M6 Junction 16: Barthomley Interchange – A500 Alsager

Junction 16 of the M6, known as the Barthomley Interchange, is where the M6 meets the A500, for Alsager / Stoke-on-Trent. The nearest town is Alsager, about 2.3 miles to the north-east, with Kidsgrove (4 miles east) and Crewe (5 miles north-west) also close by. Villages right beside the junction include Barthomley, Oakhanger and Audley.

Roads that meet at or beside this junction: A500, B5078, B5500. The main road at the junction is the A500.

From here, the drive north to junction 17 (Sandbach) is about 5.7 miles and the drive south to junction 15 (Stoke-on-Trent) is about 9.1 miles. Junction 16 is about 70 miles from the start of the M6 at junction 1 and 141 miles from the end at junction 45.

The nearest motorway services are Sandbach services, between J16 and J17.

• Junction M6 J16 · Barthomley Interchange
• Signed for A500 · Alsager / Stoke-on-Trent (north)
• Nearest town Alsager, 2.3 miles north-east
• Map section Section 3: J10A–J16, Cannock, Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent
• Map section Section 4: J16–J21A, Cheshire, Knutsford and Warrington

We also have a page on M6 Junctions 16 to 17: Sandbach, with the traffic counts and news for that stretch.

How busy is the M6 at junction 16?

The Department for Transport counts traffic on the stretches either side of this junction. On the stretch it labels J16 to J17 it counted 132,457 vehicles a day in 2025, 15% of them lorries. On the stretch it labels J15 to J16 it counted 110,316 vehicles a day in 2025, 16% of them lorries. See how busy the M6 is junction by junction.

© M6Traffic.co.uk · Statistics from the Department for Transport, 2025

Junctions either side

• J15Hanchurch InterchangeA500 · Stoke-on-Trent (south) / Newcastle-under-LymeNearest town: Newcastle-under-Lyme, 2.4 miles
• J17SandbachA534 · Sandbach / CreweNearest town: Sandbach, 0.9 miles