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The A638 is a main road in England that runs between the A1 at Markham Moor in Nottinghamshire and Chain Bar Junction 26 of the M62 motorway south of Bradford in West Yorkshire.

It passes through Retford, Bawtry, Doncaster, Ackworth, Crofton, Nostell, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike and Cleckheaton.

History

The section of road between Markham Moor and Red House north of Doncaster which runs through the centre of Doncaster was originally the A1 before the Doncaster Bypass, a section of A1(M) was built.

The road used to continue to Odsal Top in Bradford but the road between Chain Bar and Odsal (Cleckheaton Road) has been de-classified from an A road.

Route

Markham Moor to Doncaster

The route starts off as a non-trunk road at the Markham Moor [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1327166 interchange] (previously a roundabout before 2008) in West Drayton. Previous to 1967, the A1 approached from the south on what is now the B1164. Previous to 1958, this small section would have been the A1, where it would have met the A57 from Lincoln [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/83240 opposite] the Markham Moor Hotel then both roads were concurrent for a hundred yards, then the A57 took the road through West Drayton. When the West Drayton diversion opened in February 1957 (including the roundabout) as the A57, the A1 still went through Retford, until August 1961.

There is a right turn for Askham, then [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/973196 passes] through Gamston, where there is a left turn for the B6387 near the Bramcote Lorne School, an independent preparatory school. It follows the River Idle, and [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/686870 passes] to the east of Eaton, where there is a staggered crossroads, for Upton to the east, and it passes the Jamia Al-Karam, a Muslim boarding school. It enters the White Houses part of Retford as [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1011024 London Road], with a right turn for Nether Headon, [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/82285 passing] The Whitehouses and the JET Whitehouses Service Station, a left turn for Ordsall, then crosses the East Coast Main Line. There is a [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/940294 crossroads], with the left for Thrumpton. It crosses the Sheffield to Lincoln Line, [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/947241 passes] the former King Edward VI Grammar School on the right (now the Retford Oaks High School on a new site) opposite the Esso King Edwards Service Station, and there is a left turn for Albert Road (B6044), the main access for Retford railway station. It [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/453859 crosses] the Cuckoo Way and the Chesterfield Canal as Arlington Way, passes the Sherwood Centre, the Bassetlaw Museum,^[1] and St. Swithun's [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/78961 church], and the A620 [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2178027 leaves] to the north (for Gainsborough) at traffic lights. As Amcott Way it crosses the River Idle with Morrisons on the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/686878 west] bank of the river, and the A620 (for Worksop) leaves to the west at a roundabout. This part of Retford is West Retford. As North Road it passes the Texaco North Road Service Station (next to a Co-op), Retford Hospital, then the ambulance station on the right hand side.

There is the Sutton Cross Roads for Sutton cum Lound, to the north, and it crosses the ECML at Botany Bay Bridge. At Barnby Moor it meets the Old London Road from the south, then the A634 [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/511681 leaves] to the west (for Blyth), [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/78933 opposite] the Ye Olde Bell, a former coaching inn. It passes through Torworth where there is a right turn for Lound, and a left turn for Blyth, and passes [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/14569 The Huntsman]. At this point for a few miles the East Coast Main Line follows directly 500 yards to the east. It crosses a disused railway at Scrooby and passes slightly to the west of the village. Scrooby was the home of William Brewster, leader of the Pilgrim Fathers. It crosses the River Ryton, joins the A614, a trunk road, at an awkward junction at Harworth Bircotes. It enters Bawtry and the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster.

