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{{short description|Road in England}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox road
| country        = GBR
| type           = A
| route          = 41
| map            = [[File:A41 road map.png|300px]]
| map_custom     = yes
| photo          = Rock Ferry by-pass - DSC02992.JPG
| photo_notes    = Looking towards the northern end of the [[Rock Ferry]] bypass near [[Birkenhead]]
| maint          = {{collapsible list
| [[Birmingham City Council]]<br>[[Buckinghamshire County Council]]<br>[[Cheshire West and Chester Council]]<br>[[Hertfordshire County Council]]<br>[[National Highways]]<br>[[Oxfordshire County Council]]<br>[[Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council]]<br>[[Shropshire Council]]<br>[[Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council]]<br>[[Staffordshire County Council]]<br>[[Telford and Wrekin Borough Council]]<br>[[Transport for London]]<br>[[Walsall Council]]<br>[[Westminster City Council]]<br>[[Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council]]<br>[[Wolverhampton City Council]]
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| length_mi      = 155.2
| length_ref     = <ref name="Seg1"/><ref name="Seg2"/><ref name="Seg3"/>
| direction_a    = Southeast
| terminus_a     = [[London]]
| counties       = [[Greater London]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Buckinghamshire]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[Staffordshire]], [[Shropshire]], [[Cheshire]], [[Merseyside]]
| destinations   = [[London]]<br />[[West End of London|West End]]<br />[[Brent Cross]]<br />[[Watford]]<br />[[Hemel Hempstead]]<br />[[Aylesbury]]<br />[[Solihull]]<br />[[Birmingham]]<br />[[West Bromwich]]<br />[[Wolverhampton]]<br />[[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]]<br />[[Chester]]<br />[[Ellesmere Port]]<br />[[Birkenhead]]
| direction_b    = Northwest
| terminus_b     = [[Birkenhead]]
| previous_type  = A
| next_type      = A
| previous_route = 40
| next_route     = 42
| established    = 1922
| junction       = {{Jct|country=GBR|A|1}} in [[London Borough of Barnet|Barnet]], London<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|M|1}} near [[Elstree]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|M|25}} near [[Abbots Langley]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|M|40|A|34}} near [[Bicester]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|M|42|A|4141}} near [[Solihull]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|M|5}} in [[West Bromwich]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|M|54}} near [[Tong, Shropshire|Tong]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|M|53}} near [[Hooton, Cheshire|Hooton]]
}}

The '''A41''' is a [[trunk road]] between [[London]] and [[Birkenhead]], England. Now in parts replaced by [[motorway]]s,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1975-07-17 |title=A41 {{!}} Roads.org.uk |url=https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/a41 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=www.roads.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> it passes through or near [[Watford]], [[Kings Langley]], [[Hemel Hempstead]], [[Aylesbury]], [[Bicester]], [[Solihull]], [[Birmingham]], [[West Bromwich]], [[Wolverhampton]], [[Newport, Shropshire|Newport]], [[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]], [[Chester]] and [[Ellesmere Port]].

With the opening of the [[M40 motorway|M40]] extension in 1990 from junction 8, much of the route was downgraded. The sections between Bicester and the [[M42 motorway|M42]] near Solihull in the [[Midlands]] have been re-classified [[B4100 road|B4100]], [[A4177 road|A4177]] and [[A4141 road|A4141]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: The A41 [9 photos] |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/15504 |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}</ref>

== Route ==
=== London to Kings Langley ===
[[File:Edgware, A41 Edgware Way - geograph.org.uk - 92105.jpg|thumb|The A41 in [[Edgware]]]]
[[File:Leavesden Green, A41 North Western Avenue - geograph.org.uk - 66236.jpg|thumb|A41 north of [[Watford]] to the east of junction 19 of the [[M25 motorway|M25]]]]
The route begins at [[Marble Arch]] from its junction on the [[A40 road in London|A40]] in central London with Portman Street/Gloucester Place (northbound) and [[Baker Street]]/Orchard Street (southbound). Through [[Swiss Cottage]], the A41 runs along [[Finchley Road]], before turning onto [[Hendon Way]] and becoming a dual carriageway. There is a grade separated junction with the [[A406 road|North Circular Road]] at [[Brent Cross]]. The road passes through [[Hendon]] and after the junction with the [[A5150 road (Great Britain)|A5150]] (close to the [[Metropolitan Police]]'s police college and the [[Royal Air Force Museum London]]), the A41 overlaps with the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] through [[Mill Hill]], between ''Fiveways Corner'' and the ''Apex Corner'' roundabout, with this section known as ''Watford Way''. Immediately after Apex Corner the road crosses the [[M1 motorway|M1]], continuing as ''Edgware Way'' towards [[Elstree]], where it links to the M1 at Junction 4, before meeting the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] at a roundabout (where the A5 becomes the [[A5183 road|A5183]]). The A41 continues alongside the M1 into [[Hertfordshire]]. This section is known as ''Elton Way'', as far as the roundabout with the B462.

