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[[File:Img l 1306483.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:MayaCova|MayaCova]] hitching from [[Manchester]] to [[Edinburgh]].]]

''Alternatively'', you could keep on walking along Regent Road until you get to the "roundabout" and get to the shoulder on M602. Getting there is a little complicated since it's not very pedestrian-friendly. Technically, you'll be on the motorway, but it's right behind a traffic light so traffic goes slow - a police car passed by [[user:uncle_sam01|uncle_sam01]] without batting an eye. Make sure to have a sign (with a motorway number), since it's not clear which direction you could be going. [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4800991,-2.2835065,3a,45.2y,293.26h,79.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNSgYe63sMmmC2IknqXWaxQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Link to Streetview]

Update Travelodge Manchester Birch M62  Train to Mills Hill - Oldham Rd - Wood S|t - Heywood Old Rd OR Bus to Langley LaneWalk White Ln (March 10, 2016which goes over the motorway M62): Bus 167 is no longer in service, however bus 163 can take and you pretty close to will be at the services mentioned above. The fare from Picadilly is £3.80 thoughTravelodge Manchester Birch M62 , so doesn't much sensewhere you can hitch a ride down the M62 to Leeds or Hull.  Another option is to walk down the A56 (Bury New Road) and wait at the exit ramp of the ring road merging with the M60. Alternatively you can take the tram to Prestwich to get there.

You don't necessarily need 1) Catch a bus to be on Whythenshaw (the 101, 104 or 105 from Piccadilly Gardens in the M56city centre. There are a few good spots on Just ask the driver to shout for you at the A5103 (Wilbraham road junction if you're unsure where to get off) and get to Princess Parkway) so depending on where you , this is the start from in Manchester of the M56. From here you could can head to any one of these. I walked down the Wilbraham Road M6, better if you are heading west and turned left (south) onto since you are a few junctions south then if you was on the A5103M602. 50m further is here you will see a Shell petrol station with fairly good flow. Although some of this will be local trafficstaton immediatley befor the slip road, I've always had a lot is also continuing onto the M56 quick ride from here, mainly for drivers filling their cars up, and then M6. If you don't want to wait around at the garage itself, there is a good bus stop just before so in front of you could try some road hitching herefor cars to pull over safely.EDIT: Dec 2016. It took 10 minutes getting a ride out This seems to refer to the Texaco gas station pretty close to the sliproad to the M6motorway.When I approached drivers there I was sent away by a member of staff

Both 2) You don't necessarily need to be on the M56. There are a few good spots on the A5103 (Princess Parkway) so depending on where you start from in Manchester you could head to any one of these descriptions are describing . I walked down the Wilbraham Road heading west and turned left (south) onto the A5103. 50m further is a Shell petrol station with fairly good flow. Although some of this will be local traffic, a lot is also continuing onto the M56 and then M6. If you don't want to wait around at the garage itself, there is a good bus stop just before so you could try some road hitching here. It took 10 minutes getting a ride out to the M6.EDIT: Dec 2016: There is no Shell petrol station close to this spot (anymore?), at least I couldn't find one. 3) There is this bus stop [http://goo.gl/maps/18TYs]. It really is a great place to get south from; I've used it six times and have never had to wait more than 1 hour 15 - but it usually takes much less. One time it only took 90 seconds to get a lift as far as Birmingham. 4) After trying unsuccesfully to get a ride from the positions mentioned above, I walked to a bus Stop at the A560. It is located between two roundabouts, a bit before the roundabout leading on to the M56. There is an exit for an industrial estate in front of the bus stop whitch a decent amount of space for drivers to slow down and drive over, where I stayed to wait for a driver. Only took me 5 minutes to get a ride all the way to Birmingham. The Buses 104 and 11A can get you all the way there. Position on Google Maps: [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Altrincham+Rd%2FThe+Open+University+(Stop+D)/@53.3986785,-2.2665459,19z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x487bad6463c5b26b:0x81d1ba219aa014a1!8m2!3d53.398636!4d-2.2656613].

 ==Free showers== Many University of Manchester buildings have shower facilities for students and staff who commute by bike. Some buildings have access gates which require you to present a student ID - if this is the case say you forgot your wallet at home and the reception staff will ask you to sign in (it's just a piece of paper, for student no. make up any 7-digit number that begins with the no. 7). [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4684693,-2.2421159,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!6m1!1s1_hWGXBnG02vjY4dLD7qSfK-C8VA Here's a map of buildings with shower facilities and access restrictions. (log in to Google required)]  == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{hitchbase_city|966nomadwiki}}{{IsIn|North West England}}[[trash:Manchester]]