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{{Short description|Major road in England and Wales}}
{{Other uses|A5 road (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox road
| map = A5 road map.png
| country = GBR
| maint = [[National Highways]] (England) and [[North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent]]
| type = A
| route = 5
| length_mi = 243.0
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| image = A5 Dual Carriageway.jpg
| image_notes = A5 leaving [[Shrewsbury]], [[Shropshire]]
| direction_a = Southeast
| direction_b = Northwest
| terminus_a = [[Marble Arch]], [[City of Westminster]]<br>{{Coord|51.5133|-0.1603|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=A5 road (eastern end)}}
| destinations = [[London]], [[St Albans]], [[Milton Keynes]], [[Hinckley]], [[Nuneaton]], [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]], [[Cannock]], [[Telford]], [[Shrewsbury]], [[Oswestry]], [[Llangollen]], [[Betws-y-Coed]], [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], [[Holyhead]]
| terminus_b = [[Port of Holyhead]]<br>{{Coord|53.3063|-4.6298|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=A5 road (western end)}}
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The '''A5''' is a major road in [[England]] and [[Wales]]. It runs for about {{Convert|243|mi}} from [[London]] to the [[Irish Sea]] at the [[ferry]] [[port of Holyhead]]. In many parts the route follows that of the [[Roman Britain|Roman]] [[Antonine Itinerary|Iter II]] route which later took the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] name [[Watling Street]]. It forms most of the London–Holyhead [[trunk road]].

==History==
===Roman road===
[[File:Watling Street route.jpg|thumb|[[Roman Britain]] with Watling Street highlighted in red]]
The section of the A5 between [[London]] and [[Shrewsbury]] is roughly contiguous with one of the principal [[Roman roads]] in Britain: that between ''[[London|Londinium]]'' (modern-day London) and ''[[Chester|Deva]]'' (modern-day Chester), which diverges from the present-day A5 corridor at [[Wroxeter]] (''[[Viroconium Cornoviorum]]'') near Shrewsbury.

===Telford's Holyhead Road===
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| short_title           = Holyhead Roads Act 1815
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| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An act for granting to His Majesty the Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds, to be issued and applied towards repairing Roads between London and Holyhead, by Chester, and between London and Bangor, by Shrewsbury.
| year                  = 1815
| citation              = [[55 Geo. 3]]. c. 152
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{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Roads Between London and Holyhead Act 1819
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fifty fifth Year of His present Majesty,] for granting to His Majesty the Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds towards repairing Roads between London and Holyhead by Chester, and between London and Bangor by Shrewsbury; and for giving additional Powers to the Commissioners therein named, to build a Bridge over the Menai Straits, and to make a new Road from Bangor Ferry to Holyhead, in the County of Anglesea.
| year                  = 1819
| citation              = [[59 Geo. 3]]. c. 48
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| short_title           = {{visible anchor|Holyhead Road Act 1836}}
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| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act for further improving the Road between London and Holyhead, by Coventry, Birmingham, and Shrewsbury.
| year                  = 1836
| citation              = [[6 & 7 Will. 4]]. c. 35
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| short_title           = {{visible anchor|Holyhead Road Relief Act 1861}}
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| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to relieve certain Trusts on the Holyhead Road from Debts.
| year                  = 1861
| citation              = [[24 & 25 Vict.]] c. 28
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The [[Act of Union 1800]], which unified Great Britain and [[Ireland]], gave rise to a need to improve communication links between [[London]] and [[Dublin]]. A parliamentary committee led to an [[act of Parliament]], the '''{{visible anchor|Holyhead Roads Act 1815}}''' ([[55 Geo. 3]]. c. 152) that authorised the purchase of existing [[Turnpike trust|turnpike]] road interests and, where necessary, the construction of new road, to complete the route between the two capitals. This made it the first major civilian state-funded road building project in Britain since [[Roman Britain|Roman]] times. Responsibility for establishing the new route was awarded to the famous engineer, [[Thomas Telford]].

Through England, the road largely took over existing [[Turnpike trust|turnpike]] roads and mainly following the route of the [[Anglo-Saxon language|Anglo-Saxon]] ''Wæcelinga Stræt'' ([[Watling Street]]), much of which had been historically the [[Roman road]] ''Iter II''. However between [[Weedon, Northamptonshire]] and [[Oakengates]], Telford's Holyhead Road eschews the Watling Street corridor, picking up instead the major cities of [[Coventry]], [[Birmingham]], and [[Wolverhampton]];{{cn|date=September 2025}}this routing being far more useful for communications.