Running parallel to the M1, it intersects with junction 5 (Berrygrove Interchange). The road continues north, passing over the [[River Colne, Hertfordshire|River Colne]], to the east of Watford, crossing the [[A412 road|A412]] near Garston at "the Dome roundabout". After passing under the junction with the [[A405 road|A405]], the A41 turns towards the west. At a roundabout, with the [[A411 road|A411]] to Watford to the south, and the [[M25 motorway|M25]] spur straight ahead to join the M25 westbound at junction 19, the A41 continues north through [[Hunton Bridge]] crossing the [[River Gade]] and the [[Grand Union Canal]] to meet the [[M25 motorway|M25]] at junction 20. The old route through Kings Langley is now classified A4251. It used to follow the route of the [[Roman road]], [[Akeman Street]], between Berkhamsted and Bicester.  The London to Aylesbury section was a similar route to the [[Sparrows Herne Turnpike Road]].

=== Kings Langley to Tring ===
[[File:A41 Langley Bypass - geograph.org.uk - 156652.jpg|thumb|A41 west of [[Hemel Hempstead]] at its junction with the [[A414 road|A414]]]]
North of the M25, the road is a near [[motorway]] standard "A" road with all junctions [[Grade separation|grade-separated]] via underpasses or flyovers, but curves and gradients a little steeper. There are no [[hard shoulder]]s but frequent [[lay-by]]s. It climbs through the [[Chiltern Hills]] then descends into the valley of the [[River Bulbourne]] crossing water meadows just outside [[Hemel Hempstead]] at [[Boxmoor]]. There are grade-separated junctions with the A414, A4251 (the earlier route of the A41) and A416. The route returns to open country north of here, passing west of [[Berkhamsted]]. It passes the National Film Archive. Before Tring, near [[Wigginton, Hertfordshire|Wigginton]], it crosses the [[Icknield Way Path]] and [[Chiltern Way]]. An arched footbridge spans the road just near the summit before it passes just east of [[Tring]] (for the [[The Ridgeway|Ridgeway]] footpath) and descends the Chiltern [[escarpment|scarp]] into the [[Vale of Aylesbury]].

The [[Tring]] bypass was built in 1973 as the first section of the Watford-Aylesbury A41(M) motorway.  On 6 July 1987, this section was downgraded to A41.{{cn|date=September 2024}} The Tring bypass ends with the junction with the B4635, B4009 (the former route through Aston Clinton) and [[B roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|B488]].

The A41 from junction 20 of the [[M25 motorway|M25]] to the Tring bypass was built in the early 1990s and opened in two sections: the {{convert|7|mi}} £23.9{{nbsp}}million [[Berkhamsted]] bypass opened September 1993 and the {{convert|5|mi}} £32.7{{nbsp}}million [[Kings Langley]] bypass opened August 1993.

=== Tring to Bicester ===

[[File:A41 near Tring - geograph.org.uk - 185615.jpg|thumb|Former southern terminus of the Tring bypass]]

On 3 October 2003, the dual carriageway section was extended to the {{convert|3|mi|adj=on}} £25m [[Aston Clinton]] Bypass, which was originally intended to be built at the same time as the two sections further south. It enters [[Buckinghamshire]] and the district of [[Aylesbury Vale]]. It crosses the [[Grand Union Canal]], and there is a junction with the [[B roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|B489]], and finishes at a roundabout, becoming ''Aston Clinton Road''. The road goes straight through Aylesbury, which is a [[Bottleneck (traffic)|bottleneck]]. It meets the A4157 at a junction as ''Tring Road'', and the next roundabout is near [[Aylesbury Grammar School]] and a [[Tesco]]. It meets the [[A418 road|A418]] ring-road and becomes ''Exchange Street'', then meets the [[A413 road|A413]] from [[Wendover]] at a roundabout and becomes ''Friarage Road'', passing close to a [[Morrisons]] and the [[Aylesbury railway station|railway station]]. The A418 turns to the left and A41 continues straight ahead to become ''Gatehouse Road'', then at the next roundabout, it leaves to left as ''Bicester Road'' near the Applegreen ''Aylesbury Service Station''. After four roundabouts, it crosses the [[River Thame]]. It then meets a roundabout with access for the new ''Berryfields'' development as well as [[Aylesbury Vale Parkway railway station|Aylesbury Vale Parkway]] before passing under a [[Great Central Main Line|railway line]], then through [[Waddesdon]], then passes close to [[Westcott, Buckinghamshire|Westcott]] near the former airfield of [[RAF Westcott]]. At [[Kingswood, Buckinghamshire|Kingswood]], it passes the ''Crooked Billet'' (now the "Akeman Inn") and ''Plough and Anchor'' (now an Italian restaurant) pubs. It enters [[Oxfordshire]] and the district of [[Cherwell (district)|Cherwell]], and at [[Blackthorn, Oxfordshire|Blackthorn]] it crosses the [[River Ray]] and meets a low bridge which was originally a {{convert|14|ft|adj=on}} limit but due to bridge strikes, the road was lowered and the bridge now has a {{convert|15|ft|adj=on}} limit.

