A52 | |
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Route information | |
Length: | 147 mi (237 km) |
Major junctions | |
East end: | Mablethorpe |
A1104 road A1111 road A158 road A16 road A1121 road A17 road A152 road A15 road A607 road A1 road A46 road A6011 road A606 road A453 road A6514 road M1 motorway A61 road A6 road A515 road A523 road A520 road A500 road A53 road A527 road A34 road |
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West end: | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
Location | |
Primary destinations: |
Stoke-on-Trent Ashbourne Derby Nottingham Grantham Boston Skegness |
Road network | |
The A52 is a major road in the East Midlands, England. It runs east from a junction with the A53 at Newcastle-under-Lyme near Stoke-on-Trent via Ashbourne, Derby, Stapleford, Nottingham, West Bridgford, Bingham, Grantham, Boston and Skegness to the east Lincolnshire coast at Mablethorpe. It is approximately 147 miles (237 km) long.
The mainly dual-carriageway 12.5-mile (20.0 km) stretch between The Pentagon Island in Derby and the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham was named Brian Clough Way in 2005 to honour the late Derby County and Nottingham Forest football manager Brian Clough.
Historically the A52 used to start at Nantwich in Cheshire, but was renumbered to become the A500, the A531, and the B5500—the A500 sections later becoming unclassified.