The A508 is a short A-class road for north–south journeys in central and south central

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, forming the route from

Market Harborough Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, in the far southeast of the county, forming part of the border with Northamptonshire. Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the adm ...

in Leicestershire, via Northampton, to

Old Stratford Old Stratford is a village and wider civil parish in the south of the English county of Northamptonshire. The population of the civil parish (including Passenham) at the 2011 Census was 1,935. The 'Stratford' part of the village name is Anglo-Sax ...

, just outside Milton Keynes (and the Buckinghamshire border).

Route

Market HarboroughNorthampton M1

The road begins in the centre of Market Harborough and crosses into

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just outside the town. Crossing the A14 at Kelmarsh, it continues on through the centre of Northampton, merging with the A5199 as it enters the town. Through Northampton the road repeatedly switches between being a dual carriageway and a single carriageway. South of the town centre, it route-shares with the A45 between Wooton and the M1 at junction 15.

M1 A5

Regaining its identity south of the M1 junction, it continues through

Roade Roade is a village in Northamptonshire, England. Currently in West Northamptonshire, before local government changes in 2021 it was represented by South Northamptonshire District Council, falling within the two-member Blisworth and Roade ward. ...

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and rural south

, ending in a five-way roundabout with the A5 and the A422 and a local road into Old Stratford, a Northamptonshire village just across the River Great Ouse from Milton Keynes ( Buckinghamshire). , a bypass is being built around Roade as part of enabling works for the rail freight interchange under construction between Roade and the M1.

History

Former Routes

Bypasses & Realignments

References

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