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4 unusual facts about A38 road


Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway

In 1971 the line beyond Buckfastleigh was again closed and the A38 road was built on the route of the railway.

Haunted highway

According to legend, phantom hitchhikers have been reported since the 1950s on the A38 road between Wellington and Taunton in Somerset.

King's Mill Hospital

King's Mill Hospital (or King's Mill Centre) is a hospital situated adjacent to the main A38 road in a former large open space on the peripheral boundaries between the towns of Sutton-in-Ashfield and Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK.

Teign Valley Line

The A38 road covers some of the route near to Chudleigh, the intersection on the A38 at this point is named "Chudleigh Station".


A61 road

South of Alfreton, the A61 merges with the dual carriageway A38, but the old A61 continues as the B6179 through Swanwick and Denby, meeting the A38 again just north of the City.

Heatherton Village

The actual name of the suburb is Littleover and Heatherton Village is located at its southern most boundary approaching the A38 and Findern.

Stoke Lodge

Stoke Lodge is a suburb of Bristol, England, developed in the 50s and early 60s on farmland to the south of Patchway Common, South Gloucestershire and east of the A38 trunk road.


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