A51 road
A51 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Cheshire East Council Cheshire West and Chester Council Shropshire Council Staffordshire County Council Warwickshire County Council | ||||
| Length | 79.0 mi[1] (127.1 km) | |||
| Existed | 1922–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Southeast end | A4097 in Kingsbury 53°11′32″N 2°52′56″W / 53.1921°N 2.8821°W | |||
| A34 near Stone A53 near Baldwin's Gate | ||||
| Northwest end | A5268 in Chester 52°33′31″N 1°40′51″W / 52.5586°N 1.6808°W | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Counties | Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire | |||
| Primary destinations | Chester Nantwich Rugeley Lichfield Tamworth | |||
| Road network | ||||
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The A51 is a road in England which runs for 85 miles (137 km) from Chester, Cheshire to Kingsbury, North Warwickshire.
Route
It takes on the following route:
- Chester
- Vicars Cross
- Littleton
- Tarvin (bypass opened 1984)
- Duddon
- Clotton
- Tarporley (merges briefly with A49)
- Nantwich
- Woore
- Stone (merges briefly with A34)
- Sandon
- Weston
- Great Haywood
- Little Haywood
- Rugeley (bypass opened 2007 [2]
- Lichfield
- Tamworth
- Kingsbury
History
Originally the A51 terminated at Two Gates where it met the A5, the road south continuing as the A423. When the A423 was removed north of Coventry, the A51 was extended to meet the A47 (now B4114). It was cut back to Kingsbury when the A47 was downgraded.
Junction list
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwickshire | Kingsbury | 0.0 | 0.0 | A4097 west (Kingsbury Road) / B4098 (Coventry Road) / Piccadilly Lane – Birmingham, Coventry, Wood End, Piccadilly, Hurley, Nether Whitacre, Whitacre Heath | Southeastern terminus |
| Staffordshire | Tamworth | 5.3– 5.4 | 8.5– 8.7 | Saxon Drive (A453 northeast) – City centre, Amington, Glascote | Amington and Glascoe signed northwest only; southeastern terminus of A453 concurrency |
| 5.7 | 9.2 | A4091 south – Fazeley | Northern terminus of A4091 | ||
| 6.0 | 9.7 | A453 southwest (Bonehill Road) – Sutton Coldfield A5 / M42 / M6 Toll – Nuneaton, Brownhills, Nottingham, Birmingham, Fazeley | Fazeley signed northwest only; northeastern terminus of A453 concurrency | ||
| Lichfield | 12.5 | 20.1 | A5206 south to M6 Toll / A38 / A5148 – Birmingham, Burton, Tamworth, Sutton Coldfield | Sutton signed southeast only; northern terminus of A5206 | |
| 12.9 | 20.8 | A5127 south (Birmingham Road) – Shenstone, Wall | A5127 and Shenstone signed northwest only; northern terminus of A5127 | ||
| 13.5 | 21.7 | A461 southwest (Limburg Avenue) to A5 / A5190 – Walsall, Brownhills, Burntwood | Northeastern terminus of A461 | ||
| 15.5 | 24.9 | Eastern Avenue (A5192 east) to M6 / A5 / A38 – Tamworth, Burton, Birmingham | Western terminus of A5192 | ||
| Lichfield– Farewell and Chorley– Curborough and Elmhurst boundary | 16.0 | 25.7 | A515 north (Featherbed Lane) – Ashbourne | Southern terminus of A515 | |
| Brereton | 20.2 | 32.5 | A460 southwest (Main Road) – Town centre, Cannock, Brereton | ||
| 20.6 | 33.2 | A513 southeast (Rugeley Road) / Armitage Road – Armitage, Kings Bromley, Rugeley | Southeastern terminus of A513 concurrency | ||
| Colwich | 23.5 | 37.8 | A460 southwest (Wolseley Road) – Rugeley, Cannock | Northeastern terminus of A460 | |
| 24.4 | 39.3 | A513 northwest – Stafford, Milford | Milford signed northwest only; northwestern terminus of A513 concurrency | ||
| Weston | 29.7 | 47.8 | A518 west (Stafford Road) – Stafford, Weston | Weston signed northwest only; southeastern terminus of A518 concurrency | |
