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{{Short description|Major road in south-west England}}
{{Other uses|A36 (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox road
| country = GBR
| type = A
| route = 36
| map = [[File:A36 road map.png|200px]]
| map_custom = yes
| length_mi = 63.7
| length_ref = <ref name="Mileage"/>
| image = A36a303.jpg
| image_notes = A36 close to its junction with the [[A303 road|A303]]
| direction_a = North
| terminus_a = {{jct|country=GBR|A|4}} near [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]
| direction_b = South
| terminus_b = {{jct|country=GBR|A|35}} in [[Totton and Eling|Totton]]
| junction = {{jct|country=GBR|A|361}} near [[Beckington]]<br/>
{{jct|country=GBR|A|350}} near [[Warminster]]<br/>
{{jct|country=GBR|A|303}} at [[Wylye|Deptford]]<br/>
{{jct|country=GBR|A|30}} near [[Salisbury]]<br/>
{{jct|country=GBR|A|338}} in Salisbury<br/>
{{jct|country=GBR|M|27|dab1=Great Britain}} near [[Totton and Eling|Totton]]
| destinations = [[Warminster]]<br/>[[Salisbury]]<br/>[[Southampton]]<br/>[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]
| previous_type = A
| previous_route = 35
| next_type = A
| next_route = 37
}}

The '''A36''' is a [[trunk road]] and [[primary route]] in southwest [[England]] that links the port city of [[Southampton]] to the city of [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. At Bath, the A36 connects with the [[A4 road (Great Britain)|A4]] to [[Bristol]], thus providing a road link between the major ports of Southampton and Bristol. It also provides a link between Bristol and London via the [[A303 road|A303]].

== Route ==
Originally, the A36 continued to [[Avonmouth]], beyond Bristol, but this section was renumbered to the A4.

Within Bath the A36 acts as a [[ring road]] on the southern side of the river, from the junction with the A4 at [[Newbridge, Bath|Newbridge]] to the west of the city. From here traffic can continue to Bristol on the A4 or to [[Wells, Somerset|Wells]] and [[Weston-super-Mare]] via the [[A39 road|A39]] and [[A368 road|A368]] roads. Another link to the A4 on the eastern side at [[Cleveland Bridge]], which provides a route to the [[M4 motorway]] via the [[A46 road|A46]], is highly congested. Plans for a direct link road connecting the A36 with the A46 have been under consideration for a number of years. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Bath Echo News |date=2017-03-29 |title=Government confirms that plans for new A36/46 link road are under consideration |url=https://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/politics/government-confirms-plans-new-a3646-link-road-consideration-71963/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Bath Echo |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The A36 leaves Bath in an easterly direction towards Bathampton, then turns south to follow the [[River Avon, Bristol|Avon]] through its steep-sided valley, climbing out of the valley beyond [[Limpley Stoke]]. The road passes near a number of towns and a city, including [[Frome]], [[Warminster]], [[Wilton, Wiltshire|Wilton]] and [[Salisbury]] in Wiltshire, and [[Totton]] in Hampshire, on the western outskirts of Southampton, where it meets the [[M27 motorway]] and the [[A35 road|A35]].

==Standard of route==
The majority of the A36 is built to single carriageway standard, but parts of it have been upgraded to [[dual carriageway]]. The A36 is dual carriageway for its <span style="white-space:nowrap">1&nbsp;mile&nbsp;(1.6&nbsp;km)</span> bypass of the village of [[Beckington]], <span style="white-space:nowrap">3&nbsp;miles&nbsp;(5&nbsp;km)</span>, briefly combined with the A361 north of [[Frome]]. It shares part of [[Warminster]] bypass with the [[A350 road|A350]]. It is also dualled for approximately <span style="white-space:nowrap">1&nbsp;mile&nbsp;(1.6&nbsp;km)</span> near its [[grade separation|grade separated]] junction with the [[A303 road]], <span style="white-space:nowrap">8&nbsp;miles&nbsp;(13&nbsp;km)</span> north-west of Wilton.

The A36 in [[Salisbury]] acts as the city's ring road, bypassing the city centre to dual carriageway standard. Just south-east of Salisbury the largest dualled section runs for about <span style="white-space:nowrap">4&nbsp;miles&nbsp;(6&nbsp;km)</span>, bypassing the village of [[Alderbury]]. Then, the road is briefly dualled from its [[roundabout]] with the [[A3090 road|A3090]] to the [[M27 motorway]] (junction 2) &ndash; this part of the road is erroneously thought by some to have been previously known as the '''A36(M)'''; prior to the opening of the Totton Western Bypass on the other side of the junction, it was named as a spur of the M27, and hence is built to motorway standards. The A36 reverts to single carriageway standard through [[Totton and Eling|Totton]] until it terminates.

==Junction list==
{{GBRinttop|length_ref=<ref name="Mileage">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/51.388623,-2.4124049/51.3910524,-2.3172314/50.9429104,-1.5369787/50.9206348,-1.4777304/@50.9187875,-1.4902959,16z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?entry=ttu|title=Newbridge Rd, Bath BA2 9EU, UK to Dry Arch, Warminster Rd, Bathampton, Bath BA2 6XH, UK to Golden Gutter, Romsey SO51 6AG, United Kingdom to Totton, Southampton SO15 0NN, UK|publisher=[[Google Maps]]|access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>}}
{{GBRint
|county=Somerset
|cspan=9
|location=Newton St Loe
|mile=0.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4|A|39|to2=yes|name1=Bristol Road / Newbridge Road|city1=Bristol|location2=[[Wells, Somerset|Wells]]|location3=[[Corston, Somerset|Corston]]|location4=[[Newbridge, Bath|Newbridge]]|location5=[[Weston, Bath|Weston]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]
|lspan=4
|mile=1.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Windsor Bridge Road ([[A3604 road|A3604]] north) / Brook Road|A|431|to2=yes|city1=Bitton|location2=[[Weston, Bath|Weston]]|location3=[[Newbridge, Bath|Newbridge]]|extra=hospital}}
|notes=Weston and Newbridge signed westbound only; southern terminus of A3604
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=2.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|367|A|37|name1=Broad Quay / Wells Road|to2=yes|location1=[[Bath, Somerset|City centre]]|city2=Radstock|city3=Shepton Mallet}}
|notes=City centre signed eastbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=2.8
|mile2=3.0
|road=Claverton Street ([[A3062 road|A3062]] south) – [[Claverton Down]], [[Combe Down]]
|notes=Northern terminus of A3062
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=3.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Bathwick Street|A|4|A|46|M|4|to2=yes|city1=Chippenham|city2=Stroud}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location=Norton St Philip
|lspan=2
|mile=11.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|366|dir1=east|city1=Trowbridge|city2=Farleigh Hungerford}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A366 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=11.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|366|A|362|dir1=west|to2=yes|name1=Farleigh Road|city1=Norton St Philip|city2=Radstock}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A366 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location=Beckington
|lspan=2
|mile=14.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|361|road|to Bath Road|dir1=north-east|city1=Trowbridge|city2=Beckington|location3=[[Southwick, Wiltshire|Southwick]]|location4=[[Rudge, Somerset|Rudge]]|location5=[[Rode, Somerset|Rode]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A361 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=15.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|361|road|Warminster Road / Old Warminster Road|city1=Taunton|city2=Frome|city3=Beckington}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A361 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|county=Wiltshire
|cspan=17
|location=Chapmanslade
|mile=18.0
|mile2=18.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|3098|location1=[[Westbury, Wiltshire|Westbury]]|city2=Chapmanslade|city3=Dilton Marsh}}
|notes=[[Interchange (road)|Grade–separated junction]]
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location=Warminster
|lspan=3
|mile=19.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|350|B|3414|A|363|dir1=north|to3=yes|name2=Bath Road|city1=Chippenham|city2=Trowbridge|city3=Warminster|location4=[[Westbury, Wiltshire|Westbury]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A350 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=21.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|362|road|Victoria Road|dir1=west|city1=Frome|location2=[[Corsley|Corsley Heath]]|city3=Warminster}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A362
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=22.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|350|road|Deverill Road|dir1=south|city1=Poole|location2=[[Blandford Forum|Blandford]]|city3=Shaftesbury|city4=Longbridge Deverill|location5=[[Longbridge Deverill|Crockerton]]|city6=Warminster}}
|notes=Poole and Shaftesbury signed southbound only; southern terminus of A350 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Wylye|Deptford]]
|mile=32.7
|mile2=33.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|303|location1=[[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]]|city2=Winterbourne Stoke|city3=Honiton|city4=Exeter|city5=Wylye|location6=[[Mere, Wiltshire|Mere]]|city7=London|city8=Amesbury}}
|notes=London and Amesbury signed southbound only; junction on A303
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location_special=[[Wilton, Wiltshire|Wilton]]
|mile=41.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|30|road|The Avenue|A|360|dir1=west|to3=yes|name1=Minster Street|location1=[[Wilton, Wiltshire|Wilton]]|city2=Devizes|city3=Shaftesbury}}
