A roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain numbering scheme
The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain
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).
Contents
1 Single- and double-digit roads
2 Three-digit roads
3 Four-digit roads (50xx)
4 Four-digit roads (51xx)
5 Four-digit roads (52xx)
6 Four-digit roads (53xx to 56xx)
7 References
Single- and double-digit roads
| Road | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 A5 road | Central London (Marble Arch) | Holyhead | |
 A50 road | Leicester | Warrington | Becomes M1 motorway between junctions 22 and 24A. |
 A51 road | Chester | Kingsbury | |
 A52 road | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Mablethorpe | |
 A53 road | Buxton | Shrewsbury | |
 A54 road | Chester | Buxton | |
 A55 road | Holyhead | Chester | |
 A56 road | Chester | A59 near Broughton | |
 A57 road | Liverpool | Lincoln | |
 A58 road | Prescot | Wetherby | Becomes A58(M) as part of Leeds Inner Ring Road |
 A59 road | Liverpool | York |
Three-digit roads
| Road | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 A500 road | 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) |
 A501 road | Marylebone | Moorgate | Part of the London Inner Ring Road, comprises Marylebone Road, Euston Road, Pentonville Road and City Road. Terminates at junction with London Wall |
 A502 road | Camden Town | Hendon | through Hampstead, pretty much follows the Edgware branch of the Northern Line for 5 stations |
 A503 road | Camden Town | Woodford | Camden Road and Seven Sisters Road (primary) and Ferry Lane (non-primary), though Holloway and Walthamstow |
 A504 road | 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. |
 A505 road | Linslade | Great Abington | |
 A506 road | 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] |
 A507 road | Buntingford | M1 junction 13 | The northern terminus and the course of the road have recently been changed to bypass Ridgmont. |
 A508 road | Old Stratford | Market Harborough | |
 A509 road | Milton Keynes | Kettering | |
 A510 road | 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. |
 A511 road | Markfield | Foston, Derbyshire | Historical A50(T). The original route went from Atherstone to Burton upon Trent (now B4116 and A444). |
 A512 road | Loughborough | A42 & A511 near Ashby-de-la-Zouch | |
 A513 road | Tamworth | Stafford | |
 A514 road | Derby | Swadlincote | |
 A515 road | Lichfield | Buxton | |
 A516 road | Derby | Hilton | |
 A517 road | Belper | Ashbourne | |
 A518 road | Uttoxeter | Telford | |
 A519 road | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Newport | |
 A520 road | Stone | Leek | |
 A521 road | Meir | Froghall | |
 A522 road | Uttoxeter | Wetley Rocks | |
 A523 road | Swinscoe | Hazel Grove | The section south of Macclesfield was became part of the A52 (which west of there was A524 at the time). The changes were undone. |
A524 | Unused | Was a road from Swinscoe to Newcastle-under-Lyme (formerly part of the A52). Became part of the A52 again, as the old route of the A52 north to Macclesfield became part of the A523 again. Previously was a road from Fenny Bentley to Great Rowsley (now B5056). | |
 A525 road | Rhyl | Newcastle-under-Lyme | |
 A526 road | Woolfall Heath M57 J3 | Woolfall Heath A57 | Seth Powell Way |
 A527 road | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Congleton | |
 A528 road | Wrexham | Shrewsbury | |
 A529 road | Hinstock | Nantwich | |
 A530 road | Whitchurch | Northwich | |
 A531 road | Madeley Heath | Weston | |
 A532 road | Crewe Green | Marshfield Bank, Crewe | |
 A533 road | Alsager | Widnes | Crosses Runcorn-Widnes Bridge |
 A534 road | 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'. |
 A535 road | Holmes Chapel | Alderley Edge | via Twemlow Green, past Jodrell Bank, via Chelford |
