Battlefield Roundabout (Shrewsbury)

Battlefield Roundabout is at the junction of the A49, the A53, the A5112 and the A5124 north of Shrewsbury It was roughly here that the Battle of Shrewsbury of 1403 took place. A church, commonly known as "Battlefield Church", but officially St. Mary Magdalene Church, was built in memory of the thousands who died. The roundabout is one of the busiest in the Shrewsbury. The new Shrewsbury livestock market and a small hotel and service station has just been built just off the A53 near the Battlefield Roundabout. The roundabout is the start/end of the A53

The A49 runs from Ross-on-Wye to Bamber Bridge, near Preston. The A53 runs from this roundabout to Buxton The A5112 runs from this roundabout to Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury The A5124 runs from this roundabout to Broadoak, Shrewsbury

Routes

Route	To	Notes
A49	Whitchurch
A49	Leominster, Telford (A5,M54), Bridgnorth, Welshpool (A458), Newport (B5082), Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (A&E)
A53	Newcastle
A5112	Shrewsbury
A5124	Ellesmere (A528)

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