2020年9月10日 · When the M62 was built on the moors above Huddersfield in the late 1960s, the engineers forked the road to avoid the centuries-old farmhouse, known as Stott Hall Farm. With millions of...

The M62 is a 107-mile-long (172 km) west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Hull via Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield; 7 miles (11 km) of the route is shared with the M60 orbital motorway around Manchester.

2022年2月7日 · Thousands of drivers pass it every day and many still wonder why there is a farm in the middle of the M62. Rumour has had it that the farm - which is really called Stott Hall …

It is the nearest that Britain has to a coast-to-coast motorway, linking Liverpool with Hull, more or less. The bridge over junction 22 at Moss Moor is the highest motorway in the UK, while out near Goole in East Yorkshire, it's just two or three metres above sea level, making it also the lowest.

2019年6月12日 · Even today, people continue to believe the myth - despite it being busted by Ken his family and an ITV documentary. The 26-minute film, originally created in the 1980s before being released online...

2022年7月27日 · It's one of the most notable landmarks on the M62 motorway between Leeds and Manchester - the farm that sits slap bang in the middle of it. More than 100,000 motorists a day are estimated to use...

2022年1月11日 · The M62 motorway itself was built in the 1960s, and when it came to that particular stretch over the unforgiving moors of Huddersfield, Stott Hall Farm stood in the way.

2024年2月3日 · One of the most famous houses in the north of England can be found slap bang in the middle of the M62 motorway - and now the owners have finally explained why. The two sides of the busy motorway,...

2020年12月6日 · Everyone thinks they know the true story of the house, but do you really know why Stott Hall Farm wasn’t knocked down to make way for the motorway? The motorway was built in the 1960s, including that particular stretch on the moors above Huddersfield where Stott Hall sat in its path, the Huddersfield Daily Examiner reports.

The M62 is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds. The road is 107 miles (172 km) long; for 7 miles (11 km), it…