=== Bicester to Solihull ===

The £5.7m {{convert|2|mi|adj=on}} first stage of the Bicester bypass opened in November 1990, with the {{convert|2|mi|adj=on}} £3.9m second stage (part of the A421 section to Wendlebury) opened in May 1993, and has many roundabouts. Since 1993, the road now heads south-west where it officially becomes part of the [[M40 motorway|M40]] at junction 9, meeting with the [[A34 road (England)|A34]] (which also overlaps the M40 to Birmingham – to draw traffic off the previous routes). The former route went through [[Warwick]]. From here to the M42, the original route is now mainly designated as the B4100 (multiplexing at points with the current A361 and A422 through Banbury, plus the A452 and A425 approaching and through Warwick) followed by the A4177 and A4141, the latter two both excellent wide roads. At junction 5 of the M42, the A41 follows its old course. Further north, the road bypasses [[Solihull]] and goes through the city centres of [[Birmingham]] and [[Wolverhampton]]. This renumbering took place in 1991. The A4141 and B4100 are new designations, while the A4177 is an extension of an existing route.

=== Solihull to Wolverhampton ===
[[File:The A41 in Solihull - geograph.org.uk - 172091.jpg|thumb|The A41 bypass of [[Solihull]]]]
The road manifests from the junction which opened in November 1976 with the A4141 and M42 near [[Berry Hall Farm]], and crosses the [[River Blythe]] and bypasses [[Solihull]]. The former route through Solihull is now the B4025 and B425, which passes [[Solihull School]]. The A41 has a staggered junction with the B4102 (for Solihull and [[Catherine-de-Barnes]]) near the [[BUPA]] Parkway Hospital. At Lode Heath, there is crossroads with the B425 (for Solihull Hospital) where the road is the ''Seven Star Road''. The A41 resumes the old route at another junction with the B425, becoming ''Warwick Road'', which is the name of the route all the way into Birmingham. At [[Worlds End, Solihull|Worlds End]] there is the [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] Solihull garage on the left. Next is Ulverley Green and it passes the [[BP]] Mereside garage on the right and passes under the [[Chiltern Main Line]] (for [[Leamington Spa|Leamington]]) near [[Olton railway station|Olton station]], Olton Library and [[Olton Reservoir]]. At the junction with the B4514, there is a [[Tesco]] petrol station and the road enters the city of [[Birmingham]]. The B4514 leads onto Olton Boulevard and can be used to bypass Acocks Green, although there is one section to be completed near Sparkhill. It passes Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School at [[Acocks Green]], then meets the B4146 and B4217 at a roundabout near a [[J Sainsbury|Sainsburys]]. It meets the [[A4040 road|A4040]] ring road at a staggered junction and crosses the Birmingham -[[Stratford upon Avon|Stratford]] Line near [[Tyseley railway station|Tyseley station]] and the [[Tyseley Locomotive Works]]. At [[Sparkhill]], it crosses the [[River Cole, West Midlands|River Cole]] and meets the B4145 at a roundabout near Golden Hillock School. At [[Sparkbrook]], it meets the [[A34 road (England)|A34]] ''Stratford Road'' and there is a crossroads with the A4540 and B4126. The two main routes overlap around central Birmingham and meet [[The Middleway (A4540)]] inner ring road. The former route of the A41 through inner Birmingham is now the B4100 heading past the [[National Express Coaches|National Express]] [[Birmingham coach station]], and passes near [[Saint Chad's Cathedral|St Chad's RC Cathedral]]. The A41 previously resumed at [[Constitution Hill, Birmingham|Constitution Hill]] near [[Birmingham Snow Hill railway station|Snow Hill train station]] but following downgrading of much of the former Inner Ring Road, resumes in [[Hockley, Birmingham|Hockley]] where it meets the northern section of the A4540. (The section from the A4540 to city centre is another part of the B4100). There is a staggered junction with the A4040 as the road passes through Handsworth (at this point known as Soho Road) which is a particular bottleneck with narrow lanes, on-street parking, bad drivers and several close-set junctions, often very badly congested. Just before [[The Hawthorns]] football stadium, home of [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.]], it leaves Birmingham and enters the borough of [[Sandwell]]. It meets the [[M5 motorway|M5]] at junction 1, where it also meets the A4252.

In 2004, there were plans to re-route the road between Birmingham & West Bromwich along the current [[A457]] via [[Smethwick]] & up to the [[M5 motorway|M5]] at Junction 1 along the current A4252. These plans were scrapped soon after. It bypasses West Bromwich on a dual-carriageway called the ''Expressway'', which opened in 1973. There is a grade separated roundabout with the A4031. The grade separated roundabout opened over 20 years after the Expressway, relieving what had been a major bottleneck. At the next roundabout, the A41 follows a new route with the original route (Old Meeting Street) being designated as the [[A4196 road|A4196]].

