A65 road
A65 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Length | 69.0 mi[1] (111.0 km) | |||
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Location | ||||
Country | United Kingdom | |||
Counties | West Yorkshire North Yorkshire Lancashire Cumbria | |||
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The A65[2] is a major road in England. It runs north west from Leeds in West Yorkshire via Kirkstall, Horsforth, Yeadon, Guiseley, Ilkley and Skipton, west of Settle, Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale before terminating at Kendal in Cumbria.
Bypasses
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Listed from south to north, beginning at Leeds:
- The 2-mile (3.2 km) £5.5 million dual-carriageway Burley in Wharfedale Bypass opened in April 1995.
- The 2-mile (3.2 km) £4 million Addingham bypass opened in January 1991.
- The £2.8 million Draughton Bypass opened in December 1991.
- The north section of the £16.4 million Skipton Bypass opened in December 1981, which is part of the A59.
- North of Skipton, where the road meets the busy A629 from Bradford, there have been plans for a bypass around Gargrave, which is where the road crosses the Pennine Way.
- The 4-mile (6.4 km) £8.5 million Settle & Giggleswick Bypass opened in December 1988.
- The 1-mile (1.6 km) Clapham bypass is the earliest of these bypasses.[3] The National Archives have a file "West Riding CC: Clapham Bypass (A65); consideration of proposals" covering 1948–1969.[4]
Road safety
[edit]The A65 between Long Preston and junction 36 of the M6 motorway has a poor safety record, according to EuroRAP being listed as a medium-high risk road. This 26-mile (42 km) stretch of single carriageway road suffered 48 fatal or serious injury accidents between 2002 and 2004. The road features in the list of highest risk roads in Britain (excluding motorcycle accidents).[5] The section between Leeds and Long Preston is listed as being a low-medium risk road.[6]
Junction list
[edit]County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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West Yorkshire | Leeds | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southeastern terminus; western terminus of A58(M) |
Horsforth | 4.6 | 7.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | To A61, Harrogate and Shipley signed northwest only, To A58, A64, Wetherby and York southeast only | |
Rawdon– Yeadon boundary | 7.0 | 11.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Guiseley | 9.1 | 14.6 | ![]() ![]() | Southeastern terminus of A6038 concurrency | |
Menston | 10.2 | 16.4 | ![]() ![]() | To A61 and Harrogate signed northwest only; northwestern terminus of A6038 concurrency | |
Burley in Wharfedale | 11.7 | 18.8 | ![]() ![]() | Otley signed southeast only; northwestern terminus of A660 | |
Addingham | 19.4 | 31.2 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of A6034 | |
North Yorkshire | Skipton | 23.5 | 37.8 | Otley Road (A6069 west) – Skipton | Eastern terminus of A6069 |
23.8 | 38.3 | ![]() | Southeastern terminus of A59 concurrency | ||
24.4 | 39.3 | The Bailey (A6131 south) – Skipton, Embsay | Northern terminus of A6131 | ||
Stirton with Thorlby | 26.5 | 42.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Routes, Clitheroe, Burnley, Keighley and Bradford signed northwest only, Earby southeast only; northwestern terminus of A59 concurrency; northern terminus of A629 | |
Long Preston | 36.4 | 58.6 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of A682 | |
Thornton in Lonsdale | 51.2 | 82.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of A687 | |
Lancashire– Cumbria boundary | Burrow-with-Burrow– Casterton boundary | 56.1 | 90.3 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of A683 concurrency |
Cumbria | Casterton | 56.3 | 90.6 | ![]() | Western terminus of A683 concurrency |
Preston Patrick | 62.3 | 100.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | A590 signed northwest only, To A591 southeast only; northeastern terminus of A590; northern terminus of A6070 | |
Kendal | 68.7 | 110.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | To A591 and Windermere signed northwest only | |
69.0 | 111.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northwestern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "53.7981793, -1.5619162 to 71-75 A65, Menston, Ilkley LS29 6DD, UK to A65, Kendal LA9 7PR, UK to A6, Kendal LA9 7DT, UK". Google Maps. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ Google map of A65
- ^ On Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map The Three Peaks 1982
- ^ "Record for: West Riding CC: Clapham Bypass (A65); consideration of proposals". The National Archives. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ EuroRAP 2006: British Results
- ^ Collins big road atlas 2019. Glasgow: Collins Bartholomew. 2018. p. xiii. ISBN 978-0-00-827268-5.