The A512 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 ...
entirely in
Leicestershire
Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...
,
UK. It links the primary destination of
Loughborough with the
M1,
A42 road, and the town of
Ashby de la Zouch.
The road begins just outside Loughborough Town Centre, near to The Rushes It heads out of town, crossing the A6004 Epinal Way and passing
Loughborough University
Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...
. On leaving the town, there is a short dual carriageway section, leading to the junction with Snells Nook Lane to Nanpantan and Woodhouse.
After this junction, the road returns to single carriageway for about , to Junction 23 of the M1.
At this junction, much of the traffic from Loughborough turns off, and it is a much quieter A512 that enters
Shepshed. After Shepshed, the road passes through Northern
Charnwood Forest
Charnwood Forest is a hilly tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville. The area is undulating, rocky and picturesque, with barren areas. It also has some extensive tracts of woodland; i ...
, near the villages of Peggs Green,
Thringstone,
Griffydam
Griffydam is a hamlet within the parish of Worthington, Leicestershire .
History
Griffydam is most famously associated with a chalybeate well, or sacred spring, which lies along a path below the main road through the village. According to tradi ...
,
Belton and
Osgathorpe
Osgathorpe is a small village which lies in a fold of the hills in North West Leicestershire, England, and is about a quarter of a mile from the A512 road, A512 Coalville to Loughborough Road. The civil parish population at the 2011 census wa ...
. Shortly before Ashby it passes
Coleorton Hall
Coleorton Hall is a 19th-century country mansion, formerly the seat of the Beaumont baronets of Stoughton Grange. Situated at Coleorton, Leicestershire, it is a Grade II* listed building now converted into residential apartments.
The manor of Cole ...
on the right – a house which has played host to Scott, Wordsworth, Coleridge and others – now converted to apartments.
The road ends at the junction with the A42 and
A511 (formerly the
A50), on the edge of Ashby
The A512 is long, with the M1 junction from the southern end.
References
Roads in England
Transport in Leicestershire
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