The A570 is a

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, that runs from St Helens to

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Route

Until the early 1970s, the road ran from a junction with the

A57 road The A57 is a major road in England. It runs east from Liverpool to Lincoln, England, Lincoln via Warrington, Salford, Greater Manchester, Salford and Manchester, and then through the Pennines over the Snake Pass (between the high moorlands of ...

at Bold Heath, four miles west of

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. The road currently begins at junction 7 ( Rainhill Stoops) of the

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, and runs in a northerly direction as a dual carriageway through the centre of St Helens, meeting the

A58 road The A58 is a major road in Northern England running between Prescot, Merseyside and Wetherby, West Yorkshire. Route from West to East Its westbound start is at Prescot on the outskirts of Liverpool via Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire to ...

, then the

A580 road The A580 (officially the Liverpool–East Lancashire Road, colloquially the East Lancs) is the United Kingdom's first purpose-built A road. The road was officially opened by King George V on 18 July 1934. Despite its name, the actual road runs ...

to the north of the town. The road continues in a north-westerly direction, bypassing

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to dual carriageway standard. It crosses the border into

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

, before reaching junction 3 of the

M58 motorway The M58 is a motorway passing through Merseyside and Lancashire, terminating in Greater Manchester. It is 12 miles (19.3 km) long and provides a link between the M6 motorway and the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton and hence on, via the A5 ...

. Continuing north-westerly still, as a single carriageway road it travels through

Ormskirk Ormskirk is a market town in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is located north of Liverpool, northwest of St Helens, Merseyside, St Helens, southeast of Southport and southwest of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. Ormski ...

, meeting the

A59 road The A59 is a major road in England which is around long and runs from Wallasey, Merseyside to York, North Yorkshire. The alignment formed part of the Trunk Roads Act 1936, being then designated as the A59. It is a key route connecting Merseysi ...

at a crossroads. North-west of Ormskirk, it crosses over the

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, and meets the A5147 road near

Scarisbrick Scarisbrick () is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Lancashire, England. The A570 road, A570, the main road between Ormskirk and Southport, runs through Scarisbrick, and much of the village lies along it. As a result ...

. Shortly afterwards, it crosses the border back into Merseyside, and reaches the town of Southport. It terminates at its junction with the

A565 road The A565 is a road in England that is around long and runs from Liverpool in Merseyside to Tarleton in Lancashire. It is a primary route linking the town of Southport to Liverpool and to Preston (latterly via the connecting A59), having bee ...

in the centre of the town. Roads in England Roads in Lancashire Roads in Merseyside {{England-road-stub