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A65 road

Coordinates: 53°59′34″N 2°09′53″W / 53.99276°N 2.16482°W / 53.99276; -2.16482
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A65 shield
A65
Pair of green trunk road signs, pointing left to Skipton and Kendal and right to Leeds and Otley on the A65, with other destinations indicated on other roads
Route information
Length69.0 mi[1] (111.0 km)
Major junctions
Southeast end A58(M) / A58 in Leeds
Major intersections A59 in Skipton
Northwest end A6 in Kendal
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
CountiesWest Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
Lancashire
Cumbria
Primary
destinations
Road network
A64 A66

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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The Kirkstall Road dual carriageway near the end of the A65 in Leeds
The A65 just north of Addingham, near Skipton

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

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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

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CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
West YorkshireLeeds0.00.0 A58(M) east / A58 west to Wellington Street / M621 / M1 / M62 / A64(M) / A64 / A62 / A647 – City centre, Wetherby, York, Harrogate, Halifax, Huddersfield, BradfordSoutheastern terminus; western terminus of A58(M)
Horsforth4.67.4 A6120 (Ring Road) to M62 / M1 / A647 / A61 / A58 / A64 – Bradford, Harrogate, Wetherby, York, Pudsey, ShipleyTo A61, Harrogate and Shipley signed northwest only, To A58, A64, Wetherby and York southeast only
Rawdon
Yeadon
boundary
7.011.3 A658 (Apperley Lane / Green Lane) to A61 – Bradford, Greengates, Harrogate, Pool
Guiseley9.114.6 A6038 south (Bradford Road) to A650 – Bradford, Shipley, BaildonSoutheastern terminus of A6038 concurrency
Menston10.216.4 A6038 north (Otley Road) to A61 – Otley, HarrogateTo A61 and Harrogate signed northwest only; northwestern terminus of A6038 concurrency
Burley in Wharfedale11.718.8 A660 southeast to A658 – Leeds, Harrogate, OtleyOtley signed southeast only; northwestern terminus of A660
Addingham19.431.2 A6034 south / B6160 (Silsden Road) to A629 – Keighley, Addingham, SilsdenNorthern terminus of A6034
North YorkshireSkipton23.537.8Otley Road (A6069 west) – SkiptonEastern terminus of A6069
23.838.3 A59 east – HarrogateSoutheastern terminus of A59 concurrency
24.439.3The Bailey (A6131 south) – Skipton, EmbsayNorthern terminus of A6131
Stirton with Thorlby26.542.6 A59 west / A629 south (Rotary Way) to A56 / A650 – Clitheroe, Burnley, Keighley, Bradford, EarbyRoutes, Clitheroe, Burnley, Keighley and Bradford signed northwest only, Earby southeast only; northwestern terminus of A59 concurrency; northern terminus of A629
Long Preston36.458.6 A682 south to A59 – Nelson, Gisburn, NappaNorthern terminus of A682
Thornton in Lonsdale51.282.4 A687 west to A683 / M6 south – Burton in Lonsdale, LancasterEastern terminus of A687
Lancashire
Cumbria
boundary
Burrow-with-Burrow
Casterton
boundary
56.190.3 A683 south (Burrow Road) to M6 south – Lancaster, Caton, HornbyEastern terminus of A683 concurrency
CumbriaCasterton56.390.6 A683 north – Sedbergh, Casterton, BarbonWestern terminus of A683 concurrency
Preston Patrick62.3100.3 A590 southwest / A6070 south to M6 / A591 – Kendal, Barrow, Holme, BurtonA590 signed northwest only, To A591 southeast only; northeastern terminus of A590; northern terminus of A6070
Kendal68.7110.6 Romney Road / Natland Road to A6 / M6 / A590 / A591 – Lancaster, Barrow, Windermere, NatlandTo A591 and Windermere signed northwest only
69.0111.0 A6 (Kirkland) to M6 / A591 / A590 – Lancaster, Windermere, Skipton, BarrowNorthwestern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Google map of A65
  3. ^ On Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map The Three Peaks 1982
  4. ^ "Record for: West Riding CC: Clapham Bypass (A65); consideration of proposals". The National Archives. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  5. ^ EuroRAP 2006: British Results
  6. ^ Collins big road atlas 2019. Glasgow: Collins Bartholomew. 2018. p. xiii. ISBN 978-0-00-827268-5.

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