M6 Junction 36: Crooklands Interchange – A65 Kirkby Lonsdale

Junction 36 of the M6, known as the Crooklands Interchange, is where the M6 meets the A65, for Kirkby Lonsdale / Kendal. The nearest town is Milnthorpe, about 2.3 miles to the west, with Kirkby Lonsdale (5 miles south-east) also close by. Villages right beside the junction include Preston Patrick, Crooklands and Lupton.

Roads that meet at or beside this junction: A65, A590, A6070, B6385. The main road at the junction is the A65.

From here, the drive north to junction 37 (Sedbergh) is about 7.6 miles and the drive south to junction 35 (Carnforth) is about 7.3 miles. Junction 36 is about 152 miles from the start of the M6 at junction 1 and 59 miles from the end at junction 45.

The nearest motorway services are Killington Lake services, between J36 and J37, southbound only.

• Junction M6 J36 · Crooklands Interchange
• Signed for A65 · Kirkby Lonsdale / Kendal (south)
• Nearest town Milnthorpe, 2.3 miles west
• Map section Section 6: J32–J36, Lancaster and Carnforth
• Map section Section 7: J36–J40, The Lake District, Tebay and Shap

We also have a page on M6 Junctions 36 to 40: the Lake District, the Dales and Shap, with the traffic counts and news for that stretch.

How busy is the M6 at junction 36?

The Department for Transport counts traffic on the stretches either side of this junction. On the stretch it labels J36 to J37 it counted 46,025 vehicles a day in 2025, 13% 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

• J35Carnforth InterchangeA601(M) · CarnforthNearest town: Carnforth, 0.8 miles
• J37Killington InterchangeA684 · Sedbergh / KendalNearest town: Sedbergh, 3.9 miles