A5012 road
The A5012 road is a main road in the south of the English county of Derbyshire.
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_-_Passing_through_Griffe_Grange_Valley_in_the_direction_of_Grangemill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1000635.jpg) The A5012, Via Gellia, passing through Griffe Grange Valley | |
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| From | Newhaven |
| To | Cromford |
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Around 9 miles (14 km) in length it connects two primary north-south routes, the A6 at Cromford and the A515 between Buxton and Ashbourne. It passes through Pikehall and Grangemill and alongside Ible.
The eastern part (Grangemill to Cromford, set in a deep valley) is known as the Via Gellia - named after its builders, the Gell family, who held lead-mining interests in and around Wirksworth.
The road has a poor safety record and is ranked the third-worst in Britain by EuroRAP.[1]
References
- EuroRAP press release Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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