|notes=A30 and Shaftesbury signed westbound only; western terminus of A30 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Wilton, Wiltshire|Wilton]]–[[Quidhampton, Wiltshire|Quidhampton]] boundary
|mile=41.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|3094|A|338|dir1=east|to2=yes|name1=Netherhampton Road|city1=Bournemouth|location2=[[Ringwood, Hampshire|Ringwood]]|extra=hospital}}
|notes=Only route signed westbound; western terminus of A3094
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Salisbury
|lspan=8
|mile=43.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|360|road|[[Fisherton Street]]|dir1=north-west|name1=Devizes Road|city1=Devizes}}
|notes=South-eastern terminus of A360
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=43.6
|mile2=43.7
|road=Central [[Salisbury]]
|notes=[[Interchange (road)|Grade–separated junction]]
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=43.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|345|road|Castle Street|dir1=north|name1=Castle Road|city1=Amesbury}}
|notes=Western terminus of A345 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=44.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|30|A|338|road|St Mark's Avenue / Wain-a-Long Road / Estcourt Road|A|343|dir1=east|dir2=north|to3=yes|city1=London|location2=[[Marlborough, Wiltshire|Marlborough]]|location3=[[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]]|city4=Laverstock}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A30 concurrency; western terminus of A338 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=44.6
|road=Bourne Hill / Estcourt Road
|notes=Grade–separated junction; westbound exit only
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=44.6
|road=Kelsey Road / Rampart Road
|notes=Grade–separated junction; eastbound exit only
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=44.8
|mile2=44.9
|road=[[Multistorey car park]]
|notes=Grade–separated junction
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=45.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|338|A|354|dir1=south|dir2=south|name2=Churchill Way South|city1=Bournemouth|location2=[[Blandford Forum|Blandford]]|extra=hospital}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A338 / A354 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Alderbury
|mile=48.9
|mile2=49.4
|road=[[West Dean, Wiltshire|West Dean]], [[Farley, Wiltshire|Farley]], [[Grimstead]], [[Alderbury]], [[Alderbury|Whaddon]]
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Whiteparish
|mile=51.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|27|dir1=east|name1=Brickworth Road|city1=Romsey|city2=Whiteparish}}
|notes=Western terminus of A27
}}
{{GBRint
|county=Hampshire
|cspan=5
|location_special=[[Copythorne]]–[[Netley Marsh]]–[[Romsey Extra]] boundary
|mile=59.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|27|A|3090|A|326|dir2=north-east|to3=yes|city1=Southampton|city2=Portsmouth|location3=[[Ringwood, Hampshire|Ringwood]]|location4=[[Fawley, Hampshire|Fawley]]|city5=Romsey|location6=[[Totton and Eling|Totton]]|city7=Bournemouth}}
|notes=Bournemouth signed northbound only; south-western terminus of A3090
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Netley Marsh
|lspan=2
|mile=60.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|31|A|337|dir1=south-west|to2=yes|name1=Romsey Road|city1=Copythorne|city2=Cadnam|location3=[[Lyndhurst, Hampshire|Lyndhurst]]}}
|notes=North-eastern terminus of A31
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=60.6
|mile2=60.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|326|M|27|A|3090|to2=yes|city1=Salisbury|city2=Romsey|location3=[[Fawley, Hampshire|Fawley]]|location4=[[Totton and Eling|Totton]] (west & south)}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Totton and Eling|Totton]]
|lspan=2
|mile=63.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|336|dir1=west|name1=Ringwood Road|city1=Cadnam|location2=[[Totton and Eling|Eling]]|city3=Netley Marsh|location4=[[Totton and Eling|Totton]] (west)}}
|notes=Netley Marsh and Totton signed northbound only; eastern terminus of A336
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=63.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|33|M|271|M|27|dir1=east|to2=yes|city1=Southampton}}
|notes=Eastern terminus; no access to A33 west or from A33 east
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur,incomplete}}

==Points of interest==
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{{PoIgb|Bath|51.3892|-2.3971|ST724656|[[Bath, Somerset]]}}
{{PoIgb|Southampton|50.9221|-1.4703|SU373137|[[Southampton]]}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Roads}}
*[http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/roadlists/f99/36.shtml SABRE page on A36]

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{{Motorways and Trunk Roads in England|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:Roads in Hampshire]]
[[Category:Roads in Somerset]]
[[Category:Roads in Wiltshire]]