A465 road

The A465 is a trunk road that runs from Bromyard in Herefordshire, England to Llandarcy near Swansea in south Wales. The western half in Wales is known officially as the Neath to Abergavenny Trunk Road, but the section from Abergavenny to the Vale of Neath is more commonly referred to as the Heads of the Valleys Road because it links the northern heads of the South Wales Valleys. This section is also the subject of a major upgrade programme of which sections 1 to 4 are complete, and sections 5 to 6 are under construction. The upgrade programme involves the conversion of the A465 to a dual carriageway with two lanes in each direction, and is due to be completed by Summer 2025. Approximately following the southern boundary of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, the Ordnance Survey Pathfinder guide describes it as the unofficial border between rural and industrial South Wales. The A465 provides an alternative route between England and the counties in South West Wales and to the ferries to Ireland.