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Hamilton Services
Hamilton Services - geograph.org.uk - 1573000.jpg
Information
CountySouth Lanarkshire
RoadM74
Coordinates:55°47′13″N 4°02′03″W / 55.786944°N 4.034167°W / 55.786944; -4.034167
OperatorRoadchef
Date openedSeptember 1975
Websitewww.roadchef.com/locations/hamilton

Hamilton services is a motorway service station near the town of Hamilton, Scotland. The service station is located next to the M74 between junctions 6 and 5 and may be accessed in the northbound direction only - its southbound counterpart between junctions 4 and 5 is Bothwell services. It is owned by Roadchef.

History

The site was opened in September 1975 by the 'lorry driver of the year', Ian Mackie, of 14 Tweedsmuir Road, Perth.[1] The site cost £600,000.

References

  1. ^ Wishaw Press Friday 26 September 1975, page 15

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