The road measures 16.75 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 24 minutes to travel its length.
The A593 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 BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS, Hawthwaite, Woodland, Torver, Little Arrow, Park Gate, Haws Bank, Bowmanstead, CONISTON, Oxen Fell, Skelwith Bridge, Loughrigg, Clappersgate, AMBLESIDE, and Under Loughrigg.
The road is located entirely within Cumbria.