Leicester Forest East The school will eventually provide 210 places with the potential to expand as demand increases over the next few years. The Discovery Schools Academy Trust has been selected to sponsor the school. The school has extensive parking for staff, parents, visitors and local residents. Most people know Leicester Forest East for the Leicester Forest East motorway service station on the M1 motorway, which opened on 14 February 1966 just over a year after the motorway reached Markfield. It was based on an Italian design used on the "autostrade" which is very unusual in Britain. At the time of opening it
Knutsford Services The station played a pivotal role in comedian Rhod Gilbert's special "Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie". The Cheshire Police Motorway Unit has one of its bases here, situated on the southbound side. The services are located near Knutsford, between junctions 18 and 19 of the M6. Knutsford Services Knutsford services is a motorway service station on the M6 in Cheshire Opened in 1963, Knutsford was one of the country's first motorway service stations. As with many services of the time, there are two sites located on either side of the carriageway, linked by a bridge which features a