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A44
Route information
Maintained byEnglish local authorities andNorth & Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent
Length	154.3 mi[1][2] (248.3 km)
Major junctions
East end	A40 inOxford
Major intersections	A34 inOxford A429 inMoreton-in-Marsh A46 inEvesham A422 nearWorcester A38 in Worcester A49 nearLeominster A483 atCrossgates A470 inRhayader
West end	A487 inAberystwyth
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Counties	England: Oxfordshire,Warwickshire,Gloucestershire,Worcestershire,Herefordshire Wales: Powys,Ceredigion
Primary destinations	Woodstock Chipping Norton Moreton-in-Marsh Evesham Worcester Bromyard Leominster Kington Old Radnor Rhayader Llangurig
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
←A43 →A45

TheA44 is a major road in theUnited Kingdom that runs fromOxford in southernEngland toAberystwyth in westWales.

The original (1923) route of the A44 wasChipping Norton toAberystwyth. No changes were made to the route of the A44 in the early years. After theSecond World War, the section betweenRhayader andLlangurig was renumberedA470, as part of the 186 miles (299 km) long road inWales that connectsCardiff on the south coast toLlandudno on the north coast. The A44 was extended toOxford in the 1990s, replacing part of theA34 when theM40 motorway was completed.

The road begins at aroundabout junction with theA40 road on the northern section of Oxford's ring road inOxfordshire. It has agrade separated junction with theA34 road (leading to theM40 motorway andWinchester). From here, the road runs northwest, and has a 2-mile (3.2 km) section ofdual-carriageway through the villages of Yarnton and Begbroke before reaching the town ofWoodstock, home toBlenheim Palace. The road then reaches the main market street inChipping Norton before entering theCotswolds. The road here has many hills and turns, and is single-carriageway with some tight bends, with not much opportunity for overtaking.

The road then entersGloucestershire, and the town ofMoreton in Marsh, before sweeping up through woodland until it reaches Fish Hill nearBroadway inWorcestershire. At this point, it becomes 3-lane and descends steeply through some sharp bends. It then bypasses Broadway before meeting up with theA46/A435Evesham bypass.

On reaching the northern end of the Evesham bypass the A44 heads northwest, passingWyre Piddle and the town ofPershore before reaching the crossroads nearSpetchley. The road then crosses theM5 motorway and ontoWorcester's eastern bypass (A4440). It then turns south along the bypass before rejoining its original line west into the city itself. The road passes theCathedral, crosses theRiver Severn and then meets the western end of the bypass.

After leaving Worcester, the A44 continues west past the village ofBroadwas, following theRiver Teme untilKnightwick where entersHerefordshire as it climbs over Bringsty Common before descending towardsBromyard. The A44 bypasses Bromyard town centre and heads west over the downs toBredenbury. It then crosses theRiver Lugg before meeting theA49Leominster bypass, where it turns left and heads through the town centre.

After leaving Leominster, the A44 crosses theRiver Arrow to bypassMonkland. The road then heads towards theblack and white villages ofEardisland andPembridge. After Pembridge the A44 meanders west, passing numerous orchards en route, before reachingLyonshall, where the road meets theA480 and passesOffa's Dyke. A couple of miles later and the A44 meetsKington. The road bypasses the town and follows the River Arrow before reaching theWelsh border.

LeavingHerefordshire and enteringPowys, the road continues throughWalton and passes the village ofNew Radnor, before turning south toLlanfihangel Nant Melan. The road then turns northwest to do some serious hill-climbing before winding its way downhill to a plateau. A few miles later it reachesPenybont andCrossgates, where it meets theA483 road. Eight miles further the A44 reachesRhayader.

Aspoof sign on this section of the road, announcing "Llandegley International Airport 2½m", has attracted international press coverage and been mentioned inParliament.^[3]

On reaching the centre of Rhayader, traffic heads to the left of the clock tower before immediately turning right, where the road passes through the town and joins theA470 for 9 miles (14 km) toLlangurig, following the course of theRiver Wye. Leaving Llangurig, the road starts clinging to hillsides as it winds its way through theCambrian Mountains.

