A62 road

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

A62
Click map to enlarge
Standedge seen from the top of nearby Pule Hill. Standedge cutting and Redbrook Reservoir can be seen
Route information
Length	38.6 mi[1] (62.1 km)
Major junctions
West end	A665 in Manchester 53.4849°N 2.2327°W / 53.4849; -2.2327
Major intersections	M60 near Oldham M62 / M621 / A650 near Birstall
East end	A58 in Leeds 53.7878°N 1.5709°W / 53.7878; -1.5709
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
← A61 → A63

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
		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
		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
		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
		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