 It begins as Grain Road, becoming Malmaynes Hall Road after it passes through Stoke running west.Passing High Halstow and turning south, it follows Sharnal Street which then becomes the Ratcliffe Highway, which bypasses Hoo St Werburgh and skirts the Deangate Ridge Golf Club.After reaching Chattenden it turns into Four Elms Hill before switching onto the new Wainscott Eastern Bypass.