Your Route From Colchester CO3 to Manchester M99
Route Summary
238 mi
4 hours 23 mins
14
32 Miles
36 Minutes
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Route Map
Service Areas Along Route
Galley's Corner services
Galleys Corner, Braintree Road, Cressing, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8GA
Great Dunmow rest area
Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1SJ
Birchanger Green
Birchanger Green Service Station, Dunmow Road, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, CM23 5QZ
Cambridge services
Cambridge Services, A14, Boxworth, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 4WU
Spaldwick services
High Street, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0TD
Thrapston services
Thrapston Service Area, Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4UR
Kettering services
A14 Services, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1RW
Rothwell services
A14 Eastbound, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1SS
Rugby
Moto Hospitality, Rugby Motorway Services Junction 1 M6, Leicester Road, Churchover, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 0EZ
Corley
Welcome Break Ltd, Motorway Services Area M6, Corley, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV7 8NR
Norton Canes
Road Chef, Norton Canes M S A, Bettys Lane, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire
Keele
Trusthouse Forte Welcome Break, Keele Motorway Services Area, Three Mile Lane, Keele, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 5HG
Sandbach
RoadChef Motorways Ltd, Sandbach Motorway Services Area, M6, Betchton, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 2FZ
Knutsford
Granada Services, Knutsford Motorway Service Area, Northwich Road, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 0TL
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Step-by-Step Directions
Head south on Rotary Way
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At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Rotary Way
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Turn left onto Westway/
0.25
At the roundabout, take the 5th exit and stay on Westway/
0.5
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Colne Bank Ave/
1.25
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto the A12 slip road to London/
0.5
Merge onto A12
2.75
At junction 25, take the A120 (W) exit to Stansted Arpt/
0.25
At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto Marks Tey Interchange/
0.25
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Coggeshall Rd/
9.25
At Marks Farm Roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on A120
1.0
Galley's Corner services Galleys Corner, Braintree Road, Cressing, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8GA
At Galleys Cor, take the 3rd exit and stay on A120 heading to M11/
16.75
Great Dunmow rest area Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1SJ
Take the slip road to Cambridge/
0.25
At Priory Wood Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Thremhall Ave/
0.5
Birchanger Green Birchanger Green Service Station, Dunmow Road, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, CM23 5QZ
At Birchanger Green Roundabout, take the 5th exit onto the M11 slip road to Cambridge/
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Slight right to merge onto M11
27.75
Continue onto A14
58.0
Cambridge services Cambridge Services, A14, Boxworth, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 4WU
Spaldwick services High Street, Spaldwick, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0TD
Thrapston services Thrapston Service Area, Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4UR
Kettering services A14 Services, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1RW
Rothwell services A14 Eastbound, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 1SS
Keep right to continue on M6
22.75
Rugby Moto Hospitality, Rugby Motorway Services Junction 1 M6, Leicester Road, Churchover, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 0EZ
Corley Welcome Break Ltd, Motorway Services Area M6, Corley, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV7 8NR
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Take the M42(N) exit on the right towards M6 Toll/
2.0
Merge onto M42/
2.75
Keep right to continue on M6 Toll
21.25
Norton Canes Road Chef, Norton Canes M S A, Bettys Lane, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire
Continue onto M6
50.25
Keele Trusthouse Forte Welcome Break, Keele Motorway Services Area, Three Mile Lane, Keele, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 5HG
Sandbach RoadChef Motorways Ltd, Sandbach Motorway Services Area, M6, Betchton, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 2FZ
Knutsford Granada Services, Knutsford Motorway Service Area, Northwich Road, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 0TL
At junction 19, take the A556 exit to M'cr(S&C)/
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Keep right to continue on A556
4.25
Keep right
1.0
Merge onto M56
6.25
Continue onto Princess Pkwy/
1.5
Keep right to continue on Princess Rd/
3.25
Keep left to continue on Medlock St Jct/
0.0
Slight left to stay on Medlock St Jct/
0.25
Merge onto A57(M)
0.5
Continue onto Egerton St/
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Slight right onto Ring Rd./
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Turn left onto Ring Rd./
0.75
Turn right onto Great Ducie St/
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Turn left onto Hunts Bank
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Hunts Bank turns right and becomes Victoria Station Approach
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Arrive at your destination
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