Motorway service area Motorway service area Motorway service areas in the United Kingdom, also known as 'service stations' or 'services', are places where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies: Moto, Welcome Break and Roadchef. Smaller operators include Extra, Westmorland and EuroGarages. The first service area in the UK was at Watford Gap on the M1, which opened with the motorway on 2 November 1959. As more service stations opened, the number of operating companies
Warwick services southbound services were one of the first to gain a KFC facility. The northbound services featured in an episode of Top Gear. Warwick services Warwick Services is a motorway service station that is situated in Warwickshire, England, and serves the M40 motorway. It is situated approximately five miles south-east of Warwick. It is situated on two bases at each side of the motorway, and was opened in early 1998 as the second of four service stations which serve the M40. Throughout 2007 the northbound Days Inn hotel was closed as the ground floor had completely flooded, although it has since