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Exeter services is a motorway service station on the M5 motorway in Devon, England. It is situated at junction 30 of the motorway, east of the city of Exeter, and is accessed from both directions of the motorway. The service station opened in 1977 and is owned and operated by Moto Hospitality.
A 2008 DfT circular advised a maximum 28-mile (45 km) distance or 30-minute drive time, whichever is the lesser, between services on the motorway network. [8] In early 2009, the Highways Agency conducted a review of motorway services in England, guided by this circular, identifying gaps in provision of core motorway service areas.
It originally planned 17 service stations and currently operates a total of nine service stations, and two petrol stations at competitor owned sites: Baldock - A1/A1(M) J10, via A507; Beaconsfield - M40 J2, via A355; Blackburn with Darwen - M65 J4; Cambridge - A14 J24; Cullompton - M5 J28; Peterborough - A1/A1(M) J17, via A605; Cobham - M25 ...
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]
Motorway service areas (MSA) also known as services or service stations, are rest areas in the UK and Ireland where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop, use the toilet or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. They are also a safe refuge for drivers who break down alongside leaving at a motorway junction.
The food and hospitality division of Granada was retained by Compass, which became part of its Select Service Partner (SSP) UK division, but ownership of the Granada brand and trademark passed to the new media company. The Granada name was retained on the service stations until 23 May 2001, when the 47 sites were rebranded as Moto.
Hopwood Park services is a motorway service station in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England situated off Junction 2 of the M42 motorway on the A441 road to Redditch south of Birmingham. It opened in August 1999.
At either end of that stretch of motorway was South Mimms services and Clacket Lane services, and the Secretary of State explained there was a clear and compelling need for a further service area. [1] The other service area serving the motorway is Thurrock. Cobham services is the busiest service station in the UK. [2]