The new route opened in 1995 and is called the [[Black Country]] New Road, and crosses the [[West Midlands Metro]] tram line near Guns Village. There is a roundabout with the B4149 at Swan Village. From the roundabout with the [[A461]] (for [[Dudley]]) at Great Bridge, it overlaps the [[A461 road|A461]] (to [[Walsall]]), crosses the [[Tame Valley Canal]], meets the [[A4037 road|A4037]] at a roundabout and goes under the West Midlands Metro near [[Wednesbury Parkway tram stop]]. The A461 heads off to junction 9 of the [[M6 motorway|M6]] and [[Walsall]]. The A41 follows the old route from the next roundabout and enters the borough of [[Walsall]]. At the junction with the A4444 (the final phase of the Black Country New Road) it crosses the [[Walsall Canal]].

There are junctions with the A4098 (where the road enters the borough of Wolverhampton) and B4163. The road goes straight through the middle of [[Bilston]], where it meets the dual-carriageway [[A463 road|A463]] [[Black Country Route]] at a busy roundabout. Close by is the [[Bilston Central tram stop]], near [[Morrisons]]. There is a junction with the B4484 (for the A454) near [[The Crescent tram stop]]. At Priestfield, it meets the B4162, and passes the [[City of Wolverhampton College]] Wellington Road Campus (Bilston) near [[Priestfield tram stop]]. From here, the West Midlands Metro runs down the centre of the road. There is a signalised junction with the A4126 (trams and buses use the nearside lane towards Wolverhampton) and the road passes under the Wolverhampton loop of the [[West Coast Main Line]] at [[Monmore Green]], and crosses the [[Birmingham Canal]]. It overlaps the A4150 Wolverhampton Ring Road, then passes West Park Hospital and crosses the [[Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal]]. It passes through [[Tettenhall]], past Tettenhall College.

=== Wolverhampton to Newport ===
After leaving the borough of Wolverhampton, it crosses the [[River Penk]], then runs into [[Staffordshire]] passing [[Perton]], [[Codsall]] and the golf course at [[Wrottesley Hall]]. Next is a junction with the A464 (for [[Shifnal]]), and the road enters [[Shropshire]]. It crosses the [[Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line]] on the [[Albrighton, Bridgnorth|Albrighton]] bypass. The road passes close by the [[Royal Air Force Museum Midlands]] at Cosford. After junction 3 of the [[M54 motorway]], the road passes through [[Tong, Shropshire|Tong]]. The road meets the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] at a roundabout, which is on the border with [[Staffordshire]]. At Weston Heath, there is a junction with the B5314. At the junction of the B4379, the road enters [[Telford and Wrekin]]. The {{convert|5|mi|adj=on}} £6m [[Newport, Shropshire|Newport]] bypass opened in early 1985. The former route went through Chetwynd Aston. The A41 meets the A518 for [[Telford]] at a roundabout, followed by another roundabout with the A518 for travelling east, and then a roundabout with the A519 and the B5062.

=== Newport to Whitchurch ===

The road rejoins the old route and passes [[Chetwynd Park]]. The £1.5m [[Hinstock]] Bypass opened in late 1983. The day before the bypass opened for traffic, a Hinstock local named David Williams flew his Saab 91D Safir airplane under the Pixley Lane bridge in an unsanctioned stunt. The road then passes through Standford, Standford Bridge and over the River Meese. It passes High Heath, Shakeford, Crickmery which is near Wistanswick. Nearby is the former wartime fighter base [[RAF Ternhill]], now an army base known as [[Clive Barracks]]. The road crosses the [[River Tern]], meets the [[A53 road|A53]] at a roundabout at [[Ternhill]]. After Bletchley Manor, there is {{convert|3|mi}} of dual carriageway.  The road passes through Prees Higher Heath near a former airfield (RAF Tilstock), and meets the [[A49 road|A49]] at a roundabout near Tilstock. The {{convert|3|mi|adj=on}} £13.7m [[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]] Bypass opened in July 1992, where the road meets the [[A49 road|A49]].

=== Whitchurch to Birkenhead ===

[[File:Chester Road (A41) from Backford Cross - geograph.org.uk - 216657.jpg|thumb|Looking north from [[Backford Cross]] roundabout towards [[Great Sutton]]]]

The final stretch of the road leaves Shropshire and heads north through Cheshire on a modern alignment bypassing the villages of [[Tushingham cum Grindley]] and [[No Man's Heath, Cheshire|No Mans Heath]] before reaching a nineteenth century bypass of the stagecoach road through [[Broxton, Cheshire|Broxton]]. The road crosses the [[A534 road|A534]] at Broxton Roundabout before passing [[Beeston Castle|Beeston]], [[Bolesworth Castle|Bolesworth]] and [[Peckforton Castle|Peckforton]] Castles. The road bypasses Chester, before running through the suburbs of [[Ellesmere Port]] (where the road was downgraded for safety reasons in the early 1990s). It heads to junction 5 of the [[M53 motorway]] and the [[Merseyside]] county boundary at [[Hooton, Cheshire|Hooton]]. From this junction it is named New Chester Road, passing through [[Eastham, Merseyside|Eastham]] and [[Bromborough]]. At [[Port Sunlight]] the A41 diverts onto a dual-carriageway section bypassing [[New Ferry]] and [[Rock Ferry]] before rejoining New Chester Road at [[Tranmere Oil Terminal]]. After passing [[Green Lane railway station]], a {{convert|2.3|mi|km}} spur of the A41 separates at the southern approach to the [[Queensway Tunnel]], which passes under the [[River Mersey]] and enters [[Liverpool]] to meet the start of the [[A59 road|A59]].

