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The A5012 road is a main road in the south of the English county of Derbyshire.
Map of A5012, Cromford, Matlock DE4, UK
Around 9 miles (14 km) in length it connects two primary north-south routes, the A6 at Cromford and the A515 between Buxton and Ashbourne. It passes through Pikehall and Grangemill and alongside Ible.
The eastern part (Grangemill to Cromford, set in a deep valley) is known as the Via Gellia - named after its builders, the Gell family, who held lead-mining interests in and around Wirksworth.
The road has a poor safety record and is ranked the third-worst in Britain by EuroRAP.
References
A5012 road Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA