Impact Upon Culture
Doves named a song after the M62 on their 2002 album The Last Broadcast, which is stated to have been recorded "under the M62 flyover at Northenden", although the M62 is several miles to the north.
Rugby league is a popular sport in Northern England—so much so that a 1994 survey revealed that sixty percent of people regularly attending rugby league matches lived in only four postal districts along the M62. Only two teams in the Super League, Catalans Dragons in Perpignan, France and the London Broncos in London, play outside Northern England and thus the phrase "M62 corridor" is sometimes used as a synonym for rugby league's heartlands.
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