The road measures 73.41 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 2 hours and 38 minutes to travel its length.
The A56 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 5 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like CHESTER, Hoole Village, Mickle Trafford, Bridge Trafford, Dunham On The Hill, Helsby, FRODSHAM, Sutton Weaver, Preston Brook, Whitehouse Industrial Estate, RUNCORN, Preston On The Hill, Daresbury, Higher Walton, Walton, Stockton Heath, Appleton, Grappenhall, Thelwall, LYMM, Little Bollington, Bowdon, ALTRINCHAM, Broadheath, West Timperley, SALE, Stretford, MANCHESTER, SALFORD, Old Trafford, Prestwich, Whitefield, BURY, Hapton, ACCRINGTON, Rising Bridge, Haslingden, Acre, ROSSENDALE, Townsend Fold, Rawtenstall, Ramsbottom, Walmersley, COLNE, NELSON, Foulridge, Kelbrook, Sough, Earby, Thornton In Craven, and Elslack.
The road passes through several counties, including Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire.