M40 (GB)

M40 is an 89-mile (143.2km) motorway in England, connecting London and Birmingham

M40 on the Britain's Motorway Network

Hitching the M40

Legend:  (very good) |  (good) |  (average) |  (bad) |  (senseless)

Junctions

M40 Motorway (England)
Eastbound exits	Junction	Westbound exits
Road continues as A40 to London	J1	Slough A412 Uxbridge A4020 Non motorway traffic
Slough A412 Uxbridge A4020		Start of Motorway (good) Hitch-hike on the slip road just before the motorway sign
Watford, Rickmansworth, Slough, Heathrow Airport M25	J1A	Watford, Rickmansworth, Slough, Heathrow Airport M25
Beaconsfield, Amersham, Slough A355 Beaconsfield Services	J2 (average)	Beaconsfield, Amersham, Slough A355 Beaconsfield Services Hard to find a good position
No exit	J3	Loudwater and High Wycombe (East) A40 Exit only
High Wycombe, Marlow, Maidenhead A404	J4	High Wycombe, Marlow A404
High Wycombe (West), Stokenchurch A40	J5	Stokenchurch A40
Watlington, Princes Risborough B4009	J6	Thame, Watlington, Princes Risborough B4009
No Access	J7	Thame, Wallingford, A329
No exit	J8	Oxford, Cheltenham A40
Thame, Aylesbury A418 Oxford (A40) Oxford Services	J8A (very good)	Thame, Aylesbury A418 Oxford (A40) Oxford Services
Bicester, Aylesbury A41 Oxford, Newbury A34	J9	Bicester A41 Oxford, Newbury A34
Northampton A43 B430 Cherwell Valley services	J10	Northampton A43 B430 Cherwell Valley services
Banbury A422 Daventry A361	J11	Banbury A422 Chipping Norton A361
Gaydon B4451	J12	Gaydon B4451
Warwick Services
No exit	J13	Leamington, Warwick A452 B4100
Leamington A452	J14	No Access
Warwick A429 Stratford, Coventry A46 (M69)	J15	Warwick A429 Stratford, Coventry A46 (M69)
Henley A3400	J16	No exit
No exit	M42 J3A	THE NORTH Birmingham (North & East) Solihull, NEC, Birmingham International Airport M42
Start of Motorway		Road continues as M42 to The SOUTH WEST, Birmingham (South & West), Redditch & M5

Service Stations

• Beaconsfield Services - located just off junction 2 of the motorway. This service station was only recently opened (April 2009), so there is not as much traffic as one would expect.
  • (average) It's hard to find a good place for hitch-hiking at the junction. The slip road starts at an inconvenient angle to the roundabout, so Lnx found it most appropriate to hitch-hike at the traffic lights before the roundabout (section where all traffic from the service station and Slough joins the roundabout)
• Oxford Services - located off the motorway at junction 8A, also accessible from junction 8 and A418. See Oxford for more info.
  • (very good) Excellent hitching place with a single exit, used by traffic in all directions.
• Cherwell Valley Services - located off junction 10, where A43 meets the motorway
• Warwick Services - located between junctions 12 and 13 and made up of two disconnected sites (as a pedestrian, you may be able to move from one side to the other by exiting the service station using local roads - see the Map Northbound good. Good place to hitch either way around Birmingham's motorways.

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