M62 Junction 22: Saddleworth, Ripponden
M62 J22: Junction 22 is the M62's junction on the open Pennine moors, where the A672 Oldham Road and Ripponden Road cross the motorway. It is a sparse, hilly landscape of open moorland with almost no trees, few roads and no villages within a mile and a half, but dozens of reservoirs. About a mile north is Green Withens Reservoir, home to a water sports centre.
Did you know? The M62 near Junction 22 is the highest point of any motorway in England: 1,221 feet (372 metres) above sea level, at Windy Hill.
Just before the junction, travelling east, the motorway crosses from Greater Manchester into Yorkshire, and close by, at Windy Hill near Denshaw, it reaches 1,221 feet (372 metres) above sea level, the highest point of any motorway in England. Close by are the M62 Yorkshire boundary marker stone, just west of the junction, the Windy Hill transmitter to the south-west, the old Oxygrains Packhorse Bridge beside the A672 to the north-east, and the source of the River Tame to the south-east.
Between here and Junction 23 the M62 passes two of its best-known landmarks: Stott Hall Farm, which sits between the two carriageways, and Scammonden Dam, where the motorway crosses on the dam's embankment.
The nearest town is Littleborough, about three miles west. Milnrow Interchange (J21) is about four miles south-west, and Outlane Interchange (J23) about six and a half miles east.
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Collisions near junction 22: the police recorded 18 injury collisions on the M62 within about 2.5 km of this junction in 2024 and 2025 (5 serious, 13 slight); 15 on a wet or icy surface; 5 in darkness; 9 in the morning or evening rush hour. Figures: Department for Transport, STATS19 police collision records.
- Junction M62 J22
- Signed for A672 · Saddleworth, Ripponden
- Next junction eastbound J23, 6.7 miles
- Next junction westbound J21, 4.1 miles
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Live traffic news at M62 Junction 22
Incidents and roadworks between Junction 21 and Junction 23 that we are aware of.
M62 westbound Jct 23 entry slip road closure
23:46 (11:46pm)21 Oct 2026reported 10 min ago
- Location
- M62 J23 westbound access
- Direction
- Westbound
- Lanes closed
- Carriageway closed
- Reason
- Maintenance work
- Schedule
- 20:40 (8:40pm) Wed 21 Oct 2026 → 06:00 (6am) Thu 22 Oct 2026
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Updated 23:57 (11:57pm) Wed 21 Oct 2026