Warwickshire
Warwickshire | |||
Location Map ( geo) | |||
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Primary Destinations | |||
Birmingham • Birmingham Airport • Coventry • Leamington Spa • Nuneaton • Redditch • Rugby • Solihull • Stratford-upon-Avon • Tamworth • Warwick | |||
Other Important Destinations | |||
N.E.C. • Southam • Sutton Coldfield | |||
Current Highway Authorities | |||
Birmingham City Council • Coventry City Council • Solihull MBC • Staffordshire County Council • Warwickshire County Council | |||
Borders | |||
Gloucestershire • Leicestershire • Oxfordshire • Northamptonshire • Staffordshire • Worcestershire | |||
National Highways Roads | |||
M6 • M6 Toll • M40 • M42 • M45 • M69 • A5 • A45 • A46 • A446 | |||
Warwickshire is a traditional county in central England.
Geography and economy
Warwickshire runs from north of Watling Street down to the Cotswolds, although it is little known for specific geographical features. The north of the county contains the industrial cities of Birmingham and Coventry, whilst much of the rest of the county is rural. Birmingham is the largest administrative area by population in the UK, although the city's suburbs stretch over the county boundary into Staffordshire and Worcestershire. The city was an early industrial town and still an important centre for manufacturing and administration. Coventry was important in the Middle Ages and later grew to be a centre of the motor industry; Jaguar are still based in the area. Tourism is also important: the county town of Warwick is known for its castle whilst nearby Leamington Spa grew because of its pump rooms (the town has now diversified into the video game industry). Stratford-upon-Avon is one of the country's leading tourist destinations owing to its Shakespeare connections.
Roads
Warwickshire has a good road network, with the majority of roads radiating from Birmingham or Coventry. The A5 in the north of the county is the main exception; however, although this road follows the Roman Watling Street it was only given its number for administrative purposes: Telford's Holyhead Road ran through the two cities. National Highways maintain the county's motorways (with the exception of the A38(M) which is non-trunk) as well as three other cross-country routes: the A5, A46 and A45 east of Coventry. They also maintain a short stretch of A45 and A446 near Birmingham Airport. Most non-trunk roads within the county are maintained by Warwickshire County Council. Birmingham and Coventry City Councils maintain their own areas, with Solihull MBC between the two. Staffordshire County Council maintains a small area near Tamworth. M6 J6, better known as Spaghetti Junction, lies to the north of Birmingham; despite its notoriety it is well-signed and easy to navigate.
Route | From | To | Length | |
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M6 | Catthorpe, Leicestershire | Gretna, Dumfriesshire | 236 miles | View |
M6 Toll | Coleshill, Warwickshire | Shareshill, Staffordshire | 27 miles | View |
M40 | Denham, Buckinghamshire | Umberslade, Warwickshire | 89 miles | View |
M42 | Catshill | Appleby Magna | 40 miles | View |
M45 | Watford Gap | Thurlaston | 8 miles | View |
M69 | Ansty, Warwickshire | Enderby, Leicestershire | 16 miles | View |
M600 | Coleshill, Warwickshire | Shareshill, Staffordshire | 27 miles | View |
A38(M) | Birmingham city centre | Gravelly Hill | 2.2 miles | View |
A446(M) | Coleshill | Shareshill | 27 miles | View |
A5 | London | Holyhead | 252 miles | View |
A34 | Winchester | Salford | 200 miles | View |
A38 | Bodmin | Mansfield | 309.7 miles | View |
A41 | London | Birkenhead | 204 miles | View |
