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A624
Route information
Maintained by Derbyshire County Council / Highways Agency
Length	9.0 mi (14.5 km)
Major junctions
North end	A57 in Glossop
Major intersections	A6016 A6015 B6062
South end	B5470 in Town End, Chapel-en-le-Frith
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary destinations	Glossop; Buxton (A6)
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A624 road is a main road in the English county of Derbyshire. It connects Glossop to Chapel-en-le-Frith passing through Chunal, Hayfield, and New Smithy.

Route (north to south)

The road begins at the crossroads next to Norfolk Square in central Glossop consisting of the A57 High Street East and West, the B6105 northbound and the A624 southbound. It moves through Charlestown and on up Chunal hill, past the old Grouse Inn (now closed) and the Monk's Road turning. Down the other side it passes under Lantern Pike, through Little Hayfield, before going through Hayfield on a relief flyover, passing the junction with the A6015. It continues southwards, climbing to Peep o' Day farm before descending to a TOTSO junction in the hamlet of New Smithy, beyond which the route is mainly through built-up areas. It passes under the twin Chapel Milton railway viaduct before crossing Black Brook and running down Hayfield Road and finishing at Town End in Chapel-en-le-Frith.

Some parts of the route parallel the A6, especially near Chinley and Chapel. Local bus routes 61, 62, 64 and 69 use the road as a transportation corridor; there are many bus stops along the route.

History and improvements

The former path of the A624 followed some segments of the modern-day A6 in between Chapel-en-le-Frith and Buxton. What is now the A5004, but used to be part of the A6, had steep gradients and large amounts of traffic and became unsuitable. The A624 was cut to its present extent as an alternative to the choked-up former A6. The A6 was then moved to the route previously occupied by the A624 to Buxton from Chapel-en-le-Frith. The need for traffic to move through each town was then removed when a bypass was constructed for Whaley Bridge and Chapel (now the A6).

References

1. "Driving directions to Hayfield Rd" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 10 August 2013.

External links

• A624 at the Roader's Digest

v t e A roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme
	A6 A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 A65 A66 A67 A68 A69
	A602 A605 A606 A607 A610 A612 A614 A616 A617 A619 A624 A625 A626 A628 A629 A630 A631 A632 A635 A636 A638 A640 A642 A643 A647 A650 A657 A658 A660 A661 A666 A671 A678 A684 A685 A686 A688 A689 A690 A695 A696 A697
	A6003 A6023 A6030 A6055 A6079 A6102 A6105 A6108 A6121 A6135 A6136 A6177 A6178 A6182 A6187
List of A roads in Zone 6 List of B roads in Zone 6

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• Derbyshire

• Roads in England
• Roads in Derbyshire