B roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme for the rationale behind the numbers allocated.


Zone 5 (3 digits)

Road From To Notes
B500 A40 at Holborn Circus A1 at Barbican station Charterhouse Street and Long Lane around Smithfield Market
B501 A401 at Islington B500 Charterhouse Street at Smithfield Market St John Street, except for the section north of Rosebery Avenue which is part of the A401
B502 A4200 at Russell Square B144 Bath Street in Finsbury This road is split into two parts by the A201 and A401 at Mount Pleasant
B504 A5202 at St Pancras B502 at Bloomsbury Northern-section passes St Pancras International on the West side and is Southbound-only for through traffic.
B506 A501 at Great Portland Street station A400 at Goodge Street Great Portland Street and Mortimer Street east of Regent Street.
B507 A501 at Marylebone B510 at Kilburn Lisson Grove and includes the famous Abbey Road
B509 A502 at Chalk Farm A5 at Kilburn Adelaide Road and Belsize Road, passes through Swiss Cottage
B510 A41 at Child's Hill (Fortune Green) A5 at Kilburn Along Fortune Green Road and West End Lane through West Hampstead.

Terminates at Quex Road while Abbey Road is the B507

B511 A41 at Swiss Cottage A502 Hampstead station Fitzjohns Avenue and some of Heath Street
B512 A400 at Mornington Crescent A5202 at St Pancras Hospital Crowndale Road
B514 A5200 at Kings Cross A5203 at Barnsbury Copenhagen Street
B515 A1 at Holloway A1 at Islington Liverpool Road. Passes through residential-Islington. As this road is an alternative to the A1, it attracts rat-runners, therefore they have introduced a 20 mph speed limit throughout and traffic-calming (speed humps) to enforce it.
B517 A502 in Chalk Farm B518 Hampstead at the one-way system This is an alternative route to Hampstead to the A502 that passes through Malden Road
B518 A502 at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead (Pond Street) A400 Kentish Town, at the Forum (Highgate Road) Route passes Gospel Oak station effectively running close to the South border of Hampstead Heath
B519 A1 in Highgate, N6 and another end in Archway, N19 A502 at Hampstead This road is unusual in that it has 3 parts that merge at the top of Highgate Hill
B521 A40 at Holborn Circus A5201 Clerkenwell Road Hatton Garden
B525 Swiss Cottage Regents Park Avenue Road
B526 A422 at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire A45/A508 junction, Northampton Parallel to M1 motorway (formerly part of the A50)
B530 A507 at Ampthill, Bedfordshire A6/A421, Bedford The only direct link between Flitwick/Ampthill and Bedford.
B531 A5134 at Kempston, Bedfordshire A5141 in Bedford town centre straight for its entire length
B540 B519 Highgate Village, North London A103 Crouch End Heads along Hornsey Lane, over the A1 at the Archway Bridge
B550 B519 Highgate Village, North London A1000 Whetstone, London Southwood Lane, Muswell Hill Road, Muswell Hill Broadway, Colney Hatch Lane and Friern Barnet Lane
B551 A41 at Hendon A502 at Brent Green, Hendon along Queens Road
B552 A504 at Hendon A411 at Arkley Runs through North Hendon and Mill Hill Village, runs along the A5109 for a short while

at Highwood Hill then up Hendon Wood Lane to Arkley

B560 A422 at Stagsden, Bedfordshire A5134 at Kempston, Bedfordshire
B565 A509 at Olney, Buckinghamshire A428 at Cold Brayfield, Buckinghamshire
B569 Old A6 road at Rushden A509 at Wollaston near Wellingborough
B582 A6 at Sainsbury's in Oadby, Leicestershire A447 near Nailstone, Leicestershire
B585 A447 near Cadeby, Leicestershire A511 between Coalville and M1, Leicestershire Rerouted; formerly, via Coalville to A512 at Thringstone; this section now declassified
B587 A514 near Stanton by Bridge, Leicestershire A511 east of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire Rerouted; formerly, via Whitwick to A50 at Markfield; this section now declassified
B588 (defunct) A6 at Hathern, Leicestershire A512 south of Shepshed, Leicestershire Now declassified, no longer a B road
B591 A512 south of Shepshed, Leicestershire A50 west of M1 Junction 22, Leicestershire Rerouted; incorporates sections of former B5330 and B5350. Formerly: east (from near Copt Oak) to A6 at Quorn, Leicestershire, and west from A50 to Ibstock and beyond; both these sections now declassified.

Zone 5 (4 digits)

Road From To Notes
B5006 B586 at Measham A514 at Ticknall
B5008 Winshill, Staffordshire A50/A38 north of Willington, Derbyshire
B5012 A34 Ringway in Cannock, Staffordshire A449 Wolverhampton Road in Penkridge, Staffordshire
B5013 A51 at Rugeley, Staffordshire A518 near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire Crosses Blithfield Reservoir causeway
B5014 A515 near Lichfield, Staffordshire B5013 at Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire Joins the A513 at Handsacre
B5020 A6 at Kirk Langley, Derbyshire A516 at Mickleover, Derby
B5021 B5020 at Mickleover, Derby Littleover, Derby Only 1 km long
B5023 A6 at Duffield, Derbyshire A5012 (Via Gellia) east of Ible By way of Idridgehay and Wirksworth
B5026 A34 in Stone, Staffordshire A51 in Pipe Gate, Shropshire Main Road from Stone to Eccleshall
B5027 A520 in Stone, Staffordshire A518 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire Starts at Stone High Street and also has a spur that meets the A51 in Stone.
B5035 Ashbourne South Wingfield via Wirksworth
B5038 A34 at Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent A519 at Hanchurch Only 1 mile long; used as a shortcut to M6 J15
B5044 A525 at Keele, Staffordshire Newcastle-Under-Lyme
B5053 A515 south of Buxton Froghall
B5054 A515 B5053 north of Warslow, Staffordshire.
B5055 A515 west of Monyash Bakewell by way of Over Haddon
B5056 A6 west of Rowsley, Derbyshire A515 south of Fenny Bentley by way of Longcliffe, Grangemill (crosses A5012) and Winster
B5057 A632 south of Chesterfield B5056 west of Winster
B5061 A5 in Telford, Shropshire B4380 near Atcham and Wroxeter, Shropshire Mostly follows the original route of the end of Watling Street
B5062 A5112 at Sundorne, Shrewsbury A41 near Newport, Shropshire Intersects the A49 (the Shrewsbury by-pass) and A442
B5063 A495 at Welshampton, near Ellesmere, Shropshire A442 near Wellington, Shropshire Intersects the A49, A53 and passes through Wem
B5066 A34 Queensway at Stafford A520 Windmill Road at Meir Heath, Staffordshire Intersects the A513 and A51
B5068 Ellesmere, Shropshire St Martin's, Shropshire
B5069 A41 at Hampton Heath, Cheshire A483 south of Oswestry, Shropshire By way of Malpas, Worthenbury, Bangor-on-Dee and Overton-on-Dee. Although this road starts and ends in England much of it is in Wales.
B5070 St Martin's, Shropshire A5 north of Chirk, Clwyd
B5071 A534 in Crewe, Cheshire A529 near Hatherton
B5072 M54 Junction 5 A5223 at Lawley
B5074 A54 at Winsford A500/A51 at Nantwich
B5075 A559 at Northwich, Cheshire A559 at Higher Marston, Cheshire
B5076 A530 at Bradfield Green, Cheshire A532 in Crewe
B5077 A532 at Crewe Green, Cheshire A5011 in Alsager, Cheshire
B5078 A533 north of Alsager Junction 16, M6 Split into two sections by B5077
B5079 A533 at Elworth, Cheshire Wheelock, Cheshire
B5081 A50 south of Knutsford, Cheshire Middlewich
B5082 A559 at Northwich, Cheshire A50 between Cranage and Allostock
B5085 A537 at Knutsford, Cheshire A34 at Alderley Edge, Cheshire
B5086 B5085 at Alderley Edge, Cheshire A538 at Wilmslow, Cheshire Route of A34 south of Wilmslow town centre before Wilmslow bypass
B5087 A537 at Macclesfield, Cheshire A535 at Alderley Edge, Cheshire This road has no been 'extended' by re-classifing the bypassed section of the A34 in Alderly Edge to A5087 until the junction with the A535.
B5088 A536 at Macclesfield, Cheshire A537 at Macclesfield, Cheshire Oxford Road, runs from traffic lights at Park Lane / Ivy Lane junction to roundabout with A537.
B5090 Bootle, Merseyside Bootle, Merseyside Oriel Road. <½km long
B5090 Tytherington, Cheshire Bollington Cheshire Tytherington Lane, Bollington Road, Henshall Road, Wellington Road, Palmerston Street
B5091 A538 at Prestbury, Cheshire B5090 in Bollington Cheshire
B5106 Conwy, North Wales Betws-y-coed A mile south of Trefriw a spur crosses the river Conwy to join the A470 at Llanrwst
B5108 A5025 at Benllech, Isle of Anglesey B5110 at Brynteg, Anglesey
B5110 A5025 north of Benllech, Isle of Anglesey Llangefni By way of Marianglas and Brynteg
B5115 A55 at Colwyn Bay A546 at Tywyn
B5122 A55 at Pantasaph A541 at Afon-wen
B5124 Blackpool, Lancashire Bispham, Lancashire Old route of A587 which was rerouted along the former B5264
B5126 B5129 at Shotton A5119 at Northop
B5129 A5104 at Saltney A548 at Kelsterton
B5132 A41 at Eastham A51 at Stamford Mill
B5133 Hooton, Cheshire A540 at Windle Hill, Cheshire
B5134 Neston, Cheshire A540 east of Neston
B5135 Neston, Cheshire A540 north of Neston
B5136 Neston, Cheshire A41 near Tranmere, Wirral Includes section of former A41 bypassed by New Ferry/Rock Ferry bypass. All three roads at T-junction in New Ferry are B5136. Gap between Bebington and Clatterbridge accounted for by B5137 and B5151.
B5137 M53 at Bebington A41 at Bromborough
B5138 Heswall, Wirral Thingwall, Wirral
B5139 Upton, Wirral A540 at West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside
B5140 Caldy, Wirral B5139 at Frankby, Wirral, Merseyside
B5141 Caldy, Wirral A540 at West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside
B5142 A554 in Egremont, Merseyside A551 in Liscard, Merseyside Number duplicated
B5142 B5153 in Weaverham, Cheshire A49 1 km north of Weaverham Number duplicated
B5143 A554 in New Brighton, Merseyside A551 in Liscard, Merseyside
B5144 A554 in Seacombe, Merseyside A551 in Seacombe, Merseyside Number duplicated
B5144 B5153 in Weaverham, Cheshire A49 ½km south of Weaverham Number duplicated
B5145 A551 in Wallasey, Merseyside A551 in Seacombe, Merseyside
B5146 A5030 in Birkenhead, Merseyside A5029 in Birkenhead, Merseyside
B5147 Birkenhead Central railway station, Merseyside B5148, Tranmere, Merseyside
B5148 A552 in Birkenhead, Merseyside B5149 near Bebington, Merseyside
B5149 A41 near Tranmere, Merseyside B5136, Bebington, Merseyside
B5150 B5151 at Higher Bebington B5148 near Bebington
B5151 Bidston, Merseyside A540 south of Willaston, Cheshire
B5152 Frodsham Cotebrook
B5153 B5152 south of Frodsham A559 in Greenbank, Northwich
B5155 Silver Jubilee Bridge, Runcorn Halton Brook
B5166 A538 roundabout, Wilmslow, Cheshire A6144 in Ashton on Mersey, Greater Manchester In Wilmslow, the first half mile is the old A34 road prior to the construction of the Wilmslow bypass
B5171 B5178 in Belle Vale, Liverpool A561 in Garston, Liverpool
B5172 B5136 at Rock Ferry, Merseyside B5148 near Rock Ferry Crosses B5149
B5173 B5342 nr. Sefton Park/Toxteth, Liverpool A57, Kensington, Liverpool
B5174 A562 nr. Toxteth, Liverpool A561 nr. Dingle, Liverpool
B5175 A562 nr. Toxteth, Liverpool A562 nr. Sefton Park, Liverpool
B5177 A561 in Toxteth, Liverpool B5175 in Toxteth, Liverpool Upper Warwick Street
B5178 Edge Hill, Liverpool A562 east of Widnes
B5179 A562 in Wavertree, Liverpool A5080 near Old Swan, Liverpool
B5180 A562 near Mossley Hill, Liverpool B5171 in Allerton, Liverpool Mather Avenue
B5181 A536 Park Lane in Macclesfield Chesire A537 in Macclesfield Churchill Way
B5182 Liverpool Vauxhall, Liverpool Pall Mall
B5186 Liverpool, A5047 A59, Kirkdale, Liverpool St Anne Street and Norton Street
B5187 Norris Green, Merseyside Black Bull, Merseyside
B5188 A5049, Newsham Park, Liverpool A57, Kensington, Liverpool
B5189 A5049 at Tuebrook, Liverpool A5080 at Broadgreen, Merseyside Split by A57 at Old Swan
B5192 A5027 at Saughall Massie, Merseyside B5139 at Grange, between Frankby and West Kirby
B5193 Crosby, Merseyside Ince Blundell, Merseyside
B5194 M57 Junction 4 near Croxteth, Merseyside M57 Junction 2 near Prescot, Merseyside
B5195 Formby, Merseyside A59 near Ormskirk
B5197 Ormskirk, Lancashire A506 near Ashworth Hospital, east of Maghull
B5199 A58/M57 Junction 2 near Prescot A5080 at Huyton, Merseyside
B5200 Prescot, Merseyside Prescot West Street — Kemble Street
B5201 A57 at Whiston Hospital, Merseyside B5205 at Crank, near Rainford
B5202 A580 near Kirkby, Merseyside B5194 in Knowsley (village) Only approx. 1 km long
B5203 A570 near Rainford, Merseyside B5201 at Gillar's Green near Eccleston
B5204 B5413 near Rainhill, Merseyside A572 near Earlestown
B5205 B5203 in Rainford, Merseyside A571 in Billinge
B5206 Orrell, Greater Manchester A571 near Billinge
B5207 A571 at Billinge A574 at Culcheth
B5208 A5267 in Birkdale, Merseyside A565, Southport, Merseyside
B5209 A572 at Haydock A599 at Newton-le-Willows
B5215 A572 at Leigh, Greater Manchester A577 at Atherton, Greater Manchester Formerly the A579, until the Atherleigh Way bypass opened
B5233 B5261 near St. Annes, Lancashire St. Annes, Lancashire
B5235 B5215 at Howe Bridge, Atherton, Greater Manchester A6 at Wingates, Westhoughton, Greater Manchester Intersects the A579, A577 and A58.
B5238 A49 south of Wigan A673 at Horwich
B5239 A6, near M61 J6 A49 at Standish
B5240 A570 (near M58 J3) west of Skelmersdale, Lancashire A5209 east of Burscough, Lancashire
B5241 A59 at Burscough, Lancashire A5209 at Burscough, Lancashire Only about ½ mile long
B5242 A59 near Burscough, Lancashire A570 at Scarisbrick, Lancashire
B5243 A570 at Scarisbrick, Lancashire B5208 at Birkdale, Merseyside
B5244 A5267 at Churchtown, Merseyside A565 at Crossens, Merseyside
B5245 A565 in Southport, Merseyside A5267 in Southport, Merseyside Incorporates most of Southport Promenade
B5246 A565 at Mere Brow, Lancashire A5209 at Parbold, Lancashire By way of Rufford, where it crosses A59
B5247 A581 at Croston, Lancashire A59 near Bretherton, Lancashire
B5248 B5247 at Bretherton, Lancashire A6 at Whittle-le-Woods, Lancashire
B5249 B5247 in Croston, Lancashire A581, 1 mile east of Croston
B5250 A5209 (M6 J27), Shevington Moor, Greater Manchester A581 near Newtown, Lancashire
B5251 Chorley, Lancashire A49 near Coppull, Lancashire
B5252 A6 in Chorley, Lancashire Euxton, Lancashire
B5253 A581 near Ulnes Walton, Lancashire A582 near Farington, Lancashire
B5254 A582 at Penwortham, Lancashire Leyland, Lancashire
B5255 Leyland, Lancashire A49 near Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire Defunct, replaced by extension of B5256.
B5256 A675 at Hoghton, Lancashire Leyland, Lancashire
B5257 B5254 at Lostock Hall, Lancashire B6258 at Bamber Bridge, Lancashire
B5259 Lytham, Lancashire Kirkham, Lancashire
B5260 Kirkham, Lancashire Singleton, Lancashire
B5261 Blackpool, Lancashire Lytham, Lancashire
B5262 Blackpool, Lancashire Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire
B5264 Bispham, Lancashire Layton, Blackpool, Lancashire Defunct, now part of A587
B5265 Blackpool Promenade, Lancashire Layton, Blackpool, Lancashire
B5266 Blackpool, Lancashire Singleton, Lancashire
B5268 Little Carleton, Lancashire A585 near Fleetwood, Lancashire
B5269 Thistleton, Lancashire Longridge, Lancashire
B5270 A588 near Preesall, Lancashire Knott End-on-Sea, Lancashire
B5271 A590 at Lindale, Cumbria B5277 east of Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
B5272 A6 near Scorton, Lancashire A588 at Cockerham, Lancashire
B5273 Heysham, Lancashire Scale Hall, Lancaster, Lancashire
B5275 Bare, Lancashire Torrisholme, Lancashire
B5276 A570 at Kew, Southport A5267 near Southport, Merseyside
B5277 Meathop (junction with A590 [Meathop Roundabout]) Flookburgh (becomes B5278)
B5278 Flookburgh (becomes B5277) Haverthwaite (junction with A590)
B5280 B5245, Southport A565 at Hesketh Park, Southport
B5281 A590, Ulverston

(Tank Square roundabout / Brewery Street)

A5092, Gawthwaite The route is split in Ulverston with two separate roads designated 'B5281'. This is due to Ulverston's one-way system
B5282 A6 at Milnthorpe Arnside
B5284 A5074 on the eastern shore of Windermere Roundabout with the A591 and A5284 roads west of Kendal
B5285 Coniston A5074 on the eastern shore of Windermere The road crosses Windermere on the Windermere Ferry
B5286 B5285 near Hawkshead A593 near Ambleside
B5287 Dove Cottage roundabout with A591, east of Grasmere A591 north east of Grasmere Off-shoot of the A591 running through Grasmere
B5289 B5291 in Low Lorton A66 near Keswick Major traffic artery within Lake District, connecting Derwent Water, Borrowdale, Buttermere and Crummock Water. Reaches 356m (1,167 ft) at Honister Pass
B5290 A588 at Conder Green Glasson Dock
B5292 A66 at Braithwaite near Keswick Cockermouth Route goes over Whinlatter Pass
B5299 A596 at Aspatria, Cumbria Carlisle via Mealsgate (A595), Caldbeck and Dalston
B5300 A596 north of Maryport, Cumbria Silloth By way of Allonby and Beckfoot
B5305 B5302 at Wigton A6 at Plumpton Head
B5309 A530 north of Middlewich, Cheshire A54 east of Middlewich
B5318 A5058 in Bootle A5056 in Bootle Brasenose Road
B5319 A59 at Ormskirk A59 at Ormskirk Bypassed former route of A59 through central Ormskirk
B5321 Lancaster Morecambe
B5324 A6 at Hathern, Leicestershire A512 near Coleorton, Leicestershire
B5327 Leicester A563 Leicester ring road near Beaumont Leys Formerly continued to A50 at Markfield, this section mainly declassified though part now A5630
B5328 (defunct) Former B675 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire Former B5327 in Anstey, Leicestershire Now declassified, no longer a B road
B5329 (defunct) Former B587 in Whitwick, Leicestershire Former A50 in Coalville, Leicestershire Now declassified, no longer a B road
B5330 (defunct) Former B588 in Shepshed, Leicestershire B5328 in Cropston, Leicestershire Part incorporated into rerouted B591; remainder declassified
