The '''A338''' is a road in southern England, that runs from Bournemouth in Dorset to Bessels_Leigh in Oxfordshire. ==Route of Road== The road begins in central Bournemouth, before heading northward as a grade separated Dual_carriageway, one of the main roads in the South_East_Dorset_conurbation. It joins the route of the A31_road heading north-east for 1½ miles, before turning left at Ringwood in Hampshire and again heading northward. It passes the town of Fordingbridge, before crossing the border into Wiltshire. It meets the A354_road at a roundabout on the southern outskirts of Salisbury, before joining the route of the A36_road as it bypasses the city centre to dual carriageway standard. It meets the A30_road at a roundabout, before continuing in a north-easterly diection. It has a junction with the main A303_road, which it crosses and then travels through the town of Tidworth. It turns right at a roundabout with the A346_road at Burbage, and heads east then north-east crossing the border into Berkshire. It passes through the town of Hungerford, where it meets the A4_road (to Marlborough and Newbury). It meets the M4_motorway at junction 14, and heads roughly northward into Oxfordshire. It goes through Wantage where it meets the A417_road, and past the villages of Grove, East Hanney and Frilford_Heath. It terminates at its junction with the A420_road near Bessels Leigh, six miles south-west of Oxford. ==External links== * SABRE page on the A338 {{UK-road-stub}} 3-0338 3-0338 3-0338 3-0338 3-0338 3-0338