M5 motorway

The **M5** is a motorway in England. It links the Midlands and the South West.

It runs from Junction 8 of the M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. It is the main gateway to South West England. Traffic jams are common during the summer holidays, on Friday afternoons, and school and bank holidays .

## Junctions

|mile|km|North-east bound exits (B carriageway)|Junction|South-west bound exits (A carriageway)|Coordinates||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="6"|**M5 motorway junctions**||||||||
|0.0|0.0|London <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**(M1, M40)**</span>, Birmingham (N&E), The NORTH WEST, Walsall, Wolverhampton <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**M6**</span>|M6 J8|_Start of motorway_|<small></small>||||
|2.7 3.3|4.3 5.3|West Bromwich, Birmingham (NW) <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A41**</span>|J1|West Bromwich, Sandwell, Birmingham (NW) <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A41**</span>|<small></small>||||
|5.2 5.8|8.4 9.3|Dudley, Wolverhampton, Sandwell <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A4123**</span>|J2|Birmingham (W), Dudley <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A4123**</span>|<small></small>||||
|8.6 9.0|13.8 14.5|Birmingham (W&C) <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A456**</span>|J3|Kidderminster <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A456**</span>|<small></small>||||
|||style=background:skyblue|_Entering West Midlands_||style=background:skyblue|_Entering Worcestershire_|<small></small>||
|||_Frankley services_|_Services_|_Frankley services_|<small></small>||||
|14.0 14.4|22.5 23.2|Birmingham (SW) <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A38**</span>, Stourbridge <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A491**</span>|J4|Birmingham (SW), Bromsgrove <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A38**</span>|<small></small>||||
|16.1|25.9|_End of variable speed limit_|rowspan=2|J4A|London <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**(M40)**</span>, N.E.C., Birmingham  <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**M42**</span>|rowspan=2|<small></small>||
|16.6|26.7|The NORTH EAST, N.E.C., Birmingham  <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**M42**</span>|_Start of variable speed limit_||||||
|21.4 21.7|34.5 35.0|Bromsgrove, Droitwich <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A38**</span>|J5|Droitwich <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A38**</span>|<small></small>||||
|27.0 27.5|43.5 44.2|Worcester (N), Kidderminster <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A449**</span>|rowspan=2|J6|Worcester (N) <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A449**</span>, Evesham <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A4538**</span>|rowspan=2|<small></small>||
|||_Start of variable speed limit_|_End of variable speed limit_||||||
|30.2 30.7|48.6 49.4|Worcester (S), Evesham <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A44**</span>|J7|Worcester (S) <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A44**</span>|<small></small>||||
|||_Strensham services (northbound)_|rowspan=2|_Services_|_No access_|<small></small>|||
|||_No access_|_Strensham services (southbound)_|<small></small>|||||
|39.7|63.9|style=background:skyblue|_Entering Worcestershire_|rowspan=2|J8|SOUTH WALES, Ross  <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**M50**</span>|rowspan=2|<small></small>|
|40.0|64.4|SOUTH WALES, Ross  <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**M50**</span>|style=background:skyblue|_Entering Gloucestershire_|||||
|||style=background:skyblue|_Entering Gloucestershire_|rowspan=2||_River Avon_|rowspan=2|<small></small>|
|||_River Avon_|style=background:skyblue|_Entering Worcestershire_|||||
|||style=background:skyblue|_Entering Worcestershire_||style=background:skyblue|_Entering Gloucestershire_|<small></small>||
|43.4 43.9|69.8 70.6|Tewkesbury <span style="color:black; background:white">**A438**</span>, Evesham <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A46**</span>|J9|Evesham <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A46**</span>, Tewkesbury <span style="color:black; background:white">**A438**</span>|<small></small>||||
|48.3 48.5|77.7 78.0|_No access (on-slip only)_|J10|Cheltenham <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A4019**</span>|<small></small>||||
|51.0 51.4|82.1 82.8|Gloucester, Cheltenham <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A40**</span>|J11|Cheltenham, Gloucester, Staverton  <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A40**</span>|<small></small>||||
|53.4 54.0|85.9 86.9|Gloucester, Cirencester <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A417**</span>|J11A|London, Cirencester <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A417**</span>|<small></small>||||
|||_Gloucester services_|_Services_|_Gloucester services_|<small></small>||||
|60.2 60.5|96.9 97.4|Gloucester <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**(A38)**</span>|J12|Gloucester <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**(A38)**</span>|<small></small>||||
