A631 road


The A631 is a road running from Sheffield, South Yorkshire to Louth, Lincolnshire in England. It passes through the counties of South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. The road has many towns on its route including Rotherham, Maltby, Gainsborough and Market Rasen. It is mostly single road throughout its length but has some stretches of dual carriageway as well. The road is approximately long.

Sheffield (Meadowhall) to Bawtry

The road starts at the M1/A6109 junction at Meadowhall. This is the northern half of Junction 34 on the M1. The road then passes under the M1 on the lower deck of the Tinsley Viaduct as a dual carriageway with the Meadowhall Shopping Centre visible to the southwest. At the southern half of junction 34 a roundabout links the road to the A6178 Sheffield Road and the A6102 Shepcote Lane. This short section is classified as a trunk road.

After the M1 the road is a single carriageway non-trunk road and heads east to Rotherham as Bawtry Road through Tinsley. It passes Tinsley Infants School and Tinsley Junior School, and on the left hand side on the corner oh Highgate is the '. The Jamia al Hudaa Sheffield, a girls' independent Muslim secondary school is on the right, and opposite Park House Lane is the Outokumpu sports and social club, with Sheffield Hallam University's Graham Solley Sports Development Centre on the . The road enters the borough of Rotherham at a bend to the left, becomes the parish between Brinsworth and Rotherham, and there is a crossroads, with the left for Balk Lane and the BOC , opposite Firth Rixson Aurora Sports Club, and the right for Bonet Lane near The Fairway. There is a left turn for , a right turn for Brinsworth Lane near former The Atlas and the Esso Brinsworth Service Station, a right turn for Whitehill Lane. It passes under a 15 ft 3 in , and the River Rother.
The road then serves as a bypass of Rotherham after it combines with the Centenary Way at '. A TOTAL garage is on the right, and a McDonald's and the Pace Canklow Service Station is opposite. It continues to the south-east as the non-trunk dual-carriageway ', with to the east, on the side of the Rother Valley. Canklow Meadows Industrial Estate is on the with Leger Holidays HQ, the large Crossroads Volvo , and Manheim Auctions. It is followed by the Canklow Meadows Retail Park, and it passes the Holiday Inn on the left, opposite Energy Alloys. The A630 leaves to the right at the busy Rotherway Roundabout, over the River Rother, to junction 33 of the M1, with a large electrical substation to the right. The A631 used to continue to the east as a trunk single-carriageway, but was upgraded to dual carriage way to the A618, and is crosses by the Rotherham Roundwalk. The West Bawtry Road Improvement - Rotherway to Whiston Crossroads was built by Birse Civils of Barton-upon-Humber for £5 million. The A631 is now dual-carriageway between the M1 and M18 junctions
The A631 then continues round Rotherham the A618, becoming the dual-carriageway East Bawtry Road. Moorgate is to the left and Whiston is to the right - the road is the Rotherham-Whiston parish boundary. Ember Inns ' is on the right. It meets the and the A6123 at the '. The A631 becomes a non-trunk and meets the at the Brecks Roundabout, also meeting Brecks Lane. After the roundabout is the Premier Inn, and ' Beefeater on the left, opposite an Esso garage. Further on the left is a small Sainsbury's, some takeaways, and Texaco The Brecks garage. It becomes ', passing the Dalton Listerdale Junior and Infants , and through Listerdale and Wickersley with a parade of shops either side and ' on the left, being crossed by the Rotherham Roundwalk. The ' is on the left, next to the Wickersley Roundabout which meets Northfield Lane from the left and ' from the right, with the St Albans CE to the south. It eastwards through Bramley with Wickersley and the Wickersley School and Sports College on the right, next to the footbridge, meeting the B6093 from the left near St Francis . Rotherham Morrisons is on the right hand , with access for the Ibis . There is also the ' Roast Inn and a McDonald's.

The road crosses the M18 at Junction 1 and continues as Bawtry Road, a trunk road, through Hellaby, with a left for the Hellaby Industrial Estate, and the large truck stop. There are speed cameras on this stretch. It enters Maltby as Rotherham Road with a left for Addison Road, then passes Maltby Academy and leisure centre on the left, and Hooton Levitt and St Bartholomew parish on the right. The A634 leaves to the south east for Blyth and Retford, and ' leaves to the left. It passes through the town centre as ', passing the fire station and library on the left. It then crosses the B6427 then heads east Tickhill, passing the '. The main landmark on the left hand side is Maltby Main Colliery, for which there is an on the left, opposite Maltby Wood. It a and ', for Stainton, is on the left, the point where the road becomes the Doncaster-Rotherham boundary for one mile, just before being by a 400 kV pylon line, the point where it also enters the Doncaster postcode.
built in 1777, looking north along the A60, in the middle of the A631 T-junction in Tickhill in 2007
' is on the left, and the is now mostly rural from here to Bawtry. At the junction of ' on the right, the borough boundary leaves to the south along Sandbeck lane and the enters the Borough of Doncaster. It passes under a railway line and Tickhill as Rotherham Road where it the A60 from the right. It continues along West Gate, passing the police station on the left. There is a right turn for Tickhill Castle, and the road bends sharply to the left the '. on the left is St Mary's Church, Tickhill. The road passes along ' and a JET , and at the Market Place, the A60 continues straight ahead, and the A631 leaves sharply to the at a T-junction for '.
After Tickhill the road passes the A1 near a then over the beginnings of the River Torne, and the as ' at Spital Hill. It meets the Nottinghamshire boundary from the south, which follows the road all the way to Bawtry for around three miles. Harworth is to the south, and it meets ' from the right. There is a bend to the left, with on the left, and Plumtree Farm Industrial Estate on the . The road enters Bawtry as , with the Nottinghamshire boundary passing along the southern edge of the town. In Bawtry, next to Bawtry Hall, it meets the north-south A638, also a trunk road, the former A1.

