stott hall farm documentary

11 Stott Hall owners Jill Falkingham … It lies south of Booth Wood Reservoir where the carriageways are separated between junctions 22 and 23. The Stott Hall Farm has stood on this very spot for the past 300 years, and for two centuries, there was nothing else there but the birds and the sheep. One motorist has driven past the farm so many times that over time he The Stott Hall Farm has stood on this very spot for the past 300 years, and for two centuries, there was nothing else there but the birds and the sheep. Stott Hall Farm is in middle of two lanes in the West Yorkshire countryside Ken Wild and father refused to sell land when motorway plans approved It was steep land that made it … For the past half a century, the farm has become one of the best-known sights, seen by a hundred thousand people everyday as they pass by at 70 miles per hour. The two incoming carriageways of the high-speed motorway connecting the cities of Liverpool and Hull separates at this point to make room for the Stott Hall Farm. “They couldn't build the eastbound carriageway as high as the westbound carriageway,” Engineers had to build underpasses under each carriageway so that farm owners could easily access other parts of his land without crossing the motorway.The farm 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.

Paul Thorp has had people coming and offering to buy petrol and diesel, or wanting to borrow spanners and jacks and wanting to use the telephone.

The road divides for much of its length between the Windy Hill and Deanhead cuttings because of the surrounding geography but a myth persists that it was split because the owners Ken and Beth Wild refused to sell. Stott Hall Farm, one of West Yorkshire's best … 'The documentary also debunks the urban myth that the motorway curves around the farmhouse because a former owner refused to move. But miraculously, the Stott Hall Farm survived.

Danny Lomax, 28, a student filmmaker, said: 'I wanted to find what it was like for someone to live in the middle of one of the country's busiest roads, while living the life of a hill farmer.

Paul Thorp and his previous occupants have seen The Stott Hall Farm has also become an unofficial service station for drivers who have hit a problem on the motorway. Quirky Stott Hall Farm - set in the west Yorkshire countryside - shot to fame when its previous owner Ken Wild refused to move to make way for the M62. But miraculously, the Stott Hall Farm survived. In its wake was hundreds of bulldozed homes and displaced families.

Filmed in … A farmhouse in the middle of one of Britain's busiest motorways has been made the subject of a documentary. For 10 years, it has been home to farmer Paul Thorp, who has grown used to the constant hum of the traffic. In its wake was hundreds of bulldozed homes and displaced families. Stott Hall Farm, one of West Yorkshire's best known sights, appears cut off by the M62 motorway, with east- and westbound lanes dividing around the building.

For decades, passing motorists assumed the owners were too stubborn to sell their property and so the motorway was built around the farm. Stott Hall Farm is a famous site between carriages on the M62, which snakes through Yorkshire countryside This will include restoring vitally important peatland bog on the farm … All Rights Reserved In reality, the farm was saved by the geology of the land beneath the 15-acre farm. Stott Hall Farm, (53°38′30″N 1°57′08″W / 53.641599°N 1.952222°W ) the only farm in the UK situated in the middle of a motorway, was built in the 18th century on Moss Moor. Then the M62 arrived, right to the farm’s doorstep. Sally Boazman, BB…

Driving along the M62 motorway, on the border between Lancashire and Yorkshire between junctions 22 and 23, motorists are greeted with an unusual sight—a farm situated smack dab in the middle of the motorway. A documentary, filmed almost 20 years after the motorway was completed, has revealed the truth about why the farm is in the middle of a motorway. All rights reserved. 'It was the landscape that meant the motorway couldn't be built right through and had to be built around it,' said Lomax. But there have been occasions—far too many—when the traffic comes just a bit too close for comfort. Thorp doesn’t mind the occasional visitors, but he admits the constant buzzing of vehicles on the M62 sometimes gets on his nerve.”Some days I wish I could switch it off, but I haven't found the off-button yet!,” he joked.Copyright © 2020, Amusing Planet.

A farmhouse in the middle of one of Britain's busiest motorways has been made the subject of a documentary.