A42 | Reading | Birmingham | 90 miles | View |
A44 | Oxford | Aberystwyth | 155 miles | View |
A45 | Bordesley, Birmingham | Thrapston | 75.8 miles | View |
A46 | Bath | Cleethorpes | 223 miles | View |
A47 | Birmingham | Lowestoft | 157.9 miles | View |
A51 | Chester | Kingsbury | 79 miles | View |
A422 | Spetchley, Worcester | Bromham | 84.5 miles | View |
A423 | Heyford Hill, Oxford | Ryton on Dunsmore | 22.8 miles | View |
A425 | Warwick | Daventry | 25.1 miles | View |
A426 | Southam | Leicester | 29.8 miles | View |
A428 | Coventry | Cambridge | 79.3 miles | View |
A429 | Stanton St Quintin | Coventry | 73.7 miles | View |
A435 | Birmingham | Cirencester | 61.1 miles | View |
A436 | Air Balloon | Chastleton | 25.8 miles | View |
A439 | Stratford-upon-Avon | Sherbourne | 4.1 miles | View |
A441 | Birmingham | Cookhill | 19.9 miles | View |
A444 | Baginton, Coventry | Burton upon Trent | 34.5 miles | View |
A445 | Warwick | Ryton on Dunsmore | 9.3 miles | View |
A446 | Little Packington | Bassetts Pole | 11.0 miles | View |
A448 | Kidderminster | Studley | 19.6 miles | View |
A452 | Leamington Spa | Brownhills | 39.8 miles | View |
A453 | Perry Barr | Nottingham | 49.1 miles | View |
A454 | Bridgnorth | Sutton Coldfield | 29 miles | View |
A455 | Birmingham | Stafford | 27 miles | View |
A456 | Five Ways, Birmingham | Woofferton | 41 miles | View |
A457 | Birmingham | Sedgley | 10.8 miles | View |
A511 | Atherstone | Burton upon Trent | 19.0 miles | View |
A3400 | Monkspath | Over Norton | 34.7 miles | View |
A4023 | Redditch | Gorcott Hill | 2.7 miles | View |
A4026 | Watford Gap | Little Aston | 1.1 miles | View |
A4027 | Dale End | Bull Ring | 0.2 miles | View |
A4028 | Corporation Street | Dale End | 0.1 miles | View |
A4029 | Bristol Road | Pershore Road | 0.2 miles | View |
A4040 | The Hawthorns | Handsworth | 26.5 miles | View |
A4053 | Coventry | Coventry (circular) | 2.2 miles | View |
A4071 | Dunsmore Heath | Rugby (N) | 4.9 miles | View |
A4082 | Whitley | Stoke | 1.7 miles | View |
A4091 | Tamworth | Wishaw | 5.7 miles | View |
A4097 | Minworth | Kingsbury | 4.7 miles | View |
A4114 | Allesley | Whitley | 4.5 miles | View |
A4122 | Warwick Road | Banbury Road | 0.4 miles | View |
A4131 | Camp Hill | Mancetter | 3.0 miles | View |
A4134 | Evesham Place, Stratford-upon-Avon | Birmingham Road, Stratford-upon-Avon | 0.46 miles | View |
A4141 | Solihull | Five Ways | 7.2 miles | View |
A4166 | Suffolk Street | New Street | 0.2 miles | View |
A4167 | Haden Circus | Stratford Road | 0.7 miles | View |
A4170 | Coventry city centre | Keresley | 1.8 miles | View |
A4177 | Meer End | Warwick bypass | 7.6 miles | View |
A4189 | Redditch | Warwick | 15.8 miles | View |
A4254 | Chilvers Coton | Horeston Grange | 2.1 miles | View |
A4273 | Coventry | Coventry | View | |
A4390 | Birmingham Road, Stratford-upon-Avon | Banbury Road, Bridge Town | 2.2 miles | View |
A4400 | Holloway Circus | Lancaster Circus | 2.0 miles | View |
A4540 | Birmingham | Birmingham | 6.8 miles | View |
A4545 | M42 J5A | Clock Interchange | View | |
A4600 | Walsgrave on Sowe | Coventry | 3.9 miles | View |
A4723 | Selly Oak? | ? | View | |
A5127 | Birmingham | Streethay | 16.8 miles | View |
B38 | Bournbrook | Selly Oak | 0.6 miles | View |
B425 | World's End, Solihull | Sheldon | 3.3 miles | View |
B439 | Salford Priors | Stratford-upon-Avon | 7.6 miles | View |
B4025 | Hall Green | Solihull bypass (E) | 3.8 miles | View |
B4027 | Binley | Cross in Hand | 9.9 miles | View |
B4029 | Bedworth | Brinklow | 7.3 miles | View |
B4035 | Banbury | Evesham | 30.7 miles | View |
B4038 | Hillmorton | Daventry (SE) | 3.3 miles | View |
B4065 | Ansty | Wolvey | 4.4 miles | View |
