Calendar celebrates M60's 'best junctions'

Mr Atkinson said he came up with idea for the calendar while sat in traffic

A Greater Manchester man is celebrating the "best junctions" of the M60 motorway in a new calendar.

Stuart Atkinson from Manchester said he wanted to capture the experience of travelling on the 36 mile route, which is known for its frequent congestion and lack of service stations.

Views Of The M60 Calendar for 2025 offers "12 months of motorway dullness" handpicked by Mr Atkinson.

"The way I look at it is - why would you voluntarily want to sit on Greater Manchester's biggest free car park when you can look at pictures from the comfort of your own home?" he said.

The orbital motorway took 40 years to complete

Each month is dedicated to a different junction and includes a fun fact and list of things to do nearby.

The M60 was the second orbital motorway to be built in Britain, with the M25 being the first.

Built by The Highways Agency, work began to in 1960 and the first section of road to open was the Barton Road Bridge, which crosses the Manchester ship canal, to the west of the city.

The next stretch was created north towards Oldham and south towards Stockport before all new work was suspended in the 1980s while the Barton Bridge section was rebuilt.

Each month is dedicated to a different junction

Work on the final ten mile section, which runs from the north to the east of Greater Manchester, was completed in 2000 and the route passes through eight of the ten Greater Manchester boroughs.

Mr Atkinson said he came up with idea for the calendar while sat in traffic.

"There's a lot of tradition in Britain about stupid calendars," he said.

"Council tips abandoned mattresses, roundabouts, car parks so I thought well I'll give it a go," he said.

He has also created a calendar dedicated to electricity pylons across Britain which he described as a "much overlooked but ever-present feature of our landscape".