally began at Bronham; the section between Bronham and Elstow was declassified in December 2009 when the A428 Bedford Western and Northwest bypass opened, except for one section that is now the B560 and the section along Woburn Road that is now the B531. Some maps claim that the section east of the A600 is also unclassified. |
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Borehamwood | Borehamwood | |
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Heswall | Clatterbridge (M53 J4) | |
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Seacombe docks | M53 at Bidston | |
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Bedford | Bedford | |
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Bedford | Bedford | |
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Ran along Great Northern Road and Station Road from A5 (now A5183) to A505 in Dunstable. | ||
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Hazel Grove | Bramhall Green | |
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Hale | Timperley | |
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Stockport | Stretford | |
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Maghull | Scarisbrick | |
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Lichfield | Lichfield | Short spur connecting A38 at Swinfen Island to M6 Toll/A5 at Wall Island |
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Poynton | Cheadle, Greater Manchester | Shares the same 1 mile stretch of road between Woodford and Bramhall Village with the A5102, where both diverge at each end |
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Colindale | Hendon | Colindeep Lane |
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Lloc | Rhuddlan | |
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Gaerwen | A55 near Gaerwen | Partly follows former route of A483 in Wrexham. Originally formed entire inner ring road but part now downgraded to B5446. |
A55 J7 | A5 | Short link road in Anglesey. Duplicate number. | |
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Holyhead | Holyhead | |
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Holyhead Port | Holyhead | |
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North Wrexham | East Wrexham | |
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Typo for the A5195 southeast of the M6; corrected in 2009. | ||
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Proposed in 1935 to be reserved to form part of a Swindon-East Anglia route together with the A4160 (itself reserved to upgrade the B489 to Class I). But the tonnage was not enough (and likely would never be) on the B489 to upgrade it to Class I, so the proposal fell through. Instead, the A505 was extended over the A601, replacing the A5160. | ||
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Stretford | Trafford Park | |
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Acton | Clayton | Was the B5038. |
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Dunstable | M1 J4 | The A5 before it was de-trunked. |
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Longsight | University of Manchester | |
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Eccles | Swinton | |
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Salford | Salford | Was the B5227. |
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Stafford | Stafford | Part of the Stafford ring road |
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Penwortham Bypass Flyover from A59 to A582 south of Preston; it is unknown if this road was actually signed or it was a planned route number that was never implemented. | ||
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Burton upon Trent | Burton upon Trent | Uses St Peter's Bridge, connects A444 to A5121. |
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Lichfield | Cannock | Most of the route was part of the B5012 until the 1970s when it was upgraded. Replaced the partly constructed Chasetown Ring Road of which only one section had been built. |
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Shrewsbury | Shrewsbury | |
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Lichfield | Lichfield | |
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Wellingborough | Wellingborough | Was the A509 before it was rerouted onto the Wellingborough western bypass |
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Derby city center | Wilmorton, Derby | Designated 2007, unsigned; was part of the A6 before it was rerouted onto the Pride Parkway. What the road was between the A6 rerouting (late 1990s or early 2000s) and its official designation in 2007 is not known. |
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Brownhills | Chasetown | |
A5196 | A5061 at Bridge Foot, Warrington | A5060 in Warrington | Warrington bypass, opened in 2021. |
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Leicester | Kingsthorpe | Was the A50 and the B568 before that. |
Four-digit roads (52xx)
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Holborn | Tufnell Park | York Way |
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Bloomsbury | Shoreditch | |
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St Pancras | Camden | Mostly split into two one-way streets, St Pancras Way and Royal College Street. Southern section used to meet the Euston Road but now runs along Goods Way. |
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Kings Cross | Holloway | |
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A5 | Tottenham Court Road | |
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Maida Vale | Camden Town | The road can be used as a northern bypass to the London Inner Ring Road between the Edgware Road and Great Portland Street section, and is often a much faster route than the A501 in this section. |
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A38 near Lichfield | Lichfield | |
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A5207 | A580 | Another one coexisted from Aintree to Thornton; it became the B5207 (another duplicated number) in 2015 when A5758 opened. |
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Kirkby | A580 | |
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Standish | Burscough | |
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Typo for the B5219. | ||
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Horsehay, Telford | Shawbirch, A442 | |
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Proposed in 1993 from the M6 at Orrell to the M61 near J5; this scheme was withdrawn in 1996. Later proposed in 2003 as a scaled-down plan from the M6 to the A579; this scheme was also withdrawn. A further scaled-down plan from the A49 to the B5238 in Wigan started construction in 2018, and will later extend west to the M6. It is unknown if the road will be given this number or not. | ||
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Birkenhead | Birkenhead | Borough Road East flyover between A41 and A552 |
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Luton | Luton | |
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Ran from the A505 to the A6 in Luton; declassified around 1987. | ||
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Mereside | Blackpool Beach | Known as the Squires Gate Link Road, this links the M55 with Blackpool Airport and the southern end of the Promenade. Partly follows former alignment of Blackpool Branch Line. |
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A38 near Littleover | Derby | Old A38 |
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Ran from the A5 (now B5061) to Wellington Road (former A518) in Telford; south of St Georges was part of the A5 and later the B5060 (the entire route became B5060 when St Georges was bypassed) | ||
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Birkdale | Churchtown | |
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A5118 in Chester | A548 in Chester | Chester Inner Ring Road |
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Buxton | Buxton | |
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East Keswick | North Keswick | |
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Wolstanton | Tunstall | |
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Weston Coyney | Great Chell | |
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A562 in Speke | A561 in Speke | |
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Ran from the A5036 east of Netherton to the A565 in Thorton; formerly the B5194. Became the B5207 when the eastern half was bypassed. | ||
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Warrington | Warrington | New road west of Warrington, created 2017. |
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Warrington | Warrington | New road west of Warrington, created 2017. |
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Warrington | Warrington | New road west of Warrington, created 2017. |
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A591 junction, north end of Kendal Bypass | Kendal | Original route of the A591 out of Kendal; upgraded from the B5284. |
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Four-digit roads (53xx to 57xx)
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M57 / M62 junction | A562 between Halewood and Widnes | Commonly known as Knowsley Expressway |
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Was used for the south Nantwich bypass (now A530; old A530 is now B5341, local streets, and B5334). | ||
A5365 | A34 in Lower Heath | A536 Congleton bypass | Opened 2021; old routing of the A536 before it was rerouted onto the bypass. |
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M1 / M69 at J21 | Leicester Inner ring road A594 (Leicester) | Was originally part of the A46 and A46(M). |
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Blacon | Upton | |
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M1 J11A | Dunstable | Woodside Link |
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Northwich inner ring road | was part of the B5337 until 2011. | |
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Typo for the A5223. | ||
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Anstey | A563 | Leicester Ring Road to Leicester Western Bypass/Anstey link road |
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Aintree | Thornton | Replacement of parallel A5207 |
References
[edit]- ^ "A506 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki". www.sabre-roads.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2018.