Route Advice

[Robtel]

I'm setting off tomorrow evening, heading for CC site in Southport with overnight stop en route. Will be driving down M6 from the north and looking for advice on best route from motorway to Southport.

Looking at the map I thought perhaps to leave M6 at Junction 31 onto A59 then A565. I have tried three different internet route planners all of which have given entirely different routes and none match the one I had considered. The AA has me going onto the M55 then A1, michelin has me staying on M6 till junc 26 then onto M58 while mapquest has me coming off M6 at Junction 29 and going across country via minor roads to meet up with A59.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

Robert

 

[Robtel]

Sorry, the AA route is A6 not A1.

 

[lolly_5087162]

Hi Rob

Excellent choice of site, it's fantastic and the wardens go that extra mile to help out.

Looking for the map as we speak to remember which way we went!

Watch this space

Lolly x

 

[blu]

Hi Rob

I live a couple of miles from the site you are heading for .

Pros and cons for possible routes

Junc 31 is a good run and probably the most direct once you are through Preston which can be very busy,

Ignore the M55 route.

Junction 27 is an option but involves a very steep hill "parbold"

Junction 26 "M58" is probably the easiest for towing but a lot further than via junc 31.

Personally i would go junc 31 and keep your fingers crossed that preston not too busy.

Also keep your eyes open for the lanes you need to be in going through preston as if you get in the wrong one things will get v complicated .

Good luck

 

[Oldfogey]

I fed this into Autoroute, and it came up with Junction 28, and along the A665. This avoids Preston (which is probably a good thing to do) and looks quite straightforward.

 

[Robtel]

Thanks to all who replied, I'm certainly spoiled for choices of routes.

Oldfogey, I've had a look for the route you suggest but can find no trace of A665 near junction 28, could be my eyes, not as sharp as they used to be!

Thanks again

Robert

 

[Oldfogey]

On closer examination, Autoroute shows leaving M6 at J28, travelling south on the A49 for a couple of miles, then west on the B5248 to Tarleton, where it becomes the A565. The font is not clear - unless you go to a very large scale, 5 & 6 look alike.

This software is a few years old, so there is always a possibility that road numbers have changed.