Hitchhiking from Manchester
Hitchhiking to Manchester
Recent reviews mentioning Manchester
53.71348, -1.74335
A really good spot with most of the people going to either Manchester or Liverpool, we prolly just weren't that lucky :Drating: 4/5, wait: 130 min, ride: 83 km ↙
―Anonymous, August 2025
53.3972, -1.35187
Large newly built services with a tons of cars parking but most of them being families. We were trying to get to Liverpool from Sheffield through Leeds and a lady took us to a nice services between Leeds and Manchesterrating: 5/5, wait: 25 min, ride: 55 km ↖
―Anonymous, August 2025
52.64329, -2.05809
A lovely brummy couple took us to Manchester after only 15 mins of asking around!rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 117 km ↑
―Anonymous, Fri 04 Jul 2025, 19:00
43.06495, -73.15747
Slow highway. Ride from a guy who told us all about Manchester. Complained about the New York transplants but admitted that he was one himself.rating: 3/5, wait: 45 min, ride: 19 km ↗
―Mossythemuse, June 2025
35.53809, -89.24737
Was feeling disheartened after the cops chased us off the interstate. But then we got a ride from a trucker bound for Manchester. You never know.rating: 3/5, wait: 45 min, ride: 359 km →
―Mossythemuse, June 2025
55.89184, -3.20071
I got a ride towards Manchester from here on a Sunday morning.rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 💬, ride: 205 km ↓
―anettlee17, Sun 08 Jun 2025, 10:15
50.85391, 4.65821
Walked here from Leuven, asked around, two of them were going to Brussels and the third one happened to be a couple living near London, so I got a ride from here through Eurotunnel all the way to north of London. And they ended up being worried that I will get stuck hitchhiking out of the London bubble, so they bought be a crazy expensive train ticket to Manchester, so I got to my friend’s place by the evening! ☺️rating: 5/5, wait: 7 min 💬, ride: 453 km ←
―anettlee17, Mon 12 May 2025, 10:40
53.23228, -3.00509
Good traffic, most of it is going to Manchester tho.rating: 5/5, ride: 10 km ←
―Anonymous, May 2025
52.21862, -1.50459
Still a very good spot. Caught a ride to Manchester at 2am after about an hour's wait after I had already caught a ride here at 9pm -- unfortunately the truck driver gave me bad info on where he was going, fortunately he passed by here again three hours later to bring me back...rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 170 km ↖
―Zenit, March 2024
53.40431, -2.74854
I've used this spot twice, both on a Saturday morning. You can very easily catch a ride to Burtonwood services from here, or all the way to Liverpool or Manchester. Recommend a sign saying M62, and either Liverpool or Manchester, but if you're going to Manchester and get offered a right to Burtonwood services take it, you can get to Manchester quite easily from there.rating: 5/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 9 km →
―Joebloggs, October 2023
53.30072, -2.40253
How do you get stuck for 27 hours? Anyway, I got a ride in about 5 minutes going around, asking drivers in the dark. The guy asked me to show him my ID, but took me almost home in Manchester.―Uncle sam01, December 2016
52.5102, -1.86143
For some reason or other the Midlands have some of the worst services in the country. The Spaghetti junction you shouldn't use, because you will never get a lift. If your heading towards manchester, try to get a train or bus to Stafford, and hitch from there, the next few service areas Northbound are horrific for rides Northbound, you could end up in one of these old fashioned services for over 24 hours...train / bus stafford, believe me, it will take the strain of hitch hiking off you, north stafford and you wont have problems going north,―Anonymous, May 2016
53.41009, -2.91873
I waited at the entrance of the gas station shell and waited less than 3 minutes to get a ride ! There is a lot of traffic, especially to Manchester (whre i was going to) and people go to get some gas before driving. A very good place !―MaëlBZH, November 2014
52.4301, -2.01874
I managed to get a lift yesterday from the first person I asked all the way up to nearly Manchester―Driftwood, June 2014
53.41009, -2.91873
I waited somewhere on this road to go South to Bristol and it works well. There is a lot of trafic and it's the best place to go to Manchester or South !―Anonymous, June 2014
52.49324, -2.01935
I waited here to go to Manchester and I didn't waited that long (I don't remember exactly ^^)But this is quite a good place to go north !
―Anonymous, June 2014
53.31402, -2.41753
We got a ride to Manchester within a couple of minutes. We may have been lucky though, as it doesn't look like a typical good spot.―Anonymous, July 2013
53.30072, -2.40253
Not always good for Manchester here - we tried once with sign 'MANCHESTER' for 2 hours without success. Walking to J19 and hitching from there got much better results.―Tmoon, July 2013
53.42012, -2.25974
Have used this place multiple times and never got a ride in less than 45mins. On one occasion it took over 3 hours. However, I've always got a ride, and there's not many other options in Manchester. If you do decide to try this spot, any ride going vaguely in the direction you need will probably result in you finding a better spot than this one, so it's often worth taking the chance on any ride offer from here. Getting to M6 J19, or M6 Knutsford Services from here is definitely worth it.―Tmoon, July 2013
55.86725, -4.27113
We waited about 45 mins., holding a sign "Aberdeen". Many people just shook their heads, saying "no", many pointed at us and laughed as if we were animals in a zoo. Only one guy stopped, but he told us he's for Manchester.―AvalancheMaster, February 2013