During periods of very cold weather roads around Desborough may be gritted. Gritting of roads is the responsibility of North Northamptonshire Council . Gritting of major roads (like the A14) is the responsibility of National Highways.
The notification from the winter service team usually refers to the roads which will be treated as either “precautionary” or “adverse”. The streets on those routes are set out below.
Precautionary Routes
- A6
- Braybrooke Road
- Arthingworth Road
- Harborough Road
- Stoke Road
- B576
- High Street
- Lower Street
- Station Road
- Rushton Road
- Pipewell Road
- Broadlands
- Ise Vale Road
- Dunkirk Avenue
Adverse Routes
- Road linking Stoke Road to Pipewell Road
- Union Street
- Victoria Street
- Valley Rise
- Church View Road
- Milholm Road
- Roman Way
- Federation Avenue
- Pioneer Avenue