List of motorway service areas in the United Kingdom

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Motorway service areas, also known as service stations, are places where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel, rest, or take refreshments. Some also incorporate or adjoin hotels. Only 20 motorway services in the UK remain in the ownership of the Department for Transport and let on 50-year leases to private operating companies.[1] The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies: Moto, Welcome Break and Roadchef and a developing chain of stations being constructed by Extra.

Some of the 94 service areas on this list are on major A-roads rather than motorways. These share the defining properties of motorway service areas, being named service areas operated by a single company with a range of facilities including food & drink providers, toilet facilities and vehicle servicing facilities. Such service areas are rare on most A-roads, where basic filling stations with a single shop are more common.

List

Picture Name Operator Road County Notes
Abington Motorway Services - geograph.org.uk - 1402777.jpg Abington Welcome Break[2] M74 South Lanarkshire The service station is one of fourteen for which large murals were commissioned from artist David Fisher in the 1990s, designed to reflect the local area and history.[3]
Annandale Water Services.jpg Annandale Water Roadchef A74(M) Dumfries and Galloway [4]
Extra motorway services Baldock - geograph.org.uk - 819415.jpg Baldock Extra A1(M) Hertfordshire [5]
Beaconsfield services - geograph.org.uk - 1363580.jpg Beaconsfield Extra M40 Buckinghamshire [6]
Birch Services on the M62 (eastbound) - geograph.org.uk - 450395.jpg Birch Moto M62 Greater Manchester [7]
Birchanger Green Services.jpg Birchanger Green Welcome Break M11 Essex [8]
Blackburn with Darwen Extra M65 Lancashire [9]
Blyth A1M services - geograph.org.uk - 586087.jpg Blyth Moto A1(M) Nottinghamshire [10]
Bothwell Services.jpg Bothwell Roadchef M74 South Lanarkshire [4]
Travelodge, Bridgwater Services - geograph.org.uk - 1319561.jpg Bridgwater Moto M5 Somerset [11]
Burton-in-Kendal Motorway Services.jpg Burton-in-Kendal Moto M6 Cumbria [12]
Burtonwood services station.jpg Burtonwood Welcome Break M62 Cheshire [13]
Cambridge Extra services - geograph.org.uk - 1291875.jpg Cambridge Extra A14 Cambridgeshire [14]
Cardiff Gate services-geograph-3432460-by-peter-robinson.jpg Cardiff Gate Welcome Break M4 Cardiff [15]
Cardiff West services.jpg Cardiff West Moto M4 Cardiff [16]
Charnock Richard Motorway Services M6.jpg Charnock Richard Welcome Break M6 Lancashire [17]
Cherwell Valley Services.jpg Cherwell Valley Moto M40 Oxfordshire [18]
Chester Services - geograph.org.uk - 41437.jpg Chester Roadchef M56 Cheshire [4]
Chieveley Services.jpg Chieveley Moto M4 Berkshire [19]
Clackett Lane Services.jpg Clacket Lane Roadchef M25 Surrey [4]
Cobham Extra Services on the M25-geograph-3418336-by-Paul-Gillett.jpg Cobham Extra M25 Surrey [20]
Corley Services.jpg Corley Welcome Break M6 Warwickshire [21]
Cullompton Services.jpg Cullompton Extra M5 Devon [22]
Doncaster Services - geograph.org.uk - 160503.jpg Doncaster North Moto M18 South Yorkshire [23]
Castle Donington services.jpg Donington Park Moto M1 Leicestershire [24]
Road Chef Durham motorway services.jpg Durham Roadchef A1(M) County Durham [4]
Exeter Motorway Service Area.jpg Exeter Moto M5 Devon [25]
Moto Motorway Services - geograph.org.uk - 646314.jpg Ferrybridge Moto M62 West Yorkshire [26]
Fleet services.jpg Fleet Welcome Break M3 Hampshire [27]
Moto Frankley services northbound.jpg Frankley Moto M5 Worcestershire [28]
Gloucester Services (north).JPG Gloucester Westmorland M5 Gloucestershire
Gordano Services off the M5 - geograph.org.uk - 1386778.jpg Gordano Welcome Break M5 Somerset [29]
Moto Grantham North services.jpg Grantham North Moto A1 Lincolnshire [30]
Gretna Service Area - geograph.org.uk - 1414715.jpg Gretna Green Welcome Break A74(M) Dumfries and Galloway [31]
Hamilton Services - geograph.org.uk - 1573000.jpg Hamilton Roadchef M74 South Lanarkshire [4]
Hartshead Moor Services.jpg Hartshead Moor Welcome Break M62 West Yorkshire [32]
Moto Heston East services.jpg Heston Moto M4 Greater London [33][34]
Hilton Park Services on M6 Northbound - geograph.org.uk - 252392.jpg Hilton Park Moto M6 Staffordshire [35]
Hopwood Services M42 J2 - geograph.org.uk - 14891.jpg Hopwood Park Welcome Break M42 Worcestershire [36]
