A512 road

The A512 is an A road entirely in Leicestershire, UK. It links the primary destination of Loughborough with the M1, A42 road, and the town of Ashby de la Zouch.

A512
Route information
Length	19 mi (31 km)
Major junctions
East end	Loughborough
Major intersections	A6004 M1 Junction 23 A511 A42 Junction 13
West end	A42 Junction 13
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Primary destinations	Loughborough Loughborough University Shepshed Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
← A511 → A513

The road begins just outside Loughborough Town Centre, near to The Rushes (52.7724°N 1.2078°W / 52.7724; -1.2078 (A512 road (eastern end))). It heads out of town, crossing the A6004 Epinal Way and passing Loughborough University. On leaving the town, there is a short dual carriageway section, leading to the junction with Snells Nook Lane to Nanpantan and Woodhouse.

After this junction, the road returned to single carriageway for about 1 mile (1.6 km), to Junction 23 of the M1, but was upgraded to dual carriageway with a new roundabout, in preparation for the Garendon Park housing development, with the works finishing in June 2021.^[1]

At this junction, much of the traffic from Loughborough turns off, and it is a much quieter A512 that enters Shepshed. After Shepshed, the road passes through Northern Charnwood Forest, near the villages of Peggs Green, Thringstone, Griffydam, Belton and Osgathorpe. Shortly before Ashby it passes Coleorton Hall on the right – a house which has played host to Scott, Wordsworth, Coleridge and others – now converted to apartments.^[2]

The road ends at the junction with the A42 and A511 (formerly the A50), on the edge of Ashby (52.7491°N 1.4456°W / 52.7491; -1.4456 (A512 road (western end))).

The A512 is 11 miles (18 km) long, with the M1 junction 8 miles (13 km) from the southern end.