Hitchhiking from Macclesfield
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Hitchhiking to Macclesfield
Recent reviews mentioning Macclesfield
53.30111, -2.40043
Worked well asking people, got a lift with the first person we asked, but did scope out thumbing spots first, there were no good ones. One guy and a femme wheelchair user.―Maxiental
53.30072, -2.40253
Good spot. Not many options for thumbing so asking at the door worked in like 5m once we got the corrage to do it.―Ryancomet
52.06598, -2.15951
Good spot, cheap hotel. found the best spot to thumb was at the exit to the car park.―Ryancomet
52.08329, -0.74999
Good services, long lift from an interesting man...―Ryancomet
52.06598, -2.15951
Lots of cars stopped but most were going to Birmingham or up the M6. I was hoping to get onto the M1 but gave up and went up the M6―Anonymous
53.30111, -2.40043
Knutsford services. Good for getting south, esp. to birmongham.Walkable distance from knutsford train station
―Anonymous
53.30072, -2.40253
Depends where you're trying to get toAvoid if you're trying to get North of Manchester! - go back to Sandbach and then up.
Ok for getting lifts into Manchester, sometimes liverpool or toward Leeds.
―Anonymous
53.30072, -2.40253
I actually disagree - I got a lift to Perth, Scotland, within seconds (!)―Anonymous
53.30111, -2.40043
Waited in the services for 10 minutes before getting a ride south.―Saleemaslam
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
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
53.30072, -2.40253
I waited around 35 minutes for a car to take me west onto the M56. It was quite quiet.―Driftwood
53.30111, -2.40043
Can either a pleasant or bad experience, depending on when you arrive here. If you get here late afternoon, my advice would be to find somewhere to throw your lean to for the night, away from the service station, there are a couple of places you can hide behind. Cook some food and get a hot drink, this place at night even in the summer can get really very cold, wrap up warm at night. It's highly unlikely you will be disturbed overnight while you sleep. Get some breakfast and a hot drink, after pack up, and head into the services, get cleaned up, and get out and ready to hitch. Signs are important here.―Anonymous
53.30072, -2.40253
Once got stuck here with a friend for 27 hours, most other times it's been 2-5 hours, not good for going north.Avoid at all costs!
―Anonymous
53.30072, -2.40253
3 bad experiences so far in 2013 going south ....no cars . expect to wait 90 minutes and then be offered a lift to Hilton Park Services , Wolverhampton , which is also a 90 minute wait. Avoid Kuntsford and Hilton Pk . The rest of M6 is ok―Colinc
53.30072, -2.40253
Going to Scotland. Tried here at night, very little traffic, noone stopping.Got a lift in the morning after a couple of hours on the road before the petrol station, but only because someone got stuck behind a truck and had time to think about it for a while.
―River
53.4076, -2.26564
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53.4076, -2.26564
not very good point, but we hadn't more opportunity. stayed there around 1 hour. And then we were just lucky, one woman made a lift for us to service station on M6 - there were much better!―Anonymous
53.4076, -2.26564
Prefer this spot to the petrol station and bus stop on Princess Rd where the cars are doing 50 or 60 mph and would have an accident if they stopped―Colinc
53.40868, -2.17498
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