The road entersCeredigion and the next hamlet isEisteddfa Gurig which, at 1339 feet (408 metres) above sea level, is its highest point and the location of the iconicElvis Rock. The A44 then descends into the remote settlement ofPonterwyd. The road passes several abandoned mines en route to the villages ofGoginan andCapel Bangor, where it meets theRiver Rheidol. The road then passes the village ofLlanbadarn Fawr, continuing for the last mile through the outskirts ofAberystwyth before terminating on theA487 at Penglais Hill.

• Evesham: the route used to go through the centre of the town, but now runs to the north.
• Evesham–Worcester: the route used to run on a road to the south. The old route is now known as the B4084.
• Leominster–Kington: for 4.8 miles (7.7 km) west of Barons' Cross the road formerly followed a more northerly route, crossing theRiver Arrow atEardisland.
• Kington, Herefordshire, the road bypasses the centre of the town using the formerLeominster and Kington Railway trackbed north of the town.
• Wyre Piddle. In 2003 the A44 was rerouted down the A4538 between Evesham and Worcester and therefore no longer goes downPershore High Street.

County	Location	mi[1][2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Oxfordshire	Oxford	0.0	0.0	A40 / Woodstock Road (A4144 south) / Five Mile Drive toM40 –London,Cheltenham,City centre,Wolvercote,Summertown,Headington,Witney	Eastern terminus
	Gosford and Water Eaton	0.4	0.64	A34 toM40 /A420 /A41 –Newbury,Swindon,The Midlands,Banbury,Northampton,Cowley,Abingdon,Bicester,Botley	To A41 signed eastbound only
		0.7	1.1	A4260 north –Kidlington	Southern terminus of A4260
	Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp–Kidlington boundary	4.3	6.9	A4095 (Bladon Road / Upper Campsfield Road) –Witney,Bicester,Long Hanborough,Bladon,Kirtlington
	Chipping Norton	15.2	24.5	A3400 north –Stratford,Shipston	Southern terminus of A3400
		16.6	26.7	A361 north (Banbury Road) / B4026 (Over Norton Road) –Banbury,Over Norton,Great Rollright,Bloxham	Bloxham signed eastbound only; eastern terminus of A361 concurrency
		16.8	27.0	A361 south (Burford Road) to B4450 / B4026 –Burford,Churchill,Charlbury	Western terminus of A361 concurrency
Oxfordshire–Warwickshire boundary	Salford–Little Compton boundary	20.0	32.2	A436 west –Stow,Oddington	Eastern terminus of A436
Gloucestershire	Moreton-in-Marsh	24.8	39.9	A429 north (High Street) –Stratford,Batsford	Batsford signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A429 concurrency
		24.9	40.1	A429 south (Stow Road) –Stow-on-the-Wold,Cirencester,Bourton-on-the-Water	Bourton signed eastbound only; western terminus of A429 concurrency
	Bourton-on-the-Hill	28.4	45.7	A424 south-east –Stow,Bourton-on-the-Water	Information signed eastbound only; north-western terminus of A424
Worcestershire	Evesham	37.9	61.0	A46 south / Broadway Road toM5 /A435 –Cheltenham,Evesham,Pershore,Tewkesbury	Eastern terminus of A46 concurrency
	Norton and Lenchwick	40.2	64.7	A46 north toM42 /A435 –The North,Stratford,Birmingham,Redditch,Salford Priors,Alcester,Bidford	The North and Bidford signed eastbound only; western terminus of A46 concurrency