B4076 | Allesley | Brownshill Green | 1.4 miles | View |
B4082 | Binley | Little Heath | 4.2 miles | View |
B4085 | Badsey | Bidford on Avon | 6.4 miles | View |
B4086 | Stratford-upon-Avon | Warmington | 15.2 miles | View |
B4087 | Wellesbourne | Leamington Spa | 8.4 miles | View |
B4088 | Twyford, Evesham | Cookhill, Alcester | 7.5 miles | View |
B4088 | Kingsmead | Thelsford | 1.7 miles | View |
B4089 | King's Coughton | Wootton Wawen | 6.7 miles | View |
B4090 | Droitwich Spa bypass | King's Coughton | 14.4 miles | View |
B4092 | Holberrow Green | Studley | 5.7 miles | View |
B4093 | Studley | Woodrow, Redditch | 0.9 miles | View |
B4095 | Redditch | Warwick | 15.4 miles | View |
B4097 | Banbury Road | Smith Street | 0.1 miles | View |
B4098 | Coventry Ringway | Kingsbury | 13.1 miles | View |
B4098 | The Butts | Smith Street | 0.27 miles | View |
B4099 | Milverton | Sydenham | 1.9 miles | View |
B4100 | Bicester | Bishop's Tachbrook | 32.5 miles | View |
B4100 | Bordesley | Hockley Hill | 2.9 miles | View |
B4100 | Southam | Dunchurch | 7.3 miles | View |
B4101 | Bordesleigh Bridge, Redditch | Coventry | 22.7 miles | View |
B4102 | Wood End | Nuneaton | 23.2 miles | View |
B4103 | Birmingham Road | Waverley Road | 1.5 miles | View |
B4104 | The Square, Kenilworth | Bridge Street, Kenilworth | 0.3 miles | View |
B4104 | Pinkett's Booth | Meriden | 2.9 miles | View |
B4105 | Station Road | Kenilworth Road | 0.7 miles | View |
B4105 | Foleshill Road | Stoney Stanton Road | 0.4 miles | View |
B4105 | Solihull | Birmingham Airport | 3.79 km | View |
B4106 | Spon End | Allesley | 1.6 miles | View |
B4107 | Earlsdon | Radford | 2.4 miles | View |
B4107 | Much Park Street | Spon Street | 0.8 miles | View |
B4108 | Spon Street | St Nicholas Street | 0.6 miles | View |
B4109 | Coventry | Hinckley | 12.6 miles | View |
B4110 | Tollbar End | Hillfields | 3.8 miles | View |
B4111 | Nuneaton | Mancetter | 3.1 miles | View |
B4111 | Binley, near Coventry | Bosworth Lodge | 19.5 miles | View |
B4112 | Church End | Newbold on Avon | 19.8 miles | View |
B4113 | Blackdown | Nuneaton | 15.5 miles | View |
B4113 | Bedworth | Bulkington | 2.0 miles | View |
B4114 | Birmingham | Fosse Park | 38.6 miles | View |
B4115 | Leek Wootton | Finham | 5.4 miles | View |
B4115 | Atherstone | Camp Hill | 3.1 miles | View |
B4116 | Willesley Park | Furnace End | 17.7 miles | View |
B4117 | Water Orton | Coleshill bypass (S) | 3.6 miles | View |
B4118 | Castle Bromwich | Water Orton | 3.5 miles | View |
B4118 | Foleshill Road, Coventry | Jimmy Hill Way, Coventry | 1.1 miles | View |
B4119 | Water Orton Road | Bradford Road | 0.3 miles | View |
B4119 | Wishaw | Tamworth | 5.9 miles | View |
B4124 | Harborne | Hamstead | 5.4 miles | View |
B4125 | Smethwick | Chad Valley | 1.8 miles | View |
B4126 | Dudley Road | Golden Hillock Road | 1.2 miles | View |
B4127 | Holloway Circus, Birmingham | Islington Row Middleway, Birmingham | 0.6 miles | View |
B4128 | Bordesley | Stechford | 3.2 miles | View |
B4128 | Broad Street | Horse Fair | 0.4 miles | View |
B4129 | Summerfield Park | Harborne | 2.8 miles | View |
B4129 | Suffolk Street | New Street | 0.2 miles | View |
B4130 | Bull Ring | Camp Hill | 0.7 miles | View |
B4131 | Digbeth | Albert Street | 0.4 miles | View |
B4132 | Nechells | Aston B6 | 2.3 miles | View |
B4133 | Aston University | Nechells Parkway, Birmingham | 0.27 miles | View |
B4134 | Great Hampton Street | Colmore Row | 0.6 miles | View |
B4135 | Smethwick | Paradise Circus, Birmingham | 1.8 miles | View |
B4137 | Washwood Heath | Witton | 1.7 miles | View |
B4138 | Little Aston crossroads | Perry | 5.4 miles | View |
