Worcestershire

This article is about the county.
For the Highway Authority, see Worcestershire Council.

Worcestershire is a traditional county in the Midlands.

Other than the city of Worcester, the majority of Worcestershire's urban population lives in the north of the county, with the southern part of the Black Country, including Dudley, Stourbridge, Oldbury and Halesowen, lying within the county.

Other than Kidderminster, which stands alone economically, the remainder of the large towns outside the Black Country in the north of the county, such as Bromsgrove and the New Town of Redditch (which spreads over the historic county boundary into Warwickshire), are within Birmingham's sphere of influence, and indeed most of Birmingham's southern suburbs are geographically (but not culturally) located within the historic county.

South of this belt, the towns in the county tend to be smaller, with the most significant towns including Droitwich, Evesham, Malvern and Stourport-upon-Severn.

Across the county

The A4440 Worcester bypass crossing the River Severn

The most important route through the county is the M5 between the West Midlands conurbation, Bristol and the south-west, whilst the M42 functions as an important link between the south-west and the north-east of England, as well as forming a major part of the Birmingham Box, which surrounds the city.

Outside the motorway network, the A38 is probably the most important route through the county historically, linking Worcester with Birmingham to the north, and Gloucester and Bristol to the south. With the coming of the M5, however, the majority of the A38 through the county has lost much of its former importance, and indeed for the majority of its journey through the county it is a Non-Primary Route.

Other important routes in the county include the A449, which links Worcester, Malvern and Kidderminster with Wolverhampton to the north, and to Monmouthshire to the south; the A44 which traverses the county from west to east; and the A46 which forms a link between the southern part of the county and Coventry.

Highways Management

The B4503 towards the Malverns

Most non-trunk roads within the traditional county are maintained by Worcestershire County Council, though within the Black Country they are managed by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council and Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council within their areas; the extreme northeast of the county is managed by Birmingham City Council.

Trunk Roads within the county are managed by National Highways, which consists of the motorway network of M5, M42 and M50, whilst the A46 is the only non-motorway Trunk Road in the county.

Route	From	To	Length
M5	West Bromwich	Exeter	166 miles	View
M42	Catshill	Appleby Magna	40 miles	View
M50	Strensham	Ross-on-Wye	21 miles	View
A34	Winchester	Salford	200 miles	View
A38	Bodmin	Mansfield	309.7 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
A422	Spetchley, Worcester	Bromham	84.5 miles	View
A429	Stanton St Quintin	Coventry	73.7 miles	View
A435	Birmingham	Cirencester	61.1 miles	View
A438	Ashchurch	Pont-y-bat	60.6 miles	View
A440	Pershore	Great Malvern	14.5 miles	View
A441	Birmingham	Cookhill	19.9 miles	View
A442	Droitwich	Hodnet	50.4 miles	View
A443	Worcester	Newnham Bridge	18.0 miles	View
A448	Kidderminster	Studley	19.6 miles	View
A449	Stafford	Coldra, Newport	108 miles	View
A450	Torton	West Hagley	5.9 miles	View
A451	Stourbridge	Great Witley	16.2 miles	View
A456	Five Ways, Birmingham	Woofferton	41 miles	View
A457	Birmingham	Sedgley	10.8 miles	View
A458	Quinton	Mallwyd	86.6 miles	View
A459	Wolverhampton	Halesowen	13 miles	View
A461	Wollaston	Lichfield	23.2 miles	View
A491	Lydiate Ash	Wall Heath	12 miles	View
A3400	Monkspath	Over Norton	34.7 miles	View
A4021	Rhydd	Powick	4.4 miles	View
A4022	Mount Pleasant	Birchfield Road	0.3 miles	View
A4023	Redditch	Gorcott Hill	2.7 miles	View
A4024	Aston Fields	Stoke Heath	1.8 miles	View
A4025	Crossway Green	Stourport on Severn	2.6 miles	View
A4032	Bromsgrove Road	Kidderminster Road	0.2 miles	View
A4034	Mucklow Hill	Oldbury	4.1 miles	View
A4036	Dudley	Pedmore	4.6 miles	View
A4037	Wednesbury	Dudley	4.0 miles	View
A4040	The Hawthorns	Handsworth	26.5 miles	View
A4040	Wall Heath	Kidderminster	8.3 miles	View
A4041	Broadwaters	Hoobrook	2.1 miles	View
A4057	Dodderhill	Copcut		View
A4099	Halesowen	Blackheath	1.3 miles	View
A4101	Ashwood	Dudley	3.7 miles	View
A4103	Worcester (W)	Stretton Sugwas	25.5 miles	View
A4104	Little Malvern	Pinvin	15.3 miles	View
A4105	Colwall Green	Malvern	4.3 miles	View
A4112	Burford	Eardisley	23.6 miles	View
A4117	Ludlow	Fingerpost	14.8 miles	View
A4123	Wolverhampton	Harborne	12.0 miles	View
A4133	Droitwich	Holt Heath	4.6 miles	View
A4168	Woodsetton	Dudley	1.22 miles	View
A4184	Evesham bypass (S)	Evesham bypass (N)	2.8 miles	View
A4189	Redditch	Warwick	15.8 miles	View
A4420	Hoobrook	Birchen Coppice		View
A4440	Warndon	Rushwick	8.0 miles	View
A4532	Malvern Link	Great Malvern	2.4 miles	View
A4535	Proud Cross Island, Kidderminster	Stourport Road, Kidderminster	1.1 miles	View
A4536	Blackpole Trading Estate	Fernhill Heath	0.5 miles	View
A4538	Martin Hussingtree	Spetchley	4.2 miles	View
B384	Bournbrook	Selly Oak	0.6 miles	View
B3800	Selly Oak (Harborne Lane)	Selly Oak (Bristol Road)	0.1 miles	View
B4035	Banbury	Evesham	30.7 miles	View
B4043	Quinton, Birmingham	Halesowen	1.6 miles	View
B4065	Worcester Road	Roman Way	0.4 miles	View
B4078	Winchcombe	Sedgeberrow	7.4 miles	View
B4079	Oxenton	Bredon	3.8 miles	View
B4080	Tewkesbury	Defford	7.8 miles	View
B4082	Pinvin	Upton Snodsbury	4.4 miles	View
B4083	Pershore	Pinvin	1.4 miles	View
B4084	Evesham	Whittington	12.1 miles	View
B4085	Badsey	Bidford on Avon	6.4 miles	View
B4088	Twyford, Evesham	Cookhill, Alcester	7.5 miles	View
B4090	Droitwich Spa bypass	King's Coughton	14.4 miles	View
B4091	Stoneybridge, Belbroughton	Hanbury	8.8 miles	View
B4092	Holberrow Green	Studley	5.7 miles	View
B4094	Stoke Heath	Bromsgrove bypass	0.4 miles	View
B4094	Market Place	Prospect Hill	0.12 miles	View
B4095	Redditch	Warwick	15.4 miles	View
B4096	Tardebigge	West Heath	8.7 miles	View
B4101	Bordesleigh Bridge, Redditch	Coventry	22.7 miles	View
B4120	Longbridge	Hopwood	4.8 miles	View
B4121	Cotteridge	Harborne	5.1 miles	View
B4122	Vicarage Road	High Street,	0.4 miles	View
B4123	Beech Lanes	Selly Oak	2.7 miles	View
B4128	Bordesley	Stechford	3.2 miles	View
B4145	Stratford Road, Sparkhill	Washwood Heath Road, Saltley	3.0 miles	View
B4146	Tyseley	King's Heath	5.9 miles	View
B4160	Other Road	Alvechurch Highway	1.1 miles	View
B4166	Horseley Heath	Oldbury	2.2 miles	View
B4169	Hurst Green	Smethwick	4.0 miles	View
B4170	Oldbury	Langley Green	1.1 miles	View
B4171	Dudley	Blackheath	3.3 miles	View
