The A512 is an A road entirely in Leicestershire, UK. It links the primary destination of Loughborough with the M1, A42 road, and the town of Ashby de la Zouch. Great Britain has many ancient roads and trackways dating back not only to the Roman occupation of southern Britain but to much earlier times, including the oldest engineered road to be discovered anywhere in the world: the Sweet Track dating from the 3800s BC. With the advent of the motor... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map sources for Loughborough at grid reference SK536195 Loughboroughs carillon Loughborough (pronounced luff-burra or luff-bruh) is the largest town in Leicestershire, England (City of Leicester excluded). ... The M1 is a major north-south motorway in England connecting London to Yorkshire, where it joins the A1(M) near Wetherby. ... The A42 is a major dual carriageway trunk road linking the M1 motorway at Nottingham East Midlands Airport in north Leicestershire to junction 11 of the M42 motorway. ... Location within the British Isles Ashby-de-la-Zouch (formerly also Ashby-de-la-Zouche) is a small market town in the North West Leicestershire district of the county of Leicestershire, England. ...

The road begins just outside Loughborough Town Centre, near to The Rushes. It heads out of town, crossing the A6006 Epinal Way and passing Loughborough University. On leaving the town, there is a short dual carriageway section, leading to the junction with Snells Nook Lane to Nanpanton and Woodhouse. Loughborough University Epinal Way Entrance 2004 Loughborough Universitys campus from the towns Carillon tower Loughborough University is a higher education institution based in Loughborough, in Leicestershire, England. ...

After this junction, the road returns to single carriageway for about a mile, to Junction 23 of the M1.

At this junction, much of the traffic from Loughborough turns off, and it is a much quieter A512 that enters Shepshed. After Shepshed, the road passes through Northern Charnwood Forest, near the villages of Peggs Green, Thringstone, Griffydam, Belton and Osgasthorpe. Shortly before Ashby it passes Coleorton Hall on the right - a house which has played host to Scott, Wordsworth, Coleridge and others - now converted to apartments. Location within the British Isles. ... Belton may refer to: Belton, Texas Belton, South Carolina Belton, Missouri Belton, Ontario This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The road ends at the junction with the A42 and A511 (formerly the A50), on the edge of Ashby. The A511 road is a 21 mile stretch of mainly single-carriageway road which runs northwest from junction 23 of the M1 motorway in Leicestershire, England to join the A50 between Uttoxeter and Derby. ... The A50 road is in two parts as follows (from north to south): The centre of Warrington via Junction 20 of the M6, Knutsford, Holmes Chapel, Kidsgrove and Stoke on Trent to Junction 24A the M1 near Kegworth via Derbys southern bypass. ...

The A512 is 11 miles long, with the M1 junction 8 miles from the southern end.