| 29.9 | 48.1 | A518 east – Uttoxeter | Northwestern terminus of A518 concurrency | ||
| Stone | 35.3 | 56.8 | A34 / Brooms Road to M6 – Stafford | Southeastern terminus of A34 concurrency | |
| 36.2 | 58.3 | A520 north / B5026 – Stone, Eccleshall | Southern terminus of A520 | ||
| Meaford | 38.0 | 61.2 | A34 north to M6 – Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme | Northwestern terminus of A34 concurrency | |
| Swynnerton | 40.8 | 65.7 | A519 to M6 north – Eccleshall, Newcastle-under-Lyme | ||
| Maer | 46.1 | 74.2 | A53 north to M6 north – Newcastle, Stoke | To M6 signed southeast only; southeastern terminus of A53 concurrency | |
| 46.2 | 74.4 | A53 south (Newcastle Road) – Shrewsbury, Market Drayton, Loggerheads | Market Drayton and Loggerheads signed northwest only; northwestern terminus of A53 concurrency | ||
| Shropshire | Woore | 49.7 | 80.0 | A525 south (Newcastle Road) – Newcastle-under-Lyme | Southeastern terminus of A525 concurrency |
| 49.8 | 80.1 | A525 north (Audlem Road) – Whitchurch, Audlem | Northwestern terminus of A525 concurrency | ||
| Cheshire | Stapeley | 57.4 | 92.4 | A530 south (Peter de Stapleigh Way) / London Road to A529 – Whitchurch, Audlem, Nantwich town centre | Southeastern terminus of A530 concurrency |
| 58.0 | 93.3 | A500 east / Newcastle Road / Cheerbrook Road to M6 / A5020 – Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Congleton, Shavington, Wybunbury, Willaston | Shavington, Wybunbury and Willaston signed southeast only; western terminus of A500 | ||
| Willaston | 58.6 | 94.3 | A534 east / Crewe Road (B338) / Park Road – Wistaston, Willaston, Nantwich town centre | A534, Wistaston and Willaston signed southeast only, Nantwich northwest only; southeastern terminus of A534 concurrency | |
| Nantwich | 59.5 | 95.8 | A530 north / Middlewich Road to A532 – Middlewich, Crewe | Northeastern terminus of A530 concurrency | |
| Hurleston– Acton boundary | 61.5 | 99.0 | A534 west / Chester Road (B5341) – Wrexham | Information signed northwest only; northestern terminus of A534 concurrency | |
| Cheshire | Tiverton and Tilstone Fearnall | 68.2 | 109.8 | A49 south / Eaton Lane – Whitchurch, Eaton, Beeston, Bunbury | Southeastern terminus of A49 concurrency |
| Tarporley | 69.6 | 112.0 | A49 / Rode Street to M56 / M6 – Warrington, Preston, Tarporley, Utkinton | To M56, M6 and Preston signed northwest only, Tarporley and Utkinton southeast only; northwestern terminus of A49 concurrency | |
| Tarvin | 74.5 | 119.9 | A54 east (Holme Street) to M56 / M6 – Manchester, Preston, Tarvin, Winsford, Northwich | Tarvin, Winsford and Northwich signed southeast only; western terminus of A54 | |
| Littleton– Guilden Sutton boundary | 77.3 | 124.4 | A55 to M53 / M56 / M6 / A483 – North Wales, Wrexham, Ellesmere Port, Manchester | To M56, M6 and Manchester signed southeast only; junction on A55 | |
| Littleton– Guilden Sutton– Great Boughton boundary | 77.5 | 124.7 | A41 – Whitchurch, Upton | ||
| Chester | 78.4 | 126.2 | A5115 east (Christleton Road) to A41 – Whitchurch | Western terminus of A5115 | |
| 79.0 | 127.1 | Grovesnor Park Road / St Oswalds Way (A5268) / City Road – North Wales | Northwestern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b "Coventry Rd, Kingsbury, Tamworth, UK to 32 Tamworth Rd, Dosthill, Tamworth B77 1LB, UK to Tamedrive, Tamworth, UK to A461, Lichfield WS14 0GL, UK to A51, Willaston, Nantwich, UK to Chester, UK". Google Maps. Alphabet Inc. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "Rugeley Bypass open". Rugeley Bypass. 21 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2023.