Commute to Manchester via Woodhead

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  1. fir

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    Need to be in Manchester by 7am. Is an hour enough at that time? It's not a commute I've done at that time of day before.
     
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    probably quiet as far as Mottram after that who knows
     
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    Google maps with depart time Tuesday at 7am suggests it will take between 1hr 20mins and 2hr 20mins.

    https://goo.gl/jxgCvd

    Just seen you want to arrive by 7am. Thats 1hr 10mins to 1hr 30mins.

    https://goo.gl/Cm2o0e
     
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    As a rule of thumb us taxi drivers usually allow 75 mins from barnsley to man airport, this is depends on the time of day it could take you as long as 30+ minutes to get past mottram.
    But travelling at that time you should miss the traffic.
    I would recommend that you depart barnsley at 05:45 to miss said traffic at mottram.
     
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    From Grenoside I'd give myself hour and half Fiona
     
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    Been travelling to Stockport fairly regularly with work recently (at peak times) and tend to go via Holmfirth, Saddleworth Moor, Greenfield on the A635- very little traffic in comparison but that bit further north - not sure where you're starting from.

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    On a normal working week from 6.00am onwards traffic starts to build up through Mottram and is regulated by 2 sets of traffic lights so very slow going. I would normally set off at 5.30am, the traffic tends to be lighter on the Easter week though. So the short answer is God Knows!
     
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    I avoid the awful Woodhead pass like the plague and always use the Holmfirth road. It might be worth you doing the same.
     
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    I was on a site in Spinningfields, central Manchester a few years ago and was doing it in under an hour leaving at 6am.
     
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    Went that way on Friday. No trouble with traffic. However fog was awful which made it feel very dangerous. As it's such a narrow road
     
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    Cheers all. Early start then!
     
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    Yeah, fair point mate. Doesn't take much for it to be foggy up there.

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    Where in Manchester?

    Shouldn't be too bad for 7am. Mottram should be ok but might take you 5-10 minutes. Should only be busy on the Mancunian way west bound at that time, unless you need to go on the M60.

    To get into the centre I'd give yourself just over an hour from Penistone. No need to go through Holmfirth.
     
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