A519 road

Coordinates: 52°52′55″N 2°15′18″W / 52.88208°N 2.25494°W / 52.88208; -2.25494
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A519
Major junctions
FromNewcastle-Under-Lyme
Major intersections A500
A5182
M6
A51
A41
A518
ToA41 near Newport, Shropshire
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
Primary
destinations
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Stoke-on-Trent
Road network

The A519 is a road in the Midlands, United Kingdom.

Route[edit]

It that runs between Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire and Newport, Shropshire.

At 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.

References[edit]

52°52′55″N 2°15′18″W / 52.88208°N 2.25494°W / 52.88208; -2.25494