The road measures 29.92 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 40 minutes to travel its length.
The A696 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 6 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like Otterburn, Elsdon, Kirkwhelpington, Knowesgate, Harle, Middleton, Capheaton, Belsay, Milbourne, Ponteland, Woolsington, Prestwick, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, and Kenton Bank Foot.
The road connects Northumberland and Tyne & Wear.