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A606 road


The A606 is an A road in England that starts in West Bridgford (52°55′39″N 1°07′48″W / 52.9274°N 1.1299°W / 52.9274; -1.1299 (A606 road (northern end))) and heads southeastwards through Leicestershire and the towns of Melton Mowbray and Oakham, terminating at Stamford, Lincolnshire (52°39′10″N 0°29′01″W / 52.6528°N 0.4836°W / 52.6528; -0.4836 (A606 road (southern end))), on the former Great North Road.

The route in earlier times was a far more important route than it is today. It was the main road from Nottingham to London. The turnpike went from Nottingham via Melton and Oakham to Kettering (to join today's A6), and then on to London, run by the Nottingham, Melton and Kettering Turnpike Trust from 1758. The turnpike trusts were abolished in 1880, the year that the railway line to Melton opened. The trains would run until 1968.


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