A460 road

A460
The A460 in Cannock, Staffordshire.
Route information
Length	17.1 mi (27.5 km)
Major junctions
Southwest end	Wolverhampton
Major intersections	M54 J1 M6 J11 M6 Toll T8 A449 A462 A5 A34 A4601 A5190 A51
Northeast end	Rugeley
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary destinations	Wolverhampton Cannock Hednesford Rugeley
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
← A459 → A461

The A460 is a main road in the Midlands of England. It runs from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands to Rugeley in Staffordshire. It is also a primary road linking Wolverhampton and Cannock with the M54, M6 and M6 Toll.

Route

Wolverhampton – Cannock

The road begins at the Elephant and Castle Junction with the A449 in Wolverhampton City Centre (although it originally began in Princes Square). The junction is named after a pub which once stood at the junction and was controversially demolished overnight. The A460 begins as Cannock Road and passes a Home Bargains and an Iceland Foods at Phoenix Retail Park. It then heads northeast towards the outskirts of the city passing Springfield and Fallings Park. It passes a McDonald's and then meets B4156 to form the Scotlands Roundabout. It then passes Wood Hayes and leaves Wolverhampton entering into Staffordshire. It becomes the main road through the hamlet of Westcroft and then runs to the west of Essington. The road then meets the M54 at Junction 1 and passes Featherstone and Shareshill. Then it meets the A462 and M6 at Junction 11. This is where it makes the primary road for people travelling northeast and southwest between the two motorways.

A460 at Junction 11 of the M6

At Junction 11, the road heads towards Cannock as Wolverhampton Road. It enters into Saredon at a roundabout with Tollbooth 8 of the M6 Toll and the A4601, which was the original route of the A460 through Cannock Town Centre. The road heads east from the roundabout as Lodge Lane and is parallel to the M6 Toll. It then meets the A5 and A34 entering into Cannock.

Cannock – Rugeley

The A460 begins to head towards Rugeley into Cannock passing Orbital Retail Park and Designer Outlet West Midlands as Eastern Way. It meets the A5190 and then passes a McDonald's and a Texaco as it runs through Hawks Green. It then begins to run further northeast as Old Hednesford Road as it meets the north end of the A4601 and passes a KFC. It then runs to Hill Top Roundabout as East Cannock Road passing a Texaco and The Plough and Harrow pub. It then becomes Uxbridge Street and runs through Hednesford. Then it leaves the town as Rugeley Road and heads into Cannock Chase.

The Plough and Harrow Pub on the A460 in Hednesford

The A460 runs directly through Cannock Chase and becomes the primary road linking Cannock and Rugeley. It becomes the Hednesford Road and runs directly into Rugeley Town Centre, passing Peartree Estate and meeting the B5013 near Elmore Park. It passes through the town centre as Western Springs Road, then becomes Wolseley Road past the Stag's Leap pub, and then terminates at the A51 north of the town.