Editing M6 motorway (section)

==Route==
The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the [[M1 motorway|M1]] and the [[A14 road (England)|A14]] in [[Catthorpe]] near [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]] in central England. It passes [[Coventry]], [[Birmingham]],  [[Stafford]], [[Wolverhampton]] and [[Stoke-on-Trent]].<ref name="Short2011">{{cite book|author=Frommer's Short|title=The Borders and Galloway Regions, Scotland: Frommer's ShortCuts|edition=I|series=1|volume=I|date=22 December 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=London|isbn=978-1-118-27111-7|pages=56–|chapter=4}}</ref> The motorway has major junctions with the [[M56 motorway|M56]] and [[M62 motorway|M62]] near [[Warrington]], giving access to [[Chester]], [[Manchester]] and [[Liverpool]]. It also meets the [[M65 motorway|M65]] at Junction 29, south of Preston, which connects [[Blackburn]] and [[Burnley]], and the [[M55 motorway|M55]] at junction 32, north of Preston which links it to [[Blackpool]].<ref name="M6 Route Management Strategy: Warrington to the Scottish Borders : Final Strategy Summary Brochure, January 2004">{{cite book|editor=Highways Agency|title=M6 Route Management Strategy: Warrington to the Scottish Borders : Final Strategy Summary Brochure, January 2004|edition=I|series=1|volume=1|year=2004|publisher=Highways Agency|location=Scotland|page=54|chapter=1}}</ref> The M6 then heads north past [[Wigan, Greater Manchester|Wigan]], [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] and [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]].<ref name="RoseMacaroon2012">{{cite book|author1=Lesley Anne Rose|author2=Michael Macaroon|author3=Vivienne Crow|title=Frommer's Scotland|edition=I|series=I|volume=I|date=6 January 2012|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=London|isbn=978-1-119-99276-9|pages=424–|chapter=36}}</ref> After the latter two cities it passes through [[Cumbria]] with some parts very close to the edge of the [[Lake District]] with a short stretch within the [[national park]] boundaries and then passes [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]] on its way to [[Gretna, Scotland|Gretna]],<ref name="Baldwin(M.S.)2004">{{cite book|last1=Baldwin|first1=Peter|last2=Porter (M.S.)|first2=John|last3=Baldwin|first3=Robert|editor=Thomas Telford|title=The Motorway Achievement|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndZVcax375EC&pg=PA836|access-date=9 July 2012|edition=One|volume=I|year=2004|publisher=Thomas Telford|location=London|isbn=978-0-7277-3196-8|pages=836–|chapter=72}}</ref> before the motorway becomes the [[A74(M) motorway|A74(M)]] a few hundred metres short of the Scottish border.<ref name="management">{{cite book|editor=Highways Agency|title=M6 Route Management Strategy: Warrington to the Scottish Borders : Final Strategy Summary Brochure, January 2004|edition=I|series=1|volume=1|year=2004|publisher=Highways Agency|location=Scotland|page=73|chapter=1}}</ref><ref name="google56">{{cite book|author=Frommer's Short|title=The Borders and Galloway Regions, Scotland: Frommer's ShortCuts|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNWrbtodFUUC&pg=PT56|access-date=9 July 2012|edition=I|volume=I|date=22 December 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=Scotland|isbn=978-1-118-27111-7|pages=56–|chapter=3}}</ref>