A607 road

The A607 is an A road in England that starts in Belgrave, Leicester[1] and heads northeastwards through Leicestershire and the town of Grantham, Lincolnshire, terminating at Bracebridge Heath,[2] a village on the outskirts of Lincoln.

At Belgrave Circle (a grade separated junction – the Belgrave Flyover) it meets Abbey Park Road (B5327) north of the Murco Petroleum Ltd Flyover Filling Station and Leicester College's Abbey Park Campus[3] at Painter Street, with the college's Technology and Engineering Centre[4] to the east, next to the Bridle Lane Tavern.

The origin of the name of this stretch of the A607 is attributed to the many shops selling gold jewellery, said to be the largest selection outside India.

The former site of the GE Lighting factory[7] (closed in 2007 and originally British Thomson-Houston, then AEI), now occupied by a large Sainsbury’s supermarket is on the right.

The road becomes a primary route, leaves the unitary authority of Leicester, and enters Leicestershire and the district of Charnwood.

It passes the headquarters of Lafarge Cement UK on the right, and there is a left turn for the Watermead Country Park.

At Cossington it crosses the Midland Main Line and leaves the A46 (Fosse Way) at an interchange in the parish of Ratcliffe on the Wreake.

[8] There is a small roundabout as Cossington Lane with the former Fosse Way, and the road crosses the River Wreake then the Birmingham to Peterborough Line.

It meets Dalby Road (B6047, for Tilton on the Hill) to the right at the TOTAL (former BP) Malthurst Egerton Park Filling Station, and crosses the two sections of the River Eye.

Opposite Brooksby Melton College, it meets the A6006 (for Loughborough) to the left, and the A606 exits straight ahead.

In the parish of Croxton Kerrial at Lings Farm, it meets the Salters Way from the west – a Roman road along the top of the wolds from Six Hills, which eventually reaches Saltersford near Grantham.

Springfield Road is a spur of the A607, and passes under the East Coast Main Line at a (13 ft – 3.8 m) low bridge, with single-lane access, to meet the A52.

The BP Archways Service Station is on the left, and it passes under the ECML at the Harlaxton Road bridge (arched, 15 ft – 4.5 m at the centre – the highest clearance of the three low railway bridges for journeys across the town), meeting the A52 at the traffic lights (former roundabout) for Grantham railway station.

It crosses the former Great North Road, and on the corner is the former residence of Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990, now a chiropractic clinic.

It meets Belton Lane at traffic lights and Grantham and District Hospital is on the left which is near The Priory Ruskin Academy.

At the Twelve Acre Plantation at Honington, the route leaves the main road to the left, which continues as the A153 (for Sleaford).

At Carlton Scroop the Viking Way follows the road from the church of St Nicholas, and passes over the former Grantham-Lincoln railway.

On leaving Fulbeck, the road enters North Kesteven and passes over the A17 Leadenham bypass (built in March 1995).

At Boothby Graffoe the road passes St Andrews church and meets the B1202, for Metheringham to the east and is crossed by 400 kV pylons.

Entering Bracebridge Heath as Grantham Road, it briefly follows the line of the former Roman road Ermine Street, passing the TOTAL Bracebridge Heath Filling Station, then diverts to right, passing St John's church and meets the A15 at traffic lights and a T junction.

Former GE Lighting factory in Rushey Mead
The World Tree on the south-eastern corner of the A563 Leicester outer ring road ( Troon Way ) at the crossroads in Rushey Mead
Newark Road - Thurmaston Bypass (former A46)
Entering the district of Melton at the end of the Rearsby bypass
Waltham crossroads
Entering Lincolnshire
Grantham fire station on Harlaxton Road
St John the Evangelist church in Manthorpe
The birthplace of Margaret Thatcher
Leadenham
Lincoln Cliff between Boothby Graffoe and Coleby