Junctions
Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance information.
| M56 motorway junctions | |||
| km | Eastbound exits (B Carriageway) | Junction | Westbound exits (A Carriageway) |
| Stockport M60 Leeds (M62) |
M60, J4 | Start of motorway (Sharston Spur) |
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| Didsbury A34 | J1 | No access (on-slip only) | |
| No access (on-slip only) | J2 | Wythenshawe, Altrincham A560 (M60) | |
| Altrincham, Wythenshawe, Wythenshawe Hospital, Cheadle A560 | J3a | Start of motorway (Princess Parkway spur) |
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| Altrincham, Congleton, Wythenshawe A5103 Manchester Ring Road (M60) |
J3 | No access (on-slip only) | |
| 11.6 | No access (on-slip only) | J4 | Wythenshawe |
| 12.6 | Manchster | J5 | Manchester |
| 14.3 | Hale, Wilmslow, Macclesfield A538 | J6 | Wilmslow, Hale, Macclesfield A538 |
| 19.9 | Altrincham A56 | J7/8 | Northwich A556 Lymm A56 Birmingham (M6) |
| 28.3 | Preston, Birmingham, Leeds (M62) M6 | J9 | Preston, Liverpool (M62) M6 |
| 33.4 | Warrington, Northwich A49 | J10 | Northwich, Warrington A49 |
| 38.3 | Runcorn (E), Warrington A56 | J11 | Preston Brook, Daresbury A56 |
| 43.1 | Runcorn, Widnes, Northwich A557 | J12 | Frodsham, Runcorn, Widnes A557 |
| 51.4 | Stanlow Refinery, Helsby A5117 Chester services |
J14 Services |
Stanlow Refinery, Helsby A5117 Chester services |
| 55.6 | No access (on-slip only) | J15 | Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, Chester, Wrexham M53 |
| Start of motorway | J16 | Hoylake, Chester A540 | |
| North Wales, Queensferry A5117 Non-motorway traffic |
Road continues as A494 towards North Wales | ||
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