From [[Shrewsbury]] and through Wales, Telford's work was more extensive. In places he followed existing roads, but he also built new links, including the [[Menai Suspension Bridge]] to connect the mainland with [[Anglesey]] and the [[Stanley Embankment]] to [[Holy Island, Anglesey|Holy Island]].

Telford's road was complete with the opening of the [[Menai Suspension Bridge]] in 1826, which had been authorised by the '''{{visible anchor|Roads Between London and Holyhead Act 1819}}''' ([[59 Geo. 3]]. c. 48).

====Notable features of Telford's road====
The road was designed to allow [[stagecoach]]es and the [[mail coach]] to carry post between London and Holyhead, and thence by mailboat to Ireland. Therefore, throughout its length the gradient never exceeds 1:17 (5.9%).

The route through Wales retains many of the original features of Telford's road and has, since 1995, been recognised as a historic route worthy of preservation. An 18-month survey by [[Cadw]] in 1998{{ndash}}2000 revealed that about 40% of the original road and its ancillary features survives under the modern A5, much more than previously thought.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/telford-highway-to-holyhead-found-intact-under-the-a5-710810.html |title = Telford highway to Holyhead found intact under the A5 |work = [[The Independent]] |location = London |date = 5 August 2000 }}</ref> These features include the following:
* many surviving and distinctive [[Toll roads in Great Britain|toll houses]]
* 'depots' along the route, being roadside alcoves to store grit and materials
* distinctive [[milestone]]s at each mile – many originals having survived and been restored, others now replaced by replicas
* distinctive gates in a '[[Sunburst|sunburst' design]], a few of which have survived
* a [[weighbridge]] at Lon Isaf, between [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]] and [[Bethesda, Gwynedd|Bethesda]]
On 1 April 1937, the route was classed as part of the London–Holyhead [[trunk road]].<ref name="Act 19362">{{cite web |title=Trunk Roads Act 1936 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1936/5/pdfs/ukpga_19360005_en.pdf |accessdate=2025-09-09 |publisher=[[Legislation.gov.uk]]}}</ref>''<ref name="Watson">{{cite web |title=Trunk Roads Act 1936 and 1946 |url=http://www.watsonlv.net/pdf/trunk_roads.pdf |accessdate=2025-09-09 |publisher=Leslie V Watson}}</ref>''

====Tŷ Nant cutting====
In 1997, a section of bends on Telford's road between Tŷ Nant and [[Dinmael]] was by-passed by a modern [[Cutting (transportation)|cutting]]. However, investigation in 2006 revealed that the rock face in the cutting had become unstable, and the A5 was closed from the end of May 2006.<ref>{{cite press release |url = http://new.wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/2006/967635/?lang=en |title = Closure of A5 Trunk Road Between Ty Nant And Dinmael |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110524060738/http://new.wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/2006/967635/?lang=en |archive-date=24 May 2011 }}</ref> Traffic was diverted onto the old A5 route, on a {{convert|0.5|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch known as the Glyn Bends, while the rock face was made safe. This involved the removal of 230,000 tonnes of rock and alluvial deposits. In July 2007, the A5 through the reconstructed cutting was reopened.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jones-bros-ruthin.co.uk/news2.html |title = A5 at Ty Nant reopens ahead of schedule }}{{full citation needed|date=November 2022}}</ref>

==Route==
===London–Milton Keynes===
Starting at [[Marble Arch]] in [[London]], the A5 runs northwest on the [[Edgware Road]] through [[Kilburn, London|Kilburn]] and [[Cricklewood]]. The A5 number disappears at the [[A41 road|A41]] near [[Edgware]] but the original road continues as the [[A5183 road|A5183]] through [[Elstree]], [[Radlett]], [[St Albans]], [[Redbourn]] and [[Dunstable]].

===Milton Keynes–Hinckley===
On entering the [[City of Milton Keynes]], the road becomes an (almost) fully [[Grade separation|grade-separated]] dual carriageway and passes through Milton Keynes. This stretch was opened in 1980, replacing the original route along Watling Street.  From just north of the city, after entering [[Northamptonshire]], the road resumes as a single carriageway that continues through [[Towcester]] where it crosses the [[A43 road|A43 dual carriageway]] just north of the town. The road accompanies the [[Grand Union Canal]] and the M1 motorway through the [[Watford Gap]]. It then bridges the [[M45 motorway]] and continues to [[Kilsby]]. As it passes close to [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]], the road is diverted slightly around the [[Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal]] and then passes the remains of the [[Rugby Radio Station]].

