The A5199 road is the direct road from

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. It was formerly part of the A50 trunk road that ran from

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. For most of its length it is known as the Welford Road, except for small stretches near Welford where it is known as High Street and Northampton Road, and a section near

Wigston Magna Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 32,321 in 2011. Geography Wigston is south of the city of Leicester, at the centre of Leicestershire and the Ea ...

where it is known as Bull Head Street. As its course is broadly parallel and near to the

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, it's very much lacking in modern features such as

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, which is why it was classified downwards when the

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, which it crosses at Junction 1, was built as a link between the M1/M6 junction and the East Coast ports.

Settlements on the A5199

The road commences in the Freemen's district of inner city

at the junction with the A594 Leicester Central Ring. ;North to South

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* Clarendon Park * Knighton

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* Wigston Fields *

Wigston Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 32,321 in 2011. Geography Wigston is south of the city of Leicester, at the centre of Leicestershire and the East ...

* Kilby Bridge *

Husbands Bosworth Husbands Bosworth is a large crossroads village in South Leicestershire on the A5199 road from Leicester city to Northampton and the A4304 road from Junction 20 of the M1 motorway to Market Harborough. The population of the village was 1,027 a ...

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* Welford * Thornby *

Creaton Creaton is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. Location The village is north-west of the town of Northampton and south-east of the city of Leicester, along the A5199, formerly designated as the A50 trunk road. Th ...

Spratton Spratton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. The local government authority is West Northamptonshire. Before changes in 2021 it was governed by Daventry District Council. At the time of the 2001 census, th ...

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It terminates at a junction with the A508 in the Northampton suburb of

Kingsthorpe Kingsthorpe is a suburb and civil parish of Northampton, England. It is situated to the north of Northampton town centre and is served by the A508 and A5199 roads which join at Kingsthorpe's centre. The 2011 Census recorded the population of ...

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