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 A433 Bath Road entering Tetbury from the southwest entrance | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 16.5 mi (26.6 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Dunkirk |
| Major intersections |  A46 A4135 A429 |
| To | Cirencester |
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Primary destinations | Tetbury Westonbirt Arboretum Kemble Cirencester |
| Road network | |
TheA433 road is anA road andprimary route inGloucestershire, England.
It starts at a junction with theA46 atDunkirk(51°34′31″N2°18′06″W / 51.5754°N 2.3017°W /51.5754; -2.3017 (A433 road (western end))), 5 miles (8.0 km) north of junction 18 of theM4 and 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast ofChipping Sodbury. It runs northeast for 16.5 miles (26.6 km) to a junction with theA429 just west ofCirencester(51°42′04″N2°00′02″W / 51.7011°N 2.0006°W /51.7011; -2.0006 (A433 road (eastern end))). On its way to Cirencester the road passes the spectacularWestonbirt Arboretum, and runs through the villages ofWestonbirt and Doughton, and the town ofTetbury; then to the north of bothCotswold Airport (formerly RAF Kemble) andKemble village.
The last 2 miles (3.2 km) follow the route of theFosse Way. In this section the road passes theThames Head pub (named for thesource of the Thames) before rising over a crest and descending into a steep-side cutting to pass under theGolden Valley Line, through a narrow bridge which has no pavement forpedestrians.
When the route was first designated in 1922, it finished at a junction with the A429 on the Fosse Way just west of Kemble near Jackaments Bottom.[1] When RAF Kemble was built, circa 1937, the A429 was diverted south of the airfield to follow an upgraded existing road through Kemble village, and the section of the A429 north of the airfield became a continuation of the A433.[2]
In the 1930s or 1940s the route was extended from Cirencester to theA40 just west ofBurford, on the former route of theB4425. In the 1980s this section was downgraded to become the B4425 again.[3]
Download coordinates as:
51°37′51″N2°09′56″W / 51.6309°N 2.1655°W /51.6309; -2.1655 (A433 road)