The next phase north-west-bound takes it under the [[M6 motorway]] and passing close to [[Lutterworth]]. Along this stretch, the road frequently alternates between being a single and a dual carriageway. After meeting the [[M69 motorway]] at a roundabout, with the motorway passing above, the A5 runs between Nuneaton and [[Hinckley]].

===Hinckley–Shrewsbury===
After this section the road continues to run through the northern fringes of [[Nuneaton]] and then on to [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]]. At Tamworth, the road follows a more recent dual carriageway bypass, permitting the original alignment to become a local road in the town. From this point the road is a grade separated dual carriageway up until its junction with the [[A38 road|A38]] and [[M6 toll]]. After this junction it passes just to the south of [[Cannock]] and then, after its final junction with the [[A41 road|A41]], enters [[Telford]], where it loses its identity and route-shares with the [[M54 motorway]] from junction 5. At junction 7 the motorway ends and the A5 continues to [[Shrewsbury]] as dual carriageway, on its new alignment. (The original route through Telford, and then via [[Atcham]] to Shrewsbury, is unclassified through [[Oakengates]] and as the B5061 through [[Wellington, Shropshire|Wellington]] and the B4380 through Atcham). At the cutting through Overley Hill is an exposure of [[bedrock]] called [[Uriconian]] [[rhyolite]] formed from volcanic lava.<ref name="SLGS">{{Cite web |title=Shropshire LGS: Locally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites |url=https://www.shropshiregeology.org.uk/RIGS/RIGS_view.html |access-date=13 November 2025 |website=shropshiregeology.org.uk}}</ref> The route runs around Shrewsbury as the town's southern bypass (still as dual carriageway), combining for a stretch with the [[A49 road|A49]]. (The route once ran through the town, but was first bypassed in the 1930s, then by-passed again in the early 1990s).

===Shrewsbury–Bangor===
After Shrewsbury, the A5 continues as single-carriageway except for the [[Nesscliffe]] bypass. It then multiplexes with the major [[South Wales]]–[[North Wales]] road [[A483]] and forms part of the [[Oswestry]] bypass, running to the east of that town. Shortly after, it crosses the [[River Ceiriog]] and enters Wales to continue from [[Chirk]]. The A5 continues through to [[Snowdonia]] via [[Llangollen]], [[Corwen]], [[Capel Curig]] and through the centre of [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]].

===Bangor–Holyhead===
From Bangor the road crosses the [[Menai Suspension Bridge]] to [[Anglesey]] and then runs roughly parallel to the [[A55 road|A55]] expressway to the outskirts of the village of [[Valley, Anglesey|Valley]] where the A5 continues onto the [[Stanley Embankment]]. The A5 from Valley to Holyhead is named London Road running through to the [[Port of Holyhead]].  The A5 traditionally terminated at [[Admiralty Arch, Holyhead|Admiralty Arch]] (1822–24) on Salt Island, which was designed by [[Thomas Harrison (architect)|Thomas Harrison]] to commemorate a visit by King [[George IV]] in 1821 en route to Ireland and marks the zenith of Irish Mail coach operations. The A5 currently terminates at the junction of the [[A55 road|A55]] near the [[Port of Holyhead]].

==Junction list==

===First segment===
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===Second segment===

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|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|487|A|55|A|5|dir1=south|name1=Treborth Road|to2=yes|city1=Caernarfon|city2=Conwy|city3=Holyhead|city4=Betws-y-coed}}
|notes=Holyhead signed north-west only; northern terminus of A487
}}
{{jctbridge
|county_special=[[Gwynedd]]―[[Anglesey]]<br>county boundary
|location_special=[[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]]―[[Menai Bridge]]<br>boundary
|mile=210.4
|mile2=210.7
|bridge=[[Menai Suspension Bridge]] over [[Swellies]] ([[Menai Strait]])
}}
{{GBRint
|county=Anglesey
|cspan=11
|location=Menai Bridge
|mile=210.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|545|dir1=north-east|name1=Telford Road|location1=[[Menai Bridge|Town centre]]|city2=Beaumaris}}
|notes=Town centre signed north-west only; south-western terminus of A545
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|location=Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
|lspan=2
|mile=212.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|55|A|487|dir1=east|name1=[[A55 road|North Wales Expressway]]|to2=yes|location1=[[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]]|city2=Caernarfon}}
|notes=Access only from A55 west to A5 and from A5 to A55 east; A55 junction 8A
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=212.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4080|dir1=west|name1=Brynsiencyn Road|location1=[[Newborough, Anglesey|Newborough]]}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A4080
}}
{{GBRint
|location=none
|mile=215.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5152|A|55|to2=yes|city1=Holyhead|location2=[[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]]}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A5152
}}
{{GBRint
|location=none
|mile=218.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|55|A|5114|name1=[[A55 road|North Wales Expressway]]|dir2=north|location1=[[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]]|city2=Holyhead|city3=Llangefni}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A5114; A55 junction 6
}}
{{GBRint
|location=none
|mile=223.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4080|B|5112|A|55|dir1=east|to3=yes|city1=Rhosneigr|city2=Aberffraw|city3=Llannerch-y-medd}}
|notes=Western terminus of A4080
}}
{{GBRint
|location=none
|mile=226.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|55|road|Minffordd Road|name1=[[A55 road|North Wales Expressway]]|location1=[[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]]|city2=Holyhead|city3=Bodedern|city4=Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn}}
|notes=A55 junction 4
}}
{{GBRint
|location=none
|mile=228.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|55|name1=[[A55 road|North Wales Expressway]]|location1=[[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]]|city2=Holyhead}}
|notes=A55 junction 3
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Valley, Anglesey|Valley]]
|mile=228.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5025|B|4545|name2=Station Road|city1=Amlwch|location2=[[Trearddur|Trearddur Bay]]}}
|notes=Western terminus of A5025
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Holyhead
|lspan=2
|mile=231.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5153|A|55|dir1=south-west|to2=yes|city1=Holyhead|location2=[[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]]}}
|notes=Holyhead signed north-west only, Bangor south-east only; north-eastern terminus of A5153
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=232.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|55|A|5154|dir1=east|to2=yes|name1=London Road|location1=[[Holyhead|Town centre]]|location2=[[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]]}}
|notes=North-western terminus; no access from A5 to A55 west
}}
{{jctbtm}}

==Road safety==
In June 2008, a {{Convert|9.9|mi|adj=on|0}} stretch of the A5 between Daventry and Rugby was named as the most dangerous road in the [[East Midlands]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eurorap.org/library/pdfs/20080627_GB_High_RISK_Regional.pdf |title = Highest risk road sections in each UK Government Office Region (2004–2006) |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120210151407/http://www.eurorap.org/library/pdfs/20080627_GB_High_RISK_Regional.pdf |archive-date=10 February 2012 }}</ref> This single carriageway stretch had 15 fatal and serious injury collisions between 2004 and 2006, and was rated as 'red'{{mdash}}the second highest risk band{{mdash}}in the [[EuroRAP]] report published by the Road Safety Foundation.

==Gallery==
{{gallery
|marble.arch.london.arp.jpg|Marble Arch, London <br>&ndash; start of the A5
|A5 Milton Keynes.JPG|A5 at [[Milton Keynes]] looking north at its junction with the [[A509 road|A509]]
|M54Motorway.jpg|The A5 as it traverses rural [[Shropshire]] near [[Wellington, Shropshire|Wellington]] on a new alignment to that of the original Thomas Telford route
|A5-llwybrhanesyddol.JPG|Sign of Thomas Telford's historic route
|Menai Suspension Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 3688791.jpg|The A5 crosses the [[Menai Strait]] using the [[Menai Suspension Bridge]] 
|Admirality arch Holyhead.jpg|Admiralty Arch, Holyhead &ndash; end of the A5
}}

==See also==
*[[A5 road (Isle of Man)]]
*[[A5 road (Northern Ireland)]]
*[[Trunk roads in Wales]]

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |first1 = Jamie |last1 = Quartermaine |first2 = Barrie Stuart |last2 = Trinder |first3 = R. C. |last3 = Turner |year = 2003 |title = Thomas Telford's Holyhead Road: The A5 in North Wales |location = York |publisher = Council for British Archaeology |isbn = 1-902771-34-6}}
{{refend}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071027174117/http://www.road-to-nowhere.co.uk/route-guides/A5/ Road to Nowhere: A5]
*[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2873107.stm Nesscliffe bypass opened 21 March 2003.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061016105539/http://www.milestonesweb.com/features/telford.htm Milestonesweb entry]
*[http://www.eurorap.org/ EuroRAP GB Tracking Survey Results 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501132840/http://www.eurorap.org/ |date=1 May 2022 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080704035202/http://www.roadsafetyfoundation.com/ Road Safety Foundation]
*[http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/eppi_lc_subjects/2149 1815–1830 reports of Select Committees on roads to Holyhead] digitised by Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland

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