West Northamptonshire Council

West Northamptonshire Council is the Highway Authority for all roads in the Administrative County of West Northamptonshire, with the exception of Trunk roads managed by National Highways. It took that responsibility on from Northamptonshire Council in April 2021.

It lies within the historic county of Northamptonshire.

Primary Destinations

The following Primary Destinations are located within the council area:

• Northampton

Trunk Roads

The following roads that run through the council area are at least partially Trunk Roads, and therefore managed by National Highways:

• M1
• M40
• A5
• A14
• A43
• A45

Principal and Classified Numbered Roads

The following is a list of A and B classified roads that are at least partially managed by the council:

Route	From	To	Length
A43	M40 J10, Cherwell Valley	Stamford	66.0 miles	View
A45	Bordesley, Birmingham	Thrapston	75.8 miles	View
A361	Ilfracombe	Kilsby	213 miles	View
A413	Tatling End	Silverstone	52.2 miles	View
A421	Barleymow Roundabout, Brackley	Black Cat Roundabout, Roxton	44.4 miles	View
A422	Spetchley, Worcester	Bromham	84.5 miles	View
A425	Warwick	Daventry	25.1 miles	View
A428	Coventry	Cambridge	79.3 miles	View
A508	Old Stratford	Market Harborough	30.4 miles	View
A4256	Leamington Way, Daventry	Northern Way, Daventry	0.8 miles	View
A4500	Harpole	Wellingborough bypass	14.6 miles	View
A4501	Wellingborough Road, Northampton	Bedford Road, Northampton	0.67 miles	View
A5076	Kingsthorpe	Upton	9.0 miles	View
A5080	Kingsthorpe Hollow	St Peters Way	1.2 miles	View
A5095	Bedford Road, Northampton	Kingsthorpe	2.9 miles	View
A5101	Abington Avenue, Northampton	Kettering Road, Northampton	0.54 miles	View
A5123	Rothersthorpe	Boothville	8.2 miles	View
A5199	Leicester	Kingsthorpe, Northampton	28.5 miles	View
B526	Newport Pagnell	Northampton	14.8 miles	View
B4031	Barley Mow Farm, Croughton	Swerford Heath	12.2 miles	View
B4036	Daventry	Long Buckby Wharf	3.1 miles	View
B4037	Badby	Dodford	3.0 miles	View
B4038	Hillmorton	Daventry (SE)	3.3 miles	View
B4525	Middleton Cheney	Syresham	9.4 miles	View
B5346	Kettering Road	Abington Grove	0.29 miles	View
B5385	East Haddon	Watford Gap	4.5 miles	View
B5388	Yardley Hastings	Olney	3.1 miles	View

Classified Unnumbered (Class III) Roads

Main Article: West Northamptonshire Council (Class III roads)

The authority has numbered its Class III road network as per the previous Northamptonshire County Council. Therefore it shares the numbering system with North Northamptonshire. All Class III roads have a "C" prefix, and unclassified roads are prefixed with a "U".

Junctions

Main Article: West Northamptonshire Council (Junctions)

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: West Northamptonshire Council (Crossings)

Links

legislation.gov.uk

• The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2020 - This instrument dissolves Northamptonshire County Council, and creates two new Authorities, North Northamptonshire, and West Northamptonshire