Bawtry to Louth

The road starts again slightly further south off the and A614, and heads east of Bawtry passing the East Coast Main Line railway as Gainsborough Road. It then the River Idle at and Nottinghamshire and Bassetlaw. The road bends to the right and becomes as it bypasses the village of Scaftworth, which has two exits to the right. It bends to the left and continues as the single carriageway ' Everton, with Harwell on the left. There is a right for Mattersey at the '. Further on the B6045 joins from Blyth at Drakeholes, where the road has been diverted to the north, over the Chesterfield Canal and Cuckoo Way.
As Gainsborough Road it passes along the top of an escarpment near Prospect Hill Farm, and there is a right turn for Wiseton. It passes Park House Farm and climbs Mill Hill then becomes dual carriageway at Gringley on the Hill, which it bypasses to the south on the edge of the escarpment. On the bypass, ' exits to the right and ' to the left, both part of the B1403. It climbs , resuming the former route. To the south West Burton power stations and Cottam power stations can be . It gently descends the hill and at Beckingham meets the A161 at a near Mill Farm. Previously it met the A161 in the village.
The road becomes again as the road follows the Beckingham Bypass, built in 1975 with soil from the Gainsborough relief road, then reaches another roundabout with the A620, from the south. The road continues as dual carriageway, crossing the Doncaster to Lincoln Line, with the former road being ' to the south, and becomes the single carriageway ', on the former route, being the Beckingham-Saundby parish boundary. Approaching Gainsborough it the Crown Carveries '. Crossing Trent Bridge, Gainsborough it enters West Lindsey and Lincolnshire. It then goes through Gainsborough, meeting two spurs of ' and Trinity Street at a . There is an for Thorndike Way, the A631 Gainsborough Relief Road, which opened in March 1974. Lindsey County Council intended to continue the dual carriageway all the way to the A15 at Caenby Corner. On the southern relief road, it passes The Gainsborough Academy to the south, and there is a at for Heapham Road. ', the former route, is to the left, and nearby is the Road Safety Markings Association.
At it resumes its . As ' it enters Corringham, the Beckett Arms. There is a left turn for Hemswell Lane, and it continues as ', becoming the parish boundary for two miles between Hemswell and Harpswell. It the Lincoln Cliff to meet ' at a at Harpswell. It becomes the parish boundary between Hemswell Cliff and Harpswell, with the RAF Hemswell adjacent on the left, and the conference centre on the right. There is a right turn for Dog Kennel Road. The road becomes the parish boundary of Hemswell Cliff and Glentworth. At Caenby Corner it meets the A15 at a roundabout near the TOTAL ', and passes through the parish of Glentham. Near Highfield Farm it becomes the parish boundary of Glentham and Caenby, then through Glentham and the ', and in the are the Lincolnshire Wolds. At Bishopbridge it crosses the River Ancholme, which is its must southern navigable point. It passes ' and becomes the parish boundary between Osgodby and West Rasen.
At , the A1103 continues for four miles to the left as a trunk road to the A46, and the A631 leaves to the right as a non-trunk road. Most traffic will follow the A1103 for Grimsby. The road becomes more twisty and meets a at West Rasen, where it crosses the River Rase. As Gainsborough Road it the trunk road A46, from the right, at Middle Rasen where the A46 does not have priority. It follows the A46 for a half-mile, and the A46 continues to the left, with the A631 leaving at a right turn. It enters Market Rasen as Gainsborough Road then becomes '. It meets the B1202 from the left, and as Queen Street passes the Newark to Grimsby Line then is crosses by the B1203 at . As ' it passes the De Aston School and Market Rasen Racecourse on the right. In Tealby parish it through .
It through North Willingham, with a right turn for Sixhills. It then the western of the Lincolnshire Wolds as Willingham Road to 142 metres height, crossing ' at Boucherette Farm, where it enters East Lindsey. It through Ludford where it is briefly followed by the Viking Way, passing the ' on the right and the '. At a crossroads the Viking Way leaves to the right. It through the parish of Calcethorpe with Kelstern, with a left turn for Kelstern. It passes Cotes Grange Farm with a for Welton le Wold, to the right. It passes through South Elkington, where in the parish of Elikington it at the A157 just outside Louth