A51 road
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| South end: | Kingsbury, Warwickshire 52°33′31″N 1°40′51″W / 52.5586°N 1.6808°W |
 A56 road A5268 road A41 road A55 road A54 road A49 road A534 road A500 road A525 road A53 road A34 road A518 road A513 road A469 road A5192 road A5 road |
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| North end: | Chester 53°11′32″N 2°52′56″W / 53.1921°N 2.8821°W |
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Tamworth Lichfield Stone Nantwich |
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The A51 is a road in England running from Kingsbury in Warwickshire (just east of Birmingham) to Chester. The road follows the following route:
- Kingsbury
- Tamworth
- Lichfield
- Rugeley (bypass opened 2007 [1])
- Little Haywood
- Great Haywood
- Weston
- Sandon
- Stone (merges briefly with A34)
- Woore
- Nantwich
- Tarporley (merges briefly with A49)
- Clotton
- Duddon
- Tarvin
- Littleton
- Vicars Cross
- Chester
The A51 is used by some long-distance traffic as an alternative to the M6 motorway, which is prone to congestion through Birmingham. The nearby M6 Toll motorway now serves a similar function.
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Coordinates: 52°56′32″N 2°16′15″W / 52.9421°N 2.2707°W
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