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 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 Roadchef A74(M) Dumfries and Galloway [4]
Baldock Extra A1(M) Hertfordshire [5]
Beaconsfield Extra M40 Buckinghamshire [6]
Birch Moto M62 Greater Manchester [7]
Birchanger Green Welcome Break M11 Essex [8]
Blackburn with Darwen Extra M65 Lancashire [9]
Blyth Moto A1(M) Nottinghamshire [10]
Bothwell Roadchef M74 South Lanarkshire [4]
Bridgwater Moto M5 Somerset [11]
Burton-in-Kendal Moto M6 Cumbria [12]
Burtonwood Welcome Break M62 Cheshire [13]
Cambridge Extra A14 Cambridgeshire [14]
Cardiff Gate Welcome Break M4 Cardiff [15]
Cardiff West Moto M4 Cardiff [16]
Charnock Richard Welcome Break M6 Lancashire [17]
Cherwell Valley Moto M40 Oxfordshire [18]
Chester Roadchef M56 Cheshire [4]
Chieveley Moto M4 Berkshire [19]
Clacket Lane Roadchef M25 Surrey [4]
Cobham Extra M25 Surrey [20]
Corley Welcome Break M6 Warwickshire [21]
Cullompton Extra M5 Devon [22]
Derby South Welcome Break A50 Derbyshire [23][24]
Derby with Burton Quadrant Estates A38 / A50 Derbyshire
Doncaster North Moto M18 South Yorkshire [25]
Donington Park Moto M1 Leicestershire [26]
Durham Roadchef A1(M) County Durham [4]
Exeter Moto M5 Devon [27]
Ferrybridge Moto M62 West Yorkshire [28]
Fleet Welcome Break M3 Hampshire [29]
Frankley Moto M5 Worcestershire [30]
Gloucester Westmorland M5 Gloucestershire
Gordano Welcome Break M5 Somerset [31]
Grantham North Moto A1 Lincolnshire [32]
Gretna Green Welcome Break A74(M) Dumfries and Galloway [33]
Hamilton Roadchef M74 South Lanarkshire [4]
Hartshead Moor Welcome Break M62 West Yorkshire [34]
Heston Moto M4 Greater London [35][36]
Hilton Park Moto M6 Staffordshire [37]
Hopwood Park Welcome Break M42 Worcestershire [38]
Keele Welcome Break M6 Staffordshire [39]
Killington Lake Roadchef M6 Cumbria [4]
Kinross Moto M90 Perth and Kinross [40]
Knutsford Moto M6 Cheshire [41]
Lancaster (Forton) Moto M6 Lancashire [42]
Leicester North Extra A46 Leicestershire [43]
Leicester Forest East Welcome Break M1 Leicestershire [44]
Leigh Delamere Moto M4 Wiltshire [45][46]
London Gateway Welcome Break M1 Greater London [47]
Magor Roadchef M4 Monmouthshire [48]
Maidstone Roadchef M20 Kent [4]
Medway Moto M2 Kent [49]
Membury Welcome Break M4 Berkshire [50]
Michaelwood Welcome Break M5 Gloucestershire [51]
Newport Pagnell Welcome Break M1 Buckinghamshire [52]
Northampton Roadchef M1 Northamptonshire [4]
Norton Canes Roadchef M6 Toll Staffordshire [4]
Oxford Welcome Break M40 Oxfordshire [53]
Peartree Welcome Break A34 Oxfordshire [54]
Pease Pottage Moto M23 West Sussex [55]
Peterborough Extra A1(M) Cambridgeshire [56]
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]
Reading Moto M4 Berkshire [57][58]
Rivington Euro Garages M61 Lancashire [59]
Rownhams Roadchef M27 Hampshire [4]
Sandbach Roadchef M6 Cheshire [4]
Sarn Park Welcome Break M4 Bridgend [60]
Scotch Corner Moto A1(M) North Yorkshire [61]
Sedgemoor Northbound:
Welcome Break 		M5 Somerset [62]
Southbound:
Roadchef 		[4]
Severn View Moto M48 Gloucestershire [63]
Skelton Lake Extra M1 West Yorkshire Opened 2020
South Mimms Welcome Break M25 Hertfordshire [64]
Southwaite Moto M6 Cumbria [65]
Stafford Northbound:
Moto 		M6 Staffordshire [66]
Southbound:
Roadchef 		[4]
Stirling Moto M9 / M80 Stirling [67]
Strensham Roadchef M5 Worcestershire [4]
Sutton Scotney Roadchef A34 Hampshire [68]
Swansea Moto M4 Swansea [69]
Tamworth Moto M42 Staffordshire [70]
Taunton Deane Roadchef M5 Somerset [4]
Tebay Westmorland M6 Cumbria
Telford Welcome Break M54 Shropshire [71]
Thurrock Moto M25 Essex [72]
Tibshelf Roadchef M1 Derbyshire [4]
Toddington Moto M1 Bedfordshire [73]
Todhills Moto M6 Cumbria
Trowell Moto M1 Nottinghamshire [74]
Warwick Welcome Break M40 Warwickshire [75][76]
Washington Moto A1(M) Tyne and Wear [77]
Watford Gap Roadchef M1 Northamptonshire [4]
Wetherby Moto A1(M) North Yorkshire [78]
Winchester Moto M3 Hampshire [79][80]
Woodall Welcome Break M1 South Yorkshire [81]
Woolley Edge Moto M1 West Yorkshire [82]

