M6 Junction 17 – A534 Sandbach

Junction 17 of the M6 is where the M6 meets the A534, for Sandbach / Crewe. The nearest town is Sandbach, about 0.9 miles to the south-west, with Alsager (4 miles south-east) and Middlewich (5 miles north-west) also close by. Villages right beside the junction include Wheelock and Hassall Green.

Roads that meet at or beside this junction: A50, A533, A534, A5022. The main road at the junction is the A534.

From here, the drive north to junction 18 (Middlewich) is about 3.3 miles and the drive south to junction 16 (Alsager) is about 5.7 miles. Junction 17 is about 76 miles from the start of the M6 at junction 1 and 135 miles from the end at junction 45.

• Junction M6 J17 · Sandbach
• Signed for A534 · Sandbach / Crewe
• Nearest town Sandbach, 0.9 miles south-west
• 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 17?

The Department for Transport counts traffic on the stretches either side of this junction. On the stretch it labels J17 to J18 it counted 143,072 vehicles a day in 2025, 15% of them lorries. On the stretch it labels J16 to J17 it counted 132,457 vehicles a day in 2025, 15% 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

• J16Barthomley InterchangeA500 · Alsager / Stoke-on-Trent (north)Nearest town: Alsager, 2.3 miles
• J18Middlewich InterchangeA54 · Middlewich / Holmes ChapelNearest town: Middlewich, 2.5 miles