B4139 | Six Ways | Sutton New Road | 0.4 miles | View |
B4139 | Perry Bar | New Oscott | 2.2 miles | View |
B4140 | Witton | Aston | 0.8 miles | View |
B4141 | Gravelly Hill | Kingsbury | 9.0 miles | View |
B4142 | Erdington | Boldmere | 2.0 miles | View |
B4143 | New Town Row | Camp Hill | 2.4 miles | View |
B4144 | Thimble Mill Lane, Aston | Lozells | 3.4 miles | View |
B4145 | Stratford Road, Sparkhill | Washwood Heath Road, Saltley | 3.0 miles | View |
B4147 | Stechford | Castle Bromwich | 1.6 miles | View |
B4148 | Erdington | Whitehouse Common | 5.9 miles | View |
B4149 | West Bromwich | New Oscott | 8.2 miles | View |
B4150 | Queslett | Sutton Park | 1.2 miles | View |
B4151 | Walsall | Bassett's Pole | 8.2 miles | View |
B4182 | Langley | Bearwood | 3.0 miles | View |
B4217 | Five Ways | Acocks Green | 6.0 miles | View |
B4284 | Chad Valley | Five Ways | 0.64 miles | View |
B4428 | Binley | Cross in Hand | 9.9 miles | View |
B4429 | Hillmorton | Thurlaston | 4.5 miles | View |
B4438 | Catherine-de-Barnes | Chelmsley Wood | 3.7 miles | View |
B4439 | Hockley Heath | Hatton | 6.9 miles | View |
B4451 | Gaydon | Southam | 6.1 miles | View |
B4452 | Ufton Cross Roads | Deppers Bridge | 2.1 miles | View |
B4453 | Dunsmore Heath | Lillington | 9.5 miles | View |
B4454 | Spon End | Queen Victoria Road | 0.5 miles | View |
B4455 | Halford | High Cross | 30.0 miles | View |
B4455 | Wolvey Heath | Cross in Hand | 6.0 miles | View |
B4462 | Barford | The Asps, near Warwick | 2.1 miles | View |
B4463 | Sherbourne | Hampton on the Hill | 1.2 miles | View |
B4480 | Wootton Wawen | Gorcott Hill | 5.0 miles | View |
B4481 | Willenhall | Walsgrave on Sowe | 3.2 miles | View |
B4497 | Beoley | Washford | 3.6 miles | View |
B4498 | Birmingham | Lozells | 1.4 miles | View |
B4500 | Rugby Town Centre | Potford's Dam | 2.7 miles | View |
B4514 | Spring Road | Warwick Road | 0.9 miles | View |
B4515 | Gib Heath | Lozells | 1.3 miles | View |
B4516 | Washwood Heath | Saltley | 1.0 mile | View |
B4531 | Stockland Green | Erdington | 1.0 mile | View |
B4532 | Monument Road | Calthorpe Road | 0.56 miles | View |
B4533 | Cheapside | Stratford Place | 0.2 miles | View |
B4534 | Evesham Place | Birmingham Road | 0.46 miles | View |
B4535 | Meer Street | Guild Street | 0.1 miles | View |
B4544 | Coventry Inner Ring Road | Hillfields | 1.3 miles | View |
B4552 | Castle Bromwich Bridge | Bradford Road | 0.5 miles | View |
B4632 | Cheltenham | Stratford-upon-Avon | 29.3 miles | View |
B4642 | Rugby town centre | Potford's Dam | 2.7 miles | View |
B4730 | Digbeth | Camp Hill | 0.4 miles | View |
B5000 | Tamworth | Pinwall | 6.8 miles | View |
B5001 | Tamworth railway station | Tamworth town centre | 0.3 miles | View |
B5080 | Stoneydelph | Quarry Hill | 1.3 miles | View |
B5313 | Tamworth railway station | Tamworth town centre | 0.3 miles | View |
B5349 | Kettlebrook | Wilnecote | 1.3 miles | View |
B5399 | Silver Street, Tamworth | Gungate | 0.2 miles | View |
B5404 | Hopwas | Quarry Hill | 5.7 miles | View |
B5414 | Rugby | Knaptoft | 3.1 miles | View |
B5440 | Wilnecote | Glascote Heath | 1.4 miles | View |
B5493 | Tamworth | Appleby Magna | 7.8 miles | View |
T11 | London | Holyhead | View | |
T13 | Winchester | Preston | View | |
T14 | E of Birmingham | Birkenhead | View | |
T15 | Birmingham | Great Yarmouth | View | |
T16 | Exeter | Leeds | View | |
T35 | London | Birmingham | View | |
T44 | Bath | Lincoln | View | |
T48 | Weedon | Brownhills | View | |
T53 | North East of Birmingham | Nottingham | View | |
T114 | N of Oxford | S of Coventry | View | |
T116 | Little Packington | Weeford | View |
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