A62 road

A62
A62
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	Standedge seen from the top of nearby Pule Hill. Standedge cutting and Redbrook Reservoir can be seen
Route information
Length	38.6 mi (62.1 km)
Major junctions
West end	A665 in Manchester; 53°29′06″N 2°13′58″W / 53.4849°N 2.2327°W
	M60 near Oldham; M62 / M621 / A650 near Birstall;
East end	A58 in Leeds ; 53°47′16″N 1°34′15″W / 53.7878°N 1.5709°W
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Counties	Greater Manchester; West Yorkshire
Primary; destinations	Oldham; Huddersfield; Liversedge
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

The A62 road in Northern England runs between the cities of Leeds in West Yorkshire and Manchester in Greater Manchester covering a distance of 38.5 miles (62.0 km). It passes through Heckmondwike, Huddersfield, Oldham and Failsworth, the highest part of the motorway is in the Pennines

Route

The A62 begins at a junction with the A58 road as Gelderd Road in Leeds. It runs through West Yorkshire, passing through Birstall, Heckmondwike, Liversedge, Huddersfield, Linthwaite, Slaithwaite, and Marsden. It crosses the Pennines at Standedge, and continues through Saddleworth and into Oldham. From there, the A62 runs into Manchester as Oldham Street and Oldham Road through Failsworth, ending at the Manchester Inner Ring Road.

History

It is paralleled at some distance by part of the M62 Trans-Pennine motorway. Before the M62 was built, the A62 was the main trans-Pennine road between Oldham and Huddersfield. The M62 is numbered after the A62 and now takes most of the long-distance traffic between Manchester and Leeds (2023 Average daily traffic figures: M62: 110,000 ^[2] A62: 5,885 ^[3].)

