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The A34 near Newbury

From Manchester, it runs south through Cheadle, Wilmslow, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Cannock, Walsall and Birmingham before "disappearing" at junction 16 of the M40 motorway just south of Solihull. Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 859 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 859 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... Cheadle is the name of more than one place: Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England Cheadle, Staffordshire, England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Image:Wilmslow - Cheshire dot. ... Map sources for Newcastle-under-Lyme at grid reference SJ8546 Newcastle-under-Lyme is a busy market town in Staffordshire, England, not to be confused with the larger city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ... Map sources for Stafford at grid reference SJ9223 Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire in England. ... Map sources for Cannock at grid reference SJ9810 Cannock is a town in Staffordshire, just north of the West Midlands conurbation. ... Map sources for Walsall at grid reference SP0198 Walsall Art Gallery Walsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... The M40 motorway is the second motorway in the British transport network to connect London to Birmingham. ... Map sources for Solihull at grid reference SP1579 Solihull High Street Solihull (IPA: , or , or some combination of the two; occasionally ) is a town in the West Midlands in England with a population of 94,753 (2001 census). ...

The road "reappears" at Junction 9 of the M40 motorway ten miles north of Oxford, and continues south as the Oxford Western Bypass, then bypasses Abingdon and Newbury before finally finishing just east of Winchester, at junction 9 of M3 motorway. This part of the A34 forms the E05 European route. Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... The River Thames at Abingdon with St. ... Newbury is the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in the United Kingdom. ... In the Republic of Ireland, the M3 motorway is a planned upgrade to part of the N3 road from Dublin to Cavan and the Northwest. ... The European route E5 (or more correctly the E05) is part of the United Nations International E-road network. ... Europes road system incorporates a series of European routes, which are numbered E1 and up. ...

Originally A34 ran continuously from Manchester to Winchester. The "missing" section mentioned above was downgraded to the A3400. The A3400 is a road in the Midlands of England, running from Solihull to Oxford. ...

Together with parts of the M3 and the M40, the A34 forms an important route carrying freight from Southampton to the Midlands. Because of the volume of traffic, bypasses were built along this route – at Newbury on the A34, and at Twyford Down near Winchester on the M3 – but these were controversial for environmental reasons. (See the Newbury article for some discussion of the Newbury bypass.) Civic Centre, Southampton Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... In general, the midlands of a territory are its central regions. ... Twyford Down lies to the South East of Winchester, Hampshire, England. ... Newbury is the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in the United Kingdom. ...

In 2004 works were carried out to allow the road to continue without being interrupted by a roundabout at junction 13 of the M4 motorway, at a cost of £38 million. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A roundabout, rotary, or gyratory circus is a type of road junction (or traffic calming device) at which traffic streams circularly around a central island after first yielding to the circulating traffic. ... The M4 motorway is a motorway in the UK, which links London and west Wales via Bristol. ...

Former route

Sourced from a 1955 road atlas - note only one by-pass

Manchester - Cheadle - Wilmslow - Alderley Edge - Congleton - Talke - Newcastle-under-Lyme - Stone bypass - Stafford - Cannock - Bloxwich - Walsall - Birmingham - Shirley - Henley-in-Arden - Wootton Wawen - Stratford-on-Avon - Newbold-upon-Stour - Shipston-upon-Stour - Long Compton - Enstone - Woodstock - Oxford - Abingdon-on-Thames - East Ilsley - Newbury - Litchfield - Whitchurch - Sutton Scotney - Winchester Map sources for Alderley Edge at grid reference SJ8478 Alderley Edge is a village in Cheshire, England. ... Map sources for Congleton at grid reference SJ854628 Congleton is a town in the county of Cheshire in the north west of England, on the banks of the River Dane, and to the west of the Macclesfield Canal. ... Talke is a village in the English county of Staffordshire. ... Map sources for Stone at grid reference SJ9034 Stone is a town in Staffordshire, England, situated about seven miles north of Stafford, and around seven miles south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. ... Map sources for Stafford at grid reference SJ9223 Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire in England. ... Map sources for Cannock at grid reference SJ9810 Cannock is a town in Staffordshire, just north of the West Midlands conurbation. ... Map sources for Bloxwich at grid reference SJ9902 Bloxwich is a town in the borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands of England, with a population of around 40,000 people. ... Map sources for Walsall at grid reference SP0198 Walsall Art Gallery Walsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ... Shirley is a district of Solihull, in the English West Midlands. ... Wootton Wawen is a small village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England. ... Long Compton is a village in Warwickshire England close to the extreme southern tip of Warwickshire, and close to the border with Oxfordshire. ... Enstone Airfield is an old wartime airfield which is now used for microlights, light aircraft and motor gliders. ... Map sources for Woodstock at grid reference SP4416 Woodstock is a small town in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. ... East Ilsley is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. ... Litchfield is a linear village in the English county of Hampshire. ... Location There are several places called Whitchurch in England. ... Sutton Scotney is a small village north of Winchester in the United Kingdom. ...

See also

• Newbury bypass

==External links==http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/3815.aspx The Newbury Bypass near Donnington. ...

• The Highways Agency Management Strategy for Bicester to Winchester.
• The Highways Agency A34-M4 junction improvements.
• A34 Stratford Road red route, Birmingham