B4173	Netherton, Dudley	Cradley	2.3 miles	View
B4174	Quarry Bank	Cradley	0.9 miles	View
B4176	Dudley	Brockton	17.0 miles	View
B4177	Dudley Southern Bypass	The Broadway	1.4 miles	View
B4177	Dudley	Ashwood	3.7 miles	View
B4182	Langley	Bearwood	3.0 miles	View
B4183	Hayley Green	Halesowen	1.6 miles	View
B4184	Redditch	Bromsgrove	6.8 miles	View
B4184	High Street	Pedmore Road	0.3 miles	View
B4185	Catshill	Upper Catshill	0.9 miles	View
B4186	Wollaston, Stourbridge	Lye	2.4 miles	View
B4186	Hanover Street	High Street	0.1 miles	View
B4187	West Hagley	Oldswinford	1.9 miles	View
B4188	Bell End	Blakedown	4.0 miles	View
B4189	Broadwaters, Kidderminster	Fairfield By Pass	2.8 miles	View
B4190	Long Bank, Bewdley	Wolverley	5.2 miles	View
B4191	Oxford Street	High Street	0.2 miles	View
B4192	Droitwich	Summerfield	8.0 miles	View
B4193	Torton	Stourport-on-Severn	2.2 miles	View
B4194	Astley Cross	Kinlet	9.9 miles	View
B4195	Stourport-on-Severn	Bewdley	3.0 miles	View
B4196	Areley Kings	Holt Heath	5.4 miles	View
B4197	Knightwick	Great Witley	7.4 miles	View
B4197	Droitwich	Holt Heath	5.9 miles	View
B4198	Worcester Road	High Street	0.3 miles	View
B4200	Callow Hill	Henley	14.3 miles	View
B4202	Mawley Oak	Abberley	6.7 miles	View
B4203	Bromyard	Great Witley	12.3 miles	View
B4204	Worcester	Tenbury Wells	18.9 miles	View
B4205	Dolday, Worcester	London Road, Worcester	1.7 miles	View
B4206	Hylton Road, Worcester	Bromwich Road, Worcester	1.8 miles	View
B4207	Worcester	Hereford	22.6 miles	View
B4208	Staunton	Newland	14.0 miles	View
B4209	Malvern Wells	Hanley Castle	4.2 miles	View
B4210	Little Malvern	Upton on Severn	6.0 miles	View
B4211	Hartpury	Great Malvern	17.7 miles	View
B4212	The Grove	Holly Green	0.6 miles	View
B4214	Cleehill	Ledbury	28.4 miles	View
B4217	Five Ways	Acocks Green	6.0 miles	View
B4217	Great Malvern	Chance's Pitch	4.2 miles	View
B4218	Chance's Pitch	Great Malvern	4.3 miles	View
B4219	Storridge	North Malvern	1.9 miles	View
B4232	Wynds Point	Malvern Link Top	5.2 miles	View
B4424	Rhydd	Powick	4.4 miles	View
B4458	Eve Hill	Wren's Nest	0.7 miles	View
B4464	Blakebrook	Foley Park	0.6 miles	View
B4480	Wootton Wawen	Gorcott Hill	5.0 miles	View
B4482	Brickfields	Perdiswell	1.0 mile	View
B4482	College Street, Worcester	Barbourne Road, Worcester	1.0 mile	View
B4485	St Johns, Worcester	Upper Wick	1.2 miles	View
B4485	London Road	London Road	0.8 miles	View
B4497	Beoley	Washford	3.6 miles	View
B4503	North Malvern	Leigh Sinton	2.6 miles	View
B4504	Crabbs Cross	Pitcher Oak Wood	2.2 miles	View
B4510	Bengeworth, Evesham	North Littleton	3.2 miles	View
B4536	High Street, Pershore	Defford Road, Pershore	1.0 mile	View
B4537	New Wood	Wollaston High Street	0.83 miles	View
B4549	Foley Park, Kidderminster	Summerhill, Kidderminster	1.0 mile	View
B4550	Lowesmoor, Worcester	Blackpole Trading Estate	2.1 miles	View
B4551	Wildmoor	Halesowen	4.5 miles	View
B4553	Tenbury Wells	Stockton	7.3 miles	View
B4558	Wren's Nest	Eve Hill	0.7 miles	View
B4561	Bridge Street	Foregate Street	0.4 miles	View
B4587	Blowers Green Road	Wolverhampton Street	0.68 miles	View
B4588	Wren's Nest	Eve Hill	0.76 miles	View
B4624	Chadbury	Evesham railway station	1.2 miles	View
B4632	Cheltenham	Stratford-upon-Avon	29.3 miles	View
B4636	Worcester	Tibberton	2.7 miles	View
B4637	Worcester	Woodgreen	1.5 miles	View
B4638	Lyppard Grange	Warndon	1.6 miles	View
B4639	Blackpole	Warndon	1.4 miles	View
T14	E of Birmingham	Birkenhead		View
T16	Exeter	Leeds		View
T35	London	Birmingham		View
T44	Bath	Lincoln		View
T49	Worcester	Stafford	41 miles	View
T78	Newport	Worcester		View

Key

Motorway

Primary Route

Non Primary Route

Former Motorway

Defunct Route

E Road

Future Motorway

Future Primary

Future Non Primary

Historical Route

Tourist Route

Roman Road

Unbuilt Motorway

Unbuilt Primary

Unbuilt Non Primary

National Cycle Network

Cycle Route

Eurovelo Cycle Route

Turnpikes

Main Article: Worcestershire Turnpikes

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in Worcestershire

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in Worcestershire