"as high-occupancy vehicle or HOV lane). The lane scheme was on the M606 southbound and allowed vehicles with more than one person in the car a fast track onto the M62 eastbound at Junction 26. In August 2017 the lane's restriction was removed and is now open to all traffic. In September 2016, it was revealed that the M606 is the slowest part of the motorway network. Drivers crawl along at an average of . M606 motorway The M606 is a short stretch of motorway in West Yorkshire, England. Called the Bradford Spur motorway, the M606 leaves the M62 motorway"
"Leeds and a hamlet near Oakworth, near Keighley. For others see Scholes. Scholes, Cleckheaton Scholes is a village near Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England. The village is south of Bradford between Wyke and Cleckheaton near to the M62 motorway. The village was originally known as """"Scales"""" and was a hamlet in the township of Cleckheaton. In the 18th century the most prominent industry in the village was """"card making"""" (combing cotton or linen.). Later on a Coal mine opened in the area but that closed early in the 20th century. There are two other villages and a hamlet in West Yorkshire"
"A62 road The A62 is a major road in Northern England that runs between the two major cities of Manchester and Leeds, covering a distance of . The A62 runs north east from the Manchester Inner Ring Road (beginning as Oldham Street and Oldham Road) through Failsworth and Oldham then Saddleworth before crossing the Pennines at Standedge into West Yorkshire. Continuing through Marsden, Slaithwaite, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, Liversedge, Heckmondwike and Birstall. It terminates just short of Leeds city centre at its junction with the A58 road. It has primary status from Manchester as far as Oldham. It is paralleled by part"
"of the M62 Trans-Pennine motorway. Prior to the building of the M62, 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. A62 road The A62 is a major road in Northern England that runs between the two major cities of Manchester and Leeds, covering a distance of . The A62 runs north east from the Manchester Inner Ring Road (beginning as Oldham Street and Oldham Road) through Failsworth and Oldham then Saddleworth before crossing the Pennines at Standedge into"
"currently playing in the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division as of the 2012–13 season. They play their home games at the Clayborn Ground, 1 km from the town centre. Other sporting teams from the local area include Spen Victoria, Gomersal, Hartshead Moor and East Bierley cricket clubs from the Bradford Cricket League, and Scholes and Liversedge cricket clubs from the Central Yorkshire Cricket League. Cleckheaton Cleckheaton is a town in the Metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Bradford, east of Brighouse, west of"
"next exit is for Macclesfield, Knutsford and Northwich. The M62 also has four junctions serving Warrington. Junction 11 serves the Eastern suburbs (Birchwood, Risley, and Culcheth). Junction 10 is known as the ""Croft Interchange"" and links to the M6. Junction 9 serves the town centre, and inner city areas (Orford, Winwick, and Longford). Finally, junction 8 serves the western suburbs (Westbrook, Sankey and Callands). To the west, the next junction serves St. Helens, Prescot, and Widnes. Towards the east, the next junction is known as the ""Eccles Interchange"", linking the M60. The third motorway skirts the south-east of Warrington, the"
"Cleckheaton Cleckheaton is a town in the Metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Bradford, east of Brighouse, west of Batley and south-west of Leeds. It is at the centre of the Spen Valley and was the major town in the former borough of Spenborough. Cleckheaton has a history as a mill town, although this industry has now all but vanished. The Spen Valley was once heavily wooded. Evidence of human habitation in Mesolithic and Neolithic times has been found in the area. Roman remains have"
"followed to recross the M62. The path's longest section of road walking follows the A650 through Gildersome, then a series of field paths leads to Cockersdale (), on the A58 near Tong. Section 1: The path follows the valley of Cockersdale, and then goes along Tong Beck, below Fulneck Moravian Settlement, skirting the south of Pudsey. At this point Tong Beck forms the Leeds-Bradford boundary. The path crosses the Leeds to Bradford railway and meets the busy A647 at Thornbury. Section 2: Passing playing fields and old quarries, the path crosses the Woodhall Hills and follows Fagley Beck to cross"
"built in Cleckheaton, as the town attracted commuters to Leeds and Bradford. Ashtons built many houses around Cleckheaton and neighbouring Mirfield. In 1972 a singular case was heard at Wakefield Crown Court. A Dewsbury man was accused of, as counsel for the prosecution put it, effectively stealing Cleckheaton railway station. The railway station had closed to passenger traffic in 1965 and to goods four years later. British Rail had contracted for the clearing of the site, part of the deal being that the contractors would sell and retain the proceeds from disposal of the materials and scrap. On arrival, they"
"M62 motorway The M62 is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds; of the route is shared with the M60 orbital motorway around Manchester. The road is part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 (Shannon to Saint Petersburg) and E22 (Holyhead to Ishim). The motorway, which was first proposed in the 1930s, and conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor and finishing at that time in Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool. The motorway absorbed the northern end of the Stretford-Eccles"
"Hartshead Moor Top Hartshead Moor Top is a hamlet in the county of West Yorkshire, England, halfway between Brighouse and Cleckheaton on the A643. It is close to the Hartshead Moor services on the M62 motorway. In 1974 the service station was near the scene of a Provisional Irish Republican Army attack on a coach carrying soldiers and their children, killing twelve. There is a plaque in the entrance to the west-bound section commemorating those who died. Hartsead Moor Top is a hamlet in the Cleckheaton ward of Kirklees, a metropolitan borough within the ceremonial county of West Yorkshire in"
"M62 motorway by a long footbridge near Windy Hill. Past the motorway the trail follows Blackstone Edge to the A58 road, then passes a series of reservoirs. It crosses the Calderdale Way high above the village of Mankinholes, then climbs to the prominent monument on Stoodley Pike. From the monument it descends steeply to the valley of the River Calder, which it crosses about west of the town of Hebden Bridge, the largest settlement near the route. The trail climbs out of the Calder valley through the scattered hamlet of Colden, crossing Colden Water by an ancient clapper bridge. It"
"M42 motorway The M42 motorway runs north east from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just south west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and Tamworth on the way, serving the east of the Birmingham metropolitan area. The section between the M40 and junction 4 of the M6 forms – though unsigned as such – a part of Euroroute E05. Beyond junction 11 the route is continued as the A42, the junctions on this section, 12–14, are numbered like a continuation of the motorway, but the road has non-motorway status from here. The M42 was first"
"M62 passes to the north. A heavy rail line enters Middleton from Moston and Chadderton to the south, and passes to the east of Middleton's town centre before continuing on northwards to Rochdale. Varyingly agreed divisions and suburbs of Middleton include Alkrington, Bowlee, Boarshaw, Cheapside, Greengate, Hebers, Hollin, Hopwood, Jumbo, Langley, Moorclose, Rhodes, Stake Hill, Middleton Junction, Thornham and Tonge. Mills Hill is an area shared between Middleton and Chadderton. Industrial polymer, thermoplastics and nonwovens producer The Vita Group have a registered office in Middleton. Kitbag operate a distribution centre from Greengate in Middleton. Bluebird Bus and Coach is a"
"Moor (near Bradford) and Mirfield. The Mirfield line opened in 1848 and through to Low Moor in 1849. The last passenger train working was the service from Bradford on 12 June 1965 arriving at Cleckheaton at 11:21 p.m.; the station closed to freight traffic some four years later. In 1972 a Dewsbury man appeared at Wakefield Crown Court accused of stealing stone, timber, metal, track, chairs and even the buffer stops from the site; in the words of the prosecution counsel ""what the case really comes to is that this man last August in effect stole Cleckheaton station"". In August"
"Scholes, Cleckheaton Scholes is a village near Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England. The village is south of Bradford between Wyke and Cleckheaton near to the M62 motorway. The village was originally known as """"Scales"""" and was a hamlet in the township of Cleckheaton. In the 18th century the most prominent industry in the village was """"card making"""" (combing cotton or linen.). Later on a Coal mine opened in the area but that closed early in the 20th century. There are two other villages and a hamlet in West Yorkshire known as ""Scholes"". One village is near Holmfirth, the other is near"
"a military trestle on pier 15. It was opened on 24 May 1976 by John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, the Minister of Transport. It was the last section of the main part of the M62 to open, comprising 109 miles. The M62 had taken 15 years and cost £190 million. The A63 Caves Bypass and M62 Balkholme sections (built by Clugston Construction) had opened on 19 February 1976. The Balkholme to Caves section was the first use on a UK motorway of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP), which has no transverse joints. Ouse Bridge (M62) The Ouse Bridge is a reinforced"
"then south, where it meets the A6037 on a sharp 90° junction. It then functions as the inner ring road in Bradford, intersecting with the A658 and the A647 before leaving south eastwards with three lanes. It meets the A6177 again and regains its Primary Route designation but after the junction the route becomes single carriageway again. At Tong cemetery, the A651 leaves to the right hand side and the road heads east before going south again on the Drighlington bypass section where it intersects with the A58. At Gildersome roundabout the road has a multiplex junction with the M62,"
"Tingley Roundabouts, the Gelderd Road roundabout junction with the M62/M621 and the roundabout junction with the M1 at East Ardsley. The section of road that goes through the Bradford Metropolitan District (Keighley to Birstall) was recently highlighted as being the worst road in the area for accidents. Between 2010 and 2014, 542 accidents occurred on this stretch of road alone. A650 road A650 road is a main route through the West Yorkshire conurbation in England. The road goes from Keighley to Wakefield on a rough north west/south east axis for 25 miles (40 km). The route is mostly single carriageway"
"are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. M602 motorway The M602 motorway is a relatively short motorway, leading traffic into Salford, Greater Manchester, England, towards Manchester and by-passing the suburban town of Eccles. The motorway itself was originally intended to be a part of a bigger scheme, the South Lancashire Motorway. To be designated M52, the route would link Liverpool and Manchester, and would be built to provide links to the growing UK motorway network. However, at the same time, the M62 was being extended north and east of Worsley, around the north of Manchester, and on to"
"and Bradford come together at ""Esholt Junction"" – the location of an 1892 crash – south of Guiseley. The route from Leeds leaves the main line near Calverley and continues along the Aire valley until climbing a hill to: A new station, Kirkstall Forge, opened in 2016 on the Aire Valley section of the route between Leeds and Guiseley. The station at Kirkstall Forge provides a service on the Wharfedale line outside of peak hours only. Plans also exist to reinstate the O&IJt branch line to Otley from ""Milner Wood Junction"", between Menston and Burley. The first section of the"
"MP from 1983 to 1997, then by Labour MP Mike Wood until 2015, when Wood was retired and was succeeded to Jo Cox (Labour). Cleckheaton is at the centre of a number of villages which together form the Spen Valley: Oakenshaw, East Bierley, Hunsworth, Birkenshaw, Drub, Gomersal, Little Gomersal, Littletown, Millsbridge, Liversedge, Roberttown, Hartshead, Clifton, Hightown, Heckmondwike and Scholes. The town itself is made up of areas such as Moorend, Whitechapel, Whitcliffe, Moorbottom, Moorside, the Marsh and Rawfolds. Cleckheaton Sports Club, based at Moorend, is the home of the town's rugby union team, Cleckheaton RUFC., who play in the National"
"in the British Isles. This golf course has 36 holes. Hartshead Moor Top Hartshead Moor Top is a hamlet in the county of West Yorkshire, England, halfway between Brighouse and Cleckheaton on the A643. It is close to the Hartshead Moor services on the M62 motorway. In 1974 the service station was near the scene of a Provisional Irish Republican Army attack on a coach carrying soldiers and their children, killing twelve. There is a plaque in the entrance to the west-bound section commemorating those who died. Hartsead Moor Top is a hamlet in the Cleckheaton ward of Kirklees, a"
"route commences directly south of Kinnegad in County Meath as the M6 motorway. The road runs west into County Westmeath and bypasses Rochfordbridge, with the N52 joining the M6 east of Tyrrellspass. The N6 continues west, with the N52 leaving the route south of Kilbeggan. The route leaves Westmeath after bypassing Horseleap, continues west into County Offaly, and re-enters Westmeath bypassing Moate. The route bypasses Fardrum (where the N62 begins, leaving the N6 to the south) heading west towards Athlone. The route follows a dual carriageway bypass of Athlone around the northern side of the town, crossing the River Shannon"
"and 747, also operated by Yorkshire Tiger, run to Bradford Interchange, and the 747 route extends to Harrogate. Keighley Bus Company operates route 62 to Otley and extends to Menston railway station, Ilkley and Keighley . A service is planned to be restarted to York in the near future. Services to Leeds and Bradford link the airport with the National Rail network via Leeds railway station, Bradford Interchange and Bradford Forster Square and connects with long distance coach services at Leeds City bus station and Bradford Interchange. As part of both the airport and Metro's long-term strategies, there are proposals"