Map

List of motorway service areas in the United Kingdom is located in UK motorways
Abington
Annandale Water
Baldock
Barton Park (truckstop)
Barton Park (truckstop)
Beaconsfield
Birch
Birchanger Green
Blackburn with Darwen
Blyth
Blyth
Bothwell[a]
Bridgwater
Burton-in-Kendal[b]
Burtonwood
Cairn Lodge
Cairn Lodge
Cardiff Gate
Cardiff West
Charnock Richard
Cherwell Valley
Chester
Chieveley   
Chieveley   
Clacket Lane
Cobham  
Cobham  
Corley
Cullompton[c]
Doncaster North
Doncaster North
Donington
Durham
Exeter
Ferrybridge
Fleet
Folkestone
Frankley
Gloucester
Gordano
Gretna Green
Hamilton[b]
Hartshead Moor
Heart of Scotland
Heston
Hilton Park  
Hopwood Park
J38 Truckstop
J38 Truckstop
Keele
Killington Lake[a]
Kinross
Knutsford
Lancaster Forton
Leeming Bar (rest area)
Leeming Bar
(rest area)
Leicester Forest East
Leigh Delamere
Lisburn
Lisburn
London Gateway
Lymm (truckstop)
Lymm (truckstop)
Magor
Maidstone
Medway
Membury
Michaelwood
Michaelwood
Newport Pagnell
Northampton
Norton Canes
Oxford
Pease Pottage
Peterborough
Peterborough
Pont Abraham
Pont Abraham
Reading
Rivington
Rownhams
Rugby
Sandbach
Sarn Park
Scotch Corner
Sedgemoor[d]
Severn View
Skelton Lake
Southwaite
South Mimms
Stafford[e]
Stirling
Strensham
Swansea
   Tamworth
   Tamworth
Taunton Deane
Tebay
Telford
Templepatrick[b]
Templepatrick[b]
Thurrock
Tibshelf
  Toddington
Todhills (rest area)
Trowell
Warwick
Washington
Washington
Watford Gap
Wetherby
Winchester
Woodall
Woolley Edge
Locations of motorway service areas and their operating companies in the United Kingdom, taken from Motorway Services Online.
Operators: : Applegreen ​ BP ​ EG Group ​ Extra ​ Moto ​ Roadchef ​ Stop 24 ​ Welcome Break ​ Westmorland

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.

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