The road then passes a junction with the A554 near [[Hamilton Square railway station]], terminating at the bus station at [[Woodside, Merseyside|Woodside]]. The end of the road has views over the Mersey to Liverpool and transport links to [[Mersey Ferry]] services.

== Major junctions ==

===First segment===

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|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|405|M|1|dir1=east|to2=yes|location1=[[Northern England|The North]]|city2=Abbots Langley|location3=[[Leavesden, Hertfordshire|Leavesden]]|city4=St Albans}}
|notes=Grade-separated junction; St Albans signed south-east only; western terminus of A405
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Abbots Langley
|mile=18.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|25|M|40|M|4|dir1=east|to2=yes|city1=Heathrow Airport|city2=Rickmansworth}}<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|A|411|dir1=south|city1=Watford}}
|notes=Rickmansworth signed north-west only; western terminus of A411; M25 junction 19
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Abbots Langley]]–[[Kings Langley]] boundary
|lspan=2
|mile=20.0
|mspan=2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|25|M|40|M|4|M|1|M|11|to2=yes|city1=Heathrow Airport|location2=[[London Stansted Airport|Stansted Airport]]}}<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|A|4251|dir1=north-west|name1=Watford Road|city1=Kings Langley}}
|notes=South-eastern terminus of A4251; M25 junction 20
}}
{{jctbridge
|mile=none
|bridge=Begin freeway
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Dacorum
|lspan=2
|mile=22.7
|mile2=23.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|414|dir1=east|city1=Hemel Hempstead}}
|notes=Western terminus of A414
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=24.5
|mile2=24.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4251|location1=[[Bourne End, Hertfordshire|Bourne End]]|city2=Berkhamsted|city3=Boxmoor}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Bovingdon
|mile=25.2
|mile2=25.5
|road=[[Bourne End, Hertfordshire|Bourne End]] Mills Industrial Estate
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Berkhamsted
|mile=27.2
|mile2=27.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|416|city1=Chesham}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Wigginton, Hertfordshire|Wigginton]]
|mile=31.6
|mile2=32.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4251|B|4635|dir1=south-east|to2=yes|city1=Northchurch|city2=Berkhamsted|location3=[[Wigginton, Hertfordshire|Wigginton]]|city4=Tring}}
|notes=To B4635 and Tring signed north-west only, Berkhamsted and Wigginton south-east only
}}
{{GBRint
|county_special=[[Hertfordshire]]–[[Buckinghamshire]] boundary
|location_special=[[Drayton Beauchamp]]–[[Tring]] boundary
|mile=33.7
|mile2=34.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|B|488|B|4009|B|4635|B|489|to4=yes|city1=Wendover|city2=Dunstable|city3=Tring}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|county=Buckinghamshire
|cspan=9
|location_special=[[Drayton Beauchamp]]–[[Buckland, Buckinghamshire|Buckland]]
|mile=35.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|489|city1=Marsworth|city2=Pitstone|city3=Ivinghoe|city4=Aston Clinton}}
|notes=South-east exit and north-west entrance
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Aston Clinton
|mile=36.5
|road=College Road North
|notes=
}}
{{jctbridge
|location_special=[[Weston Turville]]
|mile=37.4
|bridge=End freeway
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Aylesbury
|lspan=5
|mile=39.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Ring Road ([[A4157 road|A4157]] west)|A|418|A|413|to2=yes}}
|notes=To A418 and A413 signed north-west only; eastern terminus of A4157
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=39.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|418|A|413|dir1=north-east|dir2=north|city1=Leighton Buzzard|city2=Milton Keynes|city3=Buckingham}}
|notes=A413 and Buckingham signed north-west only; south-eastern terminus of A418 / A413 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=40.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|413|A|4010|dir1=south|name1=Walton Street|to2=yes|city1=Amersham|location2=[[High Wycombe|Wycombe]]}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A413 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=41.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|418|road|Oxford Road ([[A4156 road|A4156]] north-east)|M|40|dir1=south-west|to3=yes|city1=Oxford|city2=Bicester|city3=Thame|location4=[[Stone, Buckinghamshire|Stone]]}}
|notes=Only Oxford signed south-east; north-western terminus of A418 concurrency; south-western terminus of A418
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=41.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Haydon Road ([[A4157 road|A4157]] east) / Bicester Road|A|413|A|418|to2=yes|city1=Buckingham|city2=Leighton Buzzard|city3=Milton Keynes|location4=[[Watermead, Buckinghamshire|Watermead]]}}
|notes=Watermead signed north-west only; western terminus of A4157
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Berryfields
|mile=42.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Paradise Orchard ([[A4199 road|A4199]] east) / Sir Henry Lee Cres|A|413|to2=yes|city1=Buckingham}}
|notes=Information signed north-west only; western terminus of A4199
}}
{{GBRint
|county=Oxfordshire
|cspan=2
|location_special=[[Ambrosden]]–[[Bicester]] boundary
|mile=55.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4421|B|4100|road|Gravenhill Road North|dir1=north|name1=Wretchwick Way|name2=London Road|to4=yes|city1=Buckingham|city2=Bicester|city3=Aynhoe|city4=Launton}}
|notes=Aynho signed north-west only; southern terminus of A4421
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Wendlebury
|mile=59.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|40|city1=Midlands|city2=Banbury|city3=London}}<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|A|34|dir1=south|location1=[[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]]|city2=Oxford}}
|notes=North-western terminus; northern terminus of A34; M40 junction 9
}}
{{jctbtm}}

