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
RoadFromTo Notes Central London (Marble Arch) HolyheadForms 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. 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.
Also used as a provisional number for the London-Yorkshire motorway that eventually became the M1. 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. Newcastle-under-Lyme Mablethorpe Buxton Shrewsbury Tarvin BuxtonThe section between Congleton and Buxton is the most dangerous road in Britain. Holyhead Chester Also known as the "North Wales Expressway". Chester A59 near Broughton Liverpool Lincoln Prescot Wetherby Becomes A58(M) as part of Leeds Inner Ring Road Wallasey York
Three-digit roads RoadFromTo Notes 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. 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. Camden Town Hendon Through Hampstead, broadly follows the Edgware branch of the Northern Line for 5 stations. Camden Town Woodford Camden Road and Seven Sisters Road (primary) and Ferry Lane (non-primary), though Holloway and Walthamstow 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. Leighton Buzzard Great Abington 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
Originally ran from the A5 in Hockliffe to the A508 south of Northampton. Became a southern extension of the A50 in 1935 but was downgraded in 1974 and is now A4012, A5130, A509 and B526. Buntingford M1 junction 13The northern terminus and the course of the road have recently been changed to bypass Ridgmont. Old Stratford Market Harborough Milton Keynes KetteringForms the H5 Portway in Milton Keynes. 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. 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. Loughborough A42 & A511 near Ashby-de-la-Zouch 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). Derby Swadlincote It is a stretch of single-carriageway road which crosses the A5111 Derby ring road before a separated grade junction with the dual-carriageway A50 road. A little further south, the A5132 runs off to the west, just before the A514 crosses the River Trent over the narrow and historic Swarkestone Bridge. The next significant junction is with the A511, where it enters a built up area. The road continues through Swadlincote, and terminates at its junction with the A444 road just west of the town. Lichfield Buxton Derby Hilton Belper Ashbourne Uttoxeter Telford Between Uttoxeter and Stafford it is a single carriageway, with a staggered junction with the dual carriageway A51. Entering Stafford from the east, it passes through the former Stafford Beaconside campus of Staffordshire University before hitting a roundabout with the A513, which at this point is named 'Beaconside'. It then heads into Stafford as 'Weston Road', passing around the town centre and heading out along 'Newport Road' and under the M6 motorway towards Telford. Newcastle-under-Lyme NewportAt Newport it meets the A518 and A41. It heads broadly north, passing via Eccleshall, junction 15 of the M6 motorway, and then meets the A53 and various other roads in Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre. The road follows the first part of the route of the medieval road from Shrewsbury to York, which passed through the ancient Forest of Lyme. Prior to Tudor times, this was the only major highway from the West Midlands to the North. Stone Leek Meir Froghall Uttoxeter Wetley Rocks 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. 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. Rhyl Newcastle-under-Lyme 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. Newcastle-under-Lyme Congleton Wrexham Shrewsbury 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. The Market Drayton section has been listed among the top 50 most dangerous roads in the UK in recent times. Whitchurch Northwich Madeley Heath Weston Crewe Green Marshfield Bank, Crewe Alsager Widnes The road is a primary route between Middlewich and Runcorn and crosses the Runcorn-Widnes Bridge. 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'. Holmes Chapel Alderley Edge via Twemlow Green, past Jodrell Bank, via Chelford Congleton Macclesfield Knutsford Buxton The section between Macclesfield and Buxton has been named the most dangerous road in Britain. See also Cat and Fiddle Road. Macclesfield Altrincham Passes underneath the runways of Manchester Airport Eglwys Cross Llangollen Chester Hoylake It is the only road in the series A54X that is entirely within England. It provides links to Manchester and North Wales, via the A494 and the M56. It bypasses the town of Neston and is in the heart of Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. A small stretch of the road, shared with the A5116, is a primary road. Wrexham Trefnant Llangollen Llandegla crosses the Horseshoe Pass Pentrefoelas Bodfari 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. Menai Bridge Beaumaris Tywyn Llandudno Prestatyn Conwy Largely follows North Wales coast. Alternative to A55 North Wales Expressway. Chester Llanrwst Drury Mold Caergwrle Hooton Primary (and trunk) in England, non-primary in Wales with 2½ miles of A494 in between. Seacombe Gayton Birkenhead West Kirby Birkenhead Hoylake Birkenhead Bidston 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. Delamere Bowdon Northern section takes traffic from and to M6 J19 and M56 J7 for Manchester Airport and South Manchester Sutton Weaver Rainhill, St Helens M62 J7Section south of Runcorn, known as the Weston Point Expressway Daresbury Runcorn Daresbury Expressway Sandiway Stretton, Cheshire Altrincham Hattersley Halewood Liverpool Liverpool Penketh 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. 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. Bootle Tarleton Bootle Orrell Park Seaforth Scotland Road, Liverpool Was the road between Widnes and Lea Green railway station, St Helens. Downgraded to the B5419 due to completion of the A557 Widnes bypass. 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. Rainhill, St Helens M62 J7 Southport St Helens Wigan Swinton St Helens Winwick, Cheshire Wigan Leigh, Butts Bridge Sankey Bridges, Warrington Also spurs to M62 J11 Bolton Worsley, M60 J13 Stretford Middleton Boothstown Ormskirk Leigh Hindley Green Breightmet Winwick Interchange M6 J22 Liverpool Salford The East Lancs Road