A44 road

The A44 near Capel Bangor

The A44 is a major road in the United Kingdom that runs from Oxford in southern England to Aberystwyth in west Wales.

Contents

1 Route of Road

1.1 England
1.2 Wales

2 External links

Route of Road

England

The road begins at a roundabout junction with the A40 road on the northern outskirts of Oxford in Oxfordshire. It has a grade separated junction with the A34 road (leading to the M40 motorway and Winchester). From here, the road runs north-west, and has a two-mile section of dual carriageway close to the village of Kidlington. It continues through Woodstock and Chipping Norton, where it meets the A3400 road to Stratford-upon-Avon. It then crosses the border into the county of Gloucestershire where it meets the A429 road at a junction in Moreton in Marsh. The road then crosses into Worcestershire and bypasses the town of Broadway. It joins the route of the A46 road near Evesham, then bypasses the town, re-emerging to the north. Continuing in a north-westerly direction, the road passes the town of Pershore, and later meets the A422 road and A4538 road at a junction where the road turns left. It meets the A4440 road to the east of Worcester prior to travelling through the centre of the city. It meets the A4440 again to the west of the city before crossing into Herefordshire and through the town of Bromyard. At Leominster it meets the A49 road, and beyond the town turns right at a junction with the A4112 road, and proceeds through the small town of Kington.

Wales

The A44 then crosses the border into the county of Powys in Wales. It heads through the Cambrian Mountains, meeting the A483 road north of Llandrindod Wells. It then reaches the small town of Rhayader, where it joins the route of the A470 road for 9½ miles. The road re-emerges at Llangurig, and heading north-westerly still crosses the border into Ceredigion before reaching the coast at Aberystwyth. It terminates on the A487 road in the centre of the town.

External links

[SABRE page on the A44]

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