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 NearUpavon, crossing chalky farmland | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 27 mi (43 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| south end | Salisbury 51°04′35″N1°47′50″W / 51.0763°N 1.7971°W /51.0763; -1.7971 (A345 road (south end)) |
| Major intersections |  A36 A303 A3028 A342 A4 |
| north end | Marlborough 51°25′02″N1°44′05″W / 51.4173°N 1.7346°W /51.4173; -1.7346 (A345 road (north end)) |
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Primary destinations | Salisbury |
| Road network | |
TheA345 is a secondaryA road inWiltshire, England running fromSalisbury toMarlborough and theA4. The road is a main south–north link acrossSalisbury Plain, which is renowned for its rich archaeology, and passes many ancient points of interest along its way.
The road begins inSalisbury at the Castle roundabout and travels north out of the city, passing close toOld Sarum Castle, taking a predominantly straight line toBoscombe Down and thenAmesbury before meeting theA303 at Countess roundabout, where it shares Countess Services with the major road. At this point it passes within 2 miles (3.2 km) of theWorld Heritage Site atStonehenge. Continuing north, the road passes near toWoodhenge and theMinistry of DefenceRoyal School of Artillery base atLarkhill. This part of the route can be hazardous as there are oftentanks crossing and the road is susceptible tosubsidence. The next significant places areNetheravon, and thenUpavon where the road briefly separates into a one-way system around the village, running concurrently with theA342 toDevizes. From here the A345 goes toPewsey, where thePewsey White Horse is best viewed, and then continues on toMarlborough, ending at a roundabout leading to the High Street which is the A4 road.
Originally, the A345 continued north from Marlborough to a junction with theA419 at Commonhead, southeast ofSwindon, and then through Swindon to meet the A419 again atBlunsdon. When theM4 motorway was opened, the section from Marlborough to junction 15 of the motorway became a northern extension of theA346. From the motorway to Commonhead, the road became part of the A419, and the route through Swindon was renumberedA4259 andA4311.
Between Amesbury and Durrington, a 0.8 miles (1.3 km) section of the A345 was realigned further east away from the Woodhengescheduled monument in 1968,[1] crossing to a further west alignment and incorporating a new roundabout at its junction with theA3028.
The southern terminus was originally further south along Castle Street at Salisbury market square, but with the opening of the Salisbury Inner Ring Road in 1969[2] the southern section was declassified.
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51°15′16″N1°47′57″W / 51.2545°N 1.7992°W /51.2545; -1.7992 (A345 road)
