The road measures 100.84 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 2 hours and 45 minutes to travel its length.
The A417 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 4 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like Hope-under-Dinmore, Bodenham, Ullingswick, Felton, Burley Gate, Lower Eggleton, Stretton Grandison, Canon Frome, Ashperton, Trumpet, LEDBURY, Parkway, Bromsberrow Heath, Bromsberrow, Redmarley, Staunton, Corse, Hartpury, Maisemore, GLOUCESTER, Barnwood, Hucclecote, Brockworth, Witcombe, Birdlip, Elkstone, Duntisbourne Abbotts, Bagendon, Whiteway, CIRENCESTER, Norcote, Ampney Crucis, Ampney St. Peter, Poulton, Meysey Hampton, FAIRFORD, Kempsford, Thornhill, Claydon, Claydon Pike, LECHLADE, Warrens Cross, Downington, Buscot, Buscot Park, Eaton Hastings, FARINGDON, Stanford In The Vale, Challow, East Challow, West Challow, WANTAGE, Grove, West Hendred, East Hendred, Rowstock, Harwell, West Hagbourne, Upton, Blewbury, Aston Tirrold, Cholsey, Moulsford, and Streatley.
The road passes through several counties, including Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire.