The slowest A-road in the Staffordshire Moorlands is located in Biddulph, new figures have revealed.

Data published by the government's Department for Transport last week revealed that the slowest A-road in the district, at an average speed of just 23.2mph, was the A527.

The road runs through Biddulph town centre, before continuing on to Knypersley, Brindley Ford and Tunstall.

It makes the road around 21% slower than the average traffic speed across all of Staffordshire's A-roads, which clocks in at 28.8mph.

The fastest A-road in the Moorlands was the A523, which runs through Rushton Spencer and Leek. On this road, motorists registered an average speed of 38.6mph, making it around 25% quicker than the county-wide average.

However, the average speed of Staffordshire's A-roads has been slowly but surely decreasing over the years, with today's speeds generally being around 2% lower than the 29.4mph average recorded back in 2014.

The average speeds of the remaining A-roads in the Moorlands are as follows:

The A521, which runs through Blythe Bridge and Cheadle, had an average speed of 25.5mph.

Motorists on the A520, which passes through Leek and Cellarhead, clocked an average of 33.2mph.

On the A522, which runs through Cheadle, average speeds of 30.4mph were measured.

The A52, passing Cellarhead and Werrington, saw motorists travelling at a 33mph average speed.

And finally the A53, running through Flash, Leek and Endon, came in at an average of 34.5mph.

The data was published as part of the Department for Transport's road congestion and travel times collection, and was compiled between April 2019 and March 2020.