Cheshire West and Chester Council

Cheshire West and Chester Council is the Highway Authority for all roads in the Administrative County of Cheshire West and Chester, with the exception of roads managed by National Highways.

It is contained within the Traditional County of Cheshire.

Primary Destinations

The following Primary Destinations are located within the council area:

• Chester
• Ellesmere Port
• Northwich

Trunk Roads

The following roads that run through Cheshire West and Chester are at least partially Trunk Roads, and therefore managed by National Highways:

• M6
• M53
• M56
• A55
• A483
• A494
• A550

Principal and Classified Numbered Roads

The following is a list of A and B classified roads that are at least partially managed by Cheshire West and Chester Council:

Route	From	To	Length
A41	London	Birkenhead	204 miles	View
A49	Ross on Wye	Bamber Bridge	158 miles	View
A50	Leicester	Warrington	99.3 miles	View
A51	Chester	Kingsbury	79 miles	View
A54	Ladmanlow	Tarvin	42.0 miles	View
A56	Chester	Broughton	80.1 miles	View
A483	Earlswood	Chester	153.6 miles	View
A530	Burleydam (NW)	Lostock Gralam	22.8 miles	View
A533	Rode Heath	Widnes	30.3 miles	View
A534	Wrexham	West Heath, Congleton	37.3 miles	View
A540	Chester	Hoylake	19.2 miles	View
A548	Llanrwst	Chester	53.0 miles	View
A556	Delamere	Bowdon	18.7 miles	View
A559	Lower Stretton	Hartford	12.7 miles	View
A5018	Winsford	Wharton Green	1.6 miles	View
A5032	Backford	Ellesmere Port	4.2 miles	View
A5104	Corwen	Chester	26.7 miles	View
A5115	Boughton, Chester	Boughton Heath	0.7 miles	View
A5116	Chester	Moston	2.3 miles	View
A5117	Helsby	Saughall	7.8 miles	View
A5268	Chester	Chester	2.0 miles	View
A5480	Bache	Blacon	1.3 miles	View
A5509	London Road	Watling Street	0.4 miles	View
B5069	Hampton Heath	Nant y Caws	23.8 miles	View
B5074	Salterswall	Nantwich	11.7 miles	View
B5075	Northwich	Higher Marston	1.7 miles	View
B5081	Smithy Green	Middlewich	6.8 miles	View
B5082	Rudheath Woods	Northwich	5.9 miles	View
B5130	Chester	Cock Bank	15.7 miles	View
B5132	Stamford Bridge	Eastham	16.5 miles	View
B5133	Windle Hill	Hooton	3.4 miles	View
B5134	Neston	Hinderton	1.0 mile	View
B5135	Neston	Gayton	2.8 miles	View
B5136	Neston	Rock Ferry	8.5 miles	View
B5142	Warrington Road, Weaverham	High Street, Weaverham	0.75 miles	View
B5144	Weaverham bypass	Station Road	0.34 miles	View
B5151	Bidston	Willaston (S)	10.4 miles	View
B5152	Frodsham	Cotebrook	9.0 miles	View
B5153	Greenbank	Kingsley	7.2 miles	View
B5309	Middlewich (E)	King Street Farm	1.8 miles	View
B5355	Middlewich Road	Wharton Park Road	1.1 miles	View
B5374	Greenbank	Winnington	0.6 miles	View
B5391	Higher Wincham	Over Tabley	3.5 miles	View
B5393	Ashton Hayes	Frodsham	6.5 miles	View
B5394	High Street	Red Lane	0.5 miles	View
B5395	Malpas	Whitchurch	6.8 miles	View
B5445	Gresford	Belgrave	6.5 miles	View
B5463	Ledsham(N)	Ellesmere Port	2.9 miles	View

Classified Unnumbered (Class III) and Unclassified Roads

Main Article: Cheshire West and Chester Council (Class III roads)

For their Class III road network, Cheshire West and Chester Council use "C" prefixes.

Unusually, they also choose to number all of their unclassified roads, with two-letter prefixes, with the initial letter being "U". They also appear to number all of their footpaths, again with a two-letter prefix, but this time beginning with "F".

Junctions

The local authority is responsible for the maintenance of the majority of junctions within its boundary.

Main Article: Cheshire West and Chester Council (Junctions)

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Cheshire West and Chester Council (Crossings)

Links

• Cheshire West and Chester Council
• Adopted Roads Gazetteer