Settlements on the A38

The A38 is a major trunk road running from the south-east of Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. At 292 miles (470 km), it is the longest 'A' road entirely within England.^[1]

Cornwall[]

• Bodmin
• (near Trago Mills)
• Doublebois
• Dobwalls
• The road bypasses Liskeard
• Trerulefoot
• Tideford
• Landrake
• The road bypasses Saltash
• Saltash Tunnel
• Tamar Bridge

Devon[]

• The road bypasses Plymouth
• Plympton
• Ivybridge
• South Brent
• Dean Prior
• Buckfastleigh
• Ashburton
• Chudleigh
• Kennford
• The A38 is concurrent with the M5 motorway south of Exeter before re-emerging at Junction 27 of the M5 at Sampford Peverell

Somerset[]

• Wellington - Town is technically bypassed but developments now reach the edge of the A38.
• Taunton
• North Petherton
• Bridgwater
• Pawlett
• Huntspill
• Highbridge
• Lower Weare
• Churchill
• Redhill

Bristol[]

• Bedminster
• The road passes through Bristol city centre
• Stokes Croft
• Bishopston
• Horfield

Gloucestershire[]

• Filton
• Patchway
• Almondsbury
• Alveston
• Falfield
• Cambridge
• Whitminster
• Hardwicke
• Quedgeley
• The road passes around Gloucester city centre
• Coombe Hill
• Tewkesbury

Worcestershire[]

• Severn Stoke
• Kempsey
• The road passes through Worcester city centre
• Droitwich Spa
• Wychbold
• Bromsgrove

The West Midlands[]

• Lydiate Ash
• Rubery
• Longbridge
• Northfield
• Selly Oak
• Bournbrook
• Edgbaston
• The road passes through Birmingham City Centre
• Aston
• Castle Vale
• The road bypasses Sutton Coldfield

Staffordshire[]

• The road bypasses Lichfield
• Alrewas
• Fradley
• Barton under Needwood
• The road bypasses Burton on Trent

Derbyshire[]

• Mickleover
• Derby
• Allestree
• Little Eaton
• The road bypasses Belper
• The road bypasses Ripley
• The road bypasses Alfreton

Nottinghamshire[]

• Sutton in Ashfield
• Mansfield

References[]