A52 road
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| West end | Newcastle-under-Lyme 53°00′49″N 2°13′51″W / 53.013582°N 2.230708°W | |
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| Country | Primary destinations Stoke-on-Trent | Ashbourne Derby Nottingham Grantham Boston Skegness |
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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.
Route length
According to the AA, Newcastle-under-Lyme to Derby takes 56 minutes, Derby to Boston takes 1 hour and 40 minutes (100 minutes), and Boston to Mablethorpe takes 1 hour and 2 minutes (62 minutes), taking 3 hours and 38 minutes (218 minutes) to travel the whole distance.
History
Brian Clough Way
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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Nantwich, Chesire
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.[clarification needed]
Route
Newcastle-under-Lyme – Derby
The road starts as Ryecroft from the roundabout with the
The road enters
It passes
Derby – Nottingham
It overlaps the £3.5 million (£49.1 million as of 2021),
Further east, it is the main east–west route from Derby to Nottingham, connecting the two cities via the busy junction 25 of the
Bardill's Island roundabout provides a junction with Toton Lane (B6003), which connects to both
It enters the City of Nottingham at the A6464 Priory roundabout (Woodside Road leading to the A6005) in
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One of the bridges over the Trent at Clifton Bridge includes a section of the former B680 (which followed the route into Nottingham now used by the A453). The 275 ft east bridge opened in 1958, being officially opened by Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy. The bridge was widened, with the west bridge, to dual-carriageway as the A614 as part of a 1+1⁄4-mile (2.0 km) £3.2 million section, opening in 1972. This was the completion of the dual-carriageway Nottingham ring-road. It enters the borough of Rushcliffe where it crosses the former Great Central Main Line and meets the A60 (for Ruddington and the Nottingham South Premier Inn), then the A606 at busy roundabouts. This section from the A606 roundabout, near the Wheatcroft Garden Centre, to the Dunkirk junction (current A6005, then the A453) – the Nottingham Ring Road – was opened in 1963 as mostly single carriageway. The section from Clifton Bridge to the A60 roundabout was dualled in December 1968. The £6 million 2-mile (3.2 km) section from Gamston to Lings Bar opened in September 1981 as Gamston Lings Bar Road. It passes close to Tollerton Airfield and a large Morrisons (former Safeway), and crosses the Grantham Canal meeting the former route (A6011) at a busy roundabout near the Bridge pub. The section from the QMC to the A606 Wheatcroft Island roundabout used to be the A614 until the Gamston section was opened. The former route of the A52 into Nottingham is now the A6200 and A6011.
Nottingham – Grantham
Heading east as Radcliffe Road with
It passes the Vale of Belvoir hotel, and after
It passes by Muston and enters Lincolnshire and South Kesteven at the crossing of Sewstern Lane (Viking Way) next to the popular Muston Gap, passing through Sedgebrook. Belvoir Castle can be seen in the distance. The road climbs the steep Mill Hill near Barrowby, crosses the A1 and becomes Barrowby Road. The section of road from Radcliffe on Trent to Grantham was planned to become a dual-carriageway in the 1990s, but there are no plans at present.
It meets a roundabout with Barrowby Gate, next to the Muddle Go Nowhere, passing through Green Hill. At the bottom of Barrowby Road is a low-height railway bridge, which in 2005 was the most-hit railway bridge in the UK.[10] Until only recently this busy trunk road was part of the High Street in Grantham; now it is diverted alongside the East Coast Main Line on Sankt Augustin Way, which is also the A607.
At the start of Sankt Augustin Way, the road passes an
There have been plans for an A52 bypass south of Grantham, which have many cycle-riding objectors. South of the town, it meets the B1174 at traffic lights near the Spotted Cow, with the
Grantham – Boston
This section of road is known locally as The Ramper, a name from the turnpike era.
From Grantham, which was the A52's original eastern end, the road continues as Bridge End Road passing the White Lion, then Somerby Hill eastwards, passing the
There is a crossroads with the left for
At Donington High Bridge, it enters the district of
It passes
There are crossroads for Brothertoft Road (A1137), which can be used to avoid the busy town centre, then a mini-roundabout with Carlton Road becoming Queen Street. There are crossroads, with
Boston – Mablethorpe
In Boston, it follows the inner relief road, where it becomes John Adams Way, which crosses the River Witham (where it is
The section between Boston and Skegness has had straighter sections since the late 1990s. Just before a bend to the right where it becomes Holland Lane then Main Road, it enters the district of
North of Skegness, it meets Seathorne near the primary school, Garden City pub, Skegness Water Leisure Park, Butlins and Fantasy Island. It passes through Ingoldmells and the primary school as Skegness Road, heading slightly westwards through Hogsthorpe as South End then High Street. At Mumby, it meets the B1449 as Station Road and passes the St Thomas of Canterbury church and Red Lion, with a left turn for Cumberworth. Passing through Huttoft there is the primary school and the Axe and Cleaver Inn on Mumby Road and Sutton Road. Next is Sandilands and it reaches Sutton-on-Sea as Huttoft Road, passing the primary school and meets the A1111 at a roundabout, becoming Trusthorpe Road. At Trusthorpe as Sutton Road, it passes some radio masts. It reaches Mablethorpe as Seaholme Road and ends at the junction of Victoria Road and the High Street (A1104).
References
- ^ "Call to rename road after Clough". BBC News Online. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Road name to honour Brian Clough". BBC News Online. 5 November 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Brian Clough route hits hold up". BBC News Online. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Clough Way tribute gets go-ahead". BBC News Online. 18 August 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "A52 Clough Way signs are erected". BBC News Online. 19 September 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ The Brian Clough Way/Derby Road double-naming continues along the A6200 between the Queen's Medical Centre and into the centre of Nottingham, as far as the junction with Maid Marian Way at the Nottingham Playhouse.
- ^ a b c d e f g UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Hodgekiss, Anna (24 July 2007). "Derby lands £1.3m footbridge". Propertweek.com. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Manor Arms, Elton". diningpubs.co.uk. 2003. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "County tops 'bridge-bashing' list". BBC News. 8 December 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Bridge is most bashed in country". BBC News. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
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