		40.4	65.0	A4184 south / B4088 (Evesham Road) –Evesham,Harvington,Norton	Northern terminus of A4184
	Pinvin	46.5	74.8	A4104 west (Terrace Road) / B4082 (Main Street) –Village centre,Pershore,Upton Snodsbury	Eastern terminus of A4104
	Spetchley	51.1	82.2	A422 east /A4538 north (Pershore Lane) toM5 north /A38 –Stratford,Droitwich	Western terminus of A422; southern terminus of A4538
	Warndon	52.7	84.8	A4440 north (Nunnery Way) / Wildwood Drive –Worcester (east)	Eastern terminus of A4440 concurrency
	Whittington	53.5	86.1	A4440 west (Whittington Road) toM5 /A4103 /A449 / B4084 –Worcester (west),Hereford,Malvern,Pershore	Worcester signed westbound only; western terminus of A4440 concurrency
	Worcester	55.0	88.5	A38 south (Commandery Road) –Tewkesbury	Eastern terminus of A38 concurrency
		55.1	88.7	A38 north toA449 –Bromsgrove,Kidderminster	Information signed westbound only; western terminus of A38 concurrency
		55.5– 55.6	89.3– 89.5	A449 north (Croft Road) toA38 –Bromsgrove,Kidderminster	Eastern terminus of A449 concurrency
		55.7– 55.9	89.6– 90.0	A449 south (Bromwich Road) toA38 –Malvern,Ledbury,Tewkesbury A443 north-west (Hylton Road) –Tenbury	Ledbury signed westbound only; western terminus of A449 concurrency; south-eastern terminus of A443
	Rushwick	57.5	92.5	A4103 west / Grove Way (A4440 east) toM5 /A422 –Hereford,Evesham,Stratford	Eastern terminus of A4103; western terminus of A4440
Herefordshire	Bromyard	69.7	112.2	A465 west (Hereford Road) –Hereford	Eastern terminus of A465
	Leominster	80.1	128.9	A49 south –Hereford	Eastern terminus of A49 concurrency
	Kimbolton	80.9	130.2	A49 north –Shrewsbury,Ludlow	Ludlow signed eastbound only; western terminus of A49 concurrency
	Monkland and Stretford	85.5	137.6	A4110 toA4113 –Hereford,Canon Pyon,Knighton,Kingsland	Brief concurrency
	Eardisland	86.1	138.6	A4112 south-west toA438 –Brecon,Dilwyn,Weobley	North-eastern terminus of A4112
	Lyonshall	93.1	149.8	A480 south-east –Hereford,Lyonshall	North-western terminus of A480
		94.9	152.7	A4111 south / Headbrook toA438 –Hereford,Brecon,Kington,Eardisley	Northern terminus of A4111
Herefordshire–Powys boundary	Lower Harpton–Old Radnor boundary	97.8	157.4	England–Wales boundary
Powys	New Radnor	105.3	169.5	A481 west –Hundred House [cy],Builth Wells	Eastern terminus of A481
	Penybont	110.9	178.5	A488 north –Knighton	Southern terminus of A488
	Crossgates	112.8	181.5	A483 –Llandrindod Wells,Newtown,Llanddewi	Llanddewi signed eastbound only
	Rhayader	120.9	194.6	A470 south (South Street) / B4518 (West Street) –Builth Wells	Eastern terminus of A470 concurrency
	Llangurig	130.0	209.2	A470 north toA489 –Dolgellau,Newtown	Western terminus of A470 concurrency
Ceredigion	Ponterwyd	142.6	229.5	A4120 west –Devil's Bridge	Eastern terminus of A4120
	Llanbadarn Fawr	153.3	246.7	A4120 east (Heol-y-Bont) toA487 –Southgate [cy],Cardigan	Western terminus of A4120
	Aberystwyth	154.3	248.3	A487 (Penglais Road) –Cardigan,Machynlleth	Western terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

• Trunk roads in Wales

• Media related toA44 road (Great Britain) at Wikimedia Commons
• SABRE page on the A44Archived 22 May 2006 at theWayback Machine

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