===Second segment===

{{GBRinttop|length_ref=
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}}
{{GBRint
|county_special=[[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]
|cspan=27
|location=Solihull
|lspan=2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|42|M|1|M|5|M|6|M|40|location1=[[Northern England|The North]]|location2=[[South West England|The South West]]|city3=Coventry|city4=London|city5=Warwick|location6=[[Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford]]|extra=airport}}<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|A|4141|dir1=south-east|name1=Warwick Road|location1=[[Knowle, West Midlands|Knowle]]}}
|notes=South-eastern terminus; north-western terminus of A4141; M42 junction 5
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=0.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|B|4025|city1=Solihull}}
|notes=[[Interchange (road)|Grade-separated junction]]; north-west exit and south-east entrance
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|location=Birmingham
|lspan=9
|mile=5.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4040|dir1=south|name1=Fox Hollies Road|city1=Hall Green|city2=King's Heath}}
|notes=No access from A41 north-west to A4040 south or from A4040 north to A41 south-east; south-eastern terminus of A4040 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=5.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4040|A|45|dir1=north|to2=yes|location1=[[Yardley, Birmingham|Yardley]]|city2=Stechford|extra=airport}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A4040 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=6.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|34|dir1=south|name1=Stratford Road|location1=[[Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford]]|location2=[[Shirley, West Midlands|Shirley]]|city3=Hall Green}}
|notes=No access from A41 north-west to A34 south or from A34 north to A41 south-east; south-eastern terminus of A34 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=7.7
|mspan=3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4540|road|Camp Hill (B4100)|M|5|AM|38|M|6|A|38|A|435|A|47|A|45|name1=Ring Road|to3=yes|city1=Bromsgrove|city2=Redditch|city3=Lichfield|city4=Coventry|city5=Balsall Heath|location6=[[Highgate, Birmingham|Highgate]]|extra=airport}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A34 concurrency; south-eastern terminus of A4540 concurrency
}}
{{jctbridge
|mile=none
|bridge=Gap in route around [[Birmingham]]
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=none
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4540|road|Soho Hill|AM|38|M|6|M|5|A|456|A|45|A|34|to3=yes|city1=Coventry|city2=Wolverhampton|city3=Kidderminster|city4=Dudley|city5=Walsall}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A4540 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=8.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4040|dir1=south|name1=Boulton Road|city1=Winson Green|location2=[[Bearwood, West Midlands|Bearwood]]}}
|notes=South-eastern terminus of A4040 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=8.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4040|road|Queens Head Road|A|34|A|38|dir1=north|name1=Rookery Road|to3=yes|city1=Walsall|city2=Sutton Coldfield|city3=Handsworth Wood|city4=Perry Barr}}
|notes=Only Handsworth Wood and Perry Barr signed south-east; north-western terminus of A4040 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=9.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4040|A|453|dir1=east|name1=Island Road|to2=yes|city1=Sutton Coldfield|city2=Handsworth Wood|city3=Perry Barr}}
|notes=No access from A41 north-east to A4040 east
}}
{{GBRint
|location=West Bromwich
|lspan=5
|mile=10.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|5|M|6|M|1|M|42|to2=yes|location1=[[South West England|The South West]]|location2=[[North West England|The North West]]|location3=[[Worcester, England|Worcester]]|city4=London|extra=airport}}<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|A|4252|dir1=south|name1=Kenrick Way|location1=[[Oldbury, West Midlands|Oldbury]]|city2=Smethwick}}
|notes=M5 junction 1; northern terminus of A4252
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=11.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4031|dir1=south|city1=Smethwick|location2=[[Oldbury, West Midlands|Oldbury]]}}
|notes=[[Interchange (road)|Grade-separated junction]]; south-eastern exit and north-western entrance; south-eastern terminus of A4031 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=11.5
|mile2=11.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4031|dir1=north|city1=Walsall|city2=West Bromwich|extra=hospital}}
|notes=Grade-separated junction; north-western terminus of A4031 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=12.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4196|road|Carter's Green|dir1=north|name1=Old Meeting Street|city1=West Bromwich|location2=[[West Bromwich|Hill Top]]}}
|notes=Hill Top signed north-west only; southern terminus of A4196
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=13.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|461|road|George Henry Road|dir1=south-west|city1=Dudley|location2=[[Great Bridge, West Midlands|Great Bridge]]|city3=Tipton}}
|notes=Tipton signed north-west only; south-eastern terminus of A461 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Wednesbury
|lspan=3
|mile=14.6
|road=Leabrook Road ([[A4037 road|A4037]] south) / Atlantic Way – [[Tipton]]
|notes=Northern terminus of A4037
