M60 Junction 26: Brinnington / Bredbury
M60 J26: Bredbury Scissors is an unusual junction with no roundabout: the roads merge almost in a straight line, with slip roads crossing over each other, less than half a mile from Bredbury Interchange (J25). The A560 Crookilley Way and the B6104 Stockport Road West join here.
Brinnington, Bredbury and Portwood are beside it, and Stockport is about a mile and a half to the south-west. Bredbury Shops is under a mile south-east and Bredbury station about a mile east. Woodley and Davenport stations, Highfield Country Park and Edgeley Park Stadium are all about two miles away in different directions.
Portwood Roundabout (J27) is just under a mile south-west.
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How busy is the M60 at junction 26?
The Department for Transport counts the traffic on the stretch either side of this junction. In 2025 the stretch from J26 to J25 carried 125,559 vehicles a day, the 12th busiest of the 14 junction-to-junction stretches we publish for the M60.
| Stretch | All vehicles | Lorries | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| J26 to J25 | 125,559 | 5,697 | 0.7 |
Collisions near junction 26
The police recorded 1 injury collision on the M60 within about 2.5 km of this junction in 2024 and 2025 (1 slight); 1 in the morning or evening rush hour. These are the police-reported figures published by the Department for Transport (STATS19).
- Junction M60 J26
- Signed for A57 · Brinnington / Bredbury
- Next junction clockwise J27, Portwood / Stockport (back to the ring)
- Next junction anticlockwise J25, Bredbury / Denton
Live traffic at M60 junction 26
The speed strip below shows the M60 around junction 26, both directions, from National Highways’ live data, checked every five minutes.
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Around M60 Junction 26: Towns and Places on the Map
| Place | What it is | From the junction |
|---|---|---|
| Bredbury Shops | Shopping | Under a mile south-east |
| Bredbury | Railway station | About 1 mile east |
| Neil Rourke Memorial Stadium | Venue | About 1.5 miles north-east |
| Woodley | Railway station | About 2 miles east |
| Heaton Chapel | Railway station | About 2 miles west |
| Edgeley Park Stadium | Venue | About 2 miles south-west |
| Highfield Country Park | Park or nature reserve | About 2 miles north-west |
| Davenport | Railway station | About 2 miles south |
Junctions either side
Live traffic news at M60 Junction 26
Incidents and roadworks between Junction 25 and Junction 27 that we are aware of.
M60 Anticlockwise Jct 25 entry slip road hardshoulder closure
01:36 (1:36am)22 Oct 2026reported 31 min ago
- Location
- M60 J25 anti-clockwise access
- Direction
- Anticlockwise
- Lanes closed
- Slip road closed
- Reason
- Construction work
- Schedule
- 05:00 (5am) Wed 24 June 2026 → 05:00 (5am) Sat 5 Dec 2026
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Updated 02:07 (2:07am) Thu 22 Oct 2026