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