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=14.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|461|road|Hallens Drive|M|6|M|5|dir1=north-east|name1=Dudley Street|to3=yes|city1=Walsall|city2=Wednesbury}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A461 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=16.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4444|A|4038|M|6|dir1=north|name1=Black Country New Road|dir2=east|name2=Moxley Road|to3=yes|city1=Walsall|city2=Dudley|city3=Darlaston}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A4444; western terminus of A4038
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Bilston
|lspan=2
|mile=16.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4098|dir1=south|name1=Great Bridge Road|location1=[[Great Bridge, West Midlands|Great Bridge]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A4098
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=17.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|463|road|Brook Street|M|6|M|5|A|454|name1=Black Country Route|to3=yes|city1=Dudley|city2=Walsall|city3=West Bromwich|city4=Birmingham|city5=Ettingshall|city6=Coseley|city7=Willenhall|city8=Wednesfield}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Wolverhampton
|lspan=6
|mile=18.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4126|road|Dixon Street|dir1=south|name1=Ettingshall Road|city1=Ettingshall}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A4126
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=19.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|449|A|454|M|5|M|6|M|54|A|460|dir1=north|name1=[[Wolverhampton Ring Road|Ring Road / A4150]]|dir2=east|name2=Middle Cross|to3=yes|location1=[[Wolverhampton|City centre]]|city2=Telford|city3=Stafford|city4=Cannock|city5=Walsall}}
|notes=South-eastern terminus of A449 / A454 / A4150 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=19.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4123|M|5|A|459|dir1=south-east|to2=yes|city1=Birmingham|city2=Dudley|city3=Coseley|city4=Sedgley}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A4123
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=20.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|449|road|School Street|A|491|dir1=south|name1=Penn Road|to2=yes|location1=[[Wolverhampton|City centre]]|city2=Kidderminster|location3=[[Penn, West Midlands|Penn]]|city4=Wombourne|city5=Stourbridge}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A449 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=20.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|[[Wolverhampton Ring Road|Ring Road (A4150)]] / Darlington Street|M|54|M|6|A|449|A|460|A|454|to2=yes|dir3=north|location1=[[Wolverhampton|City centre]]|city1=Stafford|city2=Connock|city3=Walsall}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A4150 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=20.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|454|road|Bath Road|dir1=west|name1=Compton Road|city1=Bridgnorth|location2=[[Compton, Wolverhampton|Compton]]}}
|notes=No access from A41 south-east to A454 west; north-western terminus of A454 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|county=Staffordshire
|location_special=[[Perton]]–[[Codsall]] boundary
|mile=25.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|464|dir1=west|name1=Holyhead Road|city1=Shifnal}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A464
}}
{{GBRint
|county=Shropshire
|cspan=
|location_special=[[Tong, Shropshire|Tong]]
|mile=21.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|54|M|6|to2=yes|city1=Telford|city2=Birmingham}}
|notes=M54 junction 3
}}
{{GBRint
|county_special=[[Shropshire]]–[[Staffordshire]] boundary
|location_special=[[Weston-under-Lizard]]–[[Tong, Shropshire|Shropshire]]–[[Sheriffhales]] boundary
|mile=32.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5|city1=Telford|city2=Cannock|city3=Weston-under-Lizard}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|county=Shropshire
|cspan=9
|location=Chetwynd Aston
|mile=37.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|518|dir1=west|city1=Telford|location2=[[Newport, Shropshire|Newport]]}}
|notes=Newport signed north-west only; south-eastern terminus of A518 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location_special=[[Newport, Shropshire|Newport]]
|lspan=2
|mile=38.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|518|road|Stafford Road|dir1=east|city1=Stafford|location2=[[Newport, Shropshire|Newport]]}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A518 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=38.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|519|B|5062|dir1=north|name2=Forton Road|city1=Eccleshall|location2=[[Newport, Shropshire|Newport]]|city3=Shrewsbury}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A519
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Hinstock
|mile=44.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|529|dir1=north|name1=Chester Road|city1=Hinstock|location2=[[Goldstone, Shropshire|Goldstone]]}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A529
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Ternhill
|mile=49.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|53|A|442|to2=yes|city1=Shrewsbury|city2=Shawbury|city3=Hodnet|city4=Newcastle-under-Lyme|city5=Market Drayton|city6=Telford}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location_special=[[Prees|Prees Heath]]
|mile=56.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|49|dir1=south|city1=South Wales|city2=Shrewsbury}}
|notes=South Wales signed south-east only; south-eastern terminus of A49 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location_special=[[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]]
|lspan=3
