The A342 is an
A road
A roads may be
*motorways or freeways, usually where the local word for motorway begins with A (for example, ''Autobahn'' in German; ''Autostrada'' in Italian).
* main roads or highways, in a system where roads are graded A, B and sometimes lower c ...
in England that runs from
Pewsham near
Chippenham
Chippenham is a market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village ...
,
Wiltshire to
Andover,
Hampshire.
Route
The road begins at the
A4 junction just outside the small village of
Pewsham, to the east of Chippenham. It heads south past the village of
Derry Hill towards
Devizes, briefly meeting the
A3102 near
Sandy Lane. Just outside Devizes the road meets the
A361
The A361 is an A class road in southern England, which at is the longest three-digit A road in the UK.
History
When first designated in 1922, the A361 ran from Taunton (Somerset) to Banbury (Oxfordshire). It was later extended west through B ...
, and once in the centre of town it meets the
A360. Continuing southeast in the
Vale of Pewsey, under the northern slope of
Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in the south western part of central southern England covering . It is part of a system of chalk downlands throughout eastern and southern England formed by the rocks of the Chalk Group and largely lies wi ...
, the road reaches
Upavon where it meets the
A345 and turns east, over the Plain. After passing through
Everleigh the road meets the
A338 before entering
Ludgershall and meeting the
A3026. The final part of the route travels southeast where the road ends at a roundabout with the
A343 and
A303 just outside Andover.
Settlements on route
*
Pewsham
*
Derry Hill
*
Devizes
*
Sandy Lane
*
Upavon
*
Everleigh
*
Ludgershall
*
Andover
External links
SABRE page for the A342
Roads in England
Transport in Wiltshire
Transport in Hampshire
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