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| A56 road | |
| Length (miles) | 81 |
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| Direction | North-South |
| Start | Broughton |
| Primary destinations1 |
Burnley Bury Manchester Warrington (South) |
| End | Chester |
| Roads joined |  M56 motorway  M66 motorway  M60 motorway  M65 motorway  M53 motorway  A59 road A6068 road (twice) A58 road A576 road A6042 road A5063 road A5081 road A560 road A556 road A5061 road A50 road A49 road A5060 road A553 road A557 road A5117 road A55 road A41 road A5268 road A51 road |
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The A56 is a road in England which extends between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire. 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 Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. Broughton is a village and Civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in The road contains a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections, and traverses environments as diverse as the dense urban sprawl of inner city Manchester and the lightly populated region of rural east Lancashire. 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 Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea The road includes a short section of trunk road - designated A56(T) - between the end of the M66 motorway near Ramsbottom and the M65 motorway west of Burnley. A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major Road &mdashusually connecting two or more cities, Ports Airports The M66 is a Motorway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. Ramsbottom is a small town on the border of Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. The M65 is a Motorway in Lancashire, England. It runs from just south of Preston through the major junction of the M6 and Burnley is a large Market town in the borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73500
Route description
The road begins as Frodsham Street in the centre of Chester at it's junction with Eastgate Street A51 and heads north-eastwards out of the city. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 The A51 is a road in England running from Kingsbury in Warwickshire (just east of Birmingham) to Chester. Just outside the city, the A56 crosses Junction 12 of the M53 motorway, continuing in a north easterly direction. The M53 is a 20 Mile (32 Km) Motorway in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and Cheshire on the Wirral Peninsula in The road passes through the towns and villages of Mickle Trafford, Helsby and Frodsham whilst roughly paralleling the course of the south side of the M56 motorway. Mickle Trafford is a village and Civil parish in Chester District, Cheshire, England. Helsby is a Village and Civil parish in Vale Royal, Cheshire, England. This article is about the town in Cheshire for the clock maker see Charles Frodsham. The M56 is a Motorway, also known as the North Cheshire motorway, in Cheshire and Greater Manchester, England. After leaving Frodsham, the A56 crosses the M56 at Junction 11 and passes the towns of Runcorn and Warrington, taking up a more easterly direction to again parallel the course of the north side of the motorway. This article is about the town in Cheshire for the clock maker see Charles Frodsham. The M56 is a Motorway, also known as the North Cheshire motorway, in Cheshire and Greater Manchester, England. Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port within the borough of Halton in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England Warrington is a large town borough and Unitary authority area in Cheshire, England.
The road crosses the M6 motorway halfway between Junctions 20 and 21, before passing through Lymm on its way to its junction with the A556 road at Bowdon. This article concerns the M6 motorway in England There are also M6 motorways in Russia (see Caspian Highway) Hungary (see M6 motorway Lymm (pronounced "Lim" is a large Village and Civil parish in Warrington, Cheshire, in North West England. The A556 is a road in England which extends from the village of Delamere in Cheshire and the village of Bowdon in Greater Manchester Bowdon is a village in the Altrincham area of the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. At Bowdon the A56 turns sharply northwards, passing Altrincham and Sale, crossing the M60 Manchester Outer Ring Road at Junction 7 into Stretford. Altrincham () is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. Sale (pop 55234 is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England southwest of Manchester City Centre. The M60 motorway is an orbital Motorway circling Greater Manchester, a Metropolitan county in North West England. Stretford (pop 37500 is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England
The A56 continues north-eastwards into inner city Manchester, taking on the additional name of Deansgate, one of Manchester's main shopping streets. Deansgate is a main road (the A56) through the city centre of Manchester, England. At the end of Deansgate, the A56 takes on the name of Victoria Street as it passes Manchester Victoria Railway Station. Manchester Victoria station is the second of Manchester 's mainline railway stations
Turning sharply to the north-west, the A56 leaves Manchester and goes through Salford on its way to Prestwich where it again crosses the M60 Manchester Outer Ring Road at Junction 17. Salford lies at the heart of the City of Salford, a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. Prestwich is a town and residential suburb of Manchester within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. The M60 motorway is an orbital Motorway circling Greater Manchester, a Metropolitan county in North West England. Heading due north the road passes Whitefield and cuts through Bury before crossing the M66 motorway at Junction 1. Whitefield is a town and residential suburb of Manchester within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, north-northwest of the city of Manchester, west-southwest of The M66 is a Motorway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. The road follows the M66 up to its terminus at the unsigned Junction 1a.
Merging with the end of the motorway, the road becomes a trunk road and takes on the designation A56(T) to signify it as the preferred route for traffic leaving the M66. A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major Road &mdashusually connecting two or more cities, Ports Airports Again heading roughly due northwards the A56(T) passes Haslingden and Accrington before joining the M65 motorway at Junction 8, slightly to the west of Burnley. Haslingden is a small town in the Rossendale Valley in Lancashire, lying 19 miles (30 km north of Manchester. Accrington is a town within the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, in North West England. The M65 is a Motorway in Lancashire, England. It runs from just south of Preston through the major junction of the M6 and Burnley is a large Market town in the borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73500
After joining the M65, the A56 disappears from the maps, only to reappear some miles to the north-west as a short piece of road connecting the A682 to the A6068 close to M65 Junction 13. List of A roads beginning with 6 in Great Britain starting east of the A6 and A7 roads and west of the A1. List of A roads beginning with 6 in Great Britain starting east of the A6 and A7 roads and west of the A1. The A56 again disappears before starting again from a roundabout on the A6068 close to M65 Junction 14. A roundabout is a type of Road junction at which Traffic enters a one-way stream around a central island
Taking an easterly direction, the A56 cuts through Colne before turning sharply to the north. Colne is the second largest town in the borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 20000 Now cutting through the more rural parts of east Lancashire the road passes Foulridge and Earby, finally reaching its termination point where it merges with the A59 road to the west of Broughton in North Yorkshire. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Foulridge (pronounced "foalridge" is a small village and Civil parish in Pendle, Lancashire, close to the border Earby is a small town within the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. The A59 is a major road in the United Kingdom that runs from Liverpool in Merseyside, to York in North Yorkshire. Broughton is a village and Civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in
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