Lydiate Ash

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Lydiate Ash
Lydiate Ash
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Lydiate Ash, Worcestershire
Coordinates 52°22′43″N2°02′48″W / 52.37859°N 2.04657°W / 52.37859; -2.04657 Coordinates: 52°22′43″N2°02′48″W / 52.37859°N 2.04657°W / 52.37859; -2.04657
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Construction
Type Roundabout interchange
Maintained by National Highways
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Lydiate Ash roundabout
Location in Worcestershire
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Lydiate Ash roundabout
Location in UK motorway network

Lydiate Ash is a hamlet in North Worcestershire, England, consisting of a few houses, the road gritting and works depot for Worcestershire County Council and the gritting depot for National Highways. It is in the district of Bromsgrove, to the south-west of Birmingham.

The site is now best known for the Lydiate Ash roundabout, where the A38 and A491 main roads connect to the M5 motorway at the latter's junction 4.


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