|mile=58.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|525|B|5476|A|530|dir1=east|name2=Tilstock Road|to3=yes|location1=[[Newcastle-under-Lyme|Newcastle]]|city2=Nantwich|city3=Wem|location4=[[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]]}}
|notes=South-eastern terminus of A525 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=59.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|525|B|5364|A|495|dir1=west|name2=Wrexham Road|to3=yes|city1=Wrexham|city2=Oswestry|location3=[[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]]|location4=[[Ellesmere, Shropshire|Ellesmere]]}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A525 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=60.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|49|B|5395|dir1=north|name2=Chester Road|city1=Warrington|location2=[[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]]}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A49 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|county=Cheshire
|cspan=8
|location_special=[[Broxton, Cheshire|Broxton]]
|mile=69.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|534|name1=Broxton Road / Barnhill Road|city1=Wrexham|city2=Nantwich|location3=[[Farndon, Cheshire|Farndon]]|location4=[[Holt, Wrexham|Holt]]|city5=Bulkeley}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Great Boughton]]–[[Christleton]] boundary
|lspan=2
|mile=77.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|55|A|5115|road|Caldy Valley Road|A|483|dir1=west|dir2=west|to4=yes|city1=North Wales|city2=Wrexham|city3=Chester|location4=[[Huntington, Cheshire|Huntington]]}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A5115; M55 east junction 39
}}
{{GBRint
|location_speical=[[Great Boughton]]–[[Guilden Sutton]]–[[Littleton, Cheshire|Littleton]] boundary
|mile=78.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|51|M|6|M|53|M|56|A|483|name1=Vicars Cross Road|to2=yes|city1=Chester|city2=Nantwich|city3=Ellesmere Port|city4=Manchester|city5=North Wales|city6=Wrexham|city7=Northwich|city8=Winsford}}
|notes=To M6, M53, M56, Ellesmere Port and Manchester signed north-west only; To A483, North Wales and Wrexham south-east only
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Chester
|mile=79.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|56|M|53|M|56|A|483|name1=Warrington Road|to2=yes|city1=Chester|city2=Helsby|city3=Frodsham|city4=North Wales|city5=Wrexham}}
|notes=Helsby and Frodsham signed north-west only; To A483, North Wales and Wrexham south-east only
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Moston, Cheshire West and Chester|Moston]]
|mile=81.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5116|dir1=south|name1=Liverpool Road|city1=Chester}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A5116
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Backford
|mile=82.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5032|M|53|M|56|dir1=north|name1=Whitby Lane|to2=yes|city1=Ellesmere Port}}
|notes=To M53 and M56 signed north-west only; southern terminus of A5032
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Ellesmere Port]]–[[Backford]] boundary
|mile=83.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5117|M|53|M|56|A|550|A|5032|to2=yes|city1=North Wales|location2=[[Queensferry, Flintshire|Queensferry]]|city3=Ellesmere Port|city4=Runcorn|city5=Warrington|city6=Manchester}}
|notes=To M53, A5032 and Ellsmere Port signed north-west only; To M56, Runcorn, Warrington and Manchester south-east only
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Hooton, Cheshire|Hooton]]
|mile=86.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|550|dir1=south|name1=Welsh Road|city1=North Wales|location2=[[Queensferry, Flintshire|Queensferry]]}}
|notes=Information signed south-east only; northern terminus of A550
}}
{{GBRint
|county=Merseyside
|cspan=5
|location=Birkenhead
|lspan=3
|mile=87.3
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|notes=A5227 signed north-west only; To routes, Wallasey, Hoylake and Heswall southwest only; [[Interchange (road)|grade-separated junction]]
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|notes=North-west exit and south-east entrance; grade-separated junction
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|location=Liverpool
|mile=96.1
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== History of the road number ==

The original (1923) route was [[Stanmore]] north-west of London to [[Oakengates]], west of [[Wolverhampton]], in [[Shropshire]], meeting the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] at both ends.

The A41 was extended by numbering as follows:

The northern extension dates from 1935; in Shropshire, it swapped with a combination of the A464/A529; from [[Kingswood Common]] to [[Nantwich]], Cheshire and the original A529 ran from [[Hinstock]] to [[Chester]]. North of Chester, the A41 replaced part of the A51.

The southern extension dates from after the [[Second World War]] using Watford Way which opened in about 1930 as the A5088. In the remaining years after 1935, it was renumbered A500.

== See also ==

* [[Great Britain road numbering scheme]]
* [[Sparrows Herne Turnpike Road]]
* [[Wirral Line]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/3160720.stm BBC News – ''Village gets bypass after 40 years'' – 03/10/2003]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100126043347/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/3785.aspx Highways Agency – Aston Clinton scheme page.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100922221129/http://cbrd.co.uk/futures/scheme.php?id=72 CBRD – Futures – A41 Aston Clinton Bypass.]
* [http://pathetic.org.uk/former/a41m/ Pathetic Motorways – A41(M)]

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