The A59 is a major road, in the United Kingdom running from Liverpool in Merseyside to York in Yorkshire. Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England. ... York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... The White Yorkshire rose. ...

Merseyside

The A59 begins in the centre of Liverpool at the mouth of the Birkenhead Tunnel, and heads north out of the city, first along Scotland Road in Everton, then Kirkdale Road and Walton Road then further on to County Road, then along Rice Lane and on to Walton Road, before passing Aintree racecourse on Warbreack Moor, to the Switch Island junction, which is a large semi roundabout semi traffic light controlled juntion, where the A5036, the M57, the M58 and the A59 all meet. The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey in Merseyside, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead. ... Scotland Road or Scottie Road is situated aside the docks in the Vauxhall area of north Liverpool. ... Aintree race course is a British horse racing venue in Aintree, near Liverpool, on Merseyside. ... Switch Island is a road junction near Aintree in Merseyside, United Kingdom. ... 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. ... Traffic lights can have several additional lights for filter turns or bus lanes. ... The A5036 is a short, four mile section of road, travelling from Seaforth in Merseyside, England through Litherland before terminating at the Switch Island junction in Netherton. ... The M57 motorway, also known as the Liverpool Outer Ring Road, is a motorway in England. ... The M58 motorway is a motorway in England. ...

From the Switch Island junction the A59 travels through Maghull, Lydiate, Aughton and thence to Ormskirk. Location within the British Isles Maghull is a town in Sefton, Merseyside, England. ... Lydiate is a village in Sefton,Merseyside,England. ... Aughton is a village and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England, between Ormskirk in Lancashire and Maghull in Merseyside. ... Map sources for Ormskirk at grid reference SD415085 Ormskirk is a small market town in England, situated on the Lancashire plain, just 13 miles north of Liverpool and 18 miles south of Preston. ...

Lancashire

At Ormskirk, it reverts from a dual carriageway to single-carriageway, on an old bypass.

North of Ormskirk the A59 is a good, albeit busy road passing through Burscough and Rufford, before reaching the traffic light controlled crossroads at Tarleton, where the A565 joins. From here the road goes through Much Hoole and Bretherton before becoming the Longton (and Hutton) bypass. Location within the British Isles Burscough is a small market town in England, situated in West Lancashire, to the North of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale. ... Rufford is a village in West Lancashire (Grid reference SD458155). ... The village of Tarleton is situated in the Lancashire marshlands near Southport, and to the south of Preston. ... The A565 is the main (A class) road that runs between Bootle and Tarleton in the United Kingdom. ... Bretherton is a small village west of Leyland. ... Longton is a small rural community in the west of the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire about 5 km south west of Preston. ... Bypass may refer to: bypass (road) - a road or highway that bypasses a built-up area. ...

The road passes the Lancashire Police HQ, before going through Penwortham and into Preston. Once out of Preston the A59 meets the M6 at junction 31 between Lower Brockholes and Samlesbury. Lancashire Constabulary is the police force responsible for policing the county of Lancashire in the North West of England. ... Penwortham is a small town on the South side of the River Ribble facing the city of Preston in Lancashire (UK). ... Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ... M6 refers to: BMW M6, a high-performance version of the BMW 6 Series coupé Open Cluster M6, an open cluster of stars in the Scorpius constellation Métropole 6, television station in France The M6 standard for calibrating stereo Peak programme meters Highways named M6 or M-6 Michigan...

