A519 road

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UK road A519.svg
A519
Major junctions
From Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Major intersectionsUK road A500.svg A500
UK road A5182.svg A5182
UK-Motorway-M6.svg M6
UK road A51.svg A51
UK road A41.svg A41
UK road A518.svg A518
To A41 near Newport, Shropshire
Location
Country United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Primary
destinations
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Stoke-on-Trent
Road network

The A519 is a road in the Midlands, United Kingdom.

Route

It that runs between Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire and Newport, Shropshire.

At Newport it meets the A518 and A41. It heads broadly north, passing via Eccleshall, junction 15 of the M6 motorway, and then meets the A53 and various other roads in Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre.

The road follows the first part of the route of the medieval road from Shrewsbury to York, which passed through the ancient Forest of Lyme. Prior to Tudor times, this was the only major highway from the West Midlands to the North.

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References

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