The road measures 281.91 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 7 hours and 29 minutes to travel its length.
The A38 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 3 Highways Region.
The road is split into 16 segments.
| Connecting Roads | Town / Post Town |
|---|---|
| B3391 | Burlescombe, TIVERTON |
| B3181 | Uffculme, CULLOMPTON |
| A361 | Sampford Peverell, TIVERTON |
| A361 | Sampford Peverell, TIVERTON |
| B3187 | Chelston Business Park, WELLINGTON |
| M5 | Chelston, WELLINGTON |
| M5 | West Buckland, WELLINGTON |
| M5 | Chelston, WELLINGTON |
| M5 | West Buckland, WELLINGTON |
| A3065 | TAUNTON |
| A3807 | TAUNTON |
| A3027 | TAUNTON |
| B3170 | TAUNTON |
| B3170 | TAUNTON |
| B3170 | TAUNTON |
| A3027 | TAUNTON |
| A3027 | TAUNTON |
| A3038 | TAUNTON |
| A358 | TAUNTON |
| A358 | Bathpool, TAUNTON |
| A358 | Bathpool, TAUNTON |
| A3259 | Bathpool, TAUNTON |
| A361 | Walford Cross, TAUNTON |
| A361 | Walford Cross, TAUNTON |
| A361 | Walford Cross, TAUNTON |
| M5 | BRIDGWATER |
| M5 | BRIDGWATER |
| M5 | BRIDGWATER |
| M5 | BRIDGWATER |
| B3131 | BRIDGWATER |
| A39 | BRIDGWATER |
| Connecting Roads | Town / Post Town |
|---|---|
| A40 | Longford, GLOUCESTER |
| A40 | Longford, GLOUCESTER |
| A4019 | Coombe Hill, GLOUCESTER |
| A4019 | Coombe Hill, GLOUCESTER |
| B4213 | Deerhurst, GLOUCESTER |
| A438 | TEWKESBURY |
| Connecting Roads | Town / Post Town |
|---|---|
| A438 | TEWKESBURY |
| B4080 | TEWKESBURY |
| A438 | Back Of Avon, TEWKESBURY |
| M50 | Ripple, TEWKESBURY |
| M50 | Ripple, TEWKESBURY |
| A4104 | Upton-upon-Severn, WORCESTER |
| A4104 | Upton-upon-Severn, WORCESTER |
| A4440 | WORCESTER |
| A4440 | WORCESTER |
| A4440 | WORCESTER |
| Connecting Roads | Town / Post Town |
|---|---|
| A4540 | BIRMINGHAM |
| A4540 | BIRMINGHAM |
| Connecting Roads | Town / Post Town |
|---|---|
| A5127 | BIRMINGHAM |
| A38(M) | BIRMINGHAM |
| A38(M) | BIRMINGHAM |
| A38(M) | BIRMINGHAM |
| A5127 | BIRMINGHAM |
| A4040 | Erdington, BIRMINGHAM |
| A4040 | Erdington, BIRMINGHAM |
| A4040 | Erdington, BIRMINGHAM |
| A4040 | Erdington, BIRMINGHAM |
| A4040 | Erdington, BIRMINGHAM |
| A4040 | Erdington, BIRMINGHAM |
| B4148 | Erdington, BIRMINGHAM |
| B4148 | Erdington, BIRMINGHAM |
| A452 | Castle Vale, BIRMINGHAM |
| A452 | Castle Vale, BIRMINGHAM |
| A452 | Castle Vale, BIRMINGHAM |
| A4097 | Minworth, SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| A4097 | Minworth, SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| M6 TOLL | SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| M6 TOLL | SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| M6 TOLL | SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| M6 TOLL | Middleton, TAMWORTH |
| A453 | Bassetts Pole, SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| A446 | Bassetts Pole, SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| A446 | Bassetts Pole, SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| A453 | Bassetts Pole, SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| A453 | Bassetts Pole, SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| A453 | Bassetts Pole, SUTTON COLDFIELD |
| A5 | Weeford, LICHFIELD |
| A5 | Weeford, LICHFIELD |
| A5 | Weeford, LICHFIELD |
| A5 | Weeford, LICHFIELD |
| A5148 | LICHFIELD |
| A5148 | LICHFIELD |
| A5148 | LICHFIELD |
| A5148 | LICHFIELD |
