A361 road
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| A361 road | |
| Direction | North-South |
| Start | Ilfracombe |
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Barnstaple Glastonbury Frome Trowbridge Swindon Banbury |
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| End | Rugby |
| Roads joined |  A399 road A3123 road A39 road A3125 road A396 road M5 motorway A38 road A372 road A39 road A37 road A371 road A359 road A362 road A3098 road A36 road A363 road A350 road A365 road A342 road A4 road A4361 road A419 road A417 road A40 road A424 road A44 road A3400 road A4260 road A422 road A423 road M40 motorway A45 road A425 road A5 road |
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The A361 is a major road in England and is the longest 3 digit A road in the UK. It runs south from Ilfracombe on the north Devon coast to Barnstaple, turning south-east to Tiverton then, after a break (the M5 connects the two sections), north east from Taunton in Somerset through Street and Glastonbury, past Frome and then into Wiltshire through Trowbridge, Devizes, Avebury and Swindon. It then runs through the eastern Cotswolds, via Lechlade, Burford and Chipping Norton and on through Banbury and Daventry before terminating at its junction with the A5 road at the village of Kilsby on the Northamptonshire-Warwickshire border near Rugby.
The road starts in Ilfracombe as part of the town's High Street, and is mostly single carriageway. The road passes through the villages of Knowle and Braunton, before becoming dual carriageway standard at Ashford, which continues for the short distance to Barnstaple. The section from Barnstaple to the M5 near Tiverton has been designated the North Devon Link Road, and enables relatively fast access to the Atlantic Highway, relieving pressure on the northern section of the A39 and A358. This section is a modern, wide single carriageway trunk road (which was de-trunked in 2002), apart from the 5-mile stretch between Tiverton and the M5, which is dual carriageway. Tiverton Parkway railway station is situated close to the junction with the motorway in order to give easy rail connections for people driving from north Devon.
The rest of the road, from Taunton to Rugby, is largely county-road class; the quality of the road surface, width and verges can sometimes be barely better than a B-road.
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[edit] A4361
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| A4361 road | |
| Direction | North-South |
| Start | Beckhampton |
| End | Swindon |
| Roads joined | A4 road A361 road A3102 road |
The road has been re-numbered A4361 from its junction with the A4 immediately south of Avebury northwards, becoming the A361 again at the junction with the A419 which passes north-east of Swindon.
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[edit] External links
- From Watford Gap to Camelot – A travelog following a section of the A361
