A51 road

Road in England

A51

The A51 in Boughton looking towards Chester

Route information

Maintained by
Cheshire East Council
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Shropshire Council
Staffordshire County Council
Warwickshire County Council

Length

79 mi (127 km)

Existed

1922–present

Major junctions

Northwest end

A5268 road
Chester
52°33′31″N 1°40′51″W / 52.5586°N 1.6808°W / 52.5586; -1.6808 (A51, northern terminus)

Major intersections

Cheshire

A41 road
A55 road (J40)
A54 road
A49 road

Staffordshire

A53 road
A34 road

Southeast end

Kingsbury
53°11′32″N 2°52′56″W / 53.1921°N 2.8821°W / 53.1921; -2.8821 (A51, southern terminus)

Location

Country

United Kingdom

Counties

Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire

Primary
destinations

Chester
Nantwich
Rugeley
Lichfield
Tamworth

Road network

Roads in the United Kingdom

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A50

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A52

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 ^[1]
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.