Stott Hall Farm is a farm located between the eastbound and westbound carriageways of the

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Calderdale Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, whose population in 2020 was 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the u ...

, England. It is the only farm in the UK situated in the middle of a motorway and was built in the 18th century on Moss Moor. It lies south of

Booth Wood Reservoir Booth Wood Reservoir is a man-made upland reservoir that lies north of the M62 motorway and south of the A672 road near to Rishworth and Ripponden in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The reservoir was approved for construction in 1966 and c ...

where the carriageways are separated between junctions 22 and 23. The road divides for much of its length between the Windy Hill and Deanhead cuttings because of the surrounding geography but a

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persists that it was split because the owners Ken and Beth Wild refused to sell.

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's traffic reporter and CB radio users nicknamed it the

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. It is separated from the motorway by crash barriers and a fence to keep livestock in and prevent out-of-control vehicles crashing onto the property. It is one of the ten best-known sights on the motorway network. It was the subject of a

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documentary, a

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documentary and a short film.

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{{coords, 53.641, -1.952, display=title M62 motorway Buildings and structures in Calderdale Farms in Yorkshire