List of motorway service areas in the United Kingdom explained

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]		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			Dumfries and Galloway	^[4]
	Baldock			Hertfordshire	^[5]
	Beaconsfield				^[6]
	Birch	Moto	M62	Greater Manchester	^[7]
	Birchanger Green			Essex	^[8]
	Blackburn with Darwen			Lancashire	^[9]
	Blyth	Moto	A1(M)	Nottinghamshire	^[10]
	Bothwell			South Lanarkshire
	Bridgwater				^[11]
	Burton-in-Kendal			Cumbria	^[12]
	Burtonwood				^[13]
	Cambridge				^[14]
	Cardiff Gate			Cardiff	^[15]
	Cardiff West				^[16]
	Charnock Richard				^[17]
	Cherwell Valley				^[18]
	Chester			Cheshire
	Chieveley			Berkshire	^[19]
	Clacket Lane			Surrey
	Cobham	Extra	M25	Surrey	^[20]
	Corley				^[21]
	Cullompton				^[22]
	Doncaster North			South Yorkshire	^[23]
	Donington Park				^[24]
	Durham			County Durham
	Exeter				^[25]
	Ferrybridge	Moto	M62	West Yorkshire	^[26]
	Fleet			Hampshire	^[27]
	Frankley				^[28]
	Gloucester	Westmorland
	Gordano				^[29]
	Grantham North			Lincolnshire	^[30]
	Gretna Green				^[31]
	Hamilton
	Hartshead Moor				^[32]
	Heston				^[33] ^[34]
	Hilton Park			Staffordshire	^[35]
	Hopwood Park				^[36]
	Keele				^[37]
	Killington Lake
	Kinross				^[38]
	Knutsford				^[39]
	Lancaster (Forton)				^[40]
	Leicester Forest East				^[41]
	Leigh Delamere				^[42] ^[43]
	London Gateway				^[44]
	Magor	Roadchef			^[45]
	Maidstone
	Medway				^[46]
	Membury				^[47]
	Michaelwood				^[48]
	Newport Pagnell				^[49]
	Northampton
	Norton Canes
	Oxford				^[50]
	Pease Pottage			West Sussex	^[51]
	Peterborough			Cambridgeshire	^[52]
	Pont Abraham			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.
	Reading			Berkshire	^[53] ^[54]
	Rivington	Euro Garages		Lancashire	^[55]
	Rownhams
	Sandbach			Cheshire
	Sarn Park				^[56]
	Scotch Corner				^[57]
	Sedgemoor	Northbound: Welcome Break			^[58]
		Southbound: Roadchef
	Severn View				^[59]
	Skelton Lake	Extra		West Yorkshire	Opened 2020
	South Mimms				^[60]
	Southwaite				^[61]
	Stafford	Northbound: Moto			^[62]
		Southbound: Roadchef
	Stirling				^[63]
	Strensham
	Sutton Scotney				^[64]
	Swansea				^[65]
	Tamworth				^[66]
	Taunton Deane
	Tebay	Westmorland
	Telford				^[67]
	Thurrock				^[68]
	Tibshelf
	Toddington				^[69]
	Trowell				^[70]
	Warwick				^[71] ^[72]
	Washington		A1(M)	Tyne and Wear	^[73]
	Watford Gap
	Wetherby				^[74]
	Winchester				^[75] ^[76]
	Woodall			South Yorkshire	^[77]
	Woolley Edge				^[78]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Highways Agency - The Highways Agency and Motorway Service Areas in England . Highways.gov.uk . 2009-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090427073951/http://highways.gov.uk/knowledge/14986.aspx . 27 April 2009 . dead .
2. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090409113857/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Abington.htm . 9 April 2009 . dead .
3. Web site: David Fisher - Somerset Art - Commercial Works & Commissions . 2010-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091025095053/http://www.davidfisherartist.co.uk/achievements.html . 2009-10-25 .
4. Web site: RoadChef . RoadChef . 2009-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080309120318/http://www.roadchef.co.uk/planner.asp . 9 March 2008 .
5. Web site: Extra Motorway Services - Location: Baldock . Extraservices.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090721031604/http://www.extraservices.co.uk/location_baldock.html . 21 July 2009 . dead .
6. Web site: Extra Motorway Services - Location: Beaconsfield . Extraservices.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090416032515/http://extraservices.co.uk/location_beaconsfield.html . 16 April 2009 . dmy-all .
7. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Birch | M62 J18/19 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
8. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090228054245/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/BirchangerGreen.htm . 28 February 2009 . dead .
9. Web site: Extra Motorway Services - Location: Blackburn with Darwen . Extraservices.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090416042949/http://extraservices.co.uk/location_blackburn.html . 16 April 2009 . dead .
10. Web site: Blyth Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2015-03-20.
11. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Bridgwater | M5 J24 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
12. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Burton-in-Kendal | M6 J35/36 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
13. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090223102837/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Burtonwood.htm . 23 February 2009 . dead .
14. Web site: Extra Motorway Services - Location: Cambridge . Extraservices.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090415063555/http://www.extraservices.co.uk/location_cambridge.html . 15 April 2009 . dead .
15. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080511223850/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Cardiff.htm . 11 May 2008 . dead .
16. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Cardiff West | M4 J33 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
17. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090504134247/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/CharnockRichard.htm . 4 May 2009 . dead .
18. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Cherwell Valley | M40 J10 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
19. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Chieveley | M4/A34 J13 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
20. Web site: M5 J28 Cullompton. Extra Motorway Services. 11 October 2013.
21. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090319072951/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Corley.htm . 19 March 2009 . dead .
22. Web site: Extra Motorway Services - Location: Cullompton . Extraservices.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090416035103/http://extraservices.co.uk/location_cullompton.html . 16 April 2009 . dead .
23. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Doncaster North | M18 J5 M180 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
24. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Donington Park | M1 J23a | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
25. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Exeter | M5 J30 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
26. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Ferrybridge | A1(M)/M62 J33 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
27. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090519133406/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Fleet.htm . 19 May 2009 . dead .
28. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Frankley | M5 J3/4 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
29. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090614055601/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Gordano.htm . 14 June 2009 . dmy-all .
30. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Grantham North | A1/B1174 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
31. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090306123642/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/GretnaGreen.htm . 6 March 2009 . dead .
32. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090709062858/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/HartsheadMoor.htm . 9 July 2009 . dead .
33. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Heston East | M4 J2/3 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
34. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Heston West | M4 J2/3 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
35. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Hilton Park | M6 J10a/11 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
36. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090711181501/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/HopwoodPark.htm . 11 July 2009 . dmy-all .
37. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090326082530/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Keele.htm . 26 March 2009 . dead .
38. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Kinross | M90 J6 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
39. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Knutsford | M6 J18/19 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
40. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Lancaster | M6 J32/33 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
41. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090221102946/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/LeicesterForestEast.htm . 21 February 2009 . dead .
42. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Leigh Delamere East | M4 J17/18 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
43. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Leigh Delamere West | M4 J17/18 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
44. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090104214143/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/LondonGateway.htm . 4 January 2009 .
45. Web site: Magor Motorway Services in Wales.
46. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Medway | M2 J4/5 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
47. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090508071634/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Membury.htm . 8 May 2009 . dead .
48. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090501143534/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Michaelwood.htm . 1 May 2009 . dead .
49. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318133554/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/NewportPagnell.htm . 18 March 2009 . dmy-all .
50. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090307000139/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Oxford.htm . 7 March 2009 . dmy-all .
51. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Pease Pottage | M23 J11 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
52. Web site: Extra Motorway Services - Location: Peterborough . Extraservices.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090401201927/http://www.extraservices.co.uk/location_peterborough.html . 1 April 2009 . dead .
53. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Reading East | M4 J11/12 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
54. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Reading West | M4 J11/12 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
55. Web site: Rivington Services . eurogarages.com . 2011-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111011131620/http://www.eurogarages.com/rivington-services/ . 11 October 2011 . dmy-all .
56. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090319071353/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/SarnPark.htm . 19 March 2009 . dead .
57. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Scotch Corner | A1/A66 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
58. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090408064836/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Sedgemoor.htm . 8 April 2009 . dead .
59. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Severn View | M48 J1 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
60. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090319071410/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/SouthMimms.htm . 19 March 2009 . dead .
61. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Southwaite | M6 J41/42 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
62. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Stafford North | M6 J14/15 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
63. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Stirling | M9/M80 J9 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
64. Web site: Roadchef . Roadchef . 2021-11-15 .
65. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Swansea | M4 J47 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
66. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Tamworth | M42/A5 J10 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
67. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090517024006/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Telford.htm . 17 May 2009 . dmy-all .
68. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Thurrock | M25 J30/31 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
69. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Toddington | M1 J11/12 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
70. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Trowell | M1 J25/26 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
71. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090306114041/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/WarwickNorthbound.htm . 6 March 2009 . dead .
72. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090306234931/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/WarwickSouthbound.htm . 6 March 2009 . dead .
73. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Washington | A1(M) J64/65 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
74. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Wetherby | A1(M) J46 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
75. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Winchester North | | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
76. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Winchester South | | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .
77. Web site: Welcome Break . Welcome Break . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090221104952/http://www.welcomebreak.co.uk/FindMotorwayService/Woodall.htm . 21 February 2009 . dead .
78. Web site: Forepoint Limited . Motorway Services | Woolley Edge | M1 J38/39 | Moto Service Area Information . Moto-way.co.uk . 2009-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050220182440/http://www.moto-way.co.uk/page.cfm?Section=2 . 20 February 2005 . dead .