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Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Newcastle
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County
Staffordshire
Highway Authority
Staffordshire
Forward Destination on
A34, A52, A53, A525, A527
Next Primary Destinations
Congleton • Nantwich • Shrewsbury • Stoke-on-Trent • Stone • Whitchurch
Places related to the A34
Places related to the A52
Places related to the A53
Places related to the A525
Ruthin • Whitchurch • Wrexham • Rhyl • St Asaph • Denbigh
Places related to the A527
This article is about town in the Potteries, Staffordshire.
For other uses, see Newcastle
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Newcastle-under-Lyme (simply known as Newcastle locally) is a market town in Staffordshire. It is the largest town in North Staffordshire and centre of the borough named after the town.

Newcastle is one of those places less important than it used to be - but its traditional status as a major centre for trade can be seen by the large number of roads converging on the town centre.

Newcastle is now bypassed by the M6 to the west and the A500 to the east and seems doomed to take second fiddle to the neighbouring city of Stoke-on-Trent which is part of the same conurbation. However, it fiercely guards its independence and remains a Primary Destination.

Roads in and around Newcastle are either managed by Staffordshire County Council or Stoke City Council, with the exception of the M6 and A500 which are Trunk Roads and maintained by National Highways.

History

The town in 1960
The bypass shown in 1968

The 0.7 mile dual carriageway bypass from Endersley Street to London Road was opened on 30 July 1965 by Tom Fraser, Minister of Transport. It included a sunken pedestrian precinct with subways at Grosvenor Roundabout, a design brought back from Lyon, France by the Newcastle Borough Engineer, J.W. Tonge. Contractor was Percy Bilton Ltd., cost £700,000. Part of a scheme to upgrade 5 miles of A34.

The M6 bypass to the west of the town was opened on 15 November 1963.

Routes

Route To Notes

A34

M6 North, Congleton, Kidsgrove, Nantwich (A500)

A34

M6 South, Stone

A52

Stoke-on-Trent, Ashbourne

A53

Stoke-on-Trent, Leek

A53

Shrewsbury

A519

Clayton, Eccleshall

A525

Keele, Whitchurch Some signs - and most maps - show this road as non-primary

A527

Tunstall, Biddulph

A52

Nantwich Now the B5500 (and a short section of A34); Nantwich traffic is now directed along the A34 and A500

A449

Stone Now part of the A34

A526

Congleton Accessed via A52; now part of the A34




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Road bridge over Lyme Brook, Newcastle... (C) Carl Farnell - Geograph - 2464031.jpgIMG 4242.JPG6729.JPG 12 metre steel columns urbiz zx2 sodium lanterns.jpgRush-hour fog in Newcastle-under-LymeEsso filling station by night
Places in the West Midlands region
Major citiesBirmingham • Coventry • Stoke-on-Trent • Wolverhampton
Primary DestinationsBirmingham International Airport • Bridgnorth • Bromsgrove • Brownhills • Burton upon Trent • Cannock • Dudley • Evesham • Hereford • Kidderminster • Leamington Spa • Leek • Leominster • Lichfield • Newcastle • Nuneaton • Oswestry • Redditch • Ross • Rugby • Rugeley • Shrewsbury • Solihull • Stafford • Stone • Stourbridge • Stratford • Tamworth • Telford • Uttoxeter • Walsall • Warwick • West Bromwich • Whitchurch • Worcester
Other placesBewdley • Bilston • Coseley • Droitwich • Halesowen • Ledbury • Ludlow • Malvern • N.E.C. • Smethwick • Southam • Sutton Coldfield • Wednesbury • Wednesfield • Wellington • Willenhall


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