Driving in the UK - M6 Motorway in Cumbria - Southbound

The M6 is the UK's longest motorway, running from the Catthorpe Interchange on the M1 near Rugby, to the A74(M) near Gretna Green on the border with Scotland, running for 236 miles (380km).

Part of the M6, the Preston Bypass, was the UK's first motorway to open to traffic in December 1958. Over the next decade, most of the rest of the motorway was constructed, and by May 1972, the M6 was complete between the M1 and Carlisle, leaving a few mile gap between Carlisle and the A74(M) at Gretna, which was finally constructed in 2008.

This video shows a southbound journey along the M6, for almost its entire route through the county of Cumbria, from the A74(M) at Junction 22 at Gretna Green, through the England/Scotland border, past Carlisle, Penrith and Kendal, to M6 Junction 36 for the A590 for the South Lakes, and A65 for Kirkby Lonsdale, just north of the border between Lancashire and Cumbria. Timings are;
00:00 A74(M) J22 Gretna Green to English Border
00:34 A74(M) Scottish Border to M6 J45
00:51 M6 J45 Gretna to J44 Carlisle North
05:44 J44 Carlisle North to J43 Carlisle East
09:01 J43 Carlisle East to J42 Carlisle South
11:18 J42 Carlisle South to J41 Catterlen
21:51 J41 Catterlen to J40 Penrith
24:33 J40 Penrith to J39 Shap
34:11 J39 Shap to J38 Tebay
38:56 J38 Tebay to J37 Killington (for Kendal/Sedbergh)
46:10 J37 Killington (for Kendal/Sedbergh) to J36 Crooklands (for Kirkby Lonsdale)
52:41 End Screen