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| A4 road | |
| Direction | East - West (London Radial) |
| Start | City of London |
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Westminster Kew Bridge Hammersmith Hounslow Heathrow Airport Slough Maidenhead Reading Newbury Marlborough Chippenham Bath Bristol |
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| End | Avonmouth |
| Roads joined |  A40 roadA4208 road |
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The A4 is a major road in England, portions of which are known as the Great West Road and Bath Road. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It runs from London to Avonmouth, near Bristol. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Avonmouth is a port and suburb on the Severn Estuary, at the mouth of the River Avon. Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London Historically the road is the main route from London to the west of England, and has formed the second main western artery from London, after Western Avenue A40. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. For other uses see A40, for details of the A40 in london see A40 road (London. Much of the route has been paralleled by the M4 motorway. The M4 motorway is a Motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales.
Starting at Holborn Circus at a junction with the A40 in the City of London, it runs west into Westminster through Fleet Street, the Strand, Trafalgar Square, Haymarket, Pall Mall, Piccadilly Circus, past Green Park to Hyde Park Corner. Holborn (ˈhoʊbɚn or /ˈhoʊbɝːn/ "ho bun" is an area of Central London, England For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status. Fleet Street is a street in London, England named after the River Fleet. The Strand is a street in the City of Westminster, London, England. Trafalgar Square is a square in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London it is a tourist attraction its trademark is Nelson's Haymarket is a street in the St James's district of the City of Westminster, a London Borough Pall Mall (pæl mæl is a street in the City of Westminster, London, situated in SW1 and parallel to The Mall, from St Piccadilly Circus is a famous road junction and public space of London 's West End in the City of Westminster,built in 1819 to connect Regent Green Park (officially The Green Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. Hyde Park Corner is a place in London, at the south-east corner of Hyde Park. At this point it leaves the congestion charging zone and continues through Knightsbridge, South Kensington, Hammersmith and Chiswick. The London congestion charge is a fee for some motorists travelling within those parts of London designated as the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, approximately 5 miles (8km west of Charing Cross on Chiswick ( IPA /ˈtʃɪzɪk/ is an area of West London, located west of Charing Cross, which covers the eastern part of the London Borough of Hounslow The road runs past some of London's most famous buildings and institutions, including the Royal Courts of Justice, King's College London, London School of Economics, St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Bush House, Nelson's Column, the National Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, Ritz Hotel, Harrods, the Victoria and Albert and Natural History Museums and Heathrow Airport. See also the Royal Courts of Justice Belfast. The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is the building in King's College London is a British Higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the federal University of London. The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the St Martin-in-the-Fields is an Anglican church at the northeast corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. Bush House is a building between Aldwych and The Strand in London at the southern end of Kingsway. Nelson's Column is a Monument in Trafalgar Square, London, England. This article refers to an art institution in London For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation. The Ritz Hotel London is a 133-room Hotel located in Piccadilly and overlooking Green Park in London. Harrods is a Department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum The road is one of London's main western arteries - along with the A40 Westway towards Oxford - , forking into the old A4, M4 motorway, A316 and A30 in the suburbs. For other uses see A40, for details of the A40 in london see A40 road (London. The A316, also known in parts as the Great Chertsey Road, is a major Road in England, which extends the M3 motorway north-east towards Central The A30 is an old Trunk road (main road which runs from central London to Land's End, the westernmost point of the mainland of southern Great Britain ( though
Outside London the road runs through Slough, Maidenhead, Reading (past Cemetery Junction), Newbury, Hungerford, Marlborough, Calne, Chippenham, Corsham, Bath and Bristol. Slough ( ˈslaʊ is a Borough and Unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Maidenhead is a town within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England. Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between Cemetery Junction is a road junction in the East Reading district of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. Newbury is a Civil parish and the principal Town in the west of the County of Berkshire in England. For other uses see Hungerford (disambiguation Hungerford is a Market town and Civil parish in Berkshire, Marlborough ( IPA /ˈmɔːlbrə/ " Maul bruh" is a market town in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road Calne is a Town in central Wiltshire, England. It is situated at the southern extreme of the county's North Wiltshire * local government district Chippenham is a Market town in Wiltshire, England, located at, some 21 km (13 miles east of Bath and 163 km (96 miles west of London Corsham is a small medieval town in northwest Wiltshire, England. Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. In Bristol the road forms an inner city ring road and runs through the Avon Gorge, terminating at the M5 motorway and Avonmouth docks. For the gorge in Scotland with the same name see Avon Gorge Falkirk The Avon Gorge ( is a 1 This article is about the M5 motorway in England See M5 for other roads numbered "M5" In the original 1922 road numbering list, the section from Bath to Avonmouth was classified as the A36, but section became part of the A4 very early on. The A36 is a Trunk road and Primary route in England that links the port city of Southampton to the city of Bath. [1]
The road was formerly classified as a trunk road, but since the 1960s the M4 motorway has relieved the road of long distance and freight journeys. A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major Road &mdashusually connecting two or more cities, Ports Airports The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Sections in Bath, Bristol and central London remain designated as trunk road, and traffic is mostly segregated on dual-carriageway on these sections.
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The A4 is actually a combination of old roads and new. The Bath Road, the original road from London to the west, ran through Hammersmith, Turnham Green, Brentford to Hounslow. Turnham Green is a public park situated on Chiswick High Road Chiswick, London. Brentford is a suburb in the London Borough of Hounslow at the Confluence of the River Thames and the River Brent in West London Hounslow is the principal town in the London Borough of Hounslow. Here the Staines Road forked off left at the Bell Corner, and the Bath Road continued onwards to Colnbrook and Maidenhead. Colnbrook is a large Village in the Unitary authority of Slough, in Berkshire, England. Between the wars the Great West Road was built as a bypass to relieve traffic congestion in Brentford and Hounslow. This ran across farmland from what is now the Chiswick Roundabout, rejoining the Bath Road where the Traveller's Friend pub near Cranford was once situated; the building still exists, but is now a McDonalds Fast Food Restaurant. Cranford is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is a suburban development located 12
A bypass for Colnbrook followed after the Second World War, built across farmland between Harmondsworth and the outskirts of Langley. These bypasses now constitute part of the A4, and the older roads have been renumbered. The London end of the road became Britain's first dual carriageway when it was opened in 1925 by King George V [2]. A dual carriageway or divided highway is a road or Highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land known as a
Continued rising traffic levels forced the construction in the early sixties of the first part of the M4 - between the Chiswick Roundabout and Maidenhead Thicket roundabout - to wholly bypass the A4, although the roads actually cross three times; first at the Chiswick flyover (M4 J1), next just east of Slough (M4 J5) and finally to the west of Reading (M4 J12).
Park and Ride
Two park and ride sites situated on the Portway, and in Brislington provide frequent services to and from Bristol city centre. Park and ride (or incentive parking) facilities are Public transport stations that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into The Portway Park and Ride site is located on the A4 Portway at Shirehampton, to the North West of Bristol. The A4 Bath Road Park and Ride is a Park and ride service to Bristol, service number 904
Trivia
The A4 appeared in the 1996 film Trainspotting when the main characters (Renton and Sickboy) moved into a flat on the Talgarth Road (the stretch of the A4 between West Kensington and Hammersmith). Trainspotting is a 1996 Scottish film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh West Kensington is a London Underground District Line station in West Kensington. Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, approximately 5 miles (8km west of Charing Cross on The film contains a specific shot of the junction of Talgarth Road with North End Road.
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