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The '''M6''' is the longest motorway in the [[United Kingdom]] and one of the busiest. It forms part of a motorway "Backbone of Britain", running north-south between [[London]] and [[Glasgow]] via the industrial North of [[England]]. It becomes the {{Mgb|74}} in [[Scotland]]
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The section from the {{Mgb|1}} to the {{Mgb|6 Toll}} split near [[Birmingham]] is part of the {{E|24}} and the section from the {{Mgb|6 Toll}} and the {{Mgb|42}} forms part of {{E|5}}.
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== Hitching the '''M6''' ==
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{{legend}}
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<map lat="53.6587198488508" lng="-2.1766201257917484" zoom="8" width="450" height="1050" float="right" />
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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! style="width: 30em" | !! style="width:30em" | !! style="width: 30em" |
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|-
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| <p align="center">{{north}}</p> ||  || <p align="center">{{south}}</p>
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|-
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|  || {{junction}} Catthorpe Interchange {{Mgb|1}} ||  |
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|-
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|  || {{ramp}} Catthorpe ||  |
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|-
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|  || (1) {{ramp}} Rugby ||  |
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|-
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|  || (2) {{ramp}} Walsgrave Triangel {{Mgb|69}} ||  |
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|-
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|  || (3) {{ramp}} Bedworth ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Corley North]] ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Corley South]]
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|-
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|  || (3A) {{junction}} {{Mgb|6 Toll}} ||  |
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|-
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|  || (4) {{ramp}} [[Birmingham]] Airport ||  |
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|-
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|  || (4A) {{junction}} {{Mgb|42}} ||  |
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|-
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|  || (5) {{ramp}} Castle Bromwich ||  |
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|-
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|  || (6) {{junction}} Gravelly Hill Interchange {{Agb|38}} ||  |
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|-
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|  || (7) {{ramp}} Great Barr ||  |
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|-
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|  || (8) {{junction}} Ray Hall Interchange {{Mgb|5}} ||  |
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|-
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|  || (9) {{ramp}} Wednesbury ||  |
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|-
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|  || (10) {{ramp}} Walsall ||  |
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|-
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|  || (10A) {{junction}} {{Mgb|54}} ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Hilton Park East]] ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Hilton Park West]]
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|-
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|  || (11) {{ramp}} Laney Green ||  |
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|-
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|  || (11A) {{junction}} {{Mgb|6 Toll}} ||  |
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|-
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|  || (12) {{ramp}} Gailey ||  |
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|-
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|  || (13) {{ramp}} Stafford South ||  |
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|-
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|  || (14) {{ramp}} Stafford North ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Stafford East]] ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Stafford West]]
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|-
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|  || (15) {{ramp}} Stoke-on-Trent South ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Keele North]] ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Keele South]]
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|-
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|  || (16) {{ramp}} Stoke-on-Trent North ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Sandbach East]] ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Sandbach West]]
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|-
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|  || (17) {{ramp}} Sandbach ||  |
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|-
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|  || (18) {{ramp}} Holmes Chapel ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Knutsford East]] ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Knutsford West]]
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|-
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|  || (19) {{ramp}} Knutsford ||  |
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|-
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|  || (20) {{junction}} Lymm Interchange {{Mgb|56}} ||  |
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|-
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|  || (20A) {{ramp}} Lymm<br>{{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Lymm]] ||  |
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|-
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|  || (21) {{ramp}} Warrington ||  |
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|-
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|  || (21A) {{junction}} Croft Interchange {{Mgb|62}} ||  |
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|-
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|  || (22) {{ramp}} Winwick ||  |
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|-
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|  || (23) {{ramp}} Haydock ||  |
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|-
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|  || (24) {{ramp}} Ashton in Makerfield ||  |
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|-
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|  || (25) {{ramp}} Wigan ||  |
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|-
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|  || (26) {{junction}} Orrel Interchange {{Mgb|58}} ||  |
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|-
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|  || (27) {{ramp}} Shevington ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Charnock Richard East]] ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Charnock Richard West]]
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|-
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|  || (28) {{ramp}} Holehouse ||  |
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|-
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|  || (29) {{junction}} Cuerden Valley {{Mgb|65}} ||  |
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|-
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|  || (29A) {{ramp}} Bamber Bridge ||  |
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|-
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|  || (30) {{junction}} Blacow Bridge ||  |
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|-
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|  || (31) {{ramp}} Ribble Valley ||  |
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|-
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|  || (31A) {{ramp}} Preston ||  |
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|-
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|  || (32) {{junction}} Broughton Interchange {{Mgb|55}} ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Lancaster East]] ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Lancaster West]]
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|-
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|  || (33) {{ramp}} Hampson Green ||  |
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|-
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|  || (34) {{ramp}} Lune Valley ||  |
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|-
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|  || (35) {{ramp}} Carnforth ||  |
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|-
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|  ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Burton-in-Kendal]]
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|-
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|  || (36) {{ramp}} Crooklands ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Killington Lake]] ||  ||  |
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|-
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|  || (37) {{ramp}} Kendal East ||  |
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|-
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|  || (38) {{ramp}} Tebay ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Westmorland Tebay East]] ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Westmorland Tebay West]]
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|-
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|  || (39) {{ramp}} Shap/Hardendale ||  |
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|-
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|  || (40) {{ramp}} Skirsgill ||  |
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|  || (41) {{ramp}} Catterlen ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Southwaite East]] ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Southwaite West]]
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|-
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|  || (42) {{ramp}} Golden Fleece ||  |
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|-
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|  || (43) {{ramp}} [[Carlisle]] East ||  |
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|-
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|  || (44) {{ramp}} [[Carlisle]] North ||  |
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|-
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| {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Todhills East]] ||  || {{gas}} {{rest}} service station [[Todhills West]]
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|-
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|  || (45) {{ramp}} Gretna Green South ||  |
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|-
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|  || {{Mgb|74}} ||  |
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|-
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| <p align="center">{{north}}</p> ||  || <p align="center">{{south}}</p>
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|}
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{{Motorways UK}}
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[[Category:E5]]
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[[Category:E24]]
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[[Category:East Midlands]]
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[[Category:West Midlands]]
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[[Category:North West England]]
  