"on 20 April 2008. There are many Junior football teams in the area too such as Brighouse Juniors, which was started by parents in 1989, who go from Under 6's up to Under 17's. The town is on the route of the 50 mile Calderdale Way circular walk around the hills and valleys of Calderdale. The A641 northward links Brighouse with Bradford and southward with Huddersfield. The A644 runs eastward out of Brighouse to Junction 25 of the M62 and Dewsbury. In the opposite direction, the A644 leaves Brighouse to the north-west towards Hipperholme, where it crosses the A58 Leeds-Halifax"
"with the reduced threat of the Cold War and the bunkers were abandoned and sold or given back to the land owners. The Lower Spen area of Gomersal had a railway station, Cleckheaton Spen on the LNWR railway line diversion loop linking Leeds and Manchester and improving the main line capacity between Huddersfield and Leeds. The line was constructed between 1894 and 1902 and opened fully to passengers in 1904. It had some spectacular civil engineering for the time, including rail viaducts at Mirfield and Heckmondwike, a high pedestrian road viaduct linking Cleckheaton town centre with the station and goods"
"substantial motorways are the M62 at Bradford, and the M1 at Leeds, and the A1(M) at Wetherby. The civil parish is served by two railway stations: Ilkley terminus and Ben Rhydding. These are linked by the Wharfedale Line upon which trains run between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Square stations. From Ilkley bus station services run to Keighley, Leeds, Leeds Bradford Airport, Skipton, Grassington, Malham and Otley. The main operators are First Leeds, Keighley Bus Company and North Yorkshire County Council. Ilkley's nearest airport is Leeds Bradford International Airport. There is a wide variety of sports clubs and facilities in and"
"Cleckheaton Central railway station Cleckheaton Central railway station was a railway station serving the West Yorkshire town of Cleckheaton, England, until it was closed in the Beeching era, which saw the closure of many minor lines and stations around the United Kingdom through the 1960s. It has the distinction of being the only British railway station to have been stolen. The station was originally constructed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, which was absorbed by the LNWR in 1922 and subsequently the LMS in 1923 at grouping and finally to British Rail on nationalisation. It served traffic from Heckmondwike, Low"
"that the service area's toilets were frequently being used for homosexual activity. Alpine Cleaning Services, who successfully pitched for investment on the television show, Dragons' Den, opened one of their first truck-washing facilities at the service area in August 2006. The service station is one of fourteen for which large murals were commissioned from artist David Fisher in the 1990s, designed to reflect the local area and history. The services are located between junctions 25 and 26 of the M62. Hartshead Moor services Hartshead Moor services is a motorway service station on the M62 near Bradford, West Yorkshire. It is"
"Bradford Registration district from 1837–1891 and North Bierley Registration district from 1892-1937. The village is at the junction of the A58 Leeds-Halifax road and the B6135 Tong to Gildersome Street road which used to be part of the A650 Bradford to Wakefield road. This junction is known as the ""Drighlington Crossroads"". The A650 now bypasses Drighlington to the west of the village following part of the structure of what was the Bradford to Wakefield and London Great Northern Railway line. The village has a Scout Group, Rainbow pack and a championship level contesting brass band with youth band. There is"
"then passes through Heckmondwike town centre, meeting ""Market Street"" (B6117) from the left, and ""Northgate"" (B6117) from the right, passing Morrisons Heckmondwike on the left. It becomes ""Westgate"" and passes the imposing Flush Mills, home of Rieter Automotive, who make car furnishings. It passes the Texaco ""Flush Garage"" (former Gulf and TOTAL) on the right, and meets the A62 (""Leeds Road"" and ""Huddersfield Road""), becoming ""Bradford Road"" near ""The Swan"" in Liversedge. It passes a BP (former Shell) ""Millbridge Filling Station"" on the left, and in Littletown it becomes a dual-carriageway, which destroyed much of the village centre when it"
"M50 motorway (Great Britain) The M50 is a 22-mile/35-km-long dual two-lane motorway in Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, and Herefordshire, England. It is sometimes referred to as the ""Ross Spur"", connecting, as it does, the M5 motorway to a point close to the Herefordshire town of Ross-on-Wye, where it joins the A40 road continuing westward into Wales. The motorway was fully opened in 1962. The M50 runs ENE-WSW between: Leaving the M5 at junction 8, it passes north of Tewkesbury then south of Ledbury. Between junctions 1 and 2 chiefly for these towns respectively, it crosses the River Severn on the Queenhill Bridge"