North Wales to Nottingham

[horseshoes]

Getting out of North Wales is the easy bit, although time consuming! We were SUPPOSED to take the M6 North but went "wrong" and took the M6 South. Ended up going through Stafford and the Potteries. Actually, I think it may have been a quicker route. Coming home we went the other way and were only about 9 miles from Leeds before heading down towards Manchester etc etc. Seems like an awful long way North.

Nottingham is almost directly across from us West to East, but quite a long way round either way. We have to go up, across then down or down across and then up. I remember years ago I drove to Southwell (similar area) and drove across the Derbyshire moors; I didn't touch a Motorway. Please could all of those of you who drive regularly or know the routes I'm talking about give me their opinion as to which is best. Thank you.

[wolf63]

I know nothing about directions - I believe that it is a 'girl thing', but the map of the UK is not displayed at the correct angle so when you think that you are going from A to B in a straight-ish line you aren't.

[Philtaz]

When I used to enjoy football I travelled once or twice to Nottingham to watch my team when they played there.
I always went the Whitchurch-Market Drayton-Stoke route.
An agency nurse from Nottingham recently started work at our place and when I asked her which route she took she said the motorway route.
I suggested my route to her, she gave it a try and now uses that one, particularly as she invariably travels home on Friday evenings and she says traffic is not so snarled up on that route.

[boxtops]

wolf, tut, I'm a good map-reader.

[Zacs-Master]

Potteries route is definitely quickest if you used the A50 past Utoxeter and Derby.

[wolf63]

I spent 48 years of my life thinking that New Zealand was above and to the right of Australia. :-)

[horseshoes]

Thanks for all your replies:-)

[horseshoes]

LOL Wolf :-)))

[SeaJayPea]

M6 south, come off at the junction for Stoke, immediately after Keele Services. Follow it into Stoke, turn right at the Britannia Stadium on to the A50 and straight across. Takes you into Nottingham. That's quickest.