Motorway fork sign
A blue sign with a diagram showing a branch off the road ahead and the following text.
Forward destinations: The NORTH (M1); Leicester.
Exit destinations: Tamworth; Nuneaton; A5 [Hollow triangle diversion symbol] [Hollow circle diversion symbol]; Hinckley; B4109.
Junction number: 1.
The A5 crosses our path here, a Roman Road and a traditional coaching route. Until the motorway network was built it provided a useful way past the West Midlands without traversing Birmingham.