Keele Service Station.jpg Keele Welcome Break M6 Staffordshire [37]
Killington Lake Motorway Services.jpg Killington Lake Roadchef M6 Cumbria [4]
Kinross Service Station - geograph.org.uk - 1309886.jpg Kinross Moto M90 Perth and Kinross [38]
Knutsford Motorway Services - geograph.org.uk - 35882.jpg Knutsford Moto M6 Cheshire [39]
Moto Forton services northbound.jpg Lancaster (Forton) Moto M6 Lancashire [40]
Leicester Forest East Service Area, M1 - geograph.org.uk - 217293.jpg Leicester Forest East Welcome Break M1 Leicestershire [41]
Leigh Delamere services-by-Rob-Purvis.jpg Leigh Delamere Moto M4 Wiltshire [42][43]
M1 Motorway, London Gateway Services - geograph.org.uk - 91915.jpg London Gateway Welcome Break M1 Greater London [44]
Magor Services.jpg Magor Roadchef M4 Monmouthshire [45]
M20 Maidstone Motorway services - geograph.org.uk - 1166271.jpg Maidstone Roadchef M20 Kent [4]
Medway-services-by-Penny-Mayes.jpg Medway Moto M2 Kent [46]
Membury Services.jpg Membury Welcome Break M4 Berkshire [47]
MichaelWood Motorway Services, M5 - geograph.org.uk - 1217025.jpg Michaelwood Welcome Break M5 Gloucestershire [48]
Newport Pagnell Services.jpg Newport Pagnell Welcome Break M1 Buckinghamshire [49]
Rothersthorpe motorway services.jpg Northampton Roadchef M1 Northamptonshire [4]
Norton Canes M6 Toll services.jpg Norton Canes Roadchef M6 Toll Staffordshire [4]
"Oxford" or Wheatley Services - geograph.org.uk - 7024.jpg Oxford Welcome Break M40 Oxfordshire [50]
Moto Pease Pottage services.jpg Pease Pottage Moto M23 West Sussex [51]
Extra motorway services Peterborough - geograph.org.uk - 819408.jpg Peterborough Extra A1(M) Cambridgeshire [52]
Pont Abraham Services building - geograph.org.uk - 564740.jpg Pont Abraham Roadchef M4 Carmarthenshire It is located at junction 49, the western terminus of the M4 motorway in Wales where the M4 joins the A48 and A483 on a roundabout. The Pont Abraham Motorway service area was opened in 1983. It is near Pontarddulais and owned by Roadchef.[4]
M4, Reading services (eastbound) - geograph.org.uk - 246354.jpg Reading Moto M4 Berkshire [53][54]
Bolton West Motorway Services - geograph.org.uk - 671634.jpg Rivington Euro Garages M61 Lancashire [55]
Rownhams service station.jpg Rownhams Roadchef M27 Hampshire [4]
M6 - Sandbach services.jpg Sandbach Roadchef M6 Cheshire [4]
Sarn Park Services-geograph-3553705-by-Jaggery.jpg Sarn Park Welcome Break M4 Bridgend [56]
Services, Scotch Corner - geograph.org.uk - 269434.jpg Scotch Corner Moto A1(M) North Yorkshire [57]
Sedgemoor Services - geograph.org.uk - 1254691.jpg Sedgemoor Northbound:
Welcome Break
M5 Somerset [58]
Southbound:
Roadchef
[4]
Severn View services.jpg Severn View Moto M48 Gloucestershire [59]
Skelton Lake services.jpg Skelton Lake Extra M1 West Yorkshire Opened 2020
South Mimms Services.jpg South Mimms Welcome Break M25 Hertfordshire [60]
Southwaite Services.jpg Southwaite Moto M6 Cumbria [61]
M6 Stafford Services (South-bound) - geograph.org.uk - 84994.jpg Stafford Northbound:
Moto
M6 Staffordshire [62]
Southbound:
Roadchef
[4]
Stirling Services.jpg Stirling Moto M9 / M80 Stirling [63]
Strensham south M5 motorway services.jpg Strensham Roadchef M5 Worcestershire [4]
Sutton Scotney Roadchef A34 Hampshire [64]
Swansea services-geograph-2625001-by-Philip-Halling.jpg Swansea Moto M4 Swansea [65]
Tamworth Services.jpg Tamworth Moto M42 Staffordshire [66]
M5 at Taunton.jpg Taunton Deane Roadchef M5 Somerset [4]
Tebay Services.jpg Tebay Westmorland M6 Cumbria
WelcomeBreakTelford.jpg Telford Welcome Break M54 Shropshire [67]
Thurrock Motorway Service Area - geograph.org.uk - 1295043.jpg Thurrock Moto M25 Essex [68]
Tibshelf services M1 south. - geograph.org.uk - 546104.jpg Tibshelf Roadchef M1 Derbyshire [4]
Toddington Services.jpg Toddington Moto M1 Bedfordshire [69]
Trowell Services.jpg Trowell Moto M1 Nottinghamshire [70]
Warwick Motorway Services, M40.jpg Warwick Welcome Break M40 Warwickshire [71][72]
Moto Washington Birtley southbound A1M services - geograph.org.uk - 613432.jpg Washington Moto A1(M) Tyne and Wear [73]
Watford gap service station.jpg Watford Gap Roadchef M1 Northamptonshire [4]
Wetherby services.JPG Wetherby Moto A1(M) North Yorkshire [74]
Winchester services.jpg Winchester Moto M3 Hampshire [75][76]
Woodall Services.jpg Woodall Welcome Break M1 South Yorkshire [77]
Woolley Edge Services.jpg Woolley Edge Moto M1 West Yorkshire [78]

Map

Notes

  1. ^ a b Southbound only
  2. ^ a b c Northbound only
  3. ^ Signposted from the northbound carrigeway only, with full access still possible.
  4. ^ Northbound operated by Welcome Break, southbound by Roadchef.
  5. ^ Northbound operated by Moto, southbound by Roadchef.

References

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  2. ^ "Welcome Break". Welcome Break. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  3. ^ "David Fisher - Somerset Art - Commercial Works & Commissions". Archived from the original on 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "RoadChef". RoadChef. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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  6. ^ "Extra Motorway Services - Location: Beaconsfield". Extraservices.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  7. ^ Forepoint Limited. "Motorway Services | Birch | M62 J18/19 | Moto Service Area Information". Moto-way.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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  18. ^ Forepoint Limited. "Motorway Services | Cherwell Valley | M40 J10 | Moto Service Area Information". Moto-way.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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  23. ^ Forepoint Limited. "Motorway Services | Doncaster North | M18 J5 M180 | Moto Service Area Information". Moto-way.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  24. ^ Forepoint Limited. "Motorway Services | Donington Park | M1 J23a | Moto Service Area Information". Moto-way.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  25. ^ Forepoint Limited. "Motorway Services | Exeter | M5 J30 | Moto Service Area Information". Moto-way.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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  30. ^ Forepoint Limited. "Motorway Services | Grantham North | A1/B1174 | Moto Service Area Information". Moto-way.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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  38. ^ Forepoint Limited. "Motorway Services | Kinross | M90 J6 | Moto Service Area Information". Moto-way.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  39. ^ Forepoint Limited. "Motorway Services | Knutsford | M6 J18/19 | Moto Service Area Information". Moto-way.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  40. ^ Forepoint Limited. "Motorway Services | Lancaster | M6 J32/33 | Moto Service Area Information". Moto-way.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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  42. ^ Forepoint Limited. "Motorway Services | Leigh Delamere East | M4 J17/18 | Moto Service Area Information". Moto-way.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
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