A361 road
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The A361 is a major road in England and is the longest 3 digit A road in the UK. It runs south from Ilfracombe on the north Devon coast to Barnstaple, turning south-east to Tiverton then, after a break (the M5 connects the two sections), north east from Taunton in Somerset through Street and Glastonbury, past Frome and then into Wiltshire through Trowbridge, Devizes, Avebury and Swindon. It then runs through the eastern Cotswolds, via Lechlade, Burford and Chipping Norton and on through Banbury and Daventry before terminating at its junction with the A5 road at the village of Kilsby on the Northamptonshire-Warwickshire border near Rugby.
The road starts in Ilfracombe as part of the town's High Street, and is mostly single carriageway. The road passes through the villages of Knowle and Braunton, before becoming dual carriageway standard at Ashford, which continues for the short distance to Barnstaple. The section from Barnstaple to the M5 near Tiverton has been designated the North Devon Link Road, and enables relatively fast access to the Atlantic Highway, relieving pressure on the northern section of the A39 and A358. This section is a modern, wide single carriageway trunk road (which was de-trunked in 2002), apart from the 5-mile stretch between Tiverton and the M5, which is dual carriageway. Tiverton Parkway railway station is situated close to the junction with the motorway in order to give easy rail connections for people driving from north Devon.
The rest of the road, from Taunton to Rugby, is largely county-road class; the quality of the road surface, width and verges can sometimes be barely better than a B-road.
A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme |
|---|
| A3 • A30 • A31 • A32 • A33 • A34 • A35 • A36 • A37 • A38 • A39 |
| A301 • A303 • A307 • A308 • A316 • A329 • A337 • A338 • A340 • A342 • A344 • A345 • A346 • A350 • A354 • A361 • A363 • A368 • A369 • A370 • A371 • A390 |
| A3036 • A3054 • A3055 • A3090 • A3203 • A3204 • A3220 • A3400 |
| List of A roads in Zone 3 |
[edit] A4361
| Image:UK road A4361.PNG | |
| A4361 road | |
| Direction | North-South |
| Start | Beckhampton |
| End | Swindon |
| Roads joined | Image:UK road A4.PNG A4 road Image:UK road A361.PNG A361 road Image:UK road A3102.PNG A3102 road |
The road has been re-numbered A4361 from its junction with the A4 immediately south of Avebury northwards, becoming the A361 again at the junction with the A419 which passes north-east of Swindon.
A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme |
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| A4 • A40 • A41 • A42 • A43 • A44 • A45 • A46 • A47 • A48 • A49 • A403 • A404 • A406 • A412 • A413 • A414 • A417 • A418 • A419 |
| A420 • A421 • A422 • A423 • A425 • A426 • A427 • A428 • A429 • A431 • A432 • A435 • A441 • A442 • A445 • A449 • A452 • A453 • A454 • A456 • A458 |
| A465 • A468 • A470 • A472 • A478 • A482 • A483 • A487 • A488 • A489 • A494 • A497 • A498 • A499 |
| A4006 • A4012 • A4018 • A4025 • A4032 • A4040 • A4042 • A4050 • A4080 • A4085 • A4094 • A4103 • A4113 • A4117 • A4133 • A4135 • A4142 • A4146 |
| A4150 • A4155 • A4161 • A4173 • A4174 • A4196 • A4202 • A4212 • A4232 • A4234 • A4260 • A4361 • A4400 • A4536 • A4540 |
| List of A roads in Zone 4 |
[edit] External links
- From Watford Gap to Camelot – A travelog following a section of the A361