 
[[Category:United Kingdom]]
 
[[Category:United Kingdom]]
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[[Category:Motorways]]
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{{IsIn|United Kingdom}}

Latest revision as of 22:28, 30 July 2012

The M6 is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom and one of the busiest. It forms part of a motorway "Backbone of Britain", running north-south between London and Glasgow via the industrial North of England. It becomes the M 74 in Scotland

The section from the M 1 to the M 6 Toll split near Birmingham is part of the E 24 and the section from the M 6 Toll and the M 42 forms part of E 5.

Hitching the M6

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<map lat="53.6587198488508" lng="-2.1766201257917484" zoom="8" width="450" height="1050" float="right" />

 

 

  Catthorpe Interchange M 1
  Catthorpe
(1)   Rugby
(2)   Walsgrave Triangel M 69
(3)   Bedworth
    service station Corley North     service station Corley South
(3A)   M 6 Toll
(4)   Birmingham Airport
(4A)   M 42
(5)   Castle Bromwich
(6)   Gravelly Hill Interchange A 38 (M)
(7)   Great Barr
(8)   Ray Hall Interchange M 5
(9)   Wednesbury
(10)   Walsall
(10A)   M 54
    service station Hilton Park East     service station Hilton Park West
(11)   Laney Green
(11A)   M 6 Toll
(12)   Gailey
(13)   Stafford South
(14)   Stafford North
    service station Stafford East     service station Stafford West
(15)   Stoke-on-Trent South
    service station Keele North     service station Keele South
(16)   Stoke-on-Trent North
    service station Sandbach East     service station Sandbach West
(17)   Sandbach
(18)   Holmes Chapel
    service station Knutsford East     service station Knutsford West
(19)   Knutsford
(20)   Lymm Interchange M 56
(20A)   Lymm
    service station Lymm
(21)   Warrington
(21A)   Croft Interchange M 62
(22)   Winwick
(23)   Haydock
(24)   Ashton in Makerfield
(25)   Wigan
(26)   Orrel Interchange M 58
(27)   Shevington
    service station Charnock Richard East     service station Charnock Richard West
(28)   Holehouse
(29)   Cuerden Valley M 65
(29A)   Bamber Bridge
(30)   Blacow Bridge
(31)   Ribble Valley
(31A)   Preston
(32)   Broughton Interchange M 55
    service station Lancaster East     service station Lancaster West
(33)   Hampson Green
(34)   Lune Valley
(35)   Carnforth
    service station Burton-in-Kendal
(36)   Crooklands
    service station Killington Lake
(37)   Kendal East
(38)   Tebay
    service station Westmorland Tebay East     service station Westmorland Tebay West
(39)   Shap/Hardendale
(40)   Skirsgill
(41)   Catterlen
    service station Southwaite East     service station Southwaite West
(42)   Golden Fleece
(43)   Carlisle East
(44)   Carlisle North
    service station Todhills East     service station Todhills West
(45)   Gretna Green South
M 74

 

 

Motorways in the United Kingdom

Great Britain: M1 • M2 • M3 • M4 • M5 • M6 • M6 Toll • M8 • M9 • M11 • M18 • M20 • M23 • M25 • M26 • M27 • M32 • M40 • M42 • M45 • M48 • M49 • M50 • M53 • M54 • M55 • M56 • M57 • M58 • M60 • M61 • M62 • M65 • M66 • M67 • M69 • M73 • M74 • M77 • M80 • M90 • M180 • M181 • M271 • M275 • M602 • M606 • M621 • M876 • M898

A1(M)

Northern Ireland: M1 • M2 • M3 • M5 • M12 • M22


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