 A536 road | Congleton | Macclesfield | |
 A537 road | Knutsford | Buxton | The section between Macclesfield and Buxton has been named the most dangerous road in Britain. See also Cat and Fiddle Road. |
 A538 road | Macclesfield | Altrincham | Passes underneath the runways of Manchester Airport |
 A539 road | Eglwys Cross | Llangollen | |
 A540 road | Chester | Hoylake | |
 A541 road | Wrexham | Trefnant | |
 A542 road | Llangollen | Llandegla | crosses the Horseshoe Pass |
 A543 road | Pentrefoelas | Bodfari | |
 A544 road | Bylchau | Llanfair Talhaiarn | |
 A545 road | Menai Bridge | Beaumaris | |
 A546 road | Tywyn | Llandudno | |
 A547 road | Prestatyn | Conwy | |
 A548 road | Chester | Llanrwst | |
 A549 road | Drury | Mold | |
 A550 road | Caergwrle | Hooton | |
 A551 road | Seacombe | Gayton | |
 A552 road | Birkenhead | West Kirby | |
 A553 road | Birkenhead | Hoylake | |
 A554 road | Birkenhead | Bidston | |
 A555 road | Handforth | Woodford | |
 A556 road | Delamere | Bowdon | Northern section takes traffic from and to M6 J19 and M56 J7 for Manchester Airport and South Manchester |
 A557 road | Sutton Weaver | Rainhill, St Helens M62 J7 | |
 A558 road | Daresbury | Runcorn | Daresbury Expressway |
 A559 road | Sandiway | Stretton, Cheshire | |
 A560 road | Altrincham | Hattersley | |
 A561 road | Halewood | Liverpool | |
 A562 road | Liverpool | Penketh | |
 A563 road | A6 London Road, Oadby | A47, Crown Hills, Evington | Leicester Ring Road |
A564 | Unused | Referred to sections of the upgraded A50 (e.g. from Foston to Etwall) before the A50 was rerouted; the original A564 went from Liverpool to A567/Bridge Road (now A567). | |
 A565 road | Bootle | Tarleton | |
 A566 road | Bootle | Orrell Park | |
 A567 road | Seaforth | Scotland Road, Liverpool | |
A568 | Unused | Was the road between Widnes and Lea Green railway station, St Helens (now B5419). | |
 A569 road | Bold Heath | St Helens | |
 A570 road | Rainhill, St HelensM62 J7 | Southport | |
 A571 road | St Helens | Wigan | |
 A572 road | Swinton | St Helens | |
 A573 road | Winwick, Cheshire | Wigan | |
 A574 road | Leigh | Sankey Bridges, Warrington | Also spurs to M62 J11 |
 A575 road | Bolton | Worsley | |
 A576 road | Stretford | Middleton | |
 A577 road | Boothstown | Ormskirk | |
 A578 road | Leigh | Hindley Green | |
 A579 road | M6 J22 | Bolton | |
 A580 road | Liverpool | Manchester | The East Lancs Road |
 A581 road | Chorley | Rufford | |
 A582 road | A6 near Lostock Hall | Higher Penwortham | |
 A583 road | Blackpool | Preston | |
 A584 road | Clifton | Little Bispham | |
 A585 road | Kirkham | Fleetwood | |
 A586 road | Garstang | Blackpool | |
 A587 road | Blackpool | Fleetwood | |
 A588 road | Poulton-Le-Fylde | Lancaster | |
 A589 road | Halton | Heysham | |
 A590 road | A65 | Barrow-in-Furness | |
 A591 road | A590 | Bothel | |
 A592 road | Newby Bridge | Penrith | |
 A593 road | Broughton-in-Furness | Ambleside | |
 (Cumbria) | Maryport | Cockermouth | |
| (Leicester) | Leicester Central Ring Road | ||
 A595 road | Carlisle | Dalton-in-Furness | |
 A596 road | Thursby | Workington | |
 A597 road | Workington | Distington | Northside Bridge in Workington, which carries part of the route, destroyed in November 2009 floods |
 A598 road | 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 |
 A599 road | Haydock Park Racecourse | Blackbrook Bypass, St Helens |
Four-digit roads (50xx)
| Road | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 A5000 road | 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. |
 A5001 road | Rushden | Rushden | |
| A5002 road | Unused | Ran from Macclesfield to Buxton (now A5004 and B5470). | |
 A5004 road | Whaley Bridge | Buxton | Number for the former A6 between Buxton and Whaley Bridge; original A5004 went from Station Road to London Road via Donington Lane in Leicestershire. |
 A5005 road | Longton, Staffordshire | Barlaston | |
 A5006 road | Stoke-upon-Trent | Hanley | Previously used for the M6 to Hanford section of the A500. |
 A5007 road | Stoke upon Trent | Fenton | |
 A5008 road | Burslem | Bucknall | |
 A5009 road | Bucknall | Badderley Green | |
 A5010 road | Burslem | Burslem | |
 A5011 road | Talke | Alsager | |
 A5012 road | Cromford | A515 | |
 A5013 road | Stafford | Eccleshall | |
 A5014 road | Old Trafford | Stretford | |
 A5015 road | Burleydam | Burleydam | |
 A5018 road | Winsford | Wharton Green | |
 A5019 road | Crewe | Crewe | |
 A5020 road | A500 near Englesea-Brook | Crewe Green | |
 A5022 road | Sandbach | Brereton Green | |
| A5024 road | Unused | Ran from A536 to A523 in Macclesfield via Sunderland Street. | |
 A5025 road | Llanfairpwllgwyngyll | Near Valley | |
 A5026 road | Lloc | Walwen | |
 A5027 road | Liscard | Upton | |
 A5028 road | Higham Ferrers | Rushden | |
 A5029 road | Birkenhead | Birkenhead | |
 A5030 road | Birkenhead | Birkenhead | |
 A5032 road | Backford | Ellesmere Port | |
 A5033 road | Knutsford | Knutsford | |
 A5034 road | Near Mere, Cheshire | ||
 A5035 road | Trentham | Longton | |
 A5036 road | Switch Island | Toxteth (Brunswick railway station) | In 2 parts: Switch Island-Seaforth and Bootle-Brunswick |
 A5037 road | Liverpool | Liverpool | |
 A5038 road | Liverpool | Litherland | |
 A5039 road | Liverpool | Liverpool | |
 A5040 road | Liverpool | Liverpool | Paradise Street (part), plus short section of Old Haymarket on opposite side of pedestrianised city centre |
 A5041 road | Unused | Canning Place in Liverpool. Closed to general traffic; part converted into bus station | |
A5045 road | Liverpool | Liverpool | Mann Island |
 A5046 road | Liverpool | Liverpool | Tithebarn Street |
 A5047 road | Liverpool | Old Swan | Edge Lane and St. Oswald's Street |
 A5048 road | Royal Liverpool University Hospital | Liverpool Women's Hospital | |
 A5049 road | Liverpool | Clubmoor | |
 A5050 road | Everton, Liverpool | Everton | St Domingo Road |
 A5051 road | Liverpool | Liverpool | Moorfields |
 A5052 road | Liverpool | Liverpool | King Edward Street |
 A5053 road | Liverpool | Liverpool | Leeds Street |
 A5054 road | Liverpool | Liverpool | Boundary Street |
 A5055 road | Liverpool | Liverpool | Sandhills Lane |
 A5056 road | Liverpool | Liverpool | Bankhall Street |
 A5057 road | Bootle | Bootle | |
 A5058 road | Bootle | Aigburth | Queens Drive |
 A5060 road | Warrington | Lower Walton | Chester Road |
 A5061 road | Warrington | Knutsford Road | |
 A5062 road | Ashton-in-Makerfield | Only 0.1 mile long | |
 A5063 road | Old Trafford | Salford | |
 A5064 road | Emstrey, near Shrewsbury | Shrewsbury | Named "London Road" |
A5065 road | Leagrave | Luton | |
 A5066 road | Ordsall | Lower Broughton | |
 A5067 road | Gorse Hill, Stretford | Manchester | |
 A5068 road | Skelmersdale | Skelmersdale | An older one went from Cornbrook to Picadilly Gardens. |
| A5070 | Unused | Ran from Hinckley to Stoney Bridge (now B4669). | |
 A5071 road | Preston | Preston | Corporation Street / Moor Lane. Corporation Street was formerly a B road. |
 A5072 road | Preston | Preston | Strand Road |
 A5073 road | South Shore, Blackpool | Blackpool | |
 A5074 road | Gilpin Bridge | Windermere | |
 A5075 road | Ambleside | Ambleside | |
 A5076 road | Upton | Kingsthorpe | Formerly part of the A45 road. The northeastern section was numbered A4508 (A45-A508 link) until the mid 1990s, when the route was renamed A5076. The original one went from the A6 via Stricklandgate in Penrith. This became part of the A6 in a one-way pair. |
 A5078 road | Crewe | Site of Crewe Locomotive Works | |
