Disley and High Lane Bypass

The Disley and High Lane Bypass was a planned bypass on the A6 in Cheshire taking traffic out of the congested villages of Disley, High Lane, Newtown and Furness Vale. Four routes were considered to the north and south of the existing A6, labeled Brown, Blue, Purple and modified Brown. The preferred route was to the Brown route to the north (The A6 runs east - west at this point).

The bypass was first planned in the 1970s, however in the 1990s it was still considered a low priority, the plan was eventually cancelled on 26th November 1996 despite a preferred route being announced and £5m had already been spent on the project.

Preferred Route

The southern end of the bypass would have started at the terminal roundabout of the Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass before heading north to run alongside the railway as far as Newtown where it would run through the centre of the village. A roundabout with the A6015 would have been the only intermediate junction on the route. From there the route would have run west, passing to the north of Disley where it would have met the A6(M) at the A627 junction. The initial proposal was for a freeflow link to the A6(M) north but local opposition coupled with a newspaper article branding the junction a "22 lane monster" didn't help matters so the design was changed to make it join the junction at a roundabout. Stockport MBC on the other hand preferred a link to the Buxton Road Junction.

Map showing approximate representation of the preferred route shown in green, with the A6(M) and A555 shown in blue

Links

• A6 Disley & High Lane Bypass. Archaeological Resources Report (Contains maps of the planned route and junctions)