The motorway services thread.

[nuttinnew]

Following Gavster's post

Best UK service station stand up gag

which one's your favourite, and why?

It doesn't have to be on a motorway, "The services thread" might have gone off on too much of a tangent.

[Jobbo]

The one with the tower up the M6. It's just as bad as most services but the tower is cool. Forton I think it's called. Also quite like Watford Gap for that historic vibe.

Dislike Bridgwater, Strensham, any where there's only one services on a roundabout serving both carriageways.

[Sundayjumper]

The one with the tower up the M6. It's just as bad as most services but the tower is cool. Forton I think it's called.

Forton indeed, just short of Lancaster, my alma mater. So although I've driven past it umpteen times I don't think I've ever visited; it was always too close to the start (or end) of my journey to be worth stopping.

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[mik]

M6 Tebay has a farm shop, and is probably less hateful than most. In fact I can't have a favourite, just a least hated. Their focus on extracting the urine in terms of £pricing means I try very hard to provide them with that substance only.

[V8Granite]

Don’t go to them since having kids, only times I’ve had to is with the dog/dogs if they need to stretch their legs and I’ve been too lazy to find somewhere better.

I only use them for work if I desperately need fuel as I’m not paying for it.

They all suck plums.

Dave!

[Jobbo]

That's it - any service area which has art prints of it must be cool.

[ZedLeg]

The one with the tower up the M6. It's just as bad as most services but the tower is cool. Forton I think it's called.

Forton indeed, just short of Lancaster, my alma mater. So although I've driven past it umpteen times I don't think I've ever visited; it was always too close to the start (or end) of my journey to be worth stopping.

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We used to stop at the Burger King there on our way to Alton Towers

[Jobbo]

Gloucester services northbound has gone down the list: https://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/ ... -services/

[Gavster]

I do like some of the old, tiny service stations on A-roads for their totally backwards vibe. I also began to compile a list of service station names for a "Is it the name of a cheese or a UK service station" game on social media.

[ZedLeg]

I like a wee rural truck stop with a manky cafe and ancient pool table tbh.

[integrale_evo]

Hang on, I thought we were all supposed to be stopping for at least 30 mins and a full three course meal every couple of hours of driving?

I don’t think I have a favourite. Any with decent access and parking, clean toilets and don’t need a map to find them are fine with me.

[Gavster]

Also if we're doing best international too, I have a soft spot for Bar Taurus in Poland, they serve great food. Available across southern Poland.

[nuttinnew]

Dislike any where there's only one services on a roundabout serving both carriageways.

Aye, they're irritating.

International services are welcomed

Reasons for liking can be the services themselves, what the visit represented (e.g. a waypoint on a holiday, last stop before home when working away, etc).

Don’t go to them since having kids, only times I’ve had to is with the dog/dogs if they need to stretch their legs and I’ve been too lazy to find somewhere better.

I only use them for work if I desperately need fuel as I’m not paying for it.

That's a plus point for Tebay (northbound at least), they've a secure area of decent size and some good walkways to go for a wander on with picturesque views, all shrouded from the motorway well enough to forget it's there.

A couple of weeks ago I went past a fuel station on the A2 at Gillingham and then Farthing Corner services a couple of miles away on the M2. The services were 30p/l more expensive.

[Matty]

I love stopping at Motorway services - I think it's largely because I associate them with holidays as a child which were incredibly positive, and even now as an adult they've always got a positive association as it's because I'm holidaying, or visiting a friend, or picking up cars.