M60 Junction 5: Northenden / Princess Parkway
M60 J5: Princess Parkway Interchange. Northenden, Northern Moor and West Didsbury lie beside it, and Wythenshawe is a little over two miles to the south.
Spire Manchester Hospital is about a mile north-east and Brookway Retail Park about a mile and a half south-west. Platt Hall and Fallowfield Retail Park both appear about three miles north-east, and Wythenshawe Hospital about two miles south-west.
Kingsway Interchange is about two miles away, and Junction 6 roughly a mile and a half.
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How busy is the M60 at junction 5?
The Department for Transport does not publish a separate count for the stretches either side of junction 5. The nearest counted stretch is J7 to J6, with 144,003 vehicles a day in 2025. Every count point is on our page how busy is the M60.
Collisions near junction 5
The police recorded 10 injury collisions on the M60 within about 2.5 km of this junction in 2024 and 2025 (2 serious, 8 slight); 4 on a wet or icy road; 1 in darkness; 7 in the morning or evening rush hour. These are the police-reported figures published by the Department for Transport (STATS19).
- Junction M60 J5
- Signed for A5103 · Northenden / Princess Parkway
- Next junction clockwise J6, Sale / Sale Moor
- Next junction anticlockwise J4, Cheadle interchange (M56 to Manchester Airport)
Live traffic at M60 junction 5
The speed strip below shows the M60 around junction 5, both directions, from National Highways’ live data, checked every five minutes.
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Around M60 Junction 5: Towns and Places on the Map
| Place | What it is | From the junction |
|---|---|---|
| Spire Manchester Hospital | Hospital | About 1 mile north-east |
| Brookway Retail Park | Shopping | About 1.5 miles south-west |
| Gatley | Railway station | About 2 miles south-east |
| Wythenshawe Hospital | Hospital | About 2 miles south-west |
| Mauldeth Road | Railway station | About 2.5 miles north-east |
| Platt Hall | Attraction | About 3 miles north-east |
| Fallowfield Retail Park | Shopping | About 3 miles north-east |
| Cheadle Royal Hospital | Hospital | About 3 miles south-east |
Junctions either side
Live traffic news at M60 Junction 5
Incidents and roadworks between Junction 4 and Junction 6 that we are aware of.
Mobile hardshoulder closure Clockwise and Anticlockwise
01:36 (1:36am)22 Oct 2026reported 26 min ago
- Location
- M60 anti-clockwise between J1 and J27
- Direction
- Anticlockwise
- Lanes closed
- Hard shoulder closed
- Reason
- Litter clearance
- Schedule
- 09:00 (9am) Tue 7 Apr 2026 → 23:59 (11:59pm) Thu 1 Apr 2027
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Updated 02:02 (2:02am) Thu 22 Oct 2026