|63.3 63.7|101.8 102.5|Stroud <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A419**</span>|J13|Stroud, Dursley <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A419**</span>|<small></small>||||
|71.9|115.7|_Michaelwood services_|_Services_|_Michaelwood services_|<small></small>||||
|73.6 73.9|118.4 119.0|Dursley <span style="color:black; background:white#00703C">**B4509**</span>|J14|Thornbury <span style="color:black; background:white#00703C">**B4509**</span>|<small></small>||||
|||_End of variable speed limit_|rowspan=2|J15|_Start of variable speed limit_|rowspan=2|<small></small>||
|81.1 81.7|130.5 131.5|SOUTH WALES, Chepstow <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**(M48)**</span> <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**M4(W)**</span> London <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**M4(E)**</span>|London, Bristol (C) <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**(M32)**</span> <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**M4(E)**</span> SOUTH WALES, Chepstow <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**(M48)**</span> <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**M4(W)**</span>||||||
|82.0 82.3|132.0 132.5|Thornbury, Filton <span style="color:black; background:white">**A38**</span>|J16|Thornbury, Filton <span style="color:black; background:white">**A38**</span>|<small></small>||||
|84.2 84.6|135.5 136.2|Bristol (W), Cribbs Causeway <span style="color:black; background:white">**A4018**</span>|rowspan=2|J17|Bristol (W), Cribbs Causeway <span style="color:black; background:white">**A4018**</span>|rowspan=2|<small></small>||
|||_Start of variable speed limit_|_End of variable speed limit_||||||
|||style=background:skyblue|_Entering Gloucestershire_||style=background:skyblue|_Entering Bristol_|<small></small>||
|87.4 87.7|140.6 141.2|SOUTH WALES, Cardiff, Newport <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**M49**</span> <span style="color:white; background:#0079C1">**(M4(W))**</span>|J18A|_No access (on-slip only)_|<small></small>||||
|88.0 88.2|141.6 142.0|Bristol, Bristol , Shirehampton, Avonmouth, Docks <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A4**</span>, Aust <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**(A403)**</span>|J18|Avonmouth, Bristol (West), Bristol  <span style="color:#FFD200; background:#00703C">**A4**</span>|<small></small>||||
|||Avonmouth Bridge|Bridge|Avonmouth Bridge|<small></small>||||
|90.1|145.0|Portishead, Royal Portbury Dock, Clifton (Toll) A369 _Gordano services_|J19 _Services_|Portishead, Royal Portbury Dock A369 _Gordano services_|<small></small>||||
|96.7|155.6|Nailsea, Clevedon B3133|J20|Clevedon, Nailsea B3133|<small></small>||||
|102.3|164.6|Weston-super-Mare, Bristol (S) A370|J21|Weston-super-Mare A370|<small></small>||||
|109.1|175.6|Sedgemoor services|Services|Sedgemoor services|<small></small>||||
|111.7|179.8|Burnham-on-Sea B3140 Bristol (S) & Airport  A38 Weston-super-Mare (A370)|J22|Highbridge A38 Burnham-on-Sea B3140|<small></small>||||
|116.9|188.1|Highbridge A38 Glastonbury, Wells A39|J23|Bridgwater A38 Minehead, Glastonbury, Wells A39|<small></small>||||
|121.8 122.0|196.0 196.3|Bridgwater, Minehead A38 Bridgwater services|J24 Services|Minehead A38 (A39) Bridgwater services|<small></small>||||
|128.4 128.6|206.7 206.9|Taunton, Yeovil A358|J25|Taunton, Honiton, Yeovil, Weymouth A358|<small></small>||||
|133.3|214.5|Taunton Deane services|Services|Taunton Deane services|<small></small>||||
|135.3 135.5|217.8 218.0|Wellington, Taunton A38|J26|Wellington A38|<small></small>||||
|||style=background:skyblue|_Entering Somerset_||style=background:skyblue|_Entering Devon_|<small></small>||
|143.4 143.7|230.7 231.3|Barnstaple, Tiverton A361, Wellington A38|J27|Tiverton, Barnstaple A361 Willand (B3181)|<small></small>||||
|147.6 147.9|237.5 238.0|Cullompton B3181 Cullompton services|J28 Services|Honiton A373 Cullompton B3181|<small></small>||||
|157.7 158.1|253.8 254.4|Honiton A30 Exeter|J29|Honiton A30 East Exeter|<small></small>||||
|158.9 159.3|255.7 256.3|Exeter A379, Exmouth A376 Sidmouth (A3052) Exeter services|J30 Services|Exeter, Dawlish A379 Exmouth A376 Sidmouth (A3052) Exeter services|<small></small>||||
|162.4 162.6|261.4 261.7|Start of motorway|rowspan=2|J31|Bodmin, Okehampton A30|<small></small>|||
|162.7|261.8|Okehampton A30 West Exeter (A377) Non-motorway traffic|_Road continues as A38_ Plymouth A38 Torquay (A380)|<small></small>|||||

## Infobox (road)

- **country**: GBR
- **type**: M
- **route**: 5
- **photo**: M5 junction 20 from north.JPG
- **photo notes**: Looking south towards junction 20, 2009
- **length mi**: 162.9
- **direction a**: Northeast
- **terminus a**: West Bromwich
- **counties**: West Midlands (county), West Midlands, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, Somerset, Devon
- **destinations**: West Bromwich
Birmingham
Bromsgrove
Worcester
Cheltenham
Gloucester
Bristol
Weston-super-Mare
Bridgwater
Taunton
Exeter
- **direction b**: Southwest
- **terminus b**: Exminster
- **established**: 1962
- **history**: Opened: 1962
Completed: 1977
- **maint**: Highways England
- **junction**:
M6 motorway

J4a → M42 motorway

J8 → M50 motorway (Great Britain), M50 motorway

J15 → M4 motorway

J18a → M49 motorway
- **map**: M5 motorway (Great Britain) map.svg
- **previous type**: M
- **next type**: M
- **previous route**: 4
- **next route**: 6