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A528

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A528
Location Map ( geo)
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From:  Marchwiel (SJ357476)
To:  Shrewsbury (SJ493129)
Distance:  26 miles (41.8 km)
Meets:  A525, B5130, B5426, A539, B5069, A495, B4397, B5476, A5124, B5067, A5191, A458
Former Number(s):  A49
Primary Destinations
Highway Authorities

Shropshire • Wrexham

Traditional Counties

Denbighshire • Flintshire • Shropshire

Route outline (key)
A528 Marchwiel – Ellesmere
(A495) Ellesmere town centre
A528 Ellesmere – Shrewsbury

Route

The A528 is a rural road of reasonable length, connecting the Welsh city of Wrexham to the English town of Shrewsbury. It is a secondary route throughout, and it is more likely that most traffic between the two points would opt for the much higher-quality alternative route offered by the A483 and A5.

Section 1: Marchwiel – Ellesmere

The A528 begins its rural trek through the Marches in the County Borough of Wrexham, opposite the attractive church at Marchwiel, on the A525. We pass a turning left for the B5130 then reach a crossroads with the B5426 where a left turn will take you almost straight back to the A525 at Bangor.

Overton Bridge

We gradually approach the River Dee, crossing it at Overton Bridge then running through parkland to reach Overton where a right-left-right movement will keep you on the A528. Miss the last right turn and you'll find yourself on the A539, which has been multiplexing with us since before Overton Bridge. We run south to Knolton, whose only significance is that as soon as you've passed through, you cross into England. Apart from the signs, you notice little difference between the two countries here.

We continue to Ellesmere, where we bear left at a roundabout in the middle of town – a right turn would take you onto the A495. We multiplex with the A495 alongside The Mere, a lake on the edge of town. There seems to be debate as to which number is dominant here - originally it was the A528, but the signage now claims that it is the A495, which makes sense considering that the latter is the primary route. After passing Oteley Woods the A495 turns left, and we continue over the canal, past more woods and beyond another lake, White Mere.

Section 2: Ellesmere – Shrewsbury

The A528 between Preston Gubbals and Harmer Hill

More lakes (this is Shropshire's Lake District!), fields and woodland follow until we reach the unfortunately named Cockshutt, a largely unremarkable village that does not benefit from having the sometimes busy A528 running through the middle of it.

We continue in the same style through Myddle and Harmer Hill, where the A528 meets the B5476 to the south of the village. Here we must give way, as the A-road TOTSOs at this point. A few miles further on, we reach a roundabout junction with the A5124 on the northern edge of Shrewsbury. We bypass the town's northern suburbs, but suddenly find ourselves in the heart of the town opposite the castle where the A528 terminates at a gyratory where it meets the A5191 (which is also a former route of the A49) and the A458.

History

The A49 originally followed a more westerly route between Shrewsbury and Whitchurch, running along what is now the A528 as far as Harmer Hill, and continuing along the present-day B5476. In 1935 it was diverted to an alignment following its current, more easterly route, and the A528 was consequently extended southwards from Harmer Hill to Shrewsbury.




A528
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Overton Bridge - Geograph - 657310.jpgA528 FFORDD SIR AMWYTHTIG.jpegA528 between Preston Gubbals & Harmer Hill - Geograph - 677309.jpg
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