Holyhead Road

Holyhead Road
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From:	London (TQ277810)
To:	Holyhead (SH246820)
Via:	Wolverhampton
Now part of:	A5, A5183, A5, A45, A41, A4196, A464, A5
Traditional Counties
Anglesey • Bedfordshire • Buckinghamshire • Caernarfonshire • Denbighshire • Hertfordshire • Merionethshire • Middlesex • Northamptonshire • Shropshire • Staffordshire • Warwickshire
Route outline (key)
A5 Central London - Kilburn A5 Kilburn - Elstree A5183 Elstree - Dunstable A5 Dunstable - Weedon A45 Weedon - Birmingham A41 Birmingham - Oaken A464 Oaken - Telford A5 Telford - Holyhead

Thomas Telford's Holyhead Road was an attempt to improve communications between London and Ireland. It is commonly supposed that the Holyhead Road followed the modern A5, but this was not the case, instead taking what is now A45, A41 and A464 so as to take in the major industrial cities of Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton rather than the less populated A5 route.

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Holyhead Road

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