After the M6, bypassing Blackburn the A59 goes through Myercough Smithy, veers left, and runs around the perimeter of Samlesbury Aerodrome (a British Aerospace installation). It then goes through Mellor, Osbaldeston, Copster Gree and Langho where it meets the A666. At this point it bypasses Billington and Whalley before reaching Clitheroe (another bypass) and Chatburn. Before the 1974 boundary changes the road would now have been in Yorkshire. After Chatburn the road goes past Sawley before going through the village of Gisburn (which is said to have been spelt 'Gisburne' for hundreds of years until the railway came along and a railway employee missed the "e" off on the station sign). Location within the British Isles Blackburn is a town in Lancashire, England (2001 census population 105,085: source ONS). ... British Aerospace (BAe) was a UK aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE Systems. ... Mellor is a village close to Stockport, Greater Manchester, in England. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Parish church of St Michael and All Angels, Great Billington, Bedfordshire Great Billington (the name probably means hill with a sharp ridge) is a small village in Bedfordshire about three miles south of Leighton Buzzard. ... Location within the British Isles Whalley is a small town in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire. ... Map sources for Clitheroe at grid reference SD745415 Arms of Clitheroe Town Council Clitheroe is a small town in Lancashire, England. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Sawley could be Sawley, Derbyshire Sawley, Lancashire Sawley, North Yorkshire This article consisting of geographical locations is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

Yorkshire

The road enters Yorkshire near Horton from whence the road goes through West and East Marton before a roundabout junction with the A56 after which you enter Broughton. Afer passing through Broughton, you come to the Skipton bypass, and then go through Low Skibeden, over the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway through a roundabout junction with the B6260 passing Beamsley Moor and Summerscales from where there is a long, narrow descent, on the edge of a huge ravine, down to the village of Blubberhouses. The White Yorkshire rose. ... Horton is the name of several places: Horton (Old English) meaning a Grey settlement. ... The A56 is a road in England, linking Chester in Cheshire with Bury in Greater Manchester. ... // Broughton as a place name Australia Port Broughton, South Australia United Kingdom Broughton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Broughton, Cambridgeshire Broughton, Edinburgh Broughton, Flintshire Broughton, Greater Manchester Broughton, Hampshire Broughton, Kent Broughton, Lancashire Broughton, Lincolnshire Broughton, Malton, North Yorkshire Broughton, Milton Keynes Broughton, Northamptonshire Broughton, Orkney Broughton, Oxfordshire Broughton, Peeblesshire (Scottish Borders) Broughton... Map sources for Skipton at grid reference SD9851 Skipton is a town in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. ... The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (E&BASR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. ... Map sources for Blubberhouses at grid reference SE170553 Blubberhouses is a small village located in the Washburn Valley in the borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, a county in the north of England. ...

The A59 then follows the route of a Roman road, past the 'golf balls' at Menwith Hill a US listening station. The road then drops down to Harrogate passing Kettlesing and Rowden as it does so. In Harrogate it meets the A61 Ripon Road, and continues through the suburbs of the town, avoiding the centre, goes through Starbeck, then heads east to Knaresborough. Radomes at the Cryptologic Operations Center, Misawa, Japan. ... Menwith Hill from the air RAF Menwith Hill is an intelligence-gathering base located approximately eight miles west of the town of Harrogate, UK, 54°00′N 1°41′W. Founded in the 1950s to monitor High Frequency radio communications, it has been operated since 1966 by the US National... Harrogate is a large town in North Yorkshire, England. ... The A61 is a major road in England, running from Alfreton in Derbyshire to Thirsk in North Yorkshire. ... Map sources for Knaresborough at grid reference SE3557 Knaresborough is an historic market town and spa town in North Yorkshire, England, located four miles east of Harrogate. ...

From Knaresborough the A59 goes by Goldsborough to the A1(M), then passes by Green Hammerton. Originally it ended here, with the A66 coming down from Boroughbridge and going into York. Now the A59 itself goes into York by such places as Nun Monkton, Upper Poppleton and Moor Monkton before finally ending just to the west of the city walls on Dalton Terrace, just off the A1036, the old A64. Also known as the Great North Road. ... The A66 is a major road in England. ... York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... Situated 8 miles north of York at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Nidd, Nun Monkton is among the prettiest villages of North Yorkshire. ... Upper Poppleton is a village in the unitary authority of City of York in the north of England, by the River Ouse south of Nether Poppleton, and west of York, Yorkshire. ...

See also

• Scotland Road