 A5079 road | Levenshulme | Longsight | |
 A5080 road | Liverpool | Penketh | |
 A5081 road | M60 Junction 9 | Old Trafford | Main Route through Trafford Park |
 A5082 road | Astley | Farnworth | |
 A5083 road | A582 near Lostock Hall, Lancashire | A49 near Cuerden, Lancashire | |
 A5084 road | Lowick Green | Torver | |
 A5085 road | Ribbleton | Lea, Lancashire | Blackpool Road, Preston |
 A5086 road | Egremont | Cockermouth | |
 A5087 road | Ulverston | Barrow-in-Furness | |
 A5088 road | Birkenhead | Liscard | |
 A5089 road | Anfield | Newsham Park | Formerly also included more of Liverpool inner ring road, south to Toxteth and Dingle - now B roads |
 A5090 road | Litherland | Kirkdale | |
 A5091 road | Ullswater | Troutbeck | |
 A5092 road | Greenodd | Grizebeck | |
 A5093 road | Hallthwaites | Whicham | Via Millom |
 A5094 road | A595 | A595 | Via Whitehaven |
 A5095 road | Northampton | Northampton railway station | |
 A5098 road | Bootle | Walton | |
 A5099 road | Blackpool | Blackpool |
Four-digit roads (51xx)
| Road | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 A5100 road | Edgware | Mill Hill Circus | Station Road (Edgware), Hale Lane, Mill Hill Broadway |
 A5101 road | Northampton | Northampton | |
 A5102 road | Stockport | Wilmslow | |
 A5103 road | Manchester city centre | M56 Junction 3 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. |
 A5104 road | Corwen | Chester | |
 A5105 road | Morecambe | Bolton-le-Sands | |
 A5106 road | A6 near Chorley | A49 near Standish | |
 A5108 road | Llanallgo | Moelfre | |
 A5109 road | Edgware | Whetstone | Includes the Western section of Deansbrook Lane and Deans Lane, Selvage Lane, then Marsh Lane, Totteridge Common and Totteridge Lane |
 A5111 road | Mackworth | Spondon | Derby Outer Ring Road |
 A5112 road | Battlefield | Shrewsbury | |
 A5114 road | A55 | Llangefni | |
 A5115 road | Chester | Church Broughton | |
 A5116 road | Chester | Moston | |
 A5117 road | Helsby | Sealand | |
 A5118 road | Penyffordd | Llong | |
 A5119 road | Mold | Flint | |
 A5120 road | Dunstable | Ampthill bypass | |
 A5121 road | Branston | Clay Mills | |
 A5123 road | M1 Junction 15A & A43 | Northampton | |
 A5124 road | Battlefield | Broadoak | |
A5125 road | Unused | May run from Broad Street to Downtown Loughborough, but this may also be part of the A512. A recently decommissioned one ran along Fullhurst Avenue, Braunstone Avenue, Wyngate Drive, Woodville Road, Henley Road, Fosse Road, and Blackbird Road, And Abbey Park Road (now B5327) from Braunstone to Abbey Park. | |
 A5126 road | Runcorn | "Weston Link" - Links A533 and A557, a part of the Runcorn Expressways system | |
 A5127 road | Birmingham | Lichfield | |
 A5128 road | Wellingborough | Wilby | |
 A5130 road | M1 Junction 14 | Woburn | |
| A5131 | Unused | Ran along Saint Margaret's Way in Leicester from the A46 (now A594) to the A6 (now Loughborough Road). | |
 A5132 road | Hilton | Swarkestone | |
 A5134 road | Bromham | Kempston | Presently being replaced by the Bedford Western Bypass |
 A5135 road | Borehamwood | Borehamwood | |
 A5137 road | Heswall | Clatterbridge (M53 Junction 4) | |
 A5139 road | Seacombe docks | M53 at Bidston | |
 A5140 road | Bedford | Bedford | |
 A5141 road | Bedford | Bedford | |
 A5143 road | Hazel Grove | Bramhall Green | |
 A5144 road | Hale | Timperley | |
 A5145 road | Stockport | Stretford | |
 A5147 road | Maghull | Scarisbrick | |
 A5148 road | Lichfield | Lichfield | Short spur connecting A38 at Swinfen Island to M6 Toll/A5 at Wall Island |
 A5149 road | Poynton | Cheadle, Greater Manchester | |
 A5150 road | Colindale | Hendon | Colindeep Lane |
 A5151 road | Lloc | Rhuddlan | |
 A5152 road | Gaerwen | A55 near Gaerwen | |
 A5153 road | Holyhead | Holyhead | |
 A5154 road | Holyhead Port | Holyhead | |
 A5156 road | North Wrexham | East Wrexham | |
 A5181 road | Stretford | Trafford Park | |
 A5182 road | Acton | Clayton | |
 A5183 road | M1 Junction 9 | M1 Junction 4 | The A5 before it was de-trunked. |
 A5184 road | Longsight | University of Manchester | |
 A5185 road | Eccles | Swinton | |
 A5186 road | Salford | Salford | |
 A5187 road | Stafford | Stafford | Part of the Stafford ring road |
 A5189 road | Burton upon Trent | Burton upon Trent | |
 A5190 road | Lichfield | Cannock | |
 A5191 road | Shrewsbury | Shrewsbury | |
 A5192 road | Lichfield | Lichfield | |
 A5193 road | Wellingborough | Wellingborough | The A509 prior to the Wellingborough by-pass |
 A5195 road | Brownhills | Chasetown | |
 A5199 road | Leicester | Kingsthorpe | Was A50 |
Four-digit roads (52xx)
| Road | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 A5200 road | Holborn | Tufnell Park | Grays Inn Road, York Way and Brecknock Road |
 A5201 road | Bloomsbury | Shoreditch | Clerkenwell Road and Old Street |
 A5202 road | 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 |
 A5203 road | Kings Cross | Holloway | Caledonian Road |
 A5204 road | A5 | Tottenham Court Road | Wigmore Street, Mortimer Street, Goodge Street |
 A5205 road | Maida Vale | Camden Town | Starts at junction of A4201 Albany Street, (Piccadilly Circus to Camden Town via Portland, Fitzrovia) goes via the A41 Park Road Junction (A41 Wellington Road) as the Prince Albert Road, and then continues to the A5 at Maida Vale as St. John's Wood Road. The Road acts as a northern bypass to the London Inner ring-road between the Edgware Road and Great Portland Street section, and as such is a much faster route than the A501 in this section at all times. |
 A5206 road | A38 near Lichfield | Lichfield | |
 A5207 road | Thornton, Sefton | A5036 near Switch Island | Another one coexisted; it was decommissioned in 2015; went from Aintree to Thornton; became B5207 in 2015 when A5758 opened. |
 A5208 road | Kirkby | A580 | Bifurcates - second branch to M57 Junction 4 - though this branch also recorded as A5207 |
 A5209 road | Standish | Burscough | |
 A5223 road | Telford | A442 | |
 A5227 road | Birkenhead | Birkenhead | Borough Road East flyover between A41 and A552 |
 A5228 road | Luton | Luton | |
 A5230 road | Mereside | Blackpool Beach | Known as the Squires Gate Link Road, this links the M55 with Blackpool Airport and the southern end of the Promenade. |
 A5250 road | A38 near Littleover | Derby | Old A38 |
 A5267 road | Birkdale | Churchtown | |
 A5268 road | Chester | Chester | Inner ring road |
 A5270 road | Buxton | Buxton | |
 A5271 road | East Keswick | North Keswick | |
| A5271 road | Wolstanton | Tunstall | Duplicated Number |
 A5272 road | Weston Coyney | Great Chell | |
A5275 road | A562 in Speke | A561 in Speke | Duplicated Number |
 A5284 road | A591 junction, north end of Kendal Bypass | Kendal |
Four-digit roads (53xx to 56xx)
| Road | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 A5300 road | M57 / M62 junction | A562 between Halewood and Widnes | Commonly known as Knowsley Expressway |
| A5301 | Nantwich | Was used for the south Nantwich bypass (now A530; old A530 is now B5341, local streets, and B5334). | |
 A5460 road | M1 / M69 at J21 | Leicester Inner ring road A594 (Leicester) | Was originally part of the A46 (Narborough Road) |
 A5480 road | Blacon | Upton | |
A5505 road | Dunstable | Dunstable | Woodside Link, created in 2017. |
 A5509 road | Northwich inner ring road | was part of the B5337 until 2011. | |
 A5630 road | Anstey | A563 | Leicester Ring Road to Leicester Western Bypass/Anstey link road |
A5758 road | Aintree | Thornton | Replacement of parallel A5207 |
References
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