A422 road
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| A422 road | |
| Direction | east/west |
| Start | A428 near Bromham (Bedford) |
| Primary destinations1 |
Bedford Milton Keynes Stratford upon Avon Worcester |
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| End | A44 near Broughton Hackett (Worcester) |
| Roads joined |  A509 road A5 road A43 road M40 motorway A46 road A44 road |
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The A422 is an "A" road for east-west journeys in south central England, connecting the county towns of Bedford and Worcester by way of Milton Keynes, Buckingham, Banbury and Stratford upon Avon. For most of its length, is a narrow single carriageway.
[edit] Route (East to West)
The eastern end of the road is at Bromham on the outskirts of Bedford as a branch off the A428. Its route then crosses into the Borough of Milton Keynes (and traditional Buckinghamshire). It briefly merges with the A509 to bypass Newport Pagnell. Entering Milton Keynes itself, it crosses the northern part of the city as a dual carriageway known locally as the H3 Monks Way. Upon meeting the A5 the A422 follows the route of this for a few miles before crossing briefly into Northamptonshire and regaining its identity (and single carriageway status). It then bypasses Deanshanger, goes through the centre of Buckingham, around Brackley in Northamptonshire, into Oxfordshire, just before crossing the M40 at Junction 11 and into Banbury. From there to Stratford upon Avon, it is a minor road crossing into Warwickshire at the Battle of Edgehill site and then across the Fosse Way.
From the western side of Stratford-upon-Avon the road becomes the A46 until the junction of the A435 trunk road at Oversley on the outskirts of the historic market town of Alcester. At that roundabout junction the A422 heads briefly north to cross the River Arrow before heading west into the village of Arrow. In the village the road takes a right hand turn at the old Toll House, heading for the border with Worcestershire and passing through the village of Inkberrow, said[who?] to be the village that was the inspiration for Ambridge, the centre of the world for fans of the long-running BBC radio series The Archers, which began in 1951.
The last section to Worcestershire is narrow and winding until it meets the A44 just south of M5 junction 6.
The road is about 90 miles / 145 km long.
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