A465 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by English local authorities and South Wales Trunk Road Agency | ||||
Length | 66 mi (106 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Llandarcy 51°38′57″N 3°50′55″W / 51.6492°N 3.8486°W | |||
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East end | Bromyard, Herefordshire 52°11′13″N 2°30′50″W / 52.1870°N 2.5139°W | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United Kingdom | |||
Primary destinations | Neath Merthyr Tydfil Abergavenny Hereford | |||
Road network | ||||
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The A465 is a trunk road that runs from Bromyard in Herefordshire, England to Llandarcy near Swansea in south Wales. The western half in Wales is known officially as the Neath to Abergavenny Trunk Road,[1] but the section from Abergavenny to the Vale of Neath is more commonly referred to as the Heads of the Valleys Road because it links the northern heads of the South Wales Valleys. Approximately following the southern boundary of the Brecon Beacons National Park, the Ordnance Survey Pathfinder guide describes it as the unofficial border between rural and industrial South Wales.[2] The A465 provides an alternative route between England and the counties in South West Wales and to the ferries to Ireland.[3]