A508 road

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UK road A508.svg
A508
A508 passes The White Hart Public House (geograph 3345421).jpg
A508 in Grafton Regis
Major junctions
North endUK road A4304.svg A4304 in Market Harborough [1] [2]
52°28′42″N0°54′49″W / 52.4782°N 0.9136°W / 52.4782; -0.9136 (A508 road (northern end))
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South end Old Stratford
UK road A5.svgUK road A422.svg A5  / A422 [15] [16] 52°03′59″N0°52′12″W / 52.0665°N 0.8699°W / 52.0665; -0.8699 (A508 road (southern end))
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← UK road A507.svg A507 → UK road A509.svg A509

The A508 is a north-south A-class road in central England, forming the route from Market Harborough in Leicestershire, via Northampton, to Old Stratford in Northamptonshire, just outside Milton Keynes.

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Major settlements

The major settlements along the route are Market Harborough, [17] Great Oxendon, [18] Kelmarsh, [19] Maidwell, [20] Hanging Houghton, [21] Brixworth, [22] Pitsford, [23] Boughton, [24] Northampton, [25] Roade, [26] Grafton Regis, [27] Yardley Gobion, [28] before finishing outside Old Stratford. [29]

Route

Market Harborough

Market Harborough town centre Market Harborough 03.jpg
Market Harborough town centre

The road starts in Market Harborough, [2] Leicestershire, at the junction of the A4304 St Mary's Road and Clarence Road. It begins as Kettering Road, [30] crosses the River Welland, [31] and continues as Springfield Street, Northampton Road and Harborough Road, before crossing the county boundary into Northamptonshire. [32]

Great Oxendon to Boughton

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A508 in Great Oxenden

The A508 is named Harborough Road until it becomes Harborough Road North at a roundabout in the village of Boughton. The first village in Northamptonshire is Great Oxendon, where the road passes St Helen's Church. [33] The road then passes Kelmarsh Hall and Kelmarsh village. South of Kelmarsh it intersects with the A14 road, a dual carriageway trunk road, at a grade-separated junction. [3] [4]

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A508 entering Maidwell

South of the A14, the road continues through Maidwell [20] and Lamport, where it is served by X7 and 77 buses to Northampton. [34]

History

The route of the A508 follows a long-established route from Northampton to Market Harborough, crossing medieval bridges, or their replacements, at Pitsford and Great Oxendon. [35]

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References

Notes

    Citations

    1. ↑ "A508 road (northern end)". GeoHack. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    2. 1 2 "A4304 junction in Market Harborough, LE16 7DX". Google Maps. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
    3. 1 2 "A14 J2 Kelmarsh Interchange". roads.org. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
    4. 1 2 "A14/A508 Kelmarsh Junction in Northampton, NN6 9LU". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    5. ↑ "A5076, NN2 8LL". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    6. 1 2 "A45/A5076, NN4 7JJ". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    7. ↑ "A5199, NN2 7SH". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    8. ↑ "A5095, NN2 7AX". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    9. ↑ "A5095, NN2 6HD". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    10. ↑ "A428, NN1 2NQ". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    11. 1 2 "A4500/A5123, NN1 1TB". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    12. ↑ "A5123, NN1 1HJ". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    13. 1 2 "M1/A45, NN7 2FL". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    14. ↑ "M1 J15 Collingtree Interchange". roads.org. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
    15. ↑ "A5/A422, MK19 6FH". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
    16. ↑ "A508 road (southern end)". GeoHack. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
    17. ↑ "Market Harborough, LE16". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    18. ↑ "Great Oxendon LE16". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    19. ↑ "Kelmarsh NN6". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    20. 1 2 "Maidwell, NN6". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    21. ↑ "Hanging Houghton NN6". Google Maps. 20 June 2023.
    22. ↑ "Brixworth NN6". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    23. ↑ "Pitsford NN6". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    24. ↑ "Boughton NN2". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    25. ↑ "Northampton boundary". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    26. ↑ "Roade NN7". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    27. ↑ "Grafton Regis NN12". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    28. ↑ "Yardley Gobion NN12". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
    29. ↑ "Old Stratford MK19". Google Maps. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
    30. ↑ "Kettering Road, LE16 8FF". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    31. ↑ "River Welland: Kettering Road crossing". Google Maps. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
    32. ↑ "Northamptonshire boundary". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
    33. ↑ "CHURCH OF ST. HELEN, Great Oxendon - 1367480". Historic England. 2 November 1954. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
    34. ↑ "X7 Bus Route & Timetable: Northampton - Market Harborough" (PDF). Stagecoach. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
    35. ↑ Burton, Philip; Evans, Martin Marix; Westaway, M. (22 January 2002). Naseby-June 1645: English Civil War. Pen and Sword. p. 33. ISBN   978-0-85052-871-8. the direct route to Market Harborough (now A508) crossed the medieval bridges at Pitsford and Great Oxendon
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