- A671 road
UK road routebox
road= A671
length-mi= 35
length-km= 56
direction= South - North
start=Oldham
destinations=Rochdale Burnley
end=Worston
construction-date=
completion-date=
junctions=The A671 is a road in the North West of
England , that runs betweenOldham ,Greater Manchester andWorston , nearClitheroe ,Lancashire . Major towns on the route includeRochdale andBurnley . The road is approximately convert|35|mi|km long. Between Burnley and the A59, the A671 has primary status.The section of road between Burnley and
Whalley has been identified as one of the UK's ten most dangerous roads, in a report based on accident statistics between 2003 and 2005. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6236636.stm | title=Britain's most dangerous roads | publisher=BBC News | date=2007-06-25 | accessdate=2008-03-09 ]Route
The southern end of the road, formerly part of the A627 [cite web | url=http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#389,414,1 | title=New Popular Edition Maps | accessdate=2008-03-09 ] , was the main route from Oldham to Rochdale until it was bypassed by the
A627(M) motorway in 1972.Between Rochdale andBacup , the road passes through the small town of Whitworth. The three-mile section through the town is called Market Street, and has several speed cameras as well as being the scene of a number of accidents. [cite web | url=http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2008/3/7/1082612.html | title=Crisis talks over 'danger' road | date=2008-03-07 | accessdate=2008-03-08 | work=Lancashire Telegraph | publisher=Newsquest Media Group ]The road passes through the centre of
Bacup , where it crosses the A681. It then crosses Deerplay Moor, and crosses the A646 before reaching Burnley. North of Burnley the A671 is aprimary road . There is a junction with theM65 motorway (junction 10) before the road passes throughPadiham , a small town within the borough of Burnley. The A671 forms the main street through the town. [cite web | url=http://www.clitheroethefuture.co.uk/market_town_report_padiham.html | title=Padiham Case Study | publisher=Clitheroe the Future | year=2008 | accessdate=2008-03-09] Beyond Padiham is a stretch of the road known as the Devils Elbow, near the village of Read. [cite web | url=http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/news/press_releases/2004/06/22/0003.asp | title=News: Works On A671 Whalley Road, Read | publisher=Lancashire County Council | date=2004-06-22 | accessdate=2008-03-09 ] Further to the north-west there is the junction with the A680.The road then bypasses Whalley, and ends at a roundabout, joining the A59 near Barrow. Two miles further north-east, the road leaves the A59. This section of the A671 is non-primary and forms a loop through the town of Clitheroe, which is bypassed by the A59 to the south and east of the town. It heads to the north through Clitheroe, and heads east as it leaves the town, terminating at another junction with the A59 again near
Worston .References
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