| A5148 | LICHFIELD |
| A5206 | LICHFIELD |
| A5206 | LICHFIELD |
| Connecting Roads | Town / Post Town |
|---|---|
| A6075 | Mansfield Woodhouse, MANSFIELD |
| A6075 | Mansfield Woodhouse, MANSFIELD |
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This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like BODMIN, Fletchers Bridge, Carminnow Cross, Turfdown, Glynn, Two Waters Foot, Doublebois, Dobwalls, LISKEARD, Looe Mills, Moorswater, Island Shop, Horningtops, Menheniot, Trerulefoot, SALTASH, Tideford, Landrake, Notter, Stoketon, Latchbrook, Moorlands Trading Estate, Pillmere, South Pill, PLYMOUTH, Crabtree, Plympton, Smithaleigh, Lee Mill Bridge, IVYBRIDGE, Lee Mill Industrial Estate, Cadleigh Park, Endsleigh, Woodlands, Westover, Ermington, Filham, Ugborough, Bittaford, Wrangaton, SOUTH BRENT, Avonwick, Rattery, Dean Prior, Higher Dean, Lower Dean, BUCKFASTLEIGH, Ashburton, Bickington, Liverton, Heathfield, Teigngrace, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Chudleigh, Kennford, Uffculme, Sampford Peverell, Burlescombe, Red Ball, Whiteball, WELLINGTON, Beambridge, Sampford Arundel, Pinksmoor, Bagley Green, Chelston, Chelston Business Park, West Buckland, Bradford On Tone, Rumwell, Rumwell Park, TAUNTON, Bishops Hull, Galmington Trading Estate, Bathpool, Monkton Heathfield, West Monkton, Walford Cross, Adsborough Hill, Adsborough, Thurloxton, North Petherton, BRIDGWATER, Dunball, Puriton, Walpole, Pawlett, Stretcholt, West Huntspill, East Huntspill, HIGHBRIDGE, Brent Knoll, East Brent, Rooksbridge, Tarnock, Biddisham, Badgworth, Lower Weare, Cross, Shute Shelve, WINSCOMBE, Star, Shipham, Rowberrow, Churchill, Langford, Redhill, Bristol International Airport, Felton, Backwell, Barrow Gurney, Dundry, BRISTOL, Filton, Patchway, Almondsbury, Bradley Stoke, Rudgeway, Alveston, Thornbury, Buckover, Milbury Heath, Whitfield, Falfield, Stone, Woodford, Alkington, Newport, Berkeley Heath, BERKELEY, Cam, Slimbridge, Cambridge, Eastington, Whitminster, Moreton Valence, Hardwicke, Quedgeley, Tuffley, GLOUCESTER, Longlevens, Longford, Twigworth, Down Hatherley, Norton, The Leigh, Coombe Hill, Deerhurst, TEWKESBURY, Walton Cardiff, WORCESTER, Claines, Hindlip, Fernhill Heath, Martin Hussingtree, Copcut, DROITWICH, Berry Hill Industrial Estate, Elmbridge, Rashwood, Wychbold, Upton Warren, Stoke Heath, BROMSGROVE, Burcot, Lickey End, Marlbrook, Catshill, Lydiate Ash, Chadwich, Rednal, BIRMINGHAM, Edgbaston, Broomhall, Kempsey, Severn Stoke, Earls Croome, Upton-upon-Severn, Ripple, Shuthonger, Back Of Avon, LICHFIELD, Canwell, Bassetts Pole, SUTTON COLDFIELD, Wishaw, Minworth, Castle Vale, Britannia Enterprise Park, Streethay, Fradley, Alrewas, Wychnor, Barton Under Needwood, Branston, Centrum One Hundred, BURTON-ON-TRENT, Stretton, Egginton, Willington, Findern, Burnaston, Mickleover, Littleover, DERBY, Allestree, Little Eaton, Coxbench, Lower Kilburn, Kilburn, RIPLEY, Pentrich, Hammersmith, Swanwick, ALFRETON, Nixs Hill Industrial Estate, Somercotes, South Normanton, Pinxton, Huthwaite, SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and Mansfield Woodhouse.
This is a true long-distance route that passes through multiple counties, including Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, West Midlands, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire.