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| Route information | ||||
| Length | 81.8 mi[1][2] (131.6 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   M57 / A57 in Prescot | |||
 M6 in Ashton-in-Makerfield
 A64(M) in Leeds | ||||
| East end |   A168 / A661 at Wetherby | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Counties | Merseyside Greater Manchester West Yorkshire | |||
| Primary destinations | St Helens Bolton Bury Rochdale Halifax Leeds | |||
| Road network | ||||
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The A58 is a major road in Northern England running between Prescot, Merseyside and Wetherby, West Yorkshire.
Route from West to East
Its westbound start is at Prescot on the outskirts of Liverpool via Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire to the eastern terminus at Wetherby. The road goes through the following locations:
- St Helens
- Ashton-in-Makerfield
- Hindley
- Westhoughton
- Bolton
- Bury
- Heywood
- Rochdale
- Littleborough
- The Pennines
- Ripponden
- Sowerby Bridge
- Halifax
- Hipperholme
- Birkenshaw
- Drighlington
- New Farnley
- Leeds City Centre as the A58(M) motorway (part of the Leeds Inner Ring Road),
- Scarcroft
- Bardsey
- Collingham
- to its terminus at Wetherby
History
Rochdale to Bury
The section between Rochdale and Bury was turnpiked by the Rochdale and Bury and Sudden Roads Act 1797 (37 Geo. 3. c. 146).
Leeds to Wetherby
The original route between Leeds and Wetherby has a dual carriageway diverting from Roundhay Road/Wetherby Road, at the old Fforde Grene junction in Harehills. It runs along the Easterly Road dual carriageway passing Oakwood and Gipton. The re-routed A58 meets its original route at Boggart Hill in Seacroft. The re-routed section was constructed in the 1930s and had a branch of the Leeds Tramway running along the central reservation until the 1950s.[3] The proposed Leeds Supertram was also to run this route.[4]
Junction list
| County | Location | mi[1][2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Merseyside | Prescot | 0.0 | 0.0 |  M57 south to M62 – Liverpool (S), Widnes, Manchester A57 to B5199 north (Huyton Lane) / M57 / M58 – Prescot, Whiston, Kirkby, Bootle, Southport, Liverpool, Huyton | Western terminus; M57 junction 2 |
| Knowsley– Prescot boundary | 1.1 | 1.8 | Prescot | ||
| St Helens | 3.9 | 6.3 |    A570 north (Kirkland Street) / A571 north (King Street) to A580 – Southport, Rainford, Wigan, Moss Bank | To A580 signed westbound only; western terminus of A570 concurrency; southern terminus of A571 | |
| 4.5 | 7.2 |  A570 south (St Helens Linkway) to M62 / A557 / A57 – Widnes, Warrington | A570 signed eastbound only; eastern terminus of A570 concurrency | ||
| 5.2 | 8.4 |  A572 east (Parr Stocks Road) – Newton-le-Willows, Parr | Western terminus of A572 | ||
| 6.9 | 11.1 |  A599 east (Vicarage Road) – Haydock | Western terminus of A599 | ||
| 7.2 | 11.6 | A580 (East Lancashire Road) to M6 south / M57 – Liverpool, Manchester | |||
| Greater Manchester | Ashton-in-Makerfield | 8.9– 9.0 | 14.3– 14.5 | M6 north – Preston | M6 junction 24 |
| 9.6 | 15.4 |  A49 (Bryn Street / Warrington Road) / M6 / A580 – Wigan, Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester | Brief concurrency; Liverpool signed eastbound only | ||
| 9.8 | 15.8 | Wigan Road (A5062 northwest to A49 – Wigan | Southeastern terminus of A5062 | ||
| Platt Bridge | 12.4 | 20.0 |  A573 south – Warrington, Golborne, Abram | Abram signed eastbound only; western terminus of A573 concurrency | |
| 12.6 | 20.3 | A573 north (Warrington Road) – Wigan, Ince | Information signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A573 concurrency | ||
| Hindley | 14.0 | 22.5 |  A577 (Wigan Road / Atherton Road) – Wigan, Leigh, Ince, Atherton | ||
| Westhoughton | 18.0 | 29.0 |   A6 (Manchester Road) to A579 – Chorley, Walkden, Leigh | ||
| Westhoughton– Bolton boundary | 18.5 | 29.8 |   M61 / M60 / M62 – Preston, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool | M61 junction 5 | |
| Bolton | 19.3 | 31.1 |  A676 north (Wigan Road) – Town centre | Southern terminus of A676 | |
| 20.7 | 33.3 |   A673 (Chorley New Road) to A6027 – Town centre, Horwich, Chorley | Information signed eastbound only | ||
| 23.0 | 37.0 |  A6099 southeast (Halliwell Road) / Smithills Dean Road – Town centre, Halliwell | Northwestern terminus of A6099 | ||
| 23.9 | 38.5 |   A666 (Blackburn Road) to M65 / M60 – Blackburn, Burnley, Bolton | |||
| 24.8 | 39.9 | A676 (Tonge Moor Road) – Town centre, Ramsbottom | |||
| 26.1 | 42.0 | A579 south (Bury Road) to M60 – Town centre, Leigh, Manchester | Leigh and Manchester signed westbound only; northern terminus of A579 | ||
| Bury | 27.4 | 44.1 |  A665 south (Radcliffe Moor Road) – Radcliffe | Northern terminus of A665 | |
| 30.4 | 48.9 |   A56 east (Peel Way) to B6222 – Edenfield, Rochdale | Western terminus of A56 concurrency | ||
| 30.7 | 49.4 | A56 west (Manchester Road) – Manchester | Eastern terminus of A56 concurrency | ||
| 31.3 | 50.4 | Derby Way to A56 – Edenfield | |||
| 32.0 | 51.5 |  M66 to M60 / M62 – Burnley, Blackburn, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool | Liverpool signed westbound only; M66 junction 2 | ||
| Heywood | 34.3 | 55.2 |  A6046 south (Church Street) to M62 – Manchester, Middleton | Information signed eastbound only; northern terminus of A6046 | |
| 34.6 | 55.7 |  A6047 west (Rochdale Road) to A6046 / M62 – Manchester, Middleton | Information signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A6047 | ||
| Rochdale | 36.3 | 58.4 |  Manchester Road to A664 south – Manchester, Middleton, Castleton | Information signed westbound only | |
| 36.5 | 58.7 |   Edinburgh Way / B6452 to A627(M) / M62 / A680 – Manchester, Oldham, Blackburn, Norden | |||
| 37.2 | 59.9 |  A640 east (Drake Street) – Huddersfield | Western terminus of A640 | ||
| 37.4 | 60.2 |  A6060 north (Dane Street) / The Esplanade to A680 – Town centre, Blackburn | Southern terminus of A6060 | ||
| 37.7 | 60.7 | A680 north (Spotland Road) / Hunter's Lane – Blackburn | Southern terminus of A680 | ||
| 38.0 | 61.2 |  A671 (Whitworth Road) to A640 – Burnley, Oldham, Huddersfield | |||
| 38.9 | 62.6 |  A664 south to M62 / A640 / A671 / A6193 – Huddersfield, Manchester, Oldham | To A640 and Huddersfield signed eastbound only, To A671, A6193, Manchester and Oldham westbound only; northern terminus of A664 | ||
| Littleborough | 41.1 | 66.1 |  A6033 north (Todmorden Road) – Todmorden | Southern terminus of A6033 | |
| West Yorkshire | Ripponden | 48.5 | 78.1 |  A672 southwest (Oldham Road) to M62 – Oldham | Information signed westbound only; northeastern terminus of A672 |
| Sowerby Bridge | 51.6 | 83.0 |  Tuel Lane (A6139 north) to A646 – Burnley, Todmorden | Southern terminus of A6139 | |
| 51.9 | 83.5 |   A6026 east (Wakefield Road) to A629 / B6112 – Elland, Greetland, Brighouse, Copley | Information signed eastbound only; western terminus of A6026 | ||
| 52.0 | 83.7 | Pye Nest Road (A6142 east) | Western terminus of A6142 | ||
| Halifax | 52.6 | 84.7 |  A6142 west (Pye Nest Road) – Rochdale, Oldham, Sowerby Bridge | Information signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A6142 | |
| 53.0 | 85.3 | A646 (Burnley Road / Skircoat Moor Road) to A629 – Burnley, Huddersfield, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Elland | |||
| 54.2 | 87.2 | A629 (Ovenden Road / Orange Street) to M62 – Halifax, Huddersfield, Manchester, Elland, Denholme | Ovenden signed eastbound only, Town centre, Manchester, Elland and Delholme westbound only | ||
| 54.4– 54.6 | 87.5– 87.9 |  A647 east / Charlestown Road – Town centre, Queensbury | Western terminus of A647 | ||
| 55.5 | 89.3 |  A6036 east (Bradford Road) – Bradford | Western terminus of A6036 | ||
| Hipperholme | 56.7 | 91.2 |  A644 (Denholme Gate Road / Brighouse Road) to M62 / A629 – Keighley, Brighouse | To A629 signed westbound only | |
  A649 east (Wakefield Road) to A638 – Dewsbury, Lightcliffe, Bailiff Bridge | Lightcliffe and Bailiff Bridge signed eastbound only; western terminus of A649 | ||||
| Wyke | 58.4 | 94.0 |  A641 (Huddersfield Road / Bradford Road) – Bradford, Brighouse, Huddersfield | ||
| Cleckheaton | 60.4– 60.7 | 97.2– 97.7 | M62 – Huddersfield, Manchester, Leeds, Hull M606 north – Bradford A638 south / Bradford Road – Dewsbury, Low Moor | Southern terminus of M606; northern terminus of A638; M62 junction 26 | |
| Birkenshaw | 62.3 | 100.3 |   A651 (Bradford Road) to A652 – Bradford, Gomersal, Dewsbury, Batley | ||
| Drighlington | 63.1 | 101.5 |    A650 to M62 / M1 / M621 – Bradford, Wakefield | ||
| Leeds | 67.0 | 107.8 |   A6110 (Ring Road) / M621 / M62 / M1 / A647 / A653 / A650 – City centre, Bradford, Pudsey, Dewsbury, Wakefield | To A647, Bradford and Pudsey signed eastbound only | |
| 68.2– 68.7 | 109.8– 110.6 |  A643 west / A62 west / M621 / M62 / M1 / A6110 – The West, Huddersfield, Halifax | To A6110 signed eastbound only, The West and Halifax westbound only; eastern terminus of A643 / A62 | ||
| 68.5– 68.8 | 110.2– 110.7 | A647 west (Canal Street) / Wellington Road (B6154) – Bradford, Wortley | |||
| 68.8– 70.2 | 110.7– 113.0 | see  A58(M) | |||
| 70.2 | 113.0 |  A660 northwest – City centre, Skipton, Headingley | Southeastern terminus of A660 | ||
| 70.7 | 113.8 |  A61 north (Sheepscar Street North) – Harrogate, Moortown A61 south (Sheepscar Street South) to M1 – Wakefield | No access from A58 east to A61 south or from A58 west to A61 north | ||
| 74.2 | 119.4 | Ring Road (B6902) – Shadwell, Seacroft, Moortown, Cross Gates | |||
| 74.7 | 120.2 |    A6120 (Leeds Outer Ring Road) to A1(M) / M1 / M62 / A61 / A64 / A660 – Harrogate, Skipton, York | To A61, A660, Harrogate and Skipton signed eastbound only | ||
| Collingham | 80.1 | 128.9 |  A659 west (Harewood Road) – Otley, Harewood, Linton | Western terminus of A659 concurrency | |
| 80.6 | 129.7 | A659 east (Wattle Syke) – Tadcaster, Boston Spa | Eastern terminus of A659 concurrency | ||
| Wetherby | 81.8 | 131.6 |  A168 (Privas Way) / Boston Road (A661 northwest) to A1(M) / A59 / A659 / B1224 – Town centre, Harrogate, York, Tadcaster, Boston Spa, Kirk Deighton, Spofforth | Eastern terminus; southeastern terminus of A661 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Gallery
A58(M), Leeds Inner Ring Road by the Leeds International Pool
A58(M), Leeds Inner Ring Road passing underneath the Nuffield Hospital
References
- 1 2 "A58, Prescot, UK to Parr St, Saint Helens WA9 1JY, UK to Spinners Arms, 165 Castle Hill Rd, Hindley, Wigan WN2 4BW, UK to Crompton Way, Bolton BL1 8UA, UK to 18 Haymarket St, Bury BL9 0AQ, UK to Rochdale, UK to A58, Halifax, UK to Holbeck, Leeds LS12 4TJ, UK to 53.7980362, -1.5592893 to Leeds LS2 3AX, UK". Google Maps. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- 1 2 "Leeds LS2 3AX, UK to Wetherby LS22 5HD, UK". Google Maps. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ↑ Buckley, Richard (2011). Leeds Trams 1871–1959. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 54. ISBN 9781840335309.
- ↑ "Leeds Supertram Route Map". Railway Technology. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
External links
Media related to A58 road (England) at Wikimedia Commons
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