M42 motorway junctions mile km Southbound exits (A carriageway) Junction Northbound exits (B carriageway) Coordinates 0.0 0.9 0.0 1.4 The NORTH WEST , Birmingham (W, N & C), Stourbridge , (M6) M5(N) The SOUTH WEST , Worcester M5(S) M5 J4A Start of motorway 52°20′53″N 2°04′28″W / 52.348029°N 2.074571°W / 52.348029; -2.074571 (M42, Start of motorway ) 1.4 1.6 2.3 2.6 Bromsgrove A38 J1 No access (on-slip only) 52°21′20″N 2°02′45″W / 52.355618°N 2.045828°W / 52.355618; -2.045828 (M42, J1 ) 5.6 6.0 9.0 9.6 Birmingham (S) A441 Hopwood Park services J2Services Birmingham (S) A441 Hopwood Park services 52°21′43″N 1°56′56″W / 52.361843°N 1.948872°W / 52.361843; -1.948872 (M42, J2 ) 8.4 13.5 Entering Worcestershire J3 Birmingham (S), Redditch , Evesham A435 52°21′18″N 1°53′09″W / 52.354897°N 1.885893°W / 52.354897; -1.885893 (M42, J3 ) 8.8 14.1 Birmingham (S), Redditch , Evesham A435 Entering Warwickshire 11.7 12.2 18.8 19.7 End of variable speed limit J3A (TOTSO NB)[coord 1] Start of variable speed limit 52°20′55″N 1°48′41″W / 52.348593°N 1.811435°W / 52.348593; -1.811435 (M42, J3A ) London , Warwick , Stratford M40 London , Warwick , Stratford M40 Entering Warwickshire Entering West Midlands 52°21′46″N 1°48′15″W / 52.36288°N 1.80429°W / 52.36288; -1.80429 14.2 14.5 22.8 23.3 Shirley A34 J4 Shirley A34 52°22′47″N 1°47′11″W / 52.379699°N 1.786523°W / 52.379699; -1.786523 (M42, J4 ) 16.5 16.9 26.6 27.2 Solihull A41 J5 Solihull A41 52°24′19″N 1°45′00″W / 52.405142°N 1.750045°W / 52.405142; -1.750045 (M42, J5 ) 19.9 20.3 32.1 32.7 Birmingham (E), Birmingham International , Birmingham , N.E.C. , Coventry A45 J6 Birmingham (E), Birmingham International , Birmingham , N.E.C. A45(W) Coventry (S & W), N.E.C. A45(E)
52°26′42″N 1°42′36″W / 52.445064°N 1.709898°W / 52.445064; -1.709898 (M42, J6 ) 22.1 22.6 35.6 36.4 No access (on-slip only) J7 [coord 2] The NORTH WEST , Birmingham (C & N) M6(N) 52°28′26″N 1°42′41″W / 52.473776°N 1.711485°W / 52.473776; -1.711485 (M42, J7 ) Entering West Midlands Entering Warwickshire 52°28′28″N 1°42′41″W / 52.47441°N 1.71139°W / 52.47441; -1.71139 22.7 22.9 36.6 36.8 No access J7A (TOTSO SB)[coord 3] London (M1) , Coventry M6 52°28′53″N 1°42′37″W / 52.481473°N 1.710262°W / 52.481473; -1.710262 (M42, J7A ) London (N & E) (M1) , Coventry (N & E) M6 No access (on-slip only) 52°29′28″N 1°42′54″W / 52.491195°N 1.715112°W / 52.491195; -1.715112 (M42, J7B ) 24.5 39.4 Birmingham (Central, E, N & W) M6(N) J8 No access (on-slip only) 52°30′33″N 1°43′32″W / 52.509143°N 1.725497°W / 52.509143; -1.725497 (M42, J8 ) No access (on slip only) J9 The NORTH WEST , Cannock , Lichfield M6 Toll 52°31′45″N 1°43′47″W / 52.529277°N 1.729617°W / 52.529277; -1.729617 (M42, J8A ) 26.7 42.9 Start of variable speed limit Kingsbury A4097 , Lichfield A446 52°32′20″N 1°43′35″W / 52.538818°N 1.726313°W / 52.538818; -1.726313 (M42, J9 ) The NORTH WEST M6 Toll , Coleshill A446 , A4097 End of variable speed limit 32.4 52.2 Nuneaton , Tamworth A5 , Lichfield (A38) Tamworth services J10Services Nuneaton , Tamworth A5 Tamworth services 52°36′12″N 1°38′30″W / 52.603334°N 1.641576°W / 52.603334; -1.641576 (M42, J10 ) Entering Warwickshire Entering Leicestershire 52°40′19″N 1°33′40″W / 52.67201°N 1.56122°W / 52.67201; -1.56122 39.7 63.9 Start of motorway J11 [coord 4] Burton upon Trent , Measham A444 52°41′20″N 1°32′54″W / 52.688987°N 1.548450°W / 52.688987; -1.548450 (M42, J11 ) 40.0 64.4 Nuneaton A444 Non-motorway traffic End of motorway Road continues as A42 towards East Midlands Airport 52°41′35″N 1°32′50″W / 52.692928°N 1.547098°W / 52.692928; -1.547098 (M42, J11 ) Notes Distances in kilometres and carriageway identifiers are taken from driver location signs /location marker posts. Where a junction goes across several hundred metres and the data is available, both the start and finish values for the junction are shown. 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi