M6 Junction 9 – A461 Wednesbury

Junction 9 of the M6 is where the M6 meets the A461, for Wednesbury. The nearest town is Wednesbury, about 1.3 miles to the south-west, with Darlaston (1.4 miles west) and Walsall (2 miles north-east) also close by. Villages right beside the junction include Hill Top.

Roads that meet at or beside this junction: M5, A461, A462, A4038, A4148, B4200. The main road at the junction is the A461.

From here, the drive north to junction 10 (Walsall) is about 0.8 miles and the drive south to junction 8 (Ray Hall interchange) is about 1.0 miles. Junction 9 is about 31 miles from the start of the M6 at junction 1 and 179 miles from the end at junction 45.

• Junction M6 J9 · Wednesbury Interchange
• Signed for A461 · Wednesbury
• Nearest town Wednesbury, 1.3 miles south-west
• Map section Section 2: J4A–J10A, Birmingham and the Black Country

We also have a page on M6 Junctions 9 to 10: Bescot, with the traffic counts and news for that stretch.

We also have a page on M6 Junctions 8 to 9: Great Barr, with the traffic counts and news for that stretch.

How busy is the M6 at junction 9?

The Department for Transport counts traffic on the stretches either side of this junction. On the stretch it labels J8W to J9 it counted 180,440 vehicles a day in 2025, 17% of them lorries. On the stretch it labels J9 to J10 it counted 166,153 vehicles a day in 2025, 17% 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

• J8Ray Hall InterchangeM5 · Ray Hall interchange (M5 to the South West)Nearest town: Walsall, 2.1 miles
• J10Bentley InterchangeA454 · Walsall / WolverhamptonNearest town: Darlaston, 1.2 miles