Junction list

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Greater Manchester	Manchester	0.0	0.0	Manchester Inner Ring Road (A665) / M62 / A6 / A56 / A57 / A635 – Liverpool, Salford, Bury, Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne	Western terminus
	Manchester	1.2	1.9	Queens Road / Hulme Hall Lane (A6010) – Cheetham Hill, Harpurhey, Collyhurst, Clayton, Beswick	Destinations signed westbound only
	Failsworth	3.0	4.8	A663 north (Broadway) to M62 / A627(M) / M60 – Leeds, Rochdale, Chadderton	To M62, M60 and Leeds signed eastbound only; southern terminus of A663
	Failsworth– Oldham– Chadderton boundary	4.4– 4.6	7.1– 7.4	M60 south / M67 / M56 – Ashton-under-Lyne, Sheffield A6104 to M60 north / A663 – Chadderton, Oldham South	M60 junction 22
	Oldham	5.8	9.3	A6048 north (Featherstall Road South) to A671 – Royton	No access from A62 west to A6048; southern terminus of A6048
		6.2	10.0	A669 (A627 north) / Manchester Street to A627(M) – Town centre, Rochdale, Chadderton	To A669 and Chadderton signed eastbound only; western terminus of A627 / A669 concurrency
		6.3– 6.7	10.1– 10.8	A627 south – Town centre, Ashton-under-Lyne	Junction; no eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of A627 concurrency
		7.2	11.6	A669 east / A635 – Lees, Holmfirth, Stalybridge	Westbound access via B6194; Stalybridge signed westbound only
		7.8	12.6	A672 northeast (Ripponden Road) to M62 – Halifax, Denshaw, Saddleworth	Saddleworth signed westbound only; southwestern terminus of A672
	Delph	11.5	18.5	A6052 (The Sound / Delph New Road) to A670 – Denshaw, Delph, Dobcross, Uppermill	Brief concurrency
	Diggle	13.3	21.4	A670 south (Standedge Road) – Uppermill, Diggle, Saddleworth	Saddleworth signed westbound only; northern terminus of A670
West Yorkshire	Huddersfield	24.3	39.1	A629 south to M1 south / A616 / A6024 – Holmfirth, Wakefield, Sheffield, Meltham	A629, To M1, Wakefield and Sheffield signed northbound only, To A6024 and Meltham southbound only; southern terminus of A629 concurrency
		24.5	39.4	A640 west (Trinity Street) to M62 west – Rochdale	Eastern terminus of A640
		24.6– 24.8	39.6– 39.9	A629 north to M62 east – Halifax	Junction; eastern terminus of A629 concurrency
		25.1	40.4	A641 north – Brighouse, Bradford	Southern terminus of A641
		25.2	40.6	A62 to M1 south / A642 / A629 – Oldham, Wakefield, Sheffield, Kingsgate	To M1, A642, A629, Oldham, Wakefield and Sheffield signed westbound only, Kingsgate eastbound only
	Bradley	28.1	45.2	A6107 west (Bradley Road) to M62 / A640 / B6118 – Rochdale, Elland	To M62, B6118 and Elland signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A6107
	Calderdale– Mirfield boundary	28.5	45.9	A644 northwest (Wakefield Road) to M62 – Brighouse	Western terminus of A644 concurrency
	Mirfield	28.8	46.3	A644 southeast (Huddersfield Road) – Mirfield, Ravensthorpe	Ravensthorpe signed eastbound only; eastern terminus of A644 concurrency
	Liversedge	31.2	50.2	A649 (Halifax Road / Wakefield Road) to A638 – Halifax, Batley, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike	To A638, Batley, Dewsbury and H'wike signed eastbound only
	Liversedge	31.3	50.4	A638 (Bradford Road / Frost Hill) – Dewsbury, Bradford, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike	A638, Dewsbury, Bradford and H'wike signed westbound only
	Heckmondwike	31.8	51.2	A651 north (Gomersal Road) / B6117 (New North Road) to A650 – Bradford, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Gomersal	Southern terminus of A651
	Birstall	33.0	53.1	A652 (Bradford Road) to A651 – Bradford, Batley, Dewsbury
	Birstall	33.2	53.4	A643 (Nelson Street / Leeds Road) – Birstall, Morley
	Birstall– Gildersome boundary	34.5– 34.9	55.5– 56.2	M62 to M1 – Halifax, Manchester, Hull, Pontefract M621 east – Leeds A650 (Wakefield Road) – Bradford, Wakefield, Morley	M62 junction 27
	Leeds	37.7	60.7	A6110 (Leeds Outer Ring Road) / M621 / M62 / M1 / A647 / A653 – Bradford, Dewsbury, Huddersfield	Huddersfield signed westbound only
	Leeds	38.6	62.1	A58 (Whitehall Road) to M621 / M62 / M1 / A58(M) / A61 / A64 – City centre, Halifax, Wortley, Wetherby, Harrogate, York	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

External links

KML file (edit • help)

Template:Attached KML/A62 road

KML is from Wikidata

[Mile-1] "Habib Allied International Bank PLC, 2 Swan St, Manchester M4 5JN, United Kingdom to Huddersfield HD1 4BU, UK to Gelderd Rd, Holbeck, Leeds LS12 6HJ, UK". Google Maps. Retrieved 24 July 2025.

[2] [M62|https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/manualcountpoints/6054]

[3] [A62|https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/manualcountpoints/77649]

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v t e A roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme
	A6 A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 A65 A66 A67 A68 A69
	A600 A602 A605 A606 A607 A610 A612 A614 A616 A617 A619 A624 A625 A626 A628 A629 A630 A631 A632 A635 A636 A638 A640 A642 A643 A647 A650 A657 A658 A660 A661 A666 A671 A678 A684 A685 A686 A688 A689 A690 A695 A696 A697
	A6003 A6023 A6030 A6055 A6079 A6102 A6105 A6108 A6121 A6135 A6136 A6177 A6178 A6182 A6187
List of A roads in Zone 6 List of B roads in Zone 6