The A433 road is an A road and

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, England.

Route

It starts at a junction with the A46 at

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north of junction 18 of the M4 and northeast of

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. It runs northeast for to a junction with the A429 just west of

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On its way to Cirencester the road passes the spectacular Westonbirt Arboretum, and runs through the villages of

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and Doughton, and the town of

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; then to the north of both Cotswold Airport (formerly RAF Kemble) and Kemble village.

Fosse Way

The last follow the route of the

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. In this section the road passes the ''Thames Head'' pub (named for the source of the Thames) before rising over a crest and descending into a steep-side cutting to pass under the

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, through a narrow bridge which has no pavement for

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History

When the route was first designated in 1922, it finished at a junction with the A429 on the Fosse Way just west of Kemble near Jackaments Bottom. When RAF Kemble was built, circa 1937, the A429 was diverted south of the airfield to follow an upgraded existing road through Kemble village, and the section of the A429 north of the airfield became a continuation of the A433. In the 1930s or 1940s the route was extended from Cirencester to the A40 just west of

Burford Burford () is a town on the River Windrush, in the Cotswold hills, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is often referred to as the 'gateway' to the Cotswolds. Burford is located west of Oxford and southeast of Chelt ...

, on the former route of the B4425. In the 1980s this section was downgraded to become the B4425 again.Sabre website: A433
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References

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