B5337 Northwich inner ring road Also recorded as A5509
B5339 Liverpool City Centre Liverpool City Centre Ranelagh Street and Hanover Street
B5340 A57 in Kensington, Liverpool A5047 in Kensington, Liverpool Hall Lane
B5342 B5175 nr. Sefton Park, Liverpool A561 nr. Dingle, Liverpool
B5343 Skelwith Bridge Middle Fell Farm, Great Langdale
B5344 A595 near Gosforth A595 east of Drigg Serves the villages of Drigg and Seascale
B5350 (defunct) A6 in Loughborough, Leicestershire B591 near Copt Oak, Leicestershire South-western part incorporated into rerouted B591; remainder declassified
B5351 (defunct) Former A6 in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire Former B5328 in Rothley, Leicestershire Declassified
B5355 A5018 at Winsford, Cheshire A54 at Winsford railway station
B5358 A5102 near Wilmslow, Cheshire A34 north of Heald Green, Stockport The route of the A34 prior to mid 1990's Wilmslow / Handforth bypass
B5366 A426, Raw Dykes, Leicester B582 St. Thomas Road, Wigston, Leicestershire Main subsidiary route into Leicester City Center. Also crosses A563, used as a diversionary route when the A426 is disrupted.
B5371 A50 at Kidsgrove, Cheshire A34 at Butt Lane near Kidsgrove
B5388 A509 at Olney, Buckinghamshire A428 at Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire
B5390 Blackpool, Lancashire Blackpool, Lancashire
B5391 A559 near Northwich, Cheshire M6 J19
B5392 Macclesfield, Cheshire Jodrell Bank, Cheshire
B5393 A56 near Frodsham, Cheshire A54 near Tarvin, Cheshire
B5394 A56 at Frodsham, Cheshire B5152 at Frodsham, Cheshire Fluin Lane, Frodsham
B5395 Malpas, Cheshire Whitchurch, Shropshire
B5401 (defunct) B5324 near Long Whatton, Leicestershire A453 near Diseworth, Leicestershire Now declassified, no longer a B road
B5404 A5 Watling Street at Wilnecote, Staffordshire (just off M42 J10) A51 at Hopwas, Staffordshire Includes part of the original A5 Watling Street, now bypassed through Tamworth
B5405 A519 at Woodseaves, Staffordshire A5013 at Great Bridgeford, Staffordshire
B5407 A5147 in Lydiate, Merseyside A59 at Aughton Chase, nr. Lydiate
B5408 A6 in Blackrod, Manchester Road, Bolton A6 Blackrod, Chorley Road, Bolton
B5409 Rossall, Lancashire A585 near Fleetwood, Lancashire
B5411 Preston, Lancashire B5269 near Woodplumpton, Lancashire
B5412 Cleveleys, Lancashire Thornton, Lancashire
B5413 Rainhill, Merseyside A58 west of St Helens
B5419 Widnes, Cheshire A569 at Lea Green railway station, St Helens Formerly the A568
B5420 Menai Bridge Llangefni by way of Penmynydd
B5421 Waterloo, Merseyside Seaforth, Merseyside
B5422 Maghull, Merseyside Litherland, Merseyside Bifurcates in Maghull
B5424 A565 north of Formby, Merseyside A565 south of Formby, Merseyside
B5429 A5151 at Rhuddlan A494 at Pandy'r Capel
B5444 A4217 near Pentrechwyth A4217 in Winch Wen anomalously numbered, area served by B5444 is bypassed by the A4217
B5470 Chapel-en-le-Frith Macclesfield by way of Whaley Bridge -
B5477 A551 in Wallasey, Merseyside A554 in Wallasey, Merseyside
B5477 A49 at Little Stretton, Shropshire A49 northeast of All Stretton, Shropshire Was until 2004 the northern section of the B4370; it is anomalously numbered
B5500 A34 at Newcastle-under-Lyme A531 at Balterley Heath Former A52 now bypassed by the A500