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It starts at Cleethorpes, then heads west into Grimsby. It turns south at Caistor, bypasses Market Rasen, then heads toward Lincoln. After bypassing Lincoln, it starts following the route of the old Fosse Way, bar bypasses. It bypasses Newark-On-Trent, and continues south-west, meeting the A52 near Bingham. As it enters Leicestershire, it is going nearly directly south. It bypasses Syston , and then Leicester, before merging into the M1 motorway at Junction 21A.
The A46 used to exist between Leicester and Coventry, but it has been replaced by the M69 motorwayThe M69 is a small motorway in England, linking Leicester and Coventry, and replaced the A46 road. The route is as follows Junction north of Coventry, intersecting with the M6, J2. Junction 1, south of Hinckley Junction 2, east of Hinckley Junction 3, sou. Consequently the A46 reappears at Coventry, forming the eastern bypass of the city. At the southern end of that bypass, it merges with the A45The A45 is a major road in England. It runs east from Birmingham past the National Exhibition Centre, then bypasses Coventry, Daventry, Northampton and Wellingborough before running north of Rushden and Higham Ferrers and terminating at its junction with for a short distance before forming a bypass for the WarwickshireWarwickshire (pronounced worrickshur) is a landlocked county in central England. Modern-day Warwickshire is of a considerably different shape to the historic county. The county town is Warwick. Famous people from Warwickshire include: William Shakespeare, towns of KenilworthSee also Kenilworth, Illinois. Kenilworth is a town in Warwickshire, England. A settlement has existed at Kenilworth since at least the time of the Domesday Book. The Book refers to Kenilworth as Chinewrde. Kenilworth is perhaps best known for its castle and WarwickThis article is about Warwick, England, see also Warwick, Rhode Island and Other uses of 'Warwick . Warwick (pronounced 'Worrick') is the historic county town of Warwickshire in England and has a population of 23,200 (2001 census). The town lies upon the, and the small village of Leek Wooton . It meets the M40 motorwayThe M40 motorway is the second motorway in the British transport network to connect London to Birmingham. The first part of the motorway was built in the 1960s and connected London to Oxford. It was not until 1990 that the second section, linking Oxford t at the Longbridge roundabout, one of the busiest motorway junctions in the United Kingdom, that is notorious for its congestion. South of the M40, the A46 follows its original route for a short distance before bypassing Stratford upon Avon to the west. It then turns west along the former A422 to AlcesterFor other places named "Alcester" see Alcester (disambiguation Alcester (pronounced 'alster' or 'ulster') is a small town in Warwickshire, England, sited approximately eight miles west of Stratford-upon-Avon, its population is around 9,000. It is known fo, which is again bypassed. From Alcester, a dual carriageway carries the route south to Evesham, which is bypassed by a single carriageway road. The A46 then runs south for a few miles along the former A435 route, before turning west, on the old A438 route, towards the M5 motorway.
After a gap filled in by the A435, the A46 reappears on its original route on the south side of Cheltenham. It then heads through Stroud, through Nailsworth, to the M4 motorway. From the M4, the A46 heads to Bath, ending at its junction with the A4 in that town.