A51 road
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A51 | ||||
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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 | Chester 52°33′31″N 1°40′51″W / 52.5586°N 1.6808°W | |||
Southeast end | Kingsbury 53°11′32″N 2°52′56″W / 53.1921°N 2.8821°W | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United Kingdom | |||
Counties | Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire | |||
Primary destinations | Chester Nantwich Stone Rugeley Lichfield Tamworth | |||
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The A51 is a road in England running from Chester to Kingsbury, Warwickshire.
It takes on the following route:
- Chester
- Vicars Cross
- Littleton
- Tarvin
- 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
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. Previously continued to Coventry via route of B4098.
52°56′32″N 2°16′15″W / 52.9421°N 2.2707°W