A523 - The Silk Road, Macclesfield (Part 4) - Northbound Rear View

The A523 is a former trunk road running from the A6 at Hazel Grove, south east of Stockport, to the A52 west of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, via the towns of Poynton, Macclesfield and Leek.

In the mid-1990s, a relief road was built through the centre of Macclesfield and bypassing Tytherington, called The Silk Road, so named because of Macclesfield's industrial past with many silk mills. Part of The Silk Road is built on the route of the former Macclesfield to Marple railway, a victim of the Beeching cuts. The relief road is a mixture of 2 and 4-lane single-carriagway, with a dual-carriageway section.

There are currently plans to bypass Poynton with a single carriageway running from the small village of Adlington north-west to meet an extension of the A555 road, which is aimed to start construction soon. The current A523 runs through Poynton village, which features an unusual shared-space junction in the town centre.

This video shows a northbound journey along The Silk Road (A523) north of Macclesfield, between the B5090 and B5091 turn offs between Prestbury and Bollington. It is available in three versions;

Front View:

Rear View (this video):

Front View with Rearview Mirror:

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