On the left hand side is Bawtry Hall, the former site of RAF Bawtry, the headquarters of 1 Group in the Second World War. The A631 joins from the east, then leaves to the left at the TOTAL Corner Garage. The A614 leaves to the right (for Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield) as a non-trunk road, but the A638 continues to the left as a trunk road. It passes Bawtry library,^[2] and continues as a straight road most of the way to Doncaster, crossing the ECML, from the right. Bawtry was a Roman town between Lincoln and Doncaster on a branch of Ermine Street, and the A638 (former A1) follows all the way through Doncaster to the A1. It is the parish boundary between Bawtry to the left and Austerfield to the east, under the flight path of Robin Hood Airport to the north-east, then from the Blackfirs RSPCA South Yorkshire Animal Centre,^[3] the boundary with Rossington to the left. From the Best Western Mount Pleasant Hotel, it is the boundary with Auckley to the east. At Warren House Farm near Hurst Plantation, there is a main right turn for the airport, where the A638 enters the parish of Rossington, deviating from the Ermine Street to the west. It meets Sheep Bridge Lane (B6387) for Rossington to the left, at a Park and Ride on the left hand side next to Rossington Bridge Farm. Crossing the River Torne, it enters Doncaster itself. The club house for Doncaster Golf Club (The Warren golf course) is on the left.

It [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1325412 crosses] the M18, then the Doncaster to Lincoln Line, and the Esso Doncaster Service Station. It [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2425327 passes] through Bessacarr as Bawtry Road, and at Cantley Bridge it meets Cantley Lane (B1396, for Robin Hood Airport) where it becomes a dual carriageway. It [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2425317 crosses] a railway line, passes the JET [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2425311 Racecourse Service Station] and The Dome Leisure Centre on the left, and there is a roundabout at Asda Doncaster at Gilwice Way to the left (for the A6182), and Doncaster Racecourse is to the right. It meets the A18, from the right, at a [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2425267 roundabout] next to the Grand St Leger Hotel, and the former Great North Road continues straight ahead as South Parade through the town centre. The road follows the A18, and leaves the A18 at the next roundabout. As the non-trunk Trafford Way it passes the Texaco Trafford Way Star Service Station, meets the A630 at a [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/827425 roundabout], becoming a trunk road, which passes Doncaster railway station to the left, and under the Frenchgate Centre. The road used to leave at the junction next to the Frenchgate centre, (The old North Bridge, it has been reopened for outgoing traffic, incoming traffic is still restricted to public transport, taxis and emergency services).As Church Way it passes St George's Minster, Doncaster and leaves at the next roundabout, at the start of the A19 next to the new Doncaster College. It [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1940585 crosses] on St George's Bridge over the River Don and the East Coast Main Line. At a large roundabout, it rejoins the former Ermine Street, and the A19 leaves to the north-east where a railway line [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/556868 crosses] over the road.

Doncaster to Wakefield

As [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2425827 York Road] the Centurion Retail Park and a Morrisons is on the right, and the JET Royal Blue Garage on the left. It crosses [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/656401 Lady Pitt's Bridge] over a former track of the River Don. It [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1092247 crosses] the Trans Pennine Trail. At Sunnyfields there is a junction for Barnsley Road (A635) to the left near the Rix Sun Inn Service Station and The Sun, where the road leaves Ermine Street, to the right, which continues as the Roman Ridge. It passes the Esso Sun Inn Service Station on the left, and [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1336895 continues] through Scawthorpe, with the Don Valley Academy on the right, and [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/876381 meets] Green Lane (B6422) to the left. It enters Highfields where there is the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/541647 Highwayman Roundabout] for Doncaster Lane (B1220) next to the Highwayman. It passes through Woodlands and then Adwick le Street. It meets the A1 and A1(M) at the Red House Interchange junction 38, formerly a roundabout before 1979. Ermine Street continues northwards along the A1. Before the bypass in August 1961, the A1 would have passed along the current A638 into Doncaster. Off the junction is a large distribution centre for B&Q.

From the A1, the A638 becomes a single-carriageway road and follows its former route, before it was extended to follow the former A1 from Markham Moor. It passes through Hampole and [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/864909 crosses] the Leeds and Wakefield section of the ECML. There is a right turn for Skelbrooke near Little John's Well near the area known as Barnsdale. It enters the borough of Wakefield and crosses a former railway line. In North Elmsall parish there is a new [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/249336 roundabout] for an industrial estate, and a roundabout for the new A6021, which leads to the Barnsdale Bar A1/A639 Roman Ridge junction. Previous to the building of this road, the A638 went through North Elmsall with a roundabout closer to Upton. There is a new roundabout with Minsthorpe Lane (B6474) further south, and the A638 now follows part of the former B6474, with a new T-junction for the B6474 near Upton. It continues to the north-west as [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1282210 Doncaster Road]. There is a left [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2502045 turn] for Hemsworth Marsh, and a right [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/601924 turn] for Badsworth and on Badsworth Common it is crossed by the Dearne Valley Line at a 13' 9 (4.2m) [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/695641 low bridge].

It turns due west and enters Ackworth Moor Top, meeting Barnsley Road (A628) at a roundabout next to the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/701771 Beverley Arms]. As [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2509898 Wakefield Road] it [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/339238 passes] the Boot and Show and All Saints' [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/927225 church], there is a right turn, it passes the TOTAL [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/939677 Ackworth Service Station] and the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/927363 Angel Inn], it crosses the former Brackenhill Light Railway and passes through Brackenhill. As Doncaster Road it meets the B6428 (for Featherstone to the north) at a [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/249310 roundabout] at Hessle and Hill Top, and [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1749026 passes] through Wragby, [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/244623 passing] the [https://web.archive.org/web/20111003131317/http://www.yorkshire-escapes.com/yorkshire/restaurant-reviews/129-spread-eagle-wragby Spread Eagle]. At Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell it [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1894749 meets] Garmill Lane (B6273) to the right, with a left turn for Nostell Priory. It passes through Nostell Park and [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/125487 across] Upper Lake. It [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/125464 passes] through Foulby, [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2250154 birthplace] of John Harrison, of longitude fame.

It crosses Windmill Hill, with a right turn for Sharlston. There is a left turn for Crofton and it meets Pontefract Road (B6378) at crossroads [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/369317 next] to the Crown Carveries [https://web.archive.org/web/20101229124230/http://www.crowncarveries.co.uk/find-us/Thecockandcrowninn.html Cock & Crown]. It meets Weeland Road from the right - the western end of the A645 at the Q8 Oakdale Garage, then the B6378 from the left. It crosses the Pontefract Line, then passes the Total S.A. (former Shell) Redbeck Services, next to the former Walton Colliery. It crosses a railway line, and at Warmfield cum Heath it [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/367285 meets] Black Road (A655) from the right. Entering the town of Wakefield as Doncaster Road, it passes [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/561575 under] a large railway bridge. There is a left [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2128853 turn] for Agbrigg Road (B6389). It passes through Fall Ings, passing the BP Wakefield Service Station, [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/747042 crosses] the Fall Ings Cut of the Calder and Hebble Navigation, and meets Barnsley Road (A61) from the south. It [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/962280 crosses] the River Calder near the Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield, and the A61 leaves to the north as Kirkgate and as the dual-carriageway Ings Road the A638 passes [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1218885 under] a railway, carrying the Hallam Line and Huddersfield Line, then passes retail parks and meets Denby Dale Road (A636) at a roundabout next to the Royal Mail [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1098868 sorting office]. It passes [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/229338 under] the ECML, meets another section of the A636 from the south near the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/658176 Cathedral Retail Park] and splits into two one-way sections around [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1268588 Albion Mills Retail Park], partly as Quebec Street. It continues to the west near the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1217673 Westgate Retail Park], concurrent with the A642, as Westgate End becoming single-carriageway. At Westgate Common, the road [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1400807 forks] into Horbury Road (A642) to the south-west, and Dewsbury Road (A638) due west at St Michael's [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/867173 church].

Wakefield to Bradford

It passes a McDonald's and the Morrisons Wakefield Dewsbury Road on the right, opposite [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1400307 The Magnet], and at Borough Corner meets George-a-Green Road (B6475) from the south at crossroads. It passes the English Martyrs Catholic Primary School on the right, and climbs the hill out of Wakefield. It [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/194093 meets] Broadway from the south and becomes Wakefield Road at the Old Malt Shovel. It passes the Shell Ossett and Roundwood Industrial Estate on the left, and becomes a dual-carriageway, built with the M1 junction 40 by Costain in October 1968. It passes a BP garage on the left, with the Leeds-Wakefield Holiday Inn on Queen's Drive, and the Silkwood Park^[4] business park and the Days Hotel Wakefield on the right. It meets the M1 at a roundabout and continues to the west as a dual-carriageway, passing through Gawthorpe. The former A638 continues through Ossett as the B6129. It becomes the single-carriageway Chancery Road at a [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1554593 roundabout] with Leeds Road (B6128). At Chickenley it meets the former route, becoming Wakefield Road, [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1026937 entering] the borough of Kirklees.

At Earlsheaton there is a crossroads, and the road [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/707502 descends] down the Calder valley into Dewsbury passing the BP Ossett Service Station. The A638 forms the Dewsbury Ring Road, with two sections - one trunked and one untrunked. The trunked section is Aldams Road, Vicarage Road and Rishworth Road, which meets Wilton Street (B6409). The untrunked section passes Dewsbury railway station and meets Leeds Road (A653). The two divide near Dewsbury Sainsbury's and the Rishworth Centre Retail Park. It passes [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/691173 under] a railway bridge as Halifax Road, and passes a [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/632832 campus] on the right of Kirklees College, the former Dewsbury Technical School of Art and Science. Further north it [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/707255 passes] the Wheelwright Campus of Kirklees College - the former Wheelwright Grammar School for Boys. There is a left turn for Healds Road for Dewsbury and District Hospital. There is a crossroads for Dewsbury Gate Road near the Esso [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/706915 Halifax Road Garage] in Staincliffe. It meets Batley Road (B6123) from the right next to the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/706910 Junction Inn], becoming High Street. It passes Heckmondwike Grammar School and St James's [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/706270 church] on the left, then passes through Heckmondwike town centre, [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1468232 meeting] Market Street (B6117) from the left, and Northgate (B6117) from the right, passing Morrisons Heckmondwike on the left. It becomes [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/907488 Westgate] and passes the imposing [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/442445 Flush Mills], home of Rieter Automotive, who make car furnishings.

It passes the Texaco [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1777981 Flush Garage] (former Gulf and TOTAL) on the right, and [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1426600 meets] the A62 (Leeds Road and Huddersfield Road), becoming Bradford Road near [https://web.archive.org/web/20120330234614/http://www.swanliversedge.co.uk/ The Swan] in Liversedge. It passes a BP (former Shell) [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/705786 Millbridge Filling Station] on the left, and in Littletown it becomes a dual-carriageway, which destroyed much of the village centre when it was built. At Rawfolds it passes the Princess Mary Stadium^[5] and crosses the River Spen. As Dewsbury Road in Cleckheaton it meets the A643 at crossroads. It meets Whitcliffe Road (B6120) from the left, then Hunsworth Lane (B6121) from the right at Moorend. It passes the Spen Trading Estate on the right, and meets the M62, M606, and Whitehall Road (A58) at the Chain Bar Roundabout,^[6] where the road terminates.

The road from here used to pass north through Oakenshaw, which runs parallel next to the M606, and then Low Moor. At the Odsal Top roundabout (with the A6036 and A641, for Huddersfield), the road that continues on the opposite side of the roundabout is the B6380, and continues to Horton Bank Top, meeting the A647 near Horton Bank Country Park.^[7]

References

1. ^Bassetlaw Museum
2. ^Bawtry library
3. ^South Yorkshire Animal Centre
4. ^Silkwood Park {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330234614/http://www.gmiconstructiongroup.co.uk/silkwood-park |date=30 March 2012 }}
5. ^Princess Mary Stadium
6. ^Chain Bar Interchange
7. ^Horton Bank Country Park
8. ^Pathetic Motorways A638(M)

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