A51 (Great Britain)

A51
The A51 in Boughton looking towards Chester
Route information
Maintained by Cheshire East Council Cheshire West and Chester Council Shropshire Council Staffordshire County Council Warwickshire County Council
Length	79 mi (127 km)
Existed	1922–present
Major junctions
Northwest end	A5268 road Chester
Major intersections	Cheshire A41 road A55 road (J40) A54 road A49 road Staffordshire A53 road A34 road
Southeast end	Kingsbury
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Counties	Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire
Primary destinations	Chester Nantwich Rugeley Lichfield Tamworth
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom E-roads Motorways A and B road zones
← A50 → A52

The A51 is a road in England which runs for 85 miles (137 km) from Chester, Cheshire to Kingsbury, North Warwickshire.

Route

It takes on the following route:

• Chester
• Vicars Cross
• Littleton
• Tarvin (bypass opened 1984)
• Duddon
• Clotton
• Tarporley (merges briefly with A49)
• Nantwich
• Woore
• Stone (merges briefly with A34)
• Sandon
• Weston
• Great Haywood
• Little Haywood
• Rugeley (bypass opened 2007
• Lichfield
• Tamworth
• Kingsbury

History

Originally the A51 terminated at Two Gates where it met the A5, the road south continuing as the A423. When the A423 was removed north of Coventry, the A51 was extended to meet the A47 (now B4114). It was cut back to Kingsbury when the A47 was downgraded.