The road measures 139.29 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 3 hours and 52 minutes to travel its length.
The A49 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 4 Highways Region.
The road is split into 6 segments.
| Connecting Roads | Town / Post Town |
|---|---|
| B4368 | CRAVEN ARMS |
| B4368 | CRAVEN ARMS |
| A489 | CRAVEN ARMS |
| B4370 | Marshbrook, CHURCH STRETTON |
| A4113 | Bromfield, LUDLOW |
| B5477 | Little Stretton, CHURCH STRETTON |
| B4365 | LUDLOW |
| B4361 | LUDLOW |
| B4361 | LUDLOW |
| B4361 | LUDLOW |
| B4371 | CHURCH STRETTON |
| B4371 | CHURCH STRETTON |
| A4117 | Rock Green, LUDLOW |
| B5477 | Leebotwood, CHURCH STRETTON |
| B4361 | LUDLOW |
| B4361 | LUDLOW |
| B4362 | Woofferton, LUDLOW |
| A456 | Woofferton, LUDLOW |
| A4112 | Stockton, LEOMINSTER |
| A5 | Bayston Hill, SHREWSBURY |
| A5 | Bayston Hill, SHREWSBURY |
| A5 | Bayston Hill, SHREWSBURY |
| A44 | LEOMINSTER |
| A44 | LEOMINSTER |
| B4361 | Marlbrook, LEOMINSTER |
| A417 | Hope-under-Dinmore, LEOMINSTER |
| A4103 | Holmer, HEREFORD |
| A4103 | Holmer, HEREFORD |
| B4359 | HEREFORD |
| A465 | HEREFORD |
| A438 | Old Market, HEREFORD |
| A438 | HEREFORD |
| A465 | HEREFORD |
| A465 | HEREFORD |
| B4399 | Grafton, HEREFORD |
| A466 | Wormelow, HEREFORD |
| A466 | Wormelow, HEREFORD |
| B4348 | Llandinabo, HEREFORD |
| A4137 | Peterstow, ROSS-ON-WYE |
| B4521 | Peterstow, ROSS-ON-WYE |
| A40 | Wilton, ROSS-ON-WYE |
| Connecting Roads | Town / Post Town |
|---|---|
| A5124 | Battlefield, SHREWSBURY |
| A5112 | Battlefield, SHREWSBURY |
| A5112 | Battlefield, SHREWSBURY |
| A53 | Battlefield, SHREWSBURY |
| B5062 | SHREWSBURY |
| B5062 | SHREWSBURY |
| A5 | Uffington, SHREWSBURY |
| A5 | Uffington, SHREWSBURY |
| A5 | Uffington, SHREWSBURY |
| B5063 | Preston Brockhurst, SHREWSBURY |
| B5063 | Preston Brockhurst, SHREWSBURY |
| B5065 | Prees Green, WHITCHURCH |
| B5065 | Prees Green, WHITCHURCH |
| A41 | Prees Heath, WHITCHURCH |
| Connecting Roads | Town / Post Town |
|---|---|
| A581 | Pincock, CHORLEY |
| A581 | Euxton, CHORLEY |
| B5248 | LEYLAND |
| B5251 | Coppull, CHORLEY |
| A5209, B5239 | Standish, WIGAN |
| A5106 | Standish, WIGAN |
| B5376 | WIGAN |
| B5376 | WIGAN |
| B5376 | WIGAN |
| A573 | WIGAN |
| A573 | WIGAN |
| B5238 | WIGAN |
| A577 | WIGAN |
| A577 | WIGAN |
| A577 | WIGAN |
| A577 | WIGAN |
| B5238 | WIGAN |
| B5238 | WIGAN |
| B5238 | WIGAN |
| A577 | WIGAN |
| A577 | WIGAN |
| A571 | WIGAN |
| B5238 | WIGAN |
| B5238 | WIGAN |
| B5238 | WIGAN |
| M6 | Ashton-in-Makerfield, WIGAN |
| M6 | Ashton-in-Makerfield, WIGAN |
| B5207 | Ashton-in-Makerfield, WIGAN |
| B5207 | Ashton-in-Makerfield, WIGAN |
| A5062 | Ashton-in-Makerfield, WIGAN |
| A58 | Ashton-in-Makerfield, WIGAN |
| Connecting Roads | Town / Post Town |
|---|---|
| B5256 | LEYLAND |
| B5256 | LEYLAND |
| B5248 | LEYLAND |
| A5083 | LEYLAND |
| A6 | Bamber Bridge, PRESTON |
| A6 | Bamber Bridge, PRESTON |
| Connecting Roads | Town / Post Town |
|---|---|
| A580 | NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS |
| A580 | NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS |
| A599 | NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS |
| A599 | NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS |
| A58 | Ashton-in-Makerfield, WIGAN |
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This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like Bayston Hill, Condover, Dorrington, Longnor, Leebotwood, All Stretton, CHURCH STRETTON, Little Stretton, Marshbrook, Felhampton, Affcot, CRAVEN ARMS, Newington, Stokesay, Whettleton, Onibury, Bromfield, LUDLOW, Rock Green, Ludlow Business Park, Steventon, Ashford Carbonel, Ashford Bowdler, Woofferton, Brimfield, Ashton, Eye, Endale, LEOMINSTER, Wharton, Ford Bridge, Marlbrook, Hope-under-Dinmore, Dinmore, Wellington, Moreton-on-Lugg, Lyde, Holmer, HEREFORD, Grafton, Redhill, Callow, Kingsthorne, Wormelow, Much Birch, Llandinabo, St. Owens Cross, Harewood End, Peterstow, Bridstow, Wilton, WHITCHURCH, Grindley Brook, Hinton, Bradeley Green, Quoisley Bridge, Bickley, Bickley Moss, Cholmondeley, Croxton Green, Ridley, Spurstow, Bunbury Heath, Bunbury, Beeston, Tiverton, Tiresford, Four Lane Ends, TARPORLEY, Utkinton, Eaton Hill, Cotebrook, Little Budworth, Oakmere, Sandiway, Cuddington, Gorstage, Weaverham, Acton Bridge, Little Leigh, Bartington, Lower Whitley, Whitley, Norcott Brook, Stretton, Bradley Brook, Lower Stretton, Appleton, Stockton Heath, WARRINGTON, Winwick Quay, SHREWSBURY, Uffington, Battlefield, Upper Battlefield, Hadnall, Grinshill, Acton Reynald, Preston Brockhurst, Lee Brockhurst, Weston, Prees Green, Prees, Prees Heath, Bamber Bridge, Lostock Hall, LEYLAND, Buckshaw Village, CHORLEY, Euxton, Charnock Richard, Coppull, Standish, WIGAN, Ashton-in-Makerfield, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, and Winwick.
This is a